Michael R. White, the well-liked and much respected President of Cargo Network Services (CNS) is retiring December 31, to pursue other interests.
Mr. White joins a parade of recent IATA top cargo management retirements...
Dr. Jan Hoffmann is Chief, Trade Logistics Branch in the Division on Technology and Logistics at UNCTAD (http://UNCTAD.org). In different capacities through our careers, I have been able to meet with Jan Hoffmann several times. Becoming acquainted with Jan has been both a privilege and a discovery for me (http://JanHoffmann.live).
Gusto In Forschung 
However, Dr Hoffmann was not born a civil servant, his gusto in “Forschung” (in English: Research) is probably the engine behind his choices, which brought him from his family tramp shipping business Hoffmann Shipping, based in Horneburg, Germany, to many other contiguous interests: import-export agent, seafarer, translator, consultant and assistant professor, before joining the United Nations.
Sky Bar Is Back!
Blast from our past . . . There is some good news this October as Halloween approaches. Sky Bar  a great candy bar inspired by aviation in 1938 and thought dead a couple of years ago, is back, and better than ever, being produced in Sudbury, Mass.
Here is a treat from another time  that celebrates the excitement and promise of air speed, that also brought a discipline for all time, along for the ride.

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