Richard Juergens moves from Oman to USA 
Richard Juergens has joined deugro (USA) as vice president projects North America. He will be responsible for project development and the technical support of deugro’s project activities, mainly in the sectors of oil and gas, power generation and infrastructure. In the past,... more
GAC appoints new vice president for Americas Region
GAC group president Bengt Ekstrand has announced the appointment of Pontus Fredriksson as group vice president – Americas, following the retirement of Bob Bandos, who held the position since March 2018. Bandos was part of the GAC group for 15 years, also serving as managing... more
United Cargo paves way for new online portal
United Cargo has joined forces with WebCargo by Freightos, which has been helping forwarders to automate rate management and back-office operations since 2008, to design and implement a new online portal to provide customers expanded on-demand booking, dynamic pricing and... more
Caribbean Airlines Cargo teams up with Alaska Airlines
Cool and hot: Before concluding an interline agreement with Air Canada (see upcoming ITJ 31-35/2019, p. 13), Caribbean Airlines Cargo has entered into an interline agreement with Alaska Airlines, adding further 16 destinations to its cargo network. The arrangement enables the... more
Bruce A. Fenimore and Sara Mayes to receive CII awards
Bruce A. Fenimore, CEO of Columbia Group, will receive the 2019 Connie Award presented by the containerisation & intermodal institute (CII) on 9 December 2019. The industry-wide event to honour Fenimore will be held at the Renaissance Newark Airport Hotel (USA). ... more
ZIM launches Americas service
The Haifa (Israel)-based carrier ZIM will launch a new Central America- Caribbean Service (CCS). The service between Mexico, Caribbean and Central America will have the following rotation: Veracruz - Altamira (Mexico) – Puerto Cortes (Honduras) - Santo Tomas (Guatemala) –... more
AIT Worldwide Logistics acquires US freight forwarder
AIT Worldwide Logistics has acquired Unitrans International Corporation, a Los Angeles (USA)-based freight forwarder with expertise in a variety of specialised services. “I’m excited to continue the implementation of AIT’s growth strategy with our investment in this... more
Fedex launches new Colombian connection
FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., has launched a new flight between Miami (FL, USA), Bogota and Medellin (Colombia). The new B767 flight facilitates the arrival of Colombian products to the US through its gateway facility in Miami and opens new markets for Colombian... more
New member of the board of harbour commissioners
The Long Beach city council voted unanimously to confirm Mayor Robert Garcia’s appointment of Steven Neal to the board of harbour commissioners, which oversees the Port of Long Beach and the staff of the city’s harbour department. Neal is a former city council member. His... more
100 years after the first east-west transatlantic crossing
Exactly a hundred years ago, only a few weeks after the first crossing of the Atlantic in an airplane, the British airship R34 flew across the ocean from east to west for the first time, carrying about 50 kg of parcels and letters, among them messages from the British king and... more