All ULD Articles – Page 16
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No blues as CSafe offers one-way ticket
Temperature-controlled container manufacturer and supplier CSafe Global is expanding its one-way trip lease options.Lessees can now return CSafe RKN-type containers at no fee to more than half the service centres in the CSafe network. In addition, new one way options allow them to end their lease at an additional 20 ...
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Jettainer signs WestJet deal
Lufthansa Cargo’s ULD management subsidiary, Jettainer, is to manage and maintain pallets and containers for Canada’s WestJet Airlines, following the start of its first widebody service to Europe.Initially, WestJet will have access to a fleet of nearly 400 pallets and containers for the first of four Boeing 767-300 ER aircraft ...
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Jettainer to help standardisation of ULD processes
Jettainer is to help further the development of international standards for handling air cargo containers, unit load devices (ULD).Michael Popp, Jettainer’s director of operations at the outsourced ULD management company, will take part in IATA’s designated ULD Panel and has joined the board of the organisation ULD Care.Popp will help ...
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United Cargo signs pharma container rental deal with va-Q-tec
United Cargo has signed a global rental agreement with va-Q-tec, a provider of temperature controlled containers used to transport pharmaceuticals in the air cargo cool chain.The airfreight arm of United Airlines is the first North American carrier to announce the availability of va-Q-tainer rentals directly through the airline and plans ...
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AmSafe tests fire containment for lithium batteries
AmSafe Bridport has conducted a full scale test for its fire containment products by simulating a lithium-ion battery fire within an airfreight container.In the test, the UK-based company reports that the subsequent fire was suppressed for over six hours.Joe Ashton, cargo business manager at AmSafe Bridport, said: “The fully certified ...
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CSafe opens new Basel service centre
Cool chain equipment specialist CSafe Global has opened a new full service centre serving the Basel, Switzerland area in partnership with ULD handler and repair service provider Airplane Equipment Services (AES).The service centre is a new location for AES, which also supports CSafe in Frankfurt and Cologne.CSafe provides a range ...
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Jettainer scoops KF Aerospace contract
Jettainer has won the contract to provide ULD services for recently re-launched KF Aerospace.Under the contract, the Lufthansa Cargo-owned company will provision and manage a fleet of more than 700 ULDs, mostly pallets, for the Canada-based carrier.Services include ULD management, steering, positioning, repair and maintenance.Jettainer managing director Carsten Hernig said: ...
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Jettainer opens JettHub at Frankfurt Airport
Jettainer has opened its new home at Frankfurt Airport, bringing together its repair shop and ULD hub.The new 17,000 sq m JettHub facility can handle around 750,000 ULDs per year, can host up to 9,000 containers and pallets at one time and is linked directly to the apron.Previously, its outsourced ...
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Envirotainer appoints new COO
Envirotainer has appointed Johan Nordenberg, currently head of cold chain services, as its new chief operating officer.Nordenberg will succeed Gabriel Andersson, who has accepted the position as chief executive of supply chain IT provider Extend, from August.Envirotainer chief executive Simon Angeldorff said: “We regret that Gabriel is leaving Envirotainer but ...
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Pool deal is ‘watershed’ for the ULD business
Outsourced ULD (unit-load device) management and repair company Chep Aerospace Solutions and ULD short-term leasing specialist, ACL Airshop have signed an agreement offer customers an expanded fleet and service network.The move creates the world’s largest ULD pool and will increase ACL Airshop’s network from 32 airports stocking ULDs, nets and ...
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LAN Cargo signs CHEP
Latin American largest airfreight carrier, LAN Cargo, has signed an agreement to outsource the repair and maintenance of its ULDs and pallets at Miami International Airport to CHEP Aerospace Solutions.The agreement will use CHEP's proprietary repair management software ACTIS - providing real-time repair status information - at LAN Cargo's hub ...
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Jettainer's quality seal for ULD repair partners
Jettainer has introduced a quality seal for ULD repair partners that it hopes will reassure customers that its outsourced repair shops conform to high standards.The Lufthansa-owned outsourced ULD management company, has developed its own quality seal for companies repairing airfreight pallets and containers.As a result, Jettainer is creating unified guidelines ...
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Jettainer gets ISO 9001
Outsourced ULD management company Jettainer has gained ISO 9001 certification following an extensive audit of its quality management systems by Technical Inspection Agency, TÜV.Experts inspected operating processes, communications, customer satisfaction, complaints and documentation departments. As an external service provider, Jettainer operates and manages the world’s largest container and pallet fleet ...
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AmSafe first to meet new freight fire standard
AmSafe Bridport says it is the first and so far only manufacturer to produce cargo fire containment covers to new US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) standards.Following a number of fires in freight on board aircraft, in July last year the FAA issued TSO-C203, a minimum standard for fully certified fire ...
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Etihad launches service for cool customers
Etihad Cargo has unveiled a TempCheck solution for sensitive pharmaceutical and healthcare products, including blood plasma, pills, medicines and anaesthetics.The UAE-based carrier has already upgraded the temperature-controlled storage facilities at its Abu Dhabi hub, and refurbished its existing cool rooms to meet pharmaceutical-safe specifications, but new purpose-built facilities are scheduled ...
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TransDigm completes Telair acquisition
Aerospace components firm TransDigm Group has completed the acquisition of the Telair Cargo Group of businesses, owners of the Nordisk airfreight container manufacturing company.The $725m purchase from AAR Corp was financed by TransDigm through a combination of existing cash in hand and via an existing $75m revolving credit ...
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WCS: Differing messages in ULD debate
The two leading players in outsourced ULD management brought differing messages to the World Cargo Symposium in China this week. Jettainer released details of a new lightweight pallet design while for CHEP Aerospace Solutions, the key priority is tracking and tracing missing or damaged units.CHEP estimates that 380,000 containers and ...
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Carsten Hernig becomes new Jettainer MD
CARSTEN HERNIG, 39, is the new managing director of ULD outsource specialist Jettainer.“He is not only a homegrown talent, but also an experienced international manager,” says Dr Karl-Rudolf Rupprecht, executive board member, operations, at Lufthansa Cargo.Hernig’s career at the Lufthansa group of companies extends to 15 years. He initially worked ...
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Jettainer opens new Abu Dhabi office
ULD outsource specialist Jettainer, has opened a new office in the Abu Dhabi Airport Business City’s Logistics Park.The company hopes to capitalise on the huge potential in the region.Carsten Hernig, Jettainer’s new managing director, comments: “Due to the positive development we are facing in the Middle East and Asia regions, ...
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WFS: Still room for expansion
All new account wins are welcome, of course, but a series of deals signed by handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) in Brussels in recent months have been particularly gratifying to its president and chief executive (CEO) Olivier Bijaoui, writes Peter Conway.That’s because a bigger presence at the Belgian hub was ...