Single-line railway to link USA, Mexico, Canada 
The US Surface Transportation Board (STB) has approved, under certain conditions, the merger of Canadian Pacific (CP) and Kansas City Southern (KCS) to Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC). CPKC will be the first single-line railway connecting the USA, Mexico and Canada. The... more
Technology sorts, picks and puts away
Maersk is investing in tests of new technologies that offer upgraded warehouse services. The company is now evaluating technology from Bionic Hive, from Mira Loma CA (USA). The technology can climb existing warehouse racking to sort, pick and replenish cartons directly in any... more
Takeover expands event logistics portfolio
Estes Forwarding Worldwide (EFW), a US domestic and international forwarder that specialises in customised logistics and warehousing solutions, has acquired Legacy Logistics, a trade show and event logistics provider headquartered in Pennsylvania (USA). The acquisition... more
A new distribution warehouse in North America
Hellmann recently inaugurated a new warehouse in Indianapolis, USA, to handle all contract logistics services for its long-standing customer Endress + Hauser in North America. The distribution centre, which supplies customers in USA and Canada, is a state-of-the-art new building... more
Boeing: changes at the helm
Greg Hyslop (left), Boeing ‘s chief engineer and executive vice president of engineering, test & technology, will retire this June after a 41-year career that spanned Boeing's aerospace and defence portfolio. Howard McKenzie (centre), the top engineer at Boeing's... more
512 million accident-free km
In USA, XPO, a major provider of less-than-truckload (LTL) freight transportation in North America, honoured 254 of its professional truck drivers that reached new safety milestones in 2022. Together, they achieved 1 million, 2 million or 3 million km of accident-free driving.... more
UAS applauds Maya Ghazal’s achievements
UAS International Trip Support welcomed headline speaker Maya Ghazal at the 34th Annual Women in Aviation International Conference in Long Beach, CA. Ghazal has become an inspirational role model for young women pursuing an aviation career. She fled war in her home country... more
Air Canada Cargo adds freighter routes in March
This month, Air Canada Cargo is opening its new freighter route to Liege, while its mainline network is beginning to transition to its summer schedule. The company is also increasing its frequencies on key freighter routes and making important updates to customs requirements... more
Zeaborn to implement Shipin's Fleetvision
Zeaborn Ship Management, a third-party ship manager based in Hamburg and Singapore, will use Shipin Systems' patented Fleetvision to enhance its structures, transparency and efficiency, achieve better results and thus improve customer service. Zeaborn's senior vice president... more
Santiago de Chile: exports hit record in 2022
Air cargo transports from Santiago Airport closed with record levels in 2022. Despite the crisis in the aviation industry caused by the pandemic, the numbers remain at a high level, and it is projected that this will continue. In 2022, 250,716 t of cargo were transported... more