All articles by Grace Salter
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NewsNew packaging saves weight and plastic for Bolloré
Photo: Jaromir Chalabala/ ShutterstockBolloré Logistics in the US and at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle are now using sustainable packaging for air shipments from Paris to Chicago, saving 12kg of deadweight in the process.Two pallets have already been transported using the new material in February and others will be scheduled shortly in partnership with ...
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NewsNew platform helps Air NZ customers cut the carbon
Source: Air New ZealandAir New Zealand has partnered with Norwegian company CHOOSE to offer two platforms to help its customers measure their carbon emissions from freight and staff air travel.Businesses can then purchase carbon credits from certified projects based on their personalised data.The carrier’s chief sustainability officer, Kiri Hannifin, says ...
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NewsNew Brisbane post hub to meet e-commerce boom
Source: Brisbane AirportAustralia Post is to build a $50 million parcel facility at Brisbane Airport Industrial Park, the largest project ever at the gateway.Expected to open in early 2026, the 33,600sqm Brisbane North Parcel facility will be the second largest in the state. With South East Queensland’s population expected to ...
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NewsA fifth of all airfreight in fifteen years
The Boeing 777 Freighter has carried up to 20% of global air freight since its debut in 2009, said the US plane-maker, in marking its 15th anniversary.It described the twin-engine aircraft as the most popular production widebody freighter with a global fleet exceeding 250 - and counting. Boeing adds that ...
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NewsFrankfurt high-flier wins IATA talent competition
Frankfurt Airport ‘s Erik Goldenstein won the IATA FACE-UP award for 2024, presented at the World Cargo Symposium (WCS) in Hong Kong on 14 March.FACE-UP is a competition for recent university graduates who have developed innovative and transformational solutions in air transport logistics.Goldenstein was voted the winner for his role ...
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NewsCathay cargo tonnage surge outpaces revenue as yields droop
Source: Cathay CargoCathay Pacific Airways carried 1.38 million tonnes of cargo in 2023, up almost 20% on the previous year’s 1.15m tonnes, said the Hong Kong-based carrier when it announced its annual results on 14 March.Cargo revenue tonne-kilometres surged by over 40%, from 5,774m to 8,099m, but load factors and ...
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NewsForwarders and shippers call for more data ahead of new import regime
Source: ShutterstockInternational forwarders’ federation FIATA and the Global Shippers Forum (GSF) have called for better data quality and information exchange ahead of the European Union's new Import Control System 2 (ICS2), due to be introduced for sea, road, and rail transport in 2024 and 2025.The measure is intended to enhance ...
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NewsPrague plots ‘passenger to cargo’ plan
Source: Prague AirportPrague Airport has signed a memorandum with 12 companies to develop air cargo at the in the Czech Republic gateway.The Prague Airport Cargo Point platform aims to boost the competitiveness and development of cargo at Václav Havel Airport.A main goal is to make Prague more attractive for long-haul ...
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NewsUK freight group names first sustainable logistics chair
Mike Jones & Sam Warren. Source: BIFAUK freight association BIFA has appointed Woodland group’s Sam Warren as the first chair of its new Sustainable Logistics Policy Group.Sam Warren (pictured, right, with Mike Jones, BIFA's policy advisor for sustainability and environment) is also sustainability manager at Woodland Group, an Essex-based freight ...
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NewsFits is a perfect fit for WebCargo
Source: ShutterstockFits Cargo – a Sri Lanka-based company that combines physical airline operations and interline agreements with over 160 carriers - has joined the Freightos WebCargo online booking and payment platform.Fits Cargo flies over 4 million kilograms of air freight year and has a direct presence in Dubai, India, Hong ...
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NewsRhenus opens Heathrow produce hub
Steve Aitken RhenusGerman-owned global forwarder Rhenus has opened a temperature-controlled perishable handling facility at London-Heathrow, making it one of the few freight forwarders able to store and build ULDs within a chilled environment at the airport.It offers 2,195sq m of floor space and a two-layer racking configuration that provides space ...
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NewsMunich bucks the trend as cargo grows in 2023
Source: Munich airportMunich Airport says it was the only German major air hub to increase freight traffic in 2023. The south German gateway registered a year-on-year increase of 6.6%, whereas total airfreight volume in Germany as a whole fell by 7.1, according to German Airports Association figures.Munich’s freight totalled 284,000 ...
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NewsLufthansa launches first Brussels-America freighter
Source: LufthansaLufthansa Cargo is to start a twice-weekly B777F freighter service between Brussels and Chicago O'Hare on 3 April – its first ever cargo service from Belgium to the American continent. The departures, on Mondays and Wednesdays, will originate at the German carrier’s main Frankfurt hub, and aim to exploit ...
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NewsAirbus lab to test new concepts in cargo
Source: AirbusAirbus is to go into partnership with experts from CHAMP Cargosystems, Fraport, KLM Cargo, Kuehne+Nagel and Swissport in a new tech initiative, the plane-maker announced at IATA World Cargo Symposium in Hong Kong on 13 March.OpenCargoLab aims “to drive digital, resource-saving concepts, contributing to more resilient and efficient airfreight ...
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NewsAsia to Europe – could the train take the strain?
Source: Cargo-partnerAustrian-owned international forwarder Cargo-partner says that rail could offer an alternative to air and sea freight between Asia and Europe.Full- and less-than-containerload rail options can offer a rapid, cost-efficient, and environmentally friendly alternative between Europe and China, and other places in Asia.The operator says it has recently seen a ...
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NewsPolitics fails to deflect move to globalisation, says DHL report
Source: DHLThere is no sign of geopolitics affecting the march of globalisation, says DHL in the latest edition of its Global Connectedness Report.In a preview of the document, due to be published on Friday 15 March, the logistics company said that in 2023 globalisation remained at close to the record ...
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NewsSwissport to join CHAMP and Cathay in second ONE Record scheme
Source: CHAMP SwissportFollowing the announcement yesterday (12 March) that Cathay Cargo and handler WFS are to use CHAMP Cargosystems technology to go live with IATA’s ONE Record data standard in a ‘first use’ case, the systems provider said that it had also joined forces with Swissport and the Hong Kong ...
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NewsAwery to speed Etihad charter response
Source: Etihad CargoEtihad Cargo has signed a partnership with Awery Aviation Software to help it meet a 35% surge in charter requests.The Abu Dhabi-based carrier has implemented a customised version of Awery's enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to manage its cargo chartering programme which, it says, will streamline operations, improve ...
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NewsHeathrow aerospace firm goes all-electric
Source: B&H electricAerospace logistics company B&H Worldwide has ordered that all local cargo collections, deliveries and corporate passenger travel at its London Heathrow base should be carried out only by battery electric vehicles, as of February 2024.The company says that the move will enhance its environmental commitment and will be ...
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NewsUnilode to run Air India ULD fleet
Source: UnilodeULD management company Unilode Aviation Solutions has signed a full-service partnership with Air India.It will provide full ULD management and digitalised containers and pallets from its pool for the carrier’s fleet of over 120 aircraft serving 100 domestic and international destinations, both bellyhold and cargo.Unilode’s chief commercial officer, Mohammed ...