Kale Logistics expands its presence in USA 
Kale Logistics Solutions has appointed Donna Mullins as vice president of its subsidiary Kale Info Solutions (USA). She will play an important role in developing the company's North American market. Mullins comes with over 38 years of experience in import/export and freight... more
Cargo link between Northwest and Northeast
Pittsburgh airport (PIT) in Pennsylvania is expected to sign an agreement to expand its collaboration with another airport – 4,000 miles away in Alaska. The agreement, with Anchorage airport (ANC), aims to boost sales and marketing efforts at both airports, with a particular... more
Matt McAluney joins Elemica as CCO
More changes on Elemica's top floor: in addition to David Muse, who has held the position of managing director since June, the network for supply chain optimisation has added Matt McAluney as CCO to its executive management. With his team, he will focus on building... more
Artifact from Iran intercepted at US airport
Exactly one month ago, on 19 May 2020, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Louisville, KY inspected a shipment from the UK, containing an antique amber glass bottle purporting to be from the 9th-10th century. An expertise revealed that the bottle was actually... more
Trois-Rivières's strong year 2019
The Canadian Trois-Rivières Port Authority (TRPA) has reported its results for 2019. Over the past year, Trois-Rivières welcomed 260 vessels and handled 4.2 million metric tonnes (mmt) of cargo - a record for the port. In 2018, the TRPA handled 3.8 million mmt. At the recent... more
Global supply chain project on the horizon
The e-PI-centre project to make supply chains more resilient is underway. Under the coordination of Port of Antwerp, a consortium of 36 partners representing ports, forwarders, cargo owners, logistics providers, knowledge institutes and technology firms officially launched the... more
Latam Cargo keeps Argentina connected
As a result of current market conditions, exacerbated by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the difficulty of building structural agreements with local industry actors, which has made it impossible to foresee a viable and sustainable long-term project, Latam Airlines... more
Georgia Ports heartened by May results
In container traffic, the month of May at Georgia Ports (GPA) performed better than expected. The Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal handled more than 337,000 teu last month, down 9.7% or 36,000 teu from May 2019. GPA executive director Griff Lynch thanked the port's... more
Michael Johnsen to join Arpin's global leadership team
Arpin International Group has appointed Michael Johnsen, its vice-president Asia-Pacific Region, to its global leadership team. Johnsen will continue to serve in his present role and will take on the additional duties of the global leadership team immediately. The team’s... more
Very international charter operation
The Hong-Kong-based U-Freight Group chartered a reconfigured Russian passenger aircraft to airfreight over 2,000 cartons of urgently needed PPE from China to the USA. The client, one of the world's largest manufacturers and distributors of quality laboratory equipment and... more