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Lady Luck and the lifer: Dan Wall's Expeditors is on a tear

Stock value at record $206.23 intraday post-interims. Quarterly revenue up 42%, operating profit up 55%. A freight market delivering disruption, scarcity, and an AI infrastructure boom. Expeditors' new chief executive has produced extraordinary results - however, the real test may be what happens when the market stops helping. There's no polite way to say this, so let's just say it: Dan Wall (pictured below) picked a hell of a time to become chief executive of Expeditors International.

LATAM Cargo sends aid to flood victims in Galápagos islands

LATAM Cargo has helped transport nearly 13 tons of humanitarian aid to communities affected by flooding in the Galápagos islands. As part of the LATAM Group's Solidarity Plane programme, LATAM Ecuador, supported by LATAM Cargo Group flew 1,000 food and hygiene products kits and 9,600 liters of water from Quito, Ecuador to Santa Cruz Island in the Galápagos islands, where heavy rains linked to El Niño caused flooding. The main challenge was finding a suitable aircraft that could land at the planned destination, stressed LATAM Cargo. Baltra Airport cannot handle a Boeing 767 freighter, the aircraft LATAM Cargo usually uses for missions like this. The cargo teams did not want to reduce the amount of aid planned and so they decided to use a Airbus A319, utilising both the hold and the cabin seats. In total, 6,700 kilos was loaded into the hold and another 6,100 kilos directly on the cabin seats. In total, the flight carried 12,800 kilos of humanitarian aid. That is more than three times the cargo of a regular flight on this aircraft and almost twice what it could carry in the hold alone, pointed out LATAM Cargo. Andrés Bianchi, chief executive of LATAM Cargo Group, said: "In an emergency, the main goal is to get aid there as quickly as possible. Because of the restrictions in the Galápagos, meeting that goal meant a Plan B: flying an A319 as a 'preighter'. "Being able to carry this out so quickly highlights the creativity, expertise and passion of the LATAM group's teams. "Thanks to them, and together with partners such as CIP and Grupo Entregas, we were able to carry more than triple the aid this aircraft normally transports." The LATAM Solidarity Plane programme is a corporate social responsibility and sustainability initiative by LATAM Airlines Group that provides free air transport and logistical infrastructure for health, environmental, and emergency-response causes across South America.

JB Hunt faces data breach lawsuits as hackers claim haul of carrier records

Companies that have faced a cyber attack are now increasingly likely to face lawsuits too, from customers or staff over any breach of data security. JB Hunt is the latest: it is facing four proposed class actions, after a cybercrime group claimed to have taken employee information and millions of business records from the US transport and logistics company. The suits, filed in the Western District of Arkansas on 27 and 28 October, allege JB Hunt failed to protect employees' personal information. Named plaintiffs include current and former workers. The claims have not been tested in court, and no class has yet been certified. Cyber attacks often leave logistics companies facing litigation beyond the immediate cost of restoring systems. Motor carriers sued freight broker TQL after a breach exposed business information, while employees and applicants brought claims against cold-chain operator Americold over compromised personal data. Expeditors has also faced claims from customers alleging losses after a 2022 attack disrupted services. The JB Hunt attacker, calling itself WhiteArmor, posted its claim on or about 23 October, although it is not clear exactly when the hack took place. The complainants repeat its claim to hold 140,838 employee records for a $5m ransom. One complaint also lists what WhiteArmor claims to hold: 1.7m carrier contacts, 38.2m invoices, 973 Microsoft 365 mailboxes, and records concerning 374,000 organisations. JB Hunt has not confirmed what information was accessed or how many people were affected. JB Hunt has acknowledged an incident took place, while stressing that freight operations have continued. A spokesperson reportedly told local media it was investigating "unauthorised access to certain information within an isolated portion" of its technology system. "Our systems remain operational, and there has been no disruption to our ability to serve customers," the spokesperson said. JB Hunt added it had brought in a cybersecurity firm, notified law enforcement, and revoked the unauthorised access. The lawsuits allege inadequate data security and seek damages and changes to the company's security practices. Aaron Hunter, a former employee, said in his complaint that he had received no individual breach notice as of 27 October, when he filed his complaint. For shippers and carriers, the unanswered question is whether any commercially sensitive information was accessed. The business data figures cited in the lawsuits are the hackers' assertions, while the legal claims filed so far focus on employees' personal information. Following a 2022 cyber attack that shut down most of Expeditors' operating systems, customers including iRobot and POC USA sued the forwarder over alleged losses from interrupted warehousing and deliveries. JB Hunt says its ability to serve customers has not been disrupted and the lawsuits do not allege any losses from halted freight movements.