New York’s shortline railway under new management 
The 80 km long Ithaca Central Railroad (ITHR), running from Sayre PA to Ludlowville NY, recently started operations. Manager Watco leases the US railroad from Norfolk Southern Railway (NS). The ITHR, which interchanges with NS at Sayre, will ship approximately 12,000 carloads... more
More ATSG planes to fly for Amazon
Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), an Ohio (USA)-based provider of medium wide-body cargo aircraft leasing, air cargo transport and related services, has agreed to lease and operate ten additional B767 freighters for Amazon.com Services. In addition, ATSG will extend... more
Seko acquires Goodship
Seko Logistics is starting a ‘transformative year’ for its global supply chain solutions business in 2019 by making the first full acquisition of another independent freight forwarding specialist in its 42-year history. The takeover candidate is Goodship International, a Chicago... more
Icao looks back on "moderate" 2018
After the sharp pick-up in airfreight growth during the inventory restocking period in 2017, air cargo traffic growth moderated in 2018. That coincided with the softening demand drivers impacted by trade tension and declining import and export orders. Preliminary figures... more
Latam Cargo receives first converted freighter
Only few days before Christmas and one year after Latam Cargo and Boeing signed a contract for the conversion of three B767-300ER (extended range) passenger aircraft to B767-300BCF (Boeing converted freighters), the Latin American carrier received the first converted aircraft.... more