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NewsCCA looks at ways of minimising food loss during shipment
Source: CCAThe Cool Chain Association (CCA) has reported that a second trial involving the tracking of perishables during shipping undertaken on its behalf by the Perishable Products Export Control Board (PPECB) has identified significant areas where action can be taken to reduce food loss.The Cool Chain Association (CCA) is a ...
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NewsEtihad Cargo improves shipment visibility with Bluetooth Low Energy
Source: JettainerEtihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics division of UAE flag-carrier Etihad Airways, has opted to use logistics software system specialist Descartes’s Bluetooth Low Energy container monitoring system to offer greater visibility of conditions of air cargo during the shipping process as well as insight into ULD handling processes.Descartes’ Internet ...
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NewsEnvirotainer names Delphine Perridy Boile as CSO
Source: EnvirotainerEnvirotainer, a specialist in cold-chain pharma shipping containers, has named Delphine Perridy Boile as its new chief sales officer (CSO).Boile will lead all the company’s sales and marketing activity, taking responsibility for meeting growth targets.Reporting to the firm’s CEO, Peter Gisel-Ekdahlhe, she will also be a member of the ...
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CharterSync unveils new booking management system
Air cargo charter broker CharterSync has, it said, become the first such service provider anywhere in the world to offer a fully integrated digital end-to-end booking process and management system for freight forwarders.CharterSync is debuting its updated booking system at the air cargo Europe 2023 exhibition currently under way in ...
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NewsLufthansa Cargo to boost e-commerce handling capability at Frankfurt hub
Source: Lufthansa CargoLufthansa Cargo, the freight wing of the German flag-carrier, has presented its ambitions for Frankfurt Airport to become one of the world’s most important e-commerce hubs.It outlined these ambitions at the air cargo Europe exhibition in Munich that started today (May 9).Working closely with two subsidiaries – logistics ...
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NewsCMA CGM commits to acquiring Bolloré’s transport and logistics operations
Credit: CMA CGMMarseilles, France-headquartered ocean shipping and supply chain services provider CMA CGM Group has committed to acquiring the transport and logistics operations of Bolloré Logistics.Final completion of the transaction remains subject to examination by employee representation, and then to the required regulatory approvals.Should the acquisition go ahead, it would ...
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Emirates SkyCargo launches new pharma services
Emirates SkyCargo, the airfreight division of Dubai-based carrier Emirates, has launched two new bespoke services for the global healthcare industry.Emirates Vital and Emirates Medical Devices will be available under the freight carrier’s rebranded Life Sciences and Healthcare product range, which also encompasses its pre-existing pharmaceutical transport offerings.Emirates Vital and Emirates ...
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NewsFourKites offers new capabilities in quest for global airfreight transparency
Source: FourKitesFourKites, a specialist in enabling visibility of international supply chains its freight platform, has introduced several new capabilities to its offering.New features include dashboards and what it regards as “unique views” into carrier events, split shipments and booking details. The Carrier Events View on the FourKites platform allows shippers ...
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NewsSilk Way West opts for cargo.one booking platform
Credit: Silk Way West and cargo.oneBaku, Azerbaijan-headquartered freighter operator Silk Way West Airlines has chosen cargo.one as its preferred booking platform to offer the airline’s freighter capacity to the forwarder market.From this coming autumn, cargo agents will be able to book Silk Way West Airlines’ capacity using cargo.one.The “global partnership” ...
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NewsFreightos Terminal goes live
Credit: FreightosFreightos, the international freight booking and payment platform, has released Freightos Terminal, a one-stop dashboard that provides users with the latest market data and insights on global shipping.Freightos Terminal provides a suite of “powerful data, analysis and news tools”, the company believes.It offers, for instance, market intelligence reports with ...
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New air cargo spot rate assessments go on trial
TAC Index, which offers “live actionable market intelligence to the airfreight industry, is – in collaboration with the Baltic Exchange – trialling spot rate only assessments for air freight flying from India and Vietnam to Europe.Additional trial routes will be added shortly, all of which will, TAC Index said, “pave ...
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Air Canada Cargo launches updated website
Air Canada Cargo has launched a revamped website at aircanadacargo.com that is said to offer, “new tools that will improve the customer experience and an updated design to better reflect the Air Canada Cargo brand”.The improvement is part of what the freight carrier describes as an ongoing transformation of Air ...
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NewsSummer capacity boom hits airfreight rates
Source: XenetaWith the start of Northern Hemisphere airline summer schedules at the start of April, the addition of additional services has meant the addition of significantly more bellyhold capacity in the market.In fact, industry analyst CLIVE Data Services, part of Xeneta, has reported that “a flood of summer bellyhold capacity ...
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NewsShenzhen Airport backs cargo as international volumes soar
Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport (SZX) is investing in cargo terminals and faster handling of e-commerce goods to supercharge international volumes as China’s vast airfreight market reopens for business.The third largest cargo airport on the Chinese mainland – and the biggest in terms of domestic cargo volumes - plus a logistics ...
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Putzger perspective: e-freighters anyone?
E-freighters offer an attractive cargo solution, but they come as freighter demand has slowed down, writes Ian Putzger.In the Superman comic strips, reporter Clark Kent would rapidly transform himself into the superhero to perform his stunning feat to avert a massive disaster and then morph back into the bespectacled journalist. ...
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The changing role of traditional and digital forwarders
The meteoric rise in freight levels during the pandemic created an irrational exuberance for most forwarders, but the party is ending for some, writes Airforwarders Association (AfA) executive director Brandon Fried.As freight forwarders begin to see reduced shipments drop to more realistic levels, some still see high volumes but most ...
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NewsWFS ramps up sustainability in Spain
Image source: Worldwide Flight Services (WFS)Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) is continuing to reduce emissions at the seven airports at which it provides cargo and ground handling services in Spain, as part of its global ‘Our Sustainable Flight Path’ programme.WFS said 89% of its cargo handling-related ground support equipment (GSE) fleet ...
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NewsCargolux and GE agree long-term support deal
Image source: CargoluxGE Aerospace is to provide long-term support for the GE9X engines that power Cargolux’s new fleet of 10 Boeing 777 freighters, under an agreement that includes a multi-year GE TrueChoice engine maintenance service package as well as the order of two spare engines.The deal also includes a TrueChoice ...
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NewsManston airfreight hub one step closer
Image source: Manston AirportThe development of the UK’s Manston Airport into an air cargo hub received a boost on January 17, 2023 when an application for a judicial review of the government’s decision to grant a Development Consent Order (DCO) was dismissed.This means that the owner of the former RAF ...
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NewsAir France cargo cartel fine annulled
Image source: Air FranceIn the latest development of the long-running case of an alleged air cargo cartel, Air France has obtained the annulment of a €3.9m fine imposed by the Competition Commission on the carrier on December 2, 2013.The annulment was granted on November 16, 2022 following an appeal to ...