British naval airship plans drown in Humber 
Exactly 100 years ago, on 24 August 1921, during its fourth trial flight, the R38 (ZR-2) rigid airship, purchased by the US Navy from Britain's Royal Air Force, broke into two parts and fell into the Humber River at Hull, England. The airship with a payload of 46 t, the... more
La Compagnie to carry transatlantic cargo
La Compagnie has appointed Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) to support its first-ever venture into the air cargo market. The French 100% business class airline has awarded WFS a three-year contract to handle cargo on board its A321LR between Paris Orly and New York EWR which will... more
COO for BDP International
The Philadelphia (PA)-headquartered BDP International (BDP) has appointed Hector J. Gonzalez as its new chief operations officer (COO). He joined BDP in 2015, and most recently served as BDP's managing director - North America operations & projects, oil & gas division.... more
JAS Worldwide targets Nordic countries
Freight forwarding services provider JAS Worldwide, which is based in Atlanta, Georgia (USA), is acquiring Greencarrier Freight Services International, the freight forwarding, logistics and supply chain management division of Greencarrier Group. The company is headquartered... more
Constraints on jump-seat cargo flights
The Air Line Pilots Association (Alpa) welcomes the introduction of legislation (HR 4598) that would require the installation of intrusion-resistant cockpit doors (IRCD) on aircraft used in all-cargo airline operations. The non-governmental aviation safety organisation... more
Uniform consistency all over the globe
The cargo and ground handling employees of Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) are getting a new outfit. The new uniform applies to all employees in its North America and Europe, the Middle East, Africa & Asia (EMEAA) operations. The roll-out of some 125,000 pieces of... more
Manaus wants more
Super Terminais Comercio e Industria (Super Terminais), a private cargo terminal at the Port of Manaus, Brazil, has ordered three Konecranes Gottwald cranes to serve large container vessels. A river port located at the confluence of the Amazon River and the Rio Negro in the... more
Haeco Xiamen redelivers first B737-800SF
Haeco Xiamen, a member of the Haeco Group, has redelivered to Aviation Holdings III its first B737-800SF converted freighter with supplemental type certificate (STC) partner Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI). The Chinese company has been an authorised AEI conversion centre... more
Rail Hub in Louisiana to open next January
Logistics company Savage is partnering with rail firm Kansas City Southern (KCS) to construct a multi-commodity rail port with transload and railcar storage capabilities in Mossville (La), USA. Savage will own and operate the rail port, which is being built on property... more
Are you on the list?
Distinction is necessary in the market. Four Kites, a Chicago-headquartered logistics software provider that runs a real-time supply chain visibility platform, has just published its global premier carrier list for Q2/2021. The company’s tenth consecutive quarterly list... more