All Technology Articles – Page 48
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UK airfreight gets Customs declaration fallback service in case of a system collapse
The UK’s airfreight industry has implemented a new Customs declaration fallback system to prevent an airfreight meltdown like that experienced in the late 1980s when the Travicom system was put in place.The new CCS-UK capability is designed to prevent the catastrophic impact of a major system failure, which would cause ...
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TNT Express operations "significantly affected" by cyber attacks
FedEx Corp has confirmed that the "worldwide operations" of its TNT Express subsidiary have been "significantly affected" by the cyber attacks that also hit ocean freight giant Maersk.The US-based parcels operator said that it cannot measure the financial impact of this service disruption at this time, but warned "it could ...
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Video: Drone delivery continues to make progress
The possibility of parcel delivery by drone continues to take steps forward as Amazon reveals video footage (see below) of one of its Prime Air machines in action shortly after gaining US regulatory approval for testing and Matternet continues to push for regulatory development.Last week the US Federal Aviation Administration ...
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Amazon's UK drone tests, part of a retail industry shake-up
Amazon has gained permission from the UK government to look at the best way to allow hundreds of robotic aircraft or drones to safely navigate British skies.The internet retail giant claims it could eventually allow small parcels to be delivered within 30 minutes of an order being placed.Nick Miller, head ...
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Air cargo industry needs to prepare for big data or face losing out to rivals and disruptors
Big data and digitisation are two of the big topics that the air cargo industry is currently grappling with.While the air cargo industry has been moving increasingly into the digital world over recent years, it is often accused of being too slow in adopting new technologies that can automate the ...
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WCS17: Air cargo digital disruption takes centre stage
The digitisation of air cargo is a hot topic at the moment and day two of IATA’s World Cargo Symposium began with a call for software providers to push carriers and forwarders to speed up their adoption of digital technology.To start the digitisation session, Mercator chief executive Cormac Whelan said ...
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Freightos raises $25m for further growth
Hong Kong registered online booking portal Freightos has raised $25m in funding from a group of investors led by GE Ventures.The logistics technology company has announced the completion of a $25m Series B extension round which, it said, would bring the company’s total funding to $50m.The funds will be used ...
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Digital forwarder predicts airlines will bring cargo consolidation in-house
Airlines will soon be able to bring cargo consolidation in-house rather than rely on freight forwarders to perform the function, according to Flexport.The digital forwarder’s chief executive, Ryan Petersen, said that at the moment freight forwarders carry out the consolidation function because it allows them to make a margin on ...
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Survey: Forwarders on track for automated processes
A survey of freight forwarders suggests that the sector’s transition from manual to automated processes is gathering pace.The survey by Hong Kong registered online booking portal Freightos found that although forwarding is largely manual today, in five years’ time 74% of forwarders believe it will be largely (but not completely) ...
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Error elimination speeds Schiphol supply chain
Schiphol Airport is offering an online air waybill compliance checker as part of its Smart Cargo Mainport Program. It aims to speed up cargo flows by finding mistakes before they can clog up the system.Developed by Cargonaut and tested by KLM Cargo as part of the European Green Fast Lanes ...
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US team pushes the boundaries of drone delivery
A Nevada consortium claims to have set a record for the longest urban package delivery in the US. Team Roadrunner flew a fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over 97 miles to Austin, Texas controlled by cellphone systems.Launched from a central Texas location, the UAV flew a preplanned route through the ...
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Airbus’ BizLab is buzzing with ideas
Plane-maker Airbus says that 30 start-up companies from its three BizLab schemes in Toulouse, Hamburg and Bangalore have pitched their projects to international investor at a summit in Toulouse.Airbus describes BizLab as an aerospace business accelerator, giving new firms the opportunity to realise their ideas.In parallel, Airbus Bizlab is now ...
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The Airlander rises again
Hybrid Air Vehicles’ Airlander 10 Airship made a successful flight on 10 May, following its accident last August.The £25m vehicle, described as the world's largest aircraft, sustained cockpit damage in a heavy landing at Cardington Airfield in the UK Midlands on 24 August, just days after making it maiden flight, ...
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Flexport to invest in cross-dock facilities
Forwarder Flexport will invest in a network of consolidation facilities as it looks to gain greater control over supply chains.Speaking to Air Cargo News at the Air Cargo Europe event, Flexport chief executive Ryan Petersen revealed that the company had just signed deals for facilities in Hong Kong and Los ...
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DHL tech makes for a speedier, safer warehouse
DHL Supply Chain is testing new technology that monitors warehouse activity in real-time at three pilot sites in Germany, the Netherlands and Poland. Data is aggregated from sensors on scanners and material handling equipment, and DHL’s warehouse management system which is then visualised on ‘heat maps’ to improve efficiency and ...
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Airfreight industry calls for data pipeline
Participants called for a “data pipeline” for air cargo at a recent workshop organised by the Trade&Cargo Facilitation Association (TCF).However the concept is challenging, although over 80% of companies attending the event said they were willing to get involved in its implementation.The event at Kista, Sweden on 24-25 April and ...
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New system set to fix broken supply chains
Software firm Gelnius has launched a new technology platform that it says could reinvent the way global supply chains work, by linking up previously disjointed systems.The Gelnius system was originally developed from SEKO Logistics technology which manages 150,000 outbound finished goods inventory movements a year and has a proven in ...
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Peli Bio Thermal opens two service centres
Passive air cargo container firm Peli Bio Thermal has opened two service centres, in Belgium and Puerto Rico, serving the global pharmaceuticals sector.The new facilities will serve as additional depots for the company’s Crēdo on Demand rental program.Located at key hubs for both pharmaceutical manufacturing and transfer, the new locations ...
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Investment in technology the key for airfreight
In a column for Air Cargo News, Dheeraj Kohli, vice president and global head of travel and transportation for Blue Bell-based Unisys Corporation outlines why he believes integration is key for the future of airfreightCompared to many other sectors, transport and cargo has what could charitably be called a conservative ...
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Alexa, where's my cargo?
CHAMP Cargosystems has developed a system that allows users to make air cargo track and trace requests using Amazon's Alexa voice recognition service.The new system enables voice interaction with CHAMP's Traxon track and trace application, allowing users to obtain air waybill statuses using simple voice commands on devices that offer ...