Fiata World Congress 2022 in Panama 
Rolando Alvarez, president of Upcargo and also president of the Panamanian association of freight forwarders, has announced that Panama has been chosen to host the 2022 Fiata World Congress. This is a global event that brings together the world’s freight and transportation... more
VIP visit to Stuttgart
Three machining centres of the machine manufacturer Hermle, which is based in Swabia (Germany), were recently transported by an AN-124 from Stuttgart Airport to the USA. Each of the machines weighed about 14 t and measured 3.50 m in width x 3.50 in height x 4.50 in depth. With... more
DC-3 ditches in the sea near Nassau
One more DC-3 has been lost. An aircraft that was built in 1944 and was operating for Atlantic Airlines, a company that provides passenger and air cargo flights to and from Tampa (TPA), Orlando (MCO) and Lakeland (LAL), ditched in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean while... more
Kiwis to quit Europe
From October next year, Air New Zealand will fly between Auckland and its alliance partner United Airlines' New York hub Newark Liberty International Airport three times weekly, year-round, using its latest configuration B787-9 aircraft. At the same time, the airline has also... more
Busy times in Long Beach
The port of Long Beach on the US West Coast witnessed the best September of its 108-year history. In total, almost 707,000 teu were handled in September, slightly more (+0.8%) than during the same month a year ago. While imports were down by 0.7% to 355,000 teu, exports more... more
First Georgia railroad in new industrial park
OmniTRAX has signed on chemical transport specialist A&R Logistics as lead tenant to anchor the Savannah Gateway Industrial Hub (SGIH) near the port of Savannah in Georgia, USA. OmniTRAX is the master developer of the industrial park owned by the Effingham county industrial... more
Beefing up capacities in Mexico
In the Pacific port of Manzanillo, the terminal Contecon Manzanillo (CMSA), the Mexican subsidiary of International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI), which is headquartered in Manila (Philippines), recently took delivery of new equipment. It was a pair of quay cranes and five... more
Management changes at Paycargo
Paycargo is continuing its global expansion with 13 new vendor customers joining the Paycargo payment network since Lionel van der Walt joined as president and CEO of the Americas. The appointment of van der Walt followed a global agreement between Paycargo and Iata earlier this... more
Digital tracking for Latam's ULD fleet
Following the outsourcing of Latam's entire ULD management operation to Unilode in 2016, both partners are enhancing their collaboration through the roll-out of Unilode’s ULD digital tracking solution. This development is described as "another major milestone" in a... more
El Al lands on digital cargo booking platform
EL AL Israel Airlines Cargo has added its capacities to the digital air cargo booking platform Cargo One. After a customised integration of 12 weeks, the first EL AL Cargo digital booking was made via the multi-airline platform by Hellmann Worldwide Logistics from Frankfurt... more