XFret wins air cargo sustainability award 
XFret has been announced as the winner of the start-up/small business category of the 2021 air cargo sustainability awards. The company will receive a cash prize of USD 10,000 and the two runners-up, Mission Go and Waves, will receive USD 2,500 each. The winner was selected... more
Connecting Hong Kong and São Paulo via Angola
Taag Angola Airlines launched a regular cargo service between Hong Kong and São Paulo via its Luanda hub in mid-March. The twice-weekly flights, operated by a B777-200ER all-cargo aircraft, provide up to 41 t of cargo capacity for the Chinese company JDL Express. According... more
Digital booking now available on Air Canada Cargo
Air Canada Cargo capacity will now be available to forwarders on Webcargo, an e-booking platform that allows real-time pricing and booking for customers. Air Canada Cargo has continually invested and adapted despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, with the acquisition... more
Intermodal business changes hands
STG Logistics has acquired the North American intermodal division of XPO Logistics for about USD 710 million. The division was formed after XPO’s purchase of Pacer in 2014 and Bridge Terminal Transport in 2015. The acquired XPO intermodal division is North America’s third... more
Vancouver keeping the balance
The Port of Vancouver’s cargo throughput showed a moderate increase of 1% from 145 t in 2020 to 146 million t in 2021. The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority thus stood the test of the ongoing pandemic and extreme weather events last year. Over the year, a peak in container and... more
300 e-trucks for green hauls in North America
In North America, A.P. Moller-Maersk is adding 300 electric trucks from Einride to its network, in the largest heavy-duty electric truck deployment to date. The trucks will be delivered from 2023 to 2025 and used for warehousing, distribution and transport business in North... more
United return expands Berlin long-haul network
United Airlines is returning to Berlin BER today (28 March 2022) after a good two years’ absence, with the arrival of a flight from New York (EWR). Initially the year-round Boeing B767 flight will operate six times a week (and daily from 5 May), making it the German... more
Port of Long Beach picks Tasha Higgins
The Long Beach board of harbour commissioners has approved the appointment of Tasha Higgins to lead the programme management division at the port of Long Beach. Higgins joined the port in October 2020 as assistant director of programme management. Since 1993, she’s worked on... more
Truck-railcar transloading gains importance
Genesee & Wyoming (G&W), which operates thirteen short-line and regional freight railroads in North America, invested USD 1.5 billion in 69 projects for development in 2021. A new ‘steel corridor’ is continuing to grow along Indiana & Ohio Railway, with the... more