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InsightsCargolux's Forson fears freighter boom will see air cargo bubble burst
Cargolux is exercising caution when it comes to freighter fleet investments and with good reason, president and chief executive Richard Forson tells Roger Hailey.Forson takes the longer term view of the air cargo industry and will not make million-dollar freighter fleet investment decisions based on the industry’s current boom.The Luxembourg-based ...
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Putzger perspective: Alignment headaches
Shipping companies' thirst for end-to-end supply chain solutions has seen their interest and investment in the airfreight industry continue to grow, but airlines would do well to think about what this trend means for the future, writes Ian Putzger.Airline boards have plenty of food for thought these days. Shipping lines’ ...
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InsightsAirfreight reacts to challenges in energy logistics
Demand remains steady in the energy airfreight market with rising oil prices and renewables development helping to fuel business, writes Yvonne Mulder.The general consensus in the energy airfreight market is that the pressure from governments, consumers and campaigners to end the use of fossil fuels will not significantly impact their ...
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NewsCEVA Logistics delivers BAE Systems scale replica aircraft
Source: CEVAThe need for speed was critical for the CEVA Logistics Showfreight team last week as they managed the logistics for a full-scale replica of a Typhoon fighter jet for a movie premiere in London’s Leicester Square.The CEVA team had just seven hours to unload and install the scale model ...
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NewsCHAMP Cargosystems team wins ONE Record hackathon
Source: CHAMP CargosystemsCHAMPorado, a team comprised of CHAMP Cargosystems professionals, won two awards at this year’s IATA ONE Record Hackathon held in Amsterdam.The team won the ONE Record Prize for the solution that made the best use of the ONE Record API in terms of innovation and creativity.All teams were ...
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NewsForwarders need more understanding of digitalisation, says AfA chief
Brandon Fried, executive director, Airforwarders Association (AfA). Photo: AfAForwarders are ready to invest in digitisation but need to understand better its worth beyond being a shipper or regulatory requirement.That was the message from Brandon Fried, executive director of the Airforwarders Association (AfA), when addressing delegates at the CNS Partnership ...
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NewsAirblox marketplace offers real-time airfreight capacity
Edip Pektas. Photo: AirbloxAviation finance technology (fintech) pioneer Airblox has launched a live feed of global airfreight scheduled flight capacity for its electronic Block Space Agreement (eBSA) booking service.Airblox’s online marketplace enables freight forwarders and airlines to trade air cargo capacity in the form of standardized eBSAs.Airblox said that the ...
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Quarterly cargo revenues on the rise at Delta Air Lines
Delta Air Lines saw cargo revenue increase in the third quarter of 2021 to $262m, a 39% improvement compared with the benchmark September quarter of pre-Covid 2019.The US carrier said that cargo revenue continues to improve on yield strength, adding that the latest result represents the fourth consecutive quarter of ...
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NewsSmartLynx sees fleet growth in 2021
SmartLynx Airlines has added five Airbus A330 stripped of their passenger seats to provide long-haul cargo operations in what the European Union-based ACMI passenger and cargo specialist called a “memorable year” so far in 2021.Said a spokesperson: “The company grew its fleet to an impressive number of 35 aircraft. This ...
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NewsSwissport gains CEIV Fresh in Kenya
Swissport Kenya has been awarded the IATA CEIV Fresh certification for perishable cargo, making it the only ground handler with this certification at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.Swissport also is the first ground services provider in Sub-Saharan Africa to attain this standard.Nairobi is a major hub for perishables in East ...
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NewsCargo IQ announces 2022 strategy, Moehle named as new executive director
Cargo iQ’s board has announced its renewed vision for Cargo iQ in 2022, which includes focusing on implementation, direct collaboration with members and sharing best practices.The IATA special interest group has also named Lothar Moehle as its new executive director, bringing over four decades of experience in the air cargo ...
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NewsPublic flight debut for Volocopter’s VoloDrone
Volocopter and strategic investor DB Schenker have conducted the first public flight of Volocopter’s electric heavy-lift drone VoloDrone.The VoloDrone is an uncrewed, fully electric utility drone designed to carry any of the six International Organization for Standardization (ISO) pallet sizes, weighing up to 200 kg, over a 40-km range.The three-minute ...
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ECS Group adopts CHAMP’s Cargospot SaaS version
CHAMP Cargosystems and ECS Group have signed a new Cargospot contract, continuing a relationship which began in 2002, when the original contract was signed.The new contract is based on the latest Software as a Service (SaaS) version of CHAMP’s vastly improved Cargo Management Application, Cargospot.Cargospot brings “better service, better technologies, ...
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NewsLufthansa Cargo boosts handling performance with new production planning system
Lufthansa Cargo has finalised the implementation of its production planning and control (PPC) transformation project.“An integrated production planning system has been part of our digitalization roadmap”, said Harald Gloy, the cargo airline’s chief operations officer and chief human resources officer.“The new application enables us to make smarter and faster decisions ...
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Swissport’s Goovaerts to lead strategic focus on cargo
Ground handler Swissport International has appoined Dirk Goovaerts as Global Cargo Chair, to strengthen its air cargo business and bundling responsibility for strategic developmentThe newly created role will see Goovaerts, who continues as head of the Middle East & Africa region, focus on the strategic development of the cargo businessPrior ...
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NewsNew mentorship scheme for next generation female logistics leaders
Emma Murray (L) and Celine Hourcade. Source: Women in Aviation and LogisticsWomen in Aviation and Logistics (WAL) has launched a new mentorship scheme to support and encourage the NextGen of female leaders.The scheme is free to join and will bring together industry leaders, both women and men, to mentor and ...
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Bolloré presents PRISM, a ‘next-generation’ 4PL
Bolloré Transport & Logistics has deployed PRISM, its next- generation 4PL company designed to meet the specific needs of customers engaged in transforming their supply chain.PRISM, present in every continent, offers digital solutions which can be customised and interfaced, either through its own LINK 4PL management system or through reversible ...
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NewsIATA launches CEIV lithium battery certification program
From left to right: Peter Penseel and Willie Walsh.IATA has launched its Center of Excellence for Independent Validators Lithium Battery (CEIV Lithium Battery) industry certification program to improve the safe handling and transport of lithium batteries across the supply chain.Said Willie Walsh, IATA’s Director General: “Lithium batteries are critical power ...
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IATA: Industry cooperation key to post-pandemic air cargo resilience
IATA has urged the air cargo industry to continue working together at the same pace and with the same levels of cooperation as during the COVID-19 pandemic so as to overcome future challenges and build industry resilience.Sustainability, modernization, and safety were highlighted as key priorities for the industry post pandemic. ...
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NewsCargolux and K+N pilot API connectivity for quotes & bookings
Cargolux has launched a set of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to offer customers a direct interface between their systems and the European freighter airline’s platform to receive tailored and immediate bookable quotes.This system is piloted by Cargolux’s Brussels, Milan, Frankfurt, and London offices in collaboration with long-standing freight forwarding customer ...