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    Jettainer launches JettCare for ULD expertise training

    2016-08-30T08:23:43Z

    Jettainer, the outsourced unit load device (ULD) management specialist, is launching JettCare, a programme to create awareness for the value and importance of airfreight containers and pallets.The programme will involve training several thousand ground services staff, making them “ULD-X-Perts” said the Lufthansa Cargo sister company.Jettainer stated: "Expenditure on repairs is ...

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    CHEP lands LATAM for outsourced ULDs

    2016-08-24T12:46:58Z

    LATAM Airlines Group has awarded the management of its containers and pallets to CHEP Aerospace Solutions, the outsourced unit load device (ULD) specialist.The five year agreement will see CHEP managing one of the largest outsourced ULD fleets in the industry, said the two companies in a joint statement.CHEP, following its ...

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    Cool container firm recruits Alitalia

    2016-07-14T10:17:42Z

    Italian carrier Alitalia has signed an agreement with low temperature technology specialist Va-Q-tec to rent its passive containers. Under the deal, pre-conditioned units will be sent to the customers’ door for loading and temperature will be guaranteed for over 120 hours, independent of ambient temperature.The partnership allows Alitalia to expand ...

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    Chapman Freeborn sells load data arm to dnata

    2016-07-13T14:14:19Z

    Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has sold Air Dispatch, its specialist centralised load control subsidiary, to ground handler and service provider, dnata.Founded in 2007, Air Dispatch calculates the weight and balance conditions for aircraft prior to flight. It produces over 800,000 load-sheets a year and in 2013 became the first dedicated centralised ...

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    Envirotainer and CHEP extend partnership

    2016-06-30T08:12:02Z

    Cold chain specialist Envirotainer and CHEP Aerospace Solutions, the unit load device (ULD) management company, have extended their partnership for a further three years.CHEP provides repair, handling, transportation and storage services for Envirotainer's fleet of air cargo containers across 21 global service centres, which are approved to issue certificates of ...

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    JettLease moves into Leipzig

    2016-06-27T11:24:31Z

    Lufthansa-owned ULD management company Jettainer has set up a base station for its JettLease network at Leipzig/Halle Airport, Germany's second largest airfreight hub. Airlines can lease equipment for periods ranging from one day to several months, at very short notice, if necessary.As well as standard containers, horse boxes and car ...

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    Jettainer signs the perfect deal with Plus Ultra

    2016-06-15T11:19:16Z

    Lufthansa’s outsourced ULD arm, Jettainer, is taking over the management of pallets and containers for new Spanish airline Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas.The carrier operates two Airbus A340-300 aircraft on regular routes between Madrid and Lima, Peru, and Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic and is planning a fleet expansion and ...

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    Air Austral awards ULD management contract to CHEP

    2016-06-07T09:26:51Z

    Air Austral has awarded a five-year Unit Load Device (ULD) management contract to CHEP Aerospace Solutions, the provider of outsourced ULD management and repair services.The French airline, headquartered on Réunion Island, operates a widebody aircraft fleet of three Boeing 777s, and took delivery of its first B787-8 Dreamliner in May ...

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    CHEP to provide ULDs to support CargoLogicAir's "ambitious growth plans"

    2016-06-07T09:07:38Z

    CargoLogicAir (CLA), the new British-registered cargo airline, has signed a ULD management agreement with CHEP Aerospace Solutions, the global provider of outsourced ULD pooling and repair.A joint statement said: “In view of CargoLogicAir's ambitious growth plans, the new agreement caters for a significant increase in the number of ULDs provided ...

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    Double decker container carrier hits the road

    2016-05-25T07:30:36Z

    A double deck trailer which can carry up to 13 AKE air cargo containers with a 60% reduction in carbon emissions has been designed to transport ULDs between Japan’s Haneda and Narita airports.Designed and built by Van Eck, the Netherlands-based road-transport equipment specialist, the customised trailer was commissioned by Japan’s ...

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    Air Canada Cargo meets Envirotainer standards at seven stations

    2016-05-16T11:09:35Z

    Air Canada Cargo has received accreditation from Envirotainer at seven facilities to show it meets certain ULD and cold chain shipment handling standards.The Canada-based airline achieved the Qualified Envirotainer Provider (QEP) accreditation at its main Toronto Pearson Airports hub as well as at its facilities in London Heathrow, Paris CDG, ...

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    Envirotainer adds new Delhi station as India's pharma industry takes off

    2016-05-16T11:09:22Z

    Envirotainer has opened a new ULD station in Delhi to expand the number of facilities to a total of 57 and take advantage of India's growing pharmaceutical industry.“India is a world player in generic drugs manufacturers and API supplier for decades,” said Suat Toh, head of sales Asia Pacific region.“With ...

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    United Cargo to begin accepting new temperature controlled container

    2016-04-28T15:34:23Z

    United Cargo has begun accepting the Envirotainer RAP e2 temperature-controlled container.United can now transport the entire suite of Envirotainer’s active units on the airline’s network of 59 TempControl-certified handling locations.The RAP e2 does not require dry ice or battery replacement – it uses rechargeable batteries to power its electric heating ...

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    Swiss WorldCargo signs deal to offer new range of temperature controlled containers

    2016-04-19T14:30:17Z

    Swiss WorldCargo will offer a new range of temperature controlled containers after signing a deal to offer va-Q-tec’s devices directly to its customers.va-Q-tec offers five “passive” hard shell container sizes, taking up to two pallets inside, that can offer temperature ranges from -70°C to +25°C.Swiss head of cargo Ashwin Bhat ...

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    CSafe adds Puerto Rico service centre in response to pharma growth

    2016-04-14T12:16:51Z

    Temperature-controlled air cargo container supplier CSafe Global has opened a new service centre in Puerto Rico.The new dedicated service and support centre is adjacent to San Juan's Luis Munoz Marin International Airport and will provide ULD supply, lease, drop-off, maintenance, calibration and technical support services.The company said it had decided ...

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    DuPont extends temperature span of ULD protective covers

    2016-04-08T13:41:01Z

    ULD cover manufacturer DuPont is launching a new product that will offer protection from a wider range of temperatures.DuPont said its Tyvek Xtreme W50 ULD cover retained the reflective and permeability characteristics of its existing products for pharmaceuticals while extending both the hot and cold temperature performance span.This means the ...

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    CSafe centre opens at growing pharma hub Atlanta

    2016-03-29T10:47:47Z

    Temperature-controlled air cargo container supplier CSafe Global has opened a new service centre at Atlanta’s Hartsfield–Jackson airport (ATL), serving inbound and outbound traffic.The Atlanta facility is the second of what will be seven additional service centres across the CSafe network in 2016.Brian Kohr, president and chief executive of CSafe, said: ...

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    Cargo Composites launches new Flyweight AKH container

    2016-03-18T10:41:30Z

    Charleston, South Carolina-headquartered ULD and pallet manufacturer Cargo Composites announced during this week’s IATA World Cargo Symposium (WCS) in Berlin (held between 15-17 March) that it is beginning series production on an entirely new lightweight container for narrowbody aircraft.The company says that the Flyweight AKH container weighs just 53kg, yet ...

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    Jettainer develops new ULD software to assist in fleet management

    2016-03-16T11:52:13Z

    ULD management firm Jettainer and the University of Cologne are in the process of developing a new tool that will offer live decision making assistance to improve the management of ULD fleets based on analysis of large amounts of data.Jettainer sales director Thorsten Riekert told Air Cargo News that it ...

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    SAS opts for lightweight ULDs

    2016-03-16T09:43:55Z

    Scandinavian airline SAS is extending its contract with ULD service provider CHEP Aerospace Solutions.In future, SAS will use CHEP's 65kg containers which are over 20% lighter than its existing units and as a result will save over 13,000 tonnes of CO2 during the five-year term of the new agreement.SAS head ...