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NewsTransflo chief executive joins AIT Worldwide Logistics board
Transflo chief executive Renee Krug. Photo: AIT Worldwide LogisticsFreight forwarder AIT Worldwide Logistics has appointed supply chain software firm Transflo chief executive Renee Krug to its board of directors.Krug has amassed more than 25 years of executive experience across the supply chain, including executive roles with shipper Honeywell, truckload carrier ...
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NewsWFS opens third Copenhagen Airport cargo facility
Photo: WFSWorldwide Flight Services (WFS) has opened its third cargo handling facility at Copenhagen Airport.The new Terminal 3 cargo building adds a further 3,700 sq m of warehouse space to WFS’ handling infrastructure in Copenhagen, where it handles over 100,000 tonnes of cargo a year, carried onboard passenger and freighter ...
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CargoAi teams up with logistics platform Magaya
Logistics management platform Magaya's users will have access to booking portal CargoAi as part of a new partnership between the two firms.The two platforms will connect using APIs, allowing Magaya customers to retrieve and compare airfreight schedules, availability, pricing, information on aircraft types and a CO2 calculator.“We are excited to ...
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Atlas Air sees profits and volumes slide due to Covid cases and hurricane Ian
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings saw its profits and volumes decline in the third quarter of the year due to a rise in Covid cases and the impact of Hurricane Ian.The lessor said its revenues for the quarter increased by 10.7% year on year to $1.1bn, while operating profits declined by ...
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IAG Cargo looks ahead to returning South America flights
IAG Cargo will offer capacity on two flights from sister carrier Iberia's passenger operation between Madrid Barajas Airport and Caracas in Venezuela and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.The returning flights will start in November and will operate three times a week. The service to Caracas will utilise the bellyhold of ...
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NewsChapman Freeborn appoints new director
Air charter specialist Chapman Freeborn has appointed David Tasker as director – government and humanitarian.In his role of global director – government and humanitarian, Tasker will be developing governmental and humanitarian air opportunities on a global scale, ensuring this happens in a coordinated, centralised and transparent manner across the Chapman ...
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Technology helps CharterSync thrive
Technology is helping digital air cargo charter company CharterSync thrive.CharterSync director and co-founder Simon Watson said: “Our biggest challenge is making sure that we invest into our technology because it is our USP (unique selling point).”He confirmed: “We have quite big plans to build on top” of the current technology, ...
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NewsGeodis expands with new office in Spain
Source: GeodisFreight forwarder Geodis has expanded its presence in Spain through the opening of a new office in Seville.The new office adds a presence in the Andalusia region of Spain and comes in addition to its presence in Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid and Valencia.Ivan Sanchez, managing director of Geodis in Spain, ...
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NewsAirLift Group becomes GSA for My Freighter
My Freighter Boeing B747-200F. Photo: Airlift GroupAirLift Group has become a GSA for Uzbekistan-based My Freighter following delivery of the latter's first Boeing B747-200F freighter last month.Logistics firm My Freighter took delivery of its first Boeing B747-200F freighter in October and has plans to add five more as it looks ...
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NewsAirfreight peak season looking unlikely as demand falls again
Air cargo volumes declined 8% year on year in October - the eighth consecutive month of decline - and the outlook is equally downbeat.According to Xeneta-owned CLIVE Data Services the market outlook "remains uncertain" and there is also nothing to indicate an upturn next year from its weekly market data.There ...
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NewsAir France KLM teams up with Jan de Rijk on biofuel truck
Source: AFLKMPAir France KLM Martinair (AFKLMP) Cargo and Jan de Rijk Logistics have teamed up on the use of biofuel-powered truck.The new Long Heavy Vehicle (LHV) will be run on Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil 100 (HVO100) and also offers a larger capacity to reduce the amount of driving.This new fuel, HVO, ...
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NewsLufthansa Cargo announces structural changes
André Schulz, Stephanie Abeler, Oliver von Götz, Marcel Kling. Source: Lufthansa CargoLufthansa Cargo will reduce its sales regions from seven to five areas as part of efforts to simplify its process structures.The changes will see the sales regions of North and South America merged into a single America region, while ...
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Airfreight rates decline again in October
Airfreight rates continued to buck normal seasonal trends and declined again in October as the air cargo market remained subdued.The market usually sees an increase in rates out of Asia between September and October as the industry continues to ramp up toward the peak season. However, that was not the ...
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NewsCainiao to utilise 3,000 flights for 11/11 festival
Source: CainiaoCainiao Network, the logistics arm of e-commerce firm Alibaba, will utilise 3,000 flights as one of a number of measures to ensure it can meet demand generated by the Double 11 shopping festival.The logistics firm said that ahead of the festival, it has secured various freight routes spanning air, ...
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NewsQatar Cargo adds Riyadh freighter
Source: Qatar Airways CargoQatar Airways Cargo has launched a new freighter service to Saudi Arabia as it looks to capitalise on demand to and from the country.The new twice-weekly freighter service to Riyadh started on November 1 and will utilise a B777F offering around 100 tonnes of capacity per flight.The ...
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WestJet Cargo selects SmartKargo as it prepares for all-cargo launch
WestJet Cargo has signed up to use the SmartKargo cargo management platform as it prepares to ramp up operations with the addition of its first freighters.The SmartKargo platform is cloud-based and links with the carrier's existing systems through API connections. It offers business intelligence, real-time information and machine learning.The move ...
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Etihad Cargo partners on new cool chain facility
Etihad Cargo, Etihad Airport Services and Abu Dhabi Airports are developing a new cool chain facility that will more than double the carrier's pharma capacity at the airport's cargo village.The new 3,000 sq m facility features bulk loading docks with levellers, high-speed roll-up shutters, insulation and a real-time temperature monitoring ...
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China's first Boeing 767-300BCF aircraft is redelivered
Work on China’s first 767-300 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) by the Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Company Ltd. (GAMECO) has been completed.The first conversion line for the 767-300BCF opened at GAMECO's premises in Guangzhou in April. The second line opened in September.GAMECO also has three conversion lines for the 737-800BCF in ...
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NewsSeko Logistics hires Hickler for Americas region
Hans Hickler. Image: Seko Logistics.Seko Logistics has hired Hans Hickler as president of the Americas where he will oversee the company's development plans in the region.Hickler will have profit and loss (P&L) operating authority and responsibility for the Americas Region including people growth and commercial development, operations and customer experience, ...
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NewsLATAM Cargo offers the Pegasus ULD for shipping perishables
Photo: Sonoco ThermoSafeLATAM Cargo has agreed a global lease deal with cool-chain packaging specialist Sonoco ThermoSafe for the use of the latter’s Pegasus temperature-controlled ULD bulk shipping container on LATAM flights.The deal will enable pharma freight forwarders to access Pegasus ULDs directly from Santiago, Chile-headquartered LATAM Cargo.The Pegasus ULD is ...