As a global trade gateway, with two freighter-owning passenger airlines based in the UAE, it was appropriate to have a…
March 14, 2017
Couriers hit the ground running at ACS
14 / 03 / 2017
Air Charter Service says its 2015 investment in its onboard courier division is paying dividends, with over 1,000 jobs last…
Tech giant offers carriers air cargo solution
14 / 03 / 2017
Global IT firm Unisys is offering a new “holistic and integrated cargo logistics solution to allow carriers to streamline freight…
Freight industry to flock to Florida
14 / 03 / 2017
Miami, Florida will be the venue for the TIACA 2020 Air Cargo Forum (ACF), along with Multimodal Americas and Supply…
WCS17: Smart new look for Jettainer
14 / 03 / 2017
Lufthansa’s Jettainer subsidiary unveiled a new logo and strapline at the IATA World Cargo Symposium on 14 March. The company…
WCS17: Mercator promises revolution in airfreight systems
14 / 03 / 2017
Transport software specialist Mercator is offering an Intelligent Cargo Ecosystem, which it describes as the industry’s first open API platform…
WCS17: Schiphol gets grant for pharma temperature alert system
14 / 03 / 2017
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is to develop an early warning system for pharma shippers with the help of a €1m research…
WCS17: China-Europe rail a threat to air cargo but box shipping troubles an opportunity
14 / 03 / 2017
Air cargo should start taking the threat presented by China-Europe rail services seriously, but the difficulties faced by the container…
Envirotainer flies the flag in Luxembourg
14 / 03 / 2017
Cold chain specialist Envirotainer is to supply its flagship RAP e2 solution at Luxembourg airport. Head of healthcare sales for…
Airports deal extended
14 / 03 / 2017
Airports Company South Africa and Germany’s Munich Airport have extended their sister partnership agreement, launched in 2015. It now extends…
WCS17: IATA chief makes modernisation call
14 / 03 / 2017
The head of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on the air cargo industry to speed up modernization and…
New UK and Ireland chief for Swissport
14 / 03 / 2017
Luzius Wirth is to become chief executive UK and Ireland at handler Swissport from 1 June, following the early retirement…
Champ in the corner for ULD Partner
14 / 03 / 2017
Champ Cargosystems says that Hong Kong based ULD Partner is using its ULD Manager application to support the operations of…
WCS17: Etihad takes freighter number ten
14 / 03 / 2017
Etihad has taken delivery of its tenth all cargo aircraft, an Airbus A330F. The new addition takes the Abu Dhabi-based…
New index to keep tabs on Asian freight
14 / 03 / 2017
A freight industry consultant and a journalist have created a new Asian forwarding index. Cathy Roberson, an industry veteran who…
DHL seeks CEIV status across the Americas
14 / 03 / 2017
DHL’s Global Forwarding, arm is to certify a further seven of its 11 Americas stations to IATA’s CEIV Pharma Standard….
WCS17: Cutting edge technology
14 / 03 / 2017
Hair today, gone tomorrow. Svilen Rangelov of Dronamics is promising to shave off a flowing beard when his company’s first…