USA: new terminal enhances railfreight flows 
A milestone has been reached with the opening of the new intermodal terminal in the port of New York and New Jersey. The facility will enhance cargo movements by rail outside of NY/NJ region. The terminal, which has four tracks designed for loading/unloading cargo from the... more
Cargolux opens routes to Mexico and for whales
Exactly one month ago, on 10 December 2018, Cargolux introduced a new transpacific service between Hong Kong (HGK) and Mexico City. The twice weekly service, which is the seventh between HGK and destinations in North America after Chicago, Columbus-Rickenbacker, Dallas, Los... more
American Airlines beefs up Argentinean meat business
In the run-up to the Christmas and New Year celebrations, American Airlines Cargo moved an increasingly wide range of seasonal foods by air. For example, the carrier flew nearly 6.3 t of one of the most sought-after entrees, Argentinean beef, to Miami FL in December, after... more
Qatar Cargo adds second Mexican destination to transpac...
As of 6 January, Guadalajara airport (GDL) became a new destination on Qatar Airways' high demand transpacific freighter route. The twice-weekly B777F service flies directly from Macau to Los Angeles, then onward to Mexico City, before arriving in Guadalajara. The aircraft... more
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