All articles by Damian Brett – Page 111
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NewsVIDEO: Schiphol's van Hemert on challenging market conditions
The Air Cargo News video team caught up with Anne Marie van Hemert, head of aviation business development, Schiphol Airport, as she highlighted the challenging market conditions faced by the airfreight industry in the first part of this year.
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NewsVIDEO: VRR outlines its new collapsible container
VRR has launched what is believed to be the world’s first fully collapsible AAX container to better manage ULD imbalances at this year’s IATA World Cargo Symposium (WCS). The collapsible AAX ULD can be folded and stacked to enable ULD managers to store or reposition them where ...
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NewsVIDEO: IATA's Brendan Sullivan on air cargo's key challenges
The Air Cargo News team caught up with IATA global head of cargo Brendan Sullivan to discuss the importance of this year’s World Cargo Symposium and also to find out a bit more about how the association is tackling key industry challenges.
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NewsVIDEO: AFA expects air cargo capacity challenges to continue
Brandon Fried, executive director, Airforwarders Association, tells Air Cargo News that capacity challenges in air cargo are set to be around for a while longer.
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NewsChallenge Airlines IL gains CEIV Live Animals
Frederic Leger (L), IATA and Hay Sasson (R), Challenge Group. Source: Air Cargo NewsChallenge Airlines IL has become the latest company to achieve the IATA CEIV Live Animal certification.Speaking on the sidelines of the IATA World Cargo Symposium (WCS), Hay Sasson, the chief operating officer of parent company Challenge Group, ...
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NewsAir cargo needs to adapt to changing customer demands
Source: IATAAir cargo should leverage technology to help it to adapt to growing customer demand for complete logistics solutions.Speaking at the IATA World Cargo Symposium (WCS), Ashok Rajan senior vice president, global head, cargo and logistics solutions at IBS Software, said that over the last couple of years shippers have ...
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NewsHas air cargo's digital drive accelerated fast enough?
Source: IATAThe adoption of digitalisation has accelerated during the past two years, but this isn't too much of a surprise given the slow progress prior to the pandemic.Speaking on an IATA World Cargo Symposium (WCS) digitalisation panel chaired by Deloitte Canada global air cargo and logistics leader Dejan Markovic, panelists ...
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Air cargo still benefiting from high cost of box shipping
Air cargo will continue to benefit from the narrowing of pricing compared with ocean shipping despite that difference coming down in recent months.Speaking on day one of the IATA World Cargo Symposium (WCS), IATA chief economist Marie Owens Thomsen pointed to statistics showing that the gap between ocean and airfreight ...
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NewsIATA: Air cargo is lagom – not too hot, not too cold
Source: IATAIATA chief economist Marie Owens Thomsen turned to her native language of Swedish when asked to outline the current state of the air cargo market, describing it as lagom – not too hot, not too cold.Speaking to the press after the IATA World Cargo Symposium (WCS) opening, Thomsen said ...
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Challenge Group welcomes u-turn on Israel's four engine aircraft ban
Challenge Group has welcomed the news that the Israel Airports Authority has decided to reverse its decision to ban four-engined aircraft from its airports.Speaking at the IATA World Cargo Symposium (WCS), Challenge Group vice president Or Zak said he was not surprised when the ban was announced, but he was ...
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Jettainer expands in Asia and reveals ambitious growth plans
ULD management firm Jettainer is hoping to double the size of its managed fleet of ULDs as it adds new gateways in Asia.At the IATA World Cargo Symposium, the company revealed that it would add new gateways in Singapore and Hong Kong and establish its own regional team in Asia.Meanwhile, ...
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NewsUPS appoints Klingler-Werner to head up Supply Chain Solutions in Europe
Susanne Klinger-Werner. Source: UPSUPS has named Susanne Klingler-Werner as the new President for UPS Supply Chain Solutions Europe.Klingler-Werner will be responsible for 22 markets across Europe. She joined UPS from Menlo Worldwide Forwarding in 2005 and has held roles of increasing responsibility in Global Freight Forwarding (GFF) operations, airfreight product ...
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NewsNew cargo appointments at Liege Airport
Frédéric Brun (L) and Alexis Lapot. Source: Liege AirportCargo specialist Liege Airport will appoint two new cargo leaders, with Frédéric Brun and Alexis Lapot starting work at the Belgian hub.Brun will take the role of head of commercial cargo and logistics while Lapot will be senior manager cargo sales when ...
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NewsWFS and Diagnose test the use of dogs to detect lithium batteries
Source: Diagnose/WFSCargo handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) and dog-handling detection firm Diagnose have launched a project to see if canines can be used to help detect undeclared lithium batteries.The two firms carried out a six-month feasibility study using dogs to detect the presence of lithium batteries in cargo shipments, mail ...
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Emirates SkyCargo adds first third-party booking portal partnership
Emirates SkyCargo has added its capacity to a third-party online booking portal for the first time as it looks to expand its digital reach.The Dubai-based airline today announced that it would place its capacity on the WebCargo by Freightos portal.The airline said that the move would give customers "quick and ...
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The cargo warehouse of the future
On day two of the World Cargo Symposium, a panel discussion will be chaired by Menzies Aviation's Robert Fordree. Ahead of the discussion, Fordree has outlined his thoughts on how cargo handling facilities will develop in the coming years.During the heights of the Covid-19 pandemic the cargo industry experienced exponential ...
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Session focus: Air cargo's digitalisation journey
Air cargo’s digitalisation journey has certainly been long and winding, but there has been progress over the past couple of years.The Covid pandemic helped accelerate the industry’s adoption of digital solutions in response to home working and a rapidly changing marketplace.Over the past two years it has become clear that ...
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NewsWelcome to ACN's coverage of IATA WCS
Source: IATAAir Cargo News is delighted to have been selected as the principal media partner of IATA’s World Cargo Symposium (WCS) for the first time.The 15th edition of the key annual event in the air cargo industry takes place at the Excel Arena in London between September 27 and 29.This ...
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NewsIATA WCS to kick off with wide ranging opening plenary
Source: IATAThe IATA World Cargo Symposium will begin with the opening plenary, offering a range of sessions that also set up the debate over the coming three days.IATA global head of cargo Brendan Sullivan will start the day of with a review of the year so far, looking at the ...
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NewsRosy outlook beckons for freighter conversions
Freighter conversion suppliers expect a strong e-commerce market to support the switching of passenger jets to cargo use, although capacity and manpower could present challenges.Mike Doellefeld, vice president of commercial freighter conversions at Boeing, is upbeat about prospects for the 737-800BCF, noting that the company has redelivered about 100 conversions, ...