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April 2016

Virgin Atlantic Cargo Appoints New Regional Sales Manager USA

Virgin Atlantic Cargo has appointed John Giannitelli as Regional Sales Manager USA as it commences its biggest-ever transatlantic summer schedule. Based at New York JFK in his new role, John joins Virgin Atlantic from Aer Lingus, where he ran the airline’s sales and reservations operation for the USA. Prior to Aer Lingus, he spent 9 years at Qantas covering the East Coast USA. As Regional Sales Manager USA he will be ... [+]

AACargo Expands Temp-Controlled Network in San Juan, Dallas/Fort Worth

American Airlines Cargo continues to invest in its global network in support of the increasing demand for both pharmaceutical and perishable goods across the world. Most recent facility improvements include those in both San Juan (SJU) and Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), which see some of the highest demand for time- and ... [+]

Americold Appoints Carl Fowler as Senior Vice President, Business Development – Regional Accounts

Americold has appointed Carl Fowler as its Senior Vice President, Business Development – Regional Accounts. Fowler will lead Americold’s Regional Business Development team, develop the company’s regional growth strategy, and partner with Americold customers to optimize their supply chains. Fowler brings more than 20 years of logistics industry experience to Americold, ... [+]

Hapag-Lloyd Focuses More Intensely on Special Cargo

Hapag-Lloyd is focusing even more intensely than before on Special Cargo for container vessels. In order to be able to transport more cargo which does not fit into standard containers due to oversize or overweight, Hapag-Lloyd has strengthened its team of specialists. In addition to its Special Cargo Division ... [+]

IAG Cargo Partners with ‘David Beckham: The Man’ Exhibition

IAG Cargo has successfully transported a unique collection of 18 portraits of David Beckham for a Hong Kong-based, VIP auction preview of “David Beckham: the Man”, in support of 7: The David Beckham UNICEF Fund and Positive View Foundation. The event is part of a high profile three-year ... [+]

Atlas Air Worldwide Acquires Southern Air

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. has completed its acquisition of privately held Southern Air Holdings, Inc., a premier provider of intercontinental and domestic CMI (crew, maintenance and insurance) services, in an immediately accretive transaction for cash consideration of approximately $110 million, subject to customary adjustments. The company did not assume ... [+]

Batman’s wheels ready to fly

Hidden inside the anonymous container are the wheel’s of a superhero. Turkish Cargo transported the Batmobile from the US to London on an intercontinental cargo flight following the launch of the latest film, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Neither Metropolis nor Gotham City was on the itinerary; more prosaically, the ... [+]

New Contract Between ACL and Ceres Halifax

Atlantic Container Line (ACL) is maintaining its twice weekly call at Halifax with its new G4 RORO/Containerships thanks to a new contract between Ceres Halifax Inc and ACL that runs through 2022. ACL is continuing to serve the North American and European markets at the Fairview Cove Container Terminal of ... [+]

Smart Phone Apps for Port of Oakland Harbor Truckers

The Port of Oakland is launching two smart phone applications that could transform containerized cargo handling at seaports. The apps provide a highly anticipated tech-based calculation of harbor trucker turn times – an elusive industry metric. The apps, DrayQ™ and DrayLink™, employ Bluetooth, WiFi and GPS technology. They tell drivers ... [+]

VOLGA-DNEPR, Chapman Freeborn Deliver Welding System to Malaysian Power Station

A 19-ton portable welding system was part of a shipment delivered to Malaysia by Volga-Dnepr Airlines and air charter specialists Chapman Freeborn to support restoration work at one of the country’s biggest electricity power stations. The IL-76TD-90VD freighter flight operated to Bintulu, Malaysia, from Jakarta in Indonesia. The welding equipment and other ... [+]

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