The Doha-based airline has initiated additional pharmaceutical freighter flights from Basel, Switzerland and Brussels to Doha.
Executive Moves: CP and Troy Container Line
Canadian Pacific Railway names chief marketing officer, while Troy Container Line promotes FCL export manager.
Death of an ocean carrier
Several months after filing for court receivership in its native South Korea, former seventh-largest container carrier Hanjin Shipping has officially been declared bankrupt, according to a report from Reuters news service.
A.P. Moller-Maersk foundation notes need for diversification
While A.P. Moller-Maersk plans to narrow its focus to transportation and logistics, the foundation that owns a controlling stake in the company will move in its own direction, Ane Maersk Mc-Kinney Uggla said.
ILA, USMX say informal contract talks were ‘productive and fruitful’
The union and employers said contract discussions 19 months prior to the expiration of the current contract “demonstrates the commitment each side has to maintaining stability and growth.”
Executive Moves: Alaska Airlines and Siemens Postal, Parcel & Airport Logistics
Alaska Airlines names new chief information officer, vice president finance and controller, and promotes two to managing director, while Siemens Postal, Parcel & Airport Logistics appoints chief digitalization officer.
DP DHL parters with Huawei on IoT supply chain tech
Deutsche Post DHL Group and information and communications technology solutions provider Huawei Technologies are teaming up to develop a range of supply chain solutions using industrial-grade Internet of Things hardware and infrastructure.
NSC: Motor vehicle-related fatalities jump 6% in 2016
As many as 40,000 people died in automobile crashes in the United States last year, an increase of 6 percent from 2015 and the most since 2007, according to a preliminary analysis by the National Safety Council.
Two terminals at Port of Antwerp to offer 24-hour gates
Starting March 20, 2017, the Deurganck dock in the Port of Antwerp, home to container terminals MSC PSA European Terminal (MPET) and DP World Antwerp Gateway, will be open round the clock on weekdays.
SCPA’s box volumes soar in January
In pier container volumes, or boxes handled, the port authority moved 104,792 boxes in January, surpassing the prior record of 104,003 containers in May 2015.