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    China e-commerce hit again as USPS suspends handling parcels

    2025-02-05T11:53:00Z

    China and Hong Kong’s e-commerce market has suffered another hit after the USPS suspended the handling of packages from the two origins

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    Too early to assess impact of Trump tariffs

    2025-02-04T11:41:00Z

    Many air cargo stakeholders are in a state of tense apprehension as they await updates on global tariffs from the US 

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    Rotate’s Tim van Leeuwen now VP and head of consulting

    2025-01-17T14:16:00Z

    Rotate’s consulting project manager Tim van Leeuwen has been promoted to vice president and head of consulting

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    Lufthansa Cargo to restart Tel Aviv freighter flights

    2025-01-17T12:28:00Z

    Lufthansa Cargo has announced it will soon restart freighter flights to Tel Aviv as part of a move by the wider Lufthansa Group

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    Cargo capacity on the up in 2024

    2025-01-13T16:19:00Z

    Air cargo capacity grew by double-digit percentage levels last year, with bellyhold capacity recovering and freighter space remaining above pre-Covid levels

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    AF KLM Cargo returns to Hong Kong as carriers add Asia freighter capacity

    2024-09-23T14:00:01Z

    Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP) last week launched a new freighter flight to Hong Kong after an absence of nine years as a number of carriers have moved capacity to the Asia Pacific market to capitalise on strong cargo demand.The flight was operated by Martinair on behalf of KLM ...

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    E-commerce fuelled capacity crunch to continue

    2024-09-12T09:34:51Z

    Air cargo looks set to continue its precedent-setting volume growth driven by booming e-commerce and have a long-term bright future despite a looming capacity crunch, a keynote speaker at the EU Cross-Border E-commerce Forum, held in Liege, Belgium on September 10, said.“We had eight straight months of double-digit growth,” Ryan ...

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    Global IT outage hits air cargo operations

    2024-07-19T15:45:44Z

    Air cargo operations have been impacted by the IT disruption that has seen computer systems malfunction at airlines and airports worldwide.The disruption is understood to have been caused by a Microsoft IT outage triggered by a software update from cyber security company Crowdstrike.In Europe, cargo hub Amsterdam Airport Schiphol confirmed ...

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    E-commerce: Just what the air cargo market ordered

    2024-07-17T08:45:10Z

    Tim van Leeuwen, part of Rotate Consulting, provides his team’s observations on the size and impact of e-commerce on the air cargo market, and how this impacts the near-term outlook.As delegates gathered in Shanghai at the first Air Cargo China conference since 2018, the mood was significantly better than at ...

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    Ocean and airfreight rate differential narrows

    2024-06-20T10:20:04Z

    The difference between ocean and airfreight rates has narrowed to its lowest level since the third quarter of 2022 as container supply chains continue to come under pressure.Writing on LinkedIn, data provider Rotate's Tim van Leeuwen and Mels Wittenburg pointed out that on a global level ocean rates are now ...

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    Air Canada Cargo signs up for Rotate's Sales Cockpit

    2024-06-10T14:31:23Z

    Air Canada Cargo will use Rotate's Sales Cockpit technology with the goal of increasing sales and monitoring performance of its operations.The Sales Cockpit is web-based software that continually scans an airline’s data to automatically identify sales opportunities with customers.Integrating this software with existing systems allows Air Canada Cargo to automatically ...

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    US customs crackdown on e-commerce yet to impact freighter capacity

    2024-06-04T10:06:52Z

    A US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) crackdown on e-commerce shipments into the US over recent weeks has yet to impact freighter flight numbers into North America.Late last week, CBP announced it had suspended "multiple customs brokers" from its Entry Type 86 Test programme that covers the duty-free import of ...

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    ECS to utilise Rotate's capacity data

    2024-04-29T13:21:02Z

    Air cargo sales agent ECS Group is adopting Rotate's live capacity tool to help inform its decision-making process.ECS will integrate Rotate's capacity data into its in-house business intelligence tool where it will be used to help determine new interline partnerships, plan customers' networks and react to market changes in terms ...

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    Rotate goes 360 in the air cargo data space

    2024-04-05T07:48:00Z

    Rotate is focusing on rapid product development and tackling real air cargo industry issues with practical solutions. Data, software, and consultancy service provider Rotate launched in 2022 when a team five ex-Seabury employees identified a gap in the market. Rotate head of product Fabien Balouzet tells Air Cargo News that ...

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    Etihad Cargo to launch Sales Cockpit digital sales optimisation tool

    2024-03-12T17:10:56Z

    Source: Etihad CargoEtihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics wing of the UAE’s flag-carrier, has collaborated with Netherlands-based data and market analysis consultant Rotate to develop Sales Cockpit, a digital sales optimisation tool that will enable the carrier to improve its customer relationships and add value to its partnerships.Sales Cockpit is ...

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    Rotate names Ryan Keyrouse as new chief executive

    2024-03-11T10:36:42Z

    Ryan Keyrouse, RotateRyan Keyrouse has assumed the position of chief executive at Rotate.The move became effective as of March 1.Fellow co-founder and outgoing chief executive Gert-Jan Jansen is to remain on the board as an executive director and senior advisor for client engagements.Keyrouse has undertaken more than 50 air cargo ...

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    Freighter operators face margin squeeze

    2024-03-07T11:20:49Z

    Operating freighter aircraft has historically been a business with tight margins, a market environment temporarily interrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Recent airline financial statements again show (more familiar) marginal profitability levels, despite yields that remain 35%-40% up on 2019 figures.Slim pickings: turning a profit in air cargoFor the two decades ...

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    CargoTech hungry for growth

    2024-02-15T10:23:05Z

    Air cargo technology group CargoTech is pursuing growth in its portfolio of companies with change management and large language models (LLMs) in mind.Cédric Millet, president of CargoTech, says the group is “aggressively” looking for companies that can fill gaps in its skill set.CargoTech currently includes Singapore-based online booking portal CargoAi, ...

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    Puerto Rico life sciences community adds data dashboard

    2023-12-11T17:08:26Z

    The Puerto Rico (PR) Life Sciences Air Cargo Community has launched a data and analytics dashboard that provides an overview of the US territory’s air cargo market.The customised dashboard, developed by Rotate, works by aggregating a range of data sources. It is hosted on the community’s new website, prlifesciencehub.org.Analysis includes ...

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    Rotate launches free air cargo capacity tool

    2023-11-21T14:28:13Z

    Ryan Keyrouse. Source: RotateData provider Rotate is offering a live air cargo capacity tool that air cargo company users can access for free.The tool contains live updated flight data from thousands of airlines, more than 9,000 airports and over 200 aircraft types and allows users to see the amount of ...