Flexport founder Ryan Petersen is set to act as co-chief executive for six months after Mr Clark joins on 1 September and will then take the newly created executive chairman role. “Flexport is on its way to becoming one of the world’s most important technology platforms for supply chain and log...

Rotate’s website explains that its aim is to help airlines turn data into action. “We target all domains that drive the commercial performance of airlines: from sales optimisation and dynamic pricing to revenue management, contract management and revenue leakage.” The company added, modestly...

IPP Air Cargosaid its first 737-800BCF was “nearly done” after  conversion at Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering in China, where it has a second aircraft undergoing conversion and two more on the way. The airline was set up last year by billionaire Johnathan Hanh Nguyen, chairman of Im...

This section analyses the biggest news stories of the summer, including industrial unrest at European ports, the latest from China and why US west coast port congestion has shifted east. It also includes a full briefing on air and ocean freight rates. In par...

The cargo airline says the carbon-offset projects are third-party-validated by corporate sustainability consultant Gold Standard. Cathay Pacific will deliver the calculations by waybill number, using the latest methodology from IATA: the Recommended Practice 1678 (RP1678). “Multiple factors can ...

It’s a move seen as an attempt to quell the infighting among Dr Chang’s four sons for control over the group. Mr Cheng, formerly chairman of Taiwanese banking group Mega Financial Holdings, was appointed at a board meeting on Wednesday. He said many of his family trusted him to serve as chairm...

A more likely variant these days is handling facilities for online carriers at an airport coming onstream outside the perimeter fence. This spring airfreight handling firm Aeroterm acquired two warehouses within ten minutes of Montreal’s Trudeau Airport. The two buildings, which have a combined f...

The 56-year-old began his career at Transports Graveleau and then moved to Dachser, where he held various business development and site management positions. He joined Geodis in 2011 as key account sales director for its Distribution & Express business, and in 2018, Mr Melaine was appointed interna...

Ms Hobson left Ligentia, where she was group marketing director, in December after six years. She has also founded consultancy Shape Tomorrow and is an ambassador for logistics charity Transaid. In her new role, she will be responsible for creating and implementing Cardinal’s global marketing an...

Salmon farming specialist and exporter Bakkafrost has set up its own air cargo subsidiary, FarCargo, which has closed a deal to purchase a Boeing 757-200F, which has a flight range of 7,000km and a payload of some 35 tonnes. The maiden trip is planned for two to three months’ time between Vágar, ...