June 2017

Naomi Landman: Pharma game changers

All specialist product areas have their particular regulations and jargon, but they seem to proliferate in pharmaceuticals more than in…

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Nick Platts: Heathrow’s man with a plan

Heathrow Airport’s cargo chief, Nick Platts, is experienced in rescuing “errant English-men” from his ten years as a Southern Ocean…

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AMI’s Sharon Wright: The benefits of neutrality

Various ways have been suggested over the years to give small to medium forwarders the tools to compete with the…

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Cindy Miller: UPS forwarding and supply chain are pulling together

When UPS acquired Fritz in 2001 and then Menlo, which had itself absorbed the mighty Emery Worldwide, in 2004, there…

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Germany’s BARIG, speaking up for air cargo

BARIG has been speaking for Germany’s airlines for 65 years – and cargo is a key part of its role,…

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Dirk Schusdziara: Frankfurt Airport, a dedicated voice for cargo

Frankfurt Airport once more has a cargo manager, Dirk Schusdziara, whose title is senior vice president cargo at the airport’s…

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Frantz Wallenborn: A trucker in the fast lane

Wallenborn is a well-known name in European road feeder services (RFS), but president and chief executive Frantz Wallenborn had a…

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Tony Wright of Exelsius: The way ahead for pharma

What standards should be applied to ground handlers when it comes to pharmaceutical traffic and how should they be measured?…

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Steven Verhasselt: Liege Airport has room for freighters

You might think that in this day and age the exciting growth prospects in cargo are in bellyhold. All those…

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Airlink’s Steven Smith: How airlines can save lives

Be it either Ebola or an earthquake, the aviation industry is always ready to help, providing charitable logistical support by…

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Virgin Atlantic’s Steve Buckerfield – Like father, like son

A young Steve Buckerfield sampled his first taste of the air cargo business when his father Chris took him to…

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WFS’ Craig Smyth, back from the garden

It has been two years since Craig Smyth left his position as boss of ground handler Menzies Aviation.  During his…

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Lars Syberg: Cargolux, airfreight’s flexible friend

Lars Syberg, a former freight forwarder and pharma shipper, has made a further shift within the supply chain as the…

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Richard Forson: Cargolux, a new model airline

Cargolux’s new president and chief executive has commissioned a strategic review of the European all-cargo airline, to establish whether the…

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Drew Crawley: Sofa so good for IAG

When you change jobs it can sometimes take a while to settle into life at a new company. One thing…

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Vladimir Zubkov of TIACA

Co-operation is a word that is bandied around a lot in the cargo transport arena, perhaps because there are so…

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David Kerr – Etihad Cargo strikes a balanced approach

David Kerr runs a $1bn cargo business at Etihad Airways but grimaces at the phrase “billion-dollar man”, emphasising instead the…

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Flydubai renews with Mercator

Flydubai has renewed its contract with Mercator to provide a cargo platform for the end-to-end management of air cargo operations…

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Halifax has doubts over sell-off plan

Halifax International Airport processed, 33,329 tonnes of cargo in 2016, up 4.1% over 2015, the airport total its annual public…

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Noise fines trigger Brussels freighter exodus

Noise fines imposed on carriers by the Brussels Capital Region are beginning to drive all-cargo airlines away, complains Brussels Airport….

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