All articles by Air Cargo News (Admin) – Page 20
-
NewsEveryone's a winner at the Air Cargo News Awards
American Airlines Cargo last night scooped the prestigious Cargo Airline of the Year Award 2020 at a unique 36th Air Cargo News Awards — the first ever digital ceremony.The awards usually take place every year in London, but the coronavirus outbreak limited the gathering of people; instead, an online awards ...
-
NewsAramex switches to single cargo platform
Logistics firm Aramex has implemented WiseTech Global’s integrated logistics execution platform, CargoWise, across its global network.The company rolled out the new platform simultaneously across its network of 1,200 freight forwarders, spanning Asia, Europe and the Middle East as part of a digital drive.The company hopes that switching to a single ...
-
NewsCool Chain Association teams up with IATA
Andrea Gruber, Head of Special Cargo at IATA and Nicola Caristo, CCA Secretary General and Airline Partner Manager, SkyCellThe Cool Chain Association (CCA) and IATA have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to support efforts to improve the sustainable transport of perishables and pharmaceuticals.As partners, the two group will develop ...
-
NewsTOWER updates palletised container ahead of Covid vaccine
As the airfreight sector prepares for the anticipated widespread distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, cold chain solutions firm TOWER has launched a reusable palletised container that can store dry ice and maintain an internal temperature of less than -60°C.The KTM42D has a double-door, lock-and-load system and external data logger, which enables ...
-
Sponsored ContentSponsored: How can air cargo be utilised for cost-effective transportation?
Sponsored Content: Chapman Freeborn, part of the Avia Solutions GroupOver the last couple of months, air cargo demand has been rapidly growing all around the world - according to the International Air Transport Association. Compared to a sharp decline in 2019, it is now strongly outperforming passenger traffic due to ...
-
News
Nippon Express USA implements CHAMP’s Traxon cargoHUB
Nippon Express USA, the US freight forwarding division of the Japan-based Nippon Express Group, has started using CHAMP’s Traxon cargoHUB for its digital data exchange.The Traxon cargoHUB platform enables Nippon Express USA to have electronic access to more than 100 airlines and 3,000 forwarders, operating from 9,000 branches worldwide. It ...
-
NewsAirBridgeCargo transports vaccine manufacturing equipment
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has transported vaccine manufacturing equipment to US as part of a Covid-19 production project.The carrier said that a total of 840 tonnes of equipment for automation lines for the manufacturing of coated cyclo olefin (COP) polymer vaccine containers will be transported this year from Frankfurt to Atlanta ...
-
News
India's Blue Dart prepares for vaccine shipments
India-based express firm Blue Dart is working closely with the pharma sector to prepare for a Covid-19 vaccine.The company, which is part-owned by Deutsche Post DHL Group (DPDHL), said that it is actively working with pharmaceutical organisations as the development of a Covid-19 vaccine continues.The B757 operator said that as ...
-
News
SAS Cargo resumes flights to China
SAS Cargo has resumed freighter operations in China following the suspension of flights at the onset of the pandemic.Yesterday, the carrier operated an Airbus A350 flight from Denmark to China carrying fresh fish, king crabs, machinery parts, laboratory equipment and general cargo."We continue to expand our network and reopen more ...
-
News
Q&A: Qatar Cargo's Kirsten de Bruijn
Earlier this week, Qatar Airways Cargo appointed Kirsten de Bruijn into the role of senior vice president, cargo sales and network planning. Air Cargo News caught up with her to find out how she is settling in and what attracted her to the new role.Firstly, congratulations on the new role, ...
-
NewsWFS and Airbus partner on Beirut aid flight
Ground handler Worldwide Flight Services’ (WFS) team in Toulouse, provided ground and cargo handling services for a humanitarian flight organised by the Airbus Foundation to help victims of last month’s devastating explosion in Beirut.The incident on 4 August, in which ammonium nitrate stored at the port of Beirut exploded, caused ...
-
Sponsored ContentSponsored: International Airport Nursultan Nazarbayev looks forward to air cargo growth with new transit services from Aerotranscargo
Sponsored Content: Aerotranscargo has launched transit cargo flights on a Southeast Asia-Europe route via Nur-Sultan’s airport (NQZ).A Boeing 747-400F inaugural cargo flight from Frankfurt-Hahn was met on September 24 at the NQZ apron for a technical landing. There are plans for 11-12 transit flights per week, with further increases.The airport ...
-
News
CSafe Global continues visibility pilots
Temperature controlled packaging firm CSafe Global has continued with trials of its shipment visibility tools.The company said that the goal for this most recent pilot shipment was to determine if container readings, payload readings and pre-established alerts transmitted in real-time during the shipment and matched the validated data the container ...
-
NewsRVL Group introduces King Air ‘quick change’ to increase cargo capacity
Beechcraft King Air B200RVL GROUP’s new Beechcraft King Air B200 aircraft has a 'quick-change cargo system' which takes less than 60 minutes to provide stowage for up to 1,500lb (680kg) of cargo.Specialist aviation services provider RVL, based at East Midlands Airport, used a quick change system developed by US manufacturer ...
-
News
GEFCO hit by cyber attack
Freight forwarder GEFCO has confirmed that it came under an external cyberattack last Sunday “designed to disrupt our business” but that its air business has not been affected.Few details have been released by the France-based logistics company about the attack although Luc Nadal, GEFCO chief executive and chairman of the ...
-
NewsCCT appoints new CEO
Pharma packaging firm Cold Chain Technologies (CCT) has appointed Ranjeet Banerjee as chief executive and member of the board of directors as it continues to grow.For the last 25 years Banerjee has worked for medical technology company Becton Dickinson. Most recently, he was corporate executive vice president as well as ...
-
NewsJAL and Matternet team up on drones
Japan Airlines has signed a memorandum of understanding with California-based drone maker Matternet to explore medical delivery services by drone, as well as to further develop a drone delivery business in Japan.The partnership will see Matternet’s M2 drone system utilised in trials in Tokyo, before assessing opportunities for a healthcare ...
-
Sponsored ContentSponsored: IAI Aviation Group outlines B767 conversion services
Sponsored Content: IAI Aviation Group (formerly Bedek) – Conversions & Upgrades Division - B767 ConversionsIAI’s Aviation Group (formerly Bedek) has been converting Boeing 767 passenger aircraft into cargo aircraft since 2004. Initially, the B767-200 were converted, and from 2009 the stretched B767-300 version were more commonly used for conversions.“We thought ...
-
NewsAir Cargo News Awards go digital
For the first time in its history, the Air Cargo News Awards is going digital. On October 29 at 4.30pm (GMT) the event will be live-streamed with the winners announced on aircargonewsawards.net.The Air Cargo News Awards, now in their 36th year, have always been a time to recognise the hard ...
-
News
Handler Cargologic renews with CHAMP
Swiss ground handler Cargologic has extended its partnership with CHAMP Cargosystems through a new ten-year agreement.Cargologic has been using CHAMP’s Cargospot Handling, a digital cargo management tool, for more than 13 years.The new agreement will see Cargologic using CHAMP’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model to transition its current system to a service ...