March 2017

Tech giant offers carriers air cargo solution

Global IT firm Unisys is offering a new “holistic and integrated cargo logistics solution to allow carriers to streamline freight…

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Freight industry to flock to Florida

Miami, Florida will be the venue for the TIACA 2020 Air Cargo Forum (ACF), along with Multimodal Americas and Supply…

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WCS17: Smart new look for Jettainer

Lufthansa’s Jettainer subsidiary unveiled a new logo and strapline at the IATA World Cargo Symposium on 14 March. The company…

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WCS17: Mercator promises revolution in airfreight systems

Transport software specialist Mercator is offering an Intelligent Cargo Ecosystem, which it describes as the industry’s first open API platform…

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WCS17: Schiphol gets grant for pharma temperature alert system

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is to develop an early warning system for pharma shippers with the help of a €1m research…

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WCS17: China-Europe rail a threat to air cargo but box shipping troubles an opportunity

Air cargo should start taking the threat presented by China-Europe rail services seriously, but the difficulties faced by the container…

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Envirotainer flies the flag in Luxembourg

Cold chain specialist Envirotainer is to supply its flagship RAP e2 solution at Luxembourg airport. Head of healthcare sales for…

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Airports deal extended

Airports Company South Africa and Germany’s Munich Airport have extended their sister partnership agreement, launched in 2015. It now extends…

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WCS17: IATA chief makes modernisation call

The head of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on the air cargo industry to speed up modernization and…

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New UK and Ireland chief for Swissport

Luzius Wirth is to become chief executive UK and Ireland at handler Swissport from 1 June, following the early retirement…

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Champ in the corner for ULD Partner

Champ Cargosystems says that Hong Kong based ULD Partner is using its ULD Manager application to support the operations of…

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WCS17: Etihad takes freighter number ten

Etihad has taken delivery of its tenth all cargo aircraft, an Airbus A330F. The new addition takes the Abu Dhabi-based…

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New index to keep tabs on Asian freight

A freight industry consultant and a journalist have created a new Asian forwarding index. Cathy Roberson, an industry veteran who…

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DHL seeks CEIV status across the Americas

DHL’s Global Forwarding, arm is to certify a further seven of its 11 Americas stations to IATA’s CEIV Pharma Standard….

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WCS17: Cutting edge technology

Hair today, gone tomorrow. Svilen Rangelov of Dronamics is promising to shave off a flowing beard when his company’s first…

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Carrier springs into action to keep gas plant going

CargoLogicAir positioned extra aircrew in Rome to help move an urgent shipment for an industrial gas plant. The UK-based all-cargo…

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ABC turns its hand to charters

AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) says demand for charters of its 747 freighters grew 47% in 2016, although it is primarily a…

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Delta takes Aeromexico stake

Delta Air Lines has completed its acquisition of an additional 32% of the outstanding capital stock of Latin American carrier…

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UPS scores top marks in healthcare survey

UPS and its specialist pharmaceutical supply chain arm, Marken have been recognised as top providers of temperature data collection and…

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Damco offers digital dashboards

Third party logistics company Damco is offering its customers a new supply chain intelligence solution. It provides a suite of…

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