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Network to offer expert advice
Air cargo and aviation network Neutral Air Partner is launching NAX, an international group of experts to advance the interests of time sensitive industry and e-commerce. Its aim is to provide resources and education on industry trends and opportunities to its membership of first, middle and last mile delivery companies.Target ...
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Aggregator service for India
AirFreightBazaar has launched an aggregator service for the Indian market. It allows carriers and forwarders to market their rates directly to end customers through a secure website, instead of by phone or email. Claimed benefits are time saving and the ability to generate more business and higher yields at lower ...
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WCS17: Saudia signs ULD management and repair contract with Unilode
ULD management and repair specialist Unilode has signed a deal to handle 21,000 units belonging to Saudia's passenger and cargo divisions.The management and repair contract is the first big win announce by Unilode since it changed its name from CHEP Aerospace after it was bought by Sweden's EQT Infrastructure in ...
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WCS17: IATA Cargo Handling Manual launched
IATA has launched a Cargo Handling Manual (ICHM) to help airlines and cargo handlers work together more effectively while improving safety and efficiency in air cargo operations.The ICHM is the first complete set of standards covering the operational activities of all stakeholders in the cargo handling supply chain. It was ...
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WCS17: Airfreight demand on the up but profitability faces headwinds
Air cargo demand is expected to grow again this year but airline profitability remains under threat from overcapacity and rising fuel prices.Providing an economic outlook for air cargo at the IATA World Cargo Symposium, the organisation’s senior economist George Anjaparidze said air cargo demand was expected to see comparable growth ...
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WCS17: UAE in the spotlight
As a global trade gateway, with two freighter-owning passenger airlines based in the UAE, it was appropriate to have a panel discussion at WCS17 in Abu Dhabi on the air cargo opportunities and challenges facing a key airfreight transit hub.Farook al Zeer, managing director of Schenker in the region, said ...
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Couriers hit the ground running at ACS
Air Charter Service says its 2015 investment in its onboard courier division is paying dividends, with over 1,000 jobs last year.Global time critical manager, Oliver Weigelt, commented: “All credit must go to my team for the hard work that they have all put in. Our expansion in Asia in August ...
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Tech giant offers carriers air cargo solution
Global IT firm Unisys is offering a new “holistic and integrated cargo logistics solution to allow carriers to streamline freight management and improve their operational efficiency.Digistics lets air carriers choose from a comprehensive suite of offerings or select the specific services they need, including inventory management, booking, invoicing, and accounting. ...
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Freight industry to flock to Florida
Miami, Florida will be the venue for the TIACA 2020 Air Cargo Forum (ACF), along with Multimodal Americas and Supply Chain Americas.The biennial event brings together supply chain decision makers from across the globe for three days to network and learn from industry experts. TIACA secretary general Vladimir Zubko described ...
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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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WCS17: Mercator promises revolution in airfreight systems
Transport software specialist Mercator is offering an Intelligent Cargo Ecosystem, which it describes as the industry’s first open API platform for air cargo management and ground handling.APIs (application programming interfaces) are used to provide the ‘building blocks’ which simplify the task of writing computer programs.Mercator says its open architecture platform ...
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WCS17: Schiphol gets grant for pharma temperature alert system
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is to develop an early warning system for pharma shippers with the help of a €1m research grant, it was revealed at the IATA World Cargo Symposium on 14 March.The money, from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research and TKI Dinalog, the Dutch Institute for Advanced Logistics, ...
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WCS17: China-Europe rail a threat to air cargo but box shipping troubles an opportunity
Air cargo should start taking the threat presented by China-Europe rail services seriously, but the difficulties faced by the container shipping sector could provide opportunities.Speaking at the IATA World Cargo Symposium, Seabury Group senior vice president Marco Bloemen said that rail freight services were “no longer carrying volumes that can ...
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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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Airports deal extended
Airports Company South Africa and Germany’s Munich Airport have extended their sister partnership agreement, launched in 2015.It now extends to joint marketing activities to raise awareness of the partner airports in the respective countries including exhibitions at the airports, mutual links between websites and joint appearances at events.The existing cooperation ...
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WCS17: IATA chief makes modernisation call
The head of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on the air cargo industry to speed up modernization and deliver high quality service at the World Cargo Symposium in Abu Dhabi on 14 March.The airline organisation’s director general and chief executive Alexandre de Juniac told delegates: "Complicated and convoluted ...
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New UK and Ireland chief for Swissport
Luzius Wirth is to become chief executive UK and Ireland at handler Swissport from 1 June, following the early retirement of Tommy Watt.Wirth, who will retain his role as executive vice president group services, joined Swissport in 2012. His new tasks will include further developing and expanding the regional organisation.Tommy ...
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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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WCS17: Etihad takes freighter number ten
Etihad has taken delivery of its tenth all cargo aircraft, an Airbus A330F. The new addition takes the Abu Dhabi-based carrier’s Airbus freighter fleet to five, joining five Boeing 777 freighters.Etihad has launched ten new freighter routes in the past 12 months and carried 602,026 tonnes of cargo in 2016, ...
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New index to keep tabs on Asian freight
A freight industry consultant and a journalist have created a new Asian forwarding index. Cathy Roberson, an industry veteran who has been consulting on logistics markets for two decades and freight journalist and consultant Mike King, say that their new APAC Forwarding Index will measure current demand and forward sentiment.It ...