All Technology Articles – Page 44
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Aeroméxico signs up to CHAMP system
Aeroméxico has signed up to use CHAMP Cargosystems' solution for automated messaging to improve its connections with freight forwarders.The airline will use CHAMP's Traxon cargoHUB system, which connects over 100 airlines, 3,000 forwarders, operating from 9,000 branches worldwide."The connectivity enables the airline to seamlessly communicate digitally with all forwarders and ...
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New project aims to reduce Frankfurt ramp waiting times
Frankfurt Airport will host a new research project that aims to create a shared trailer system to speed up the ramp operation.The airport said cargo handlers would share intelligent truck trailers, known as “smart trailers”, equipped with complex camera systems that continuously record how full the trailer is.Once a certain ...
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Japanese cargo community system signs up to CHAMP
Cargo Community System Japan (CCSJ) has signed an agreement with CHAMP Cargosystems to provide a new cloud-based air cargo messaging system.The messaging system includes IT infrastructure, an operational messaging platform and customer invoicing.CCSJ is the sole Cargo Community System in Japan connecting all participants - airlines, freight forwarders and handling ...
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IAG Cargo trials self-driving CargoPod on Heathrow airside
IAG Cargo has undertaken the first airside trial of a self-driving vehicle at a UK airport.In partnership with Oxbotica – an Oxford based company specialising in self-driving software - and London Heathrow Airport, the trial is designed to help the carrier understand how autonomous vehicles could work in an airside ...
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Celebi renews with BluJay in Frankfurt
Turkey-based ground handler Celebi has renewed its deal with software provider BluJay solutions for its operations at Frankfurt airport.Celebi has used BluJay Solutions’ Customs Management application for its customs clearing at the hub.The certified and proven solution enables secure data exchange with the customs authorities and efficient electronic customs clearance.“BluJay’s ...
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Wisskirchen opts for ECHOS in Cologne
Wisskirchen Handling Services is to start using logistics IT provider topsystem’s Electronic Cargo Handling & Operations System (ECHOS) at its multifunctional cargo centre at Cologne/Bonn Airport from June 2018.“Wisskirchen opted for ECHOS in a bid to improve client connectivity, make our quality more measurable and verifiable, and enhance efficiency through ...
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Geodis IRIS works with PLS WebQuote
Further information has emerged relating to Geodis’s Intelligent Real-Time Information System (IRIS), which the forwarder announced yesterday now offers online quotations and bookings for air and ocean shipments.Geodis partnered with Hamburg-headquartered Portrix Logistic Software (PLS) to develop the new features, by integrating the IT company’s WebQuote solution with IRIS. WebQuote ...
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IoT “pivotal” to cut logistics carbon footprint
Research carried out by global mobile satellite communications provider Inmarsat suggests that the Internet of Things (IoT) has a “pivotal” role in helping the transport and logistics sector to reduce its carbon footprint.With 95% of companies in the sector using IoT technologies as part of their environmental sustainability efforts, the ...
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dnata selects iCargo suite
Ground handler dnata is to implement IBS Software’s iCargo terminal operation suite throughout its network.The rollout across dnata’s network of 27 stations in 10 countries will occur gradually, with completion set for 2020.Noting the need for constant attention to service quality, safety and efficiency, dnata senior vice president UAE cargo ...
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Blockchain has “exciting potential”, says DHL
DHL and technology consultant Accenture have produced a report regarding the potential of blockchain technology in logistics – including initial findings on a working prototype the companies have developed together, which tracks pharmaceuticals from point of origin to consumer and prevents tampering or errors.Blockchain maintains, records and authenticates data and ...
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Delta Cargo to offer real-time ULD bluetooth tracking
Delta Cargo is set to become the first bellyhold airline in the US to offer real-time ULD tracking with the introduction of Bluetooth tracking technology.The technology will replace manual tracking for all shipping containers and allow Delta’s cargo control center to more accurately monitor and reroute shipments that are delayed ...
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Kuehne + Nagel launches new digital supply chain platform
Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) has today announced the launch of KN ESP, a new digital supply chain management platform.The forwarder's new end-to-end purchase order management service will allow customers to connect with their vendors, their buyers and sellers, Kuehne + Nagel’s physical assets and experts, and their cargo flows.It also ...
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Paradigm becomes Swivel Software
Paradigm Corporation has rebranded as Swivel Software, offering web-based logistics products for freight forwarders and shippers.Hong Kong-based Swivel Software supplies products designed to increase visibility and transparency along the supply chain, enabling freight forwarders to become more efficient in their international shipment planning and execution through e-commerce and digitalisation.According to ...
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Korean Air picks IBS iCargo
Aviation IT specialist IBS Software is to manage Korean Air’s cargo system under a seven-year contract signed today.The deal includes implementation of IBS’s iCargo cargo management solution – replacing the airline’s existing systems.Cho WonTae, president of Korean Air, said: "By selecting iCargo as our technology platform, we expect to better ...
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The talent gap vs disruptive technologies
DHL released several reports recently. One considered the current, and future, talent gap in the supply chain, using data from a survey of over 350 supply chain and operations professionals from around the world.Another highlighted five disruptive technologies that are revolutionising the logistics process. A third considered whether those very ...
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ST Aerospace wins exclusive Lufthansa Cargo contract
Singapore-based ST Aerospace (the aerospace arm of ST Engineering) has won an exclusive five-year, US$30m heavy maintenance support contract with Germany’s Lufthansa Cargo.Starting in 2019, the MRO provider will support Lufthansa Cargo’s MD-11 aircraft in both light and heavy C checks.It has done so for heavy C checks already since ...
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GECAS to offer new Telair Flexible Loading System
Sweden’s Telair International has received certification for its new Flexible Loading System (FLS) for all current production and in-service Boeing 737 aircraft – and lessor GECAS will offer the system to its B737-800 freighter conversion customers on aircraft entering service this year.Allowing 737 operators to carry containerised freight along with ...
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Infor and Integration Point join forces for supply chain platform
Cloud application provider Infor and global trade management solution provider Integration Point have teamed up to deliver a new global trade management product on a single shared information network.The solution will integrate elements such as logistics, trade finance, trade compliance, trade content, customs filing and duty optimisation, allowing end-to-end connectivity, ...
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Munich Airport opens Information Security Hub to fight cybercrime
Munich Airport has launched an Information Security Hub (ISH) where airport IT specialists will work with experts from the European aviation industry to defend against cyberattacks and cybercrime.With the spread of digitalisation, there has been "a massive increase in the number of attacks on the IT systems of companies and ...
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China Southern boosts online tracking system
China Southern Cargo Airlines has put online the airside operations section of its tracking system, which is based primarily on bar-code technology.The 38 sections of the system now cover all the air transport processes in cargo and mail, with the cargo information “instantaneously trackable” said a spokesperson for the carrier. ...