All ULD Articles – Page 13
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WCS17: Smart new look for Jettainer
Lufthansa’s Jettainer subsidiary unveiled a new logo and strapline at the IATA World Cargo Symposium on 14 March. The company name is now backed up by the phrase: “Smart ULD Pooling People”, emphasizing the outsourced ULD management firm’s intelligent solutions, as well as its employees.ULDs themselves are ...
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Envirotainer flies the flag in Luxembourg
Cold chain specialist Envirotainer is to supply its flagship RAP e2 solution at Luxembourg airport. Head of healthcare sales for the region, Niklas Lönnkvist said it would significantly increase the company’s ability to service customers at the seventh largest airfreight location in Europe.He added: “The new facility is well located ...
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Champ in the corner for ULD Partner
Champ Cargosystems says that Hong Kong based ULD Partner is using its ULD Manager application to support the operations of its launch customer, Air China Cargo. Under the contract, ULD Partner will supply, repair, maintenance and manage the combined Air China Cargo and Air China inventory of over 13,000 ULDs, ...
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Jettainer takes over management of Brussels Airlines’ ULD fleet
Jettainer, the Raunheim, Frankfurt-headquartered provider of outsourced unit load device (ULD) management services, has taken over responsibility for the management and maintenance of Brussels Airlines’ container fleet.A specially designed ULD has been handed over to the airline to mark the start of the collaboration, with Lufthansa Cargo subsidiary Jettainer having ...
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Aircoolbox targets air cargo pharma market
A new company has entered the air cargo container market, taking aim at the pharmaceutical sector.At last week’s Temperature Controlled Logistics event in London, Aircoolbox announced it would begin targeting the air cargo pharmaceutical market with its passive container product.Aircoolbox managing director Keith Packer said the re-usable container can be ...
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CHEP gets a new name and image
ULD firm CHEP Aerospace Solutions will in the future go under the name Unilode Aviation Solutions following the company's acquisition by EQT Infrastructure in November 2016.The name Unilode was created from the first letters of 'unit load device'. Coincidentally, the company said, 'lode' is an old English word meaning rich ...
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Expanding Air Caraïbes Atlantique signs CHEP ULD deal
Air Caraïbes Atlantique has chosen CHEP Aerospace Solutions to supply and manage containers and pallets for its growing aircraft fleet.The new four-year agreement includes the supply of containers and pallets for new aircraft and the transition of the existing container fleet to CHEP's lightweight containers within the first year.The French ...
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EQT Infrastructure completes CHEP acquisition
Swedish equity group EQT has completed its acquisition of CHEP Aerospace Solutions, the unit load device (ULD) management company.Switzerland-headquartered CHEP was sold to EQT by its Australia-based parent company Brambles, which established the enterprise in 2011 from the acquisition and integration of four leading ULD solutions companies.EQT Infrastructure II, an ...
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Air China is launch customer for ULD management service
Air China Cargo has become the launch customer for airfreight container repair specialist ULD Partner’s new fleet management service.It covers the supply, repair and maintenance, tracking and tracing and control of 13,000 unit load devices (ULD) for both Air China and Air China Cargo, covering more than 80 airports around ...
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CHEP scoops SIA Cargo deal
Singapore Airlines Cargo (SIA) has awarded a five-year global maintenance and repair agreement to CHEP Aerospace Solutions for its fleet of ULDs.The deal will see CHEP will provide maintenance and repair services in Singapore, Hong Kong, Sydney, Melbourne, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Brussels, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Dallas, with additional stations ...
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Investment fund buys ULD specialist CHEP
CHEP Aerospace Solutions, the Unit Load Device (ULD) management specialist, is being sold to EQT Infrastructure II of Sweden.Brambles, the Australian-based parent company of CHEP Aerospace Solutions, said that the transaction with the infrastructure fund will complete during November 2016.CHEP Aerospace Solutions offers pooling, management, maintenance and repair of ULDs ...
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Jettainer to take over ULD management for Brussels Airlines
Brussels Airlines has appointed Jettainer as the new service provider to manage its unit load devices (ULDs) and pallets from the Spring of 2017.Belgium's largest airline currently outsources its ULD management to another provider and is now switching to Jettainer, which has set up a ULD controller at Brussels Airport, ...
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Jettainer and LIS team-up to develop smart ULD
ULD management firm Jettainer and IT developer Lufthansa Industry Solutions have launched a project to develop a smart container.The ULDs will offer track and trace, and monitoring of temperatures and other external factors. Jettainer said the air cargo containers will accelerate maintenance and control procedures, while increased transparency will make ...
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Merger of air cargo container station service providers
Air cargo container freight station service provider St George Logistics has swooped on rival AZ Corporation.The combination of St George Logistics, which claims to be North America’s largest provider of outsourced container freight station services, and the AZ Corporation will create a single company with 24 port and inland facilities ...
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Debbie Ng joins Envirotainer in Asia Pacific operations role
Debbie Ng has joined Envirotainer, the cool chain container provider, as head of Asia Pacific operations at its new operation centre in Singapore.Prior to joining Envirotainer, Ng was the business process manager for Semitech Analytical Service and spent four years as the area customer service manager, Southeast Asia and Australia, ...
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IAG Cargo inks rental deal with va-Q-tec for temperature-controlled containers
IAG Cargo, the freight operations wing of the joint Anglo-Spanish carrier enterprise, has signed a global container rental deal with thermal packaging provider va-Q-tec.As a result, IAG Cargo will be able to use va-Q-tec’s va-Q-tainers to transport temperature-sensitive freight.va-Q-tainers offer control over six different temperature ranges, from -70°C to +25°C, ...
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Norwegian opts for Zodiac on B787s
Fornebu, Oslo-headquartered low-cost carrier Norwegian is introducing new, lighter, and stronger baggage containers for shipment onboard its Boeing 787 ‘Dreamliner’ aircraft.The Herculight S Endumax containers from Zodiac AirCargo offer increased protection but weigh just 51kg, significantly less than traditional containers, the carrier pointed out.Norwegian Cargo, which was formed in April ...
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Kalibox passive pallet enters CSafe product range in the US
CSafe Global has moved quickly to introduce the Kalibox passive pallet to the US market after taking over the equipment’s French manufacturer at the end of August.The Kalibox front-loading pallet features a patented quick assembly system, easy opening and loading, as well as up to five days of thermal protection ...
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ULD handling: it's not just a box says IATA
IATA has launched a unit load device (ULD) safety campaign to focus industry attention on the the one aircraft component that is handled by multiple, non-regulated parties outside of the airport.According to IATA, there are some 900,000 ULDs in circulation with a replacement cost of more than $1bn and with ...
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AMI installs dual view X-ray scanners in the UK
AMI, the trade-only airfreight and express wholesaler, has installed a latest generation cargo X-ray scanner at its flagship London Heathrow facility.The Astrophysics XIS-1818DV is a dual view machine, as required by security regulations from January this year, with a 180 x 180cm tunnel aperture.Its 320kv generator enables it to penetrate ...