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NewsICAO launches air cargo economics course
Image source: ShutterstockThe International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has launched an Introduction to Air Cargo Economics online course that aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the sector.The course costs $200 and breaks down air cargo economics into 18 focused topics, with each topic taking just 5-6 minutes to complete.It ...
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NewsDHL signs largest ever SAF deal with IAG Cargo
Source: IAG CargoDHL Express and DHL Global Forwarding are to use an extra 60 million litres of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) under a renewed contract with IAG Cargo.The new contract covers 2024 and 2025 emissions and is the largest SAF agreement between an airline and a customer to date, say ...
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NewsDP World opens Panama forwarding office
Editorial credit: T.Schneider/Shutterstock.comDubai-based DP World has opened a freight forwarding office in Panama City, its latest addition to its network in Latin America.Like the logistics and shipping group’s existing outlets in the region, it offers air freight, customs clearance, warehousing multimodal transportation and related services.DP World chief operating officer Morten ...
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NewsCargo soars at Singapore
Singapore Airlines Cargo shipment at Changi Airport. Photo: Changi AirportSingapore Changi Airport handled 512,000 tonnes of airfreight in the third quarter of 2024 (July to September), up 13.5% on the same period last year.Growth was seen across all cargo flows – exports, imports and transhipments, boosted by big improvements on ...
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NewsAirfreight profits down, turnover up at Kuehne+Nagel
© 2024 Kuehne+Nagel. All rights reservedKuehne+Nagel’s airfreight profits fell sharply in the third quarter of the year, despite increased turnover.The Swiss-based forwarding group reported a 20% increase in its net air logistics turnover in the third quarter of 2024 in its latest results. Turnover was up from CHF1,512 million in ...
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NewsDSV to complete Schenker buy in mid-2025
Source: DSVDSV expects to close its acquisition of DB Schenker from Germany’s Deutsche Bahn in the second quarter of 2025, said group chief executive, Jens Lund.In announcing the Danish logistics and forwarding group’s results, Lund said that the third quarter of 2024 was a landmark for the company with the ...
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NewsDHL Express gets to work on US hub scheme
Photo: DHL GroupDHL Express has started construction of a 305,000sq ft aircraft maintenance facility and expanded aircraft apron at its Cincinnati hub.The integrator says the $292 million facility at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport will reduce aircraft downtime and improve reliability while the expansion of the apron with eight new gates ...
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NewsIAG Cargo partners with Animal Aircare on Heathrow animal exports
Animal AircareIAG Cargo, the freight operation of the UK-Spanish airline giant IAG, has strengthened a pre-existing relationship with animal transportation services provider Animal Care such that the latter now serves as the cargo carrier’s export partner for animals at London Heathrow International Airport, in addition to having been its animal ...
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NewsQatar Airways Cargo and Qatar Post ink cooperation agreement
Qatar Airways CargoQatar Airways Cargo and Qatar Postal Services Company (known as Qatar Post) have signed a cooperation agreement to demonstrate what they say is “a shared commitment towards enhancing their strategic partnership in postal activities and mail transportation” into out of Doha.Qatar Post is the national provider of postal ...
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NewsChallenge Group completes 767 conversion process
Challenge GroupChallenge Group has completed its Boeing 767 conversion programme with the deployment of two newly converted 767-300 freighters.It now has – as planned – four B767-300BDSF aircraft in its fleet, the first of which was delivered in autumn last year.Each aircraft has a cargo capacity of approximately 400m3 and ...
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NewsCB Customs Broker offers transparency with automated T1 transit documentation
Photo: Lufthansa CargoKelsterbach, Frankfurt-headquartered CB Customs Broker, the wholly owned subsidiary of Lufthansa Cargo that operates as a specialist in offering digital Customs solutions, is widening its eCommerce product range to include the T1 duty-free transit procedure.It is enabling the automated generation of T1 documents in which individual items are ...
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NewsVideo promotes Hong Kong as a global eCommerce logistics hub
ePlus/U-FreightU-Freight Group subsidiary e+Solutions (ePlus) is helping to promote Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) as a global eCommerce logistics hub.e+Solutions, an eCommerce logistics provider based in Hong Kong, has taken part in a corporate video created by the air gateway’s operator, Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK).Some of the video, called ...
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NewsChangi Airport Group opens new facility at Changi Airfreight Centre
Changi Airport GroupChangi Airport Group (CAG) – operator of Singapore’s Changi Airport ¬– has opened Changi Nexus One, a refurbished air logistics facility within the gateway’s Changi Airfreight Centre (CAC).The facility, which is connected directly to the apron at Changi, incorporates nearly 8,000m2 of warehousing space.Changi Nexus One is designed ...
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NewsMa takes over as chairman at Hong Kong Air Cargo
Hong Kong Air CargoFreighter operator Hong Kong Air Cargo has named Ma Yunpeng as its new chairman in a move that was effective as of October 13.Ma has over 21 years of extensive management experience in the aviation industry, his previous roles including acting as chairman of Grand China Air.According ...
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NewsIATA urges government action as it forecasts $128bn annual net-zero spend
Airline association IATA forecasts an average of $128bn in annual capital expenditure will be needed for the airline industry to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. It made the prediction as it released new finance and policy road maps during its World Sustainability Symposium event in Miami on September 24, where ...
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Insights
Red Sea shipping disarray sees Kerry’s air business hot up
There has been much speculation about whether the Red Sea crisis and the consequent rerouting of ships from the Suez Canal in Egypt to the Cape of Good Hope in Africa is impacting airfreight and to what extent.Some airlines and forwarders have said they are receiving more interest from shippers, ...
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NewsChapman Freeborn hires global oil & gas director
Gavin Nash. Photo: Chapman FreebornGavin Nash has joined air charter specialist Chapman Freeborn as global director – oil & gas.Nash brings to Chapman Freeborn over 11 years of experience in delivering and managing global supply chain operations in the oil and gas sector.Chapman Freeborn, part of Avia Solutions Group, has ...
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NewsHold the front page!
Derek JonesFormer Air Cargo News International sales director Derek Jones remembers the frantic –but always hugely enjoyable – first few weeks in the life of Air Cargo News.It hardly seems possible that this year marks the 40th anniversary of the launch of Air Cargo News International (ACNI), now Air Cargo ...
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NewsTechnological revolution for ACN
It’s a fast-moving world – and journalists have to keep up. Former Air Cargo News editor Roger Hailey reports on the changing world of publishing over the past 40 years.After 40 years in logistics trade journalism, this old dinosaur was asked by Air Cargo News editor Damian Brett to look ...
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NewsVideo: What events have had the largest impact on the industry in the last 40 years?
Air Cargo News is celebrating 40 years of breaking news and views. As well as looking back through time ourselves at the biggest stories of the last 40 years, we decided to ask a selection of industry stakeholders what events have had the largest impact on the industry in the ...