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NewsSwissport gains CEIV Fresh in Kenya
Swissport Kenya has been awarded the IATA CEIV Fresh certification for perishable cargo, making it the only ground handler with this certification at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.Swissport also is the first ground services provider in Sub-Saharan Africa to attain this standard.Nairobi is a major hub for perishables in East ...
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NewsCargo IQ announces 2022 strategy, Moehle named as new executive director
Cargo iQ’s board has announced its renewed vision for Cargo iQ in 2022, which includes focusing on implementation, direct collaboration with members and sharing best practices.The IATA special interest group has also named Lothar Moehle as its new executive director, bringing over four decades of experience in the air cargo ...
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NewsPublic flight debut for Volocopter’s VoloDrone
Volocopter and strategic investor DB Schenker have conducted the first public flight of Volocopter’s electric heavy-lift drone VoloDrone.The VoloDrone is an uncrewed, fully electric utility drone designed to carry any of the six International Organization for Standardization (ISO) pallet sizes, weighing up to 200 kg, over a 40-km range.The three-minute ...
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ECS Group adopts CHAMP’s Cargospot SaaS version
CHAMP Cargosystems and ECS Group have signed a new Cargospot contract, continuing a relationship which began in 2002, when the original contract was signed.The new contract is based on the latest Software as a Service (SaaS) version of CHAMP’s vastly improved Cargo Management Application, Cargospot.Cargospot brings “better service, better technologies, ...
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NewsLufthansa Cargo boosts handling performance with new production planning system
Lufthansa Cargo has finalised the implementation of its production planning and control (PPC) transformation project.“An integrated production planning system has been part of our digitalization roadmap”, said Harald Gloy, the cargo airline’s chief operations officer and chief human resources officer.“The new application enables us to make smarter and faster decisions ...
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Swissport’s Goovaerts to lead strategic focus on cargo
Ground handler Swissport International has appoined Dirk Goovaerts as Global Cargo Chair, to strengthen its air cargo business and bundling responsibility for strategic developmentThe newly created role will see Goovaerts, who continues as head of the Middle East & Africa region, focus on the strategic development of the cargo businessPrior ...
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NewsNew mentorship scheme for next generation female logistics leaders
Emma Murray (L) and Celine Hourcade. Source: Women in Aviation and LogisticsWomen in Aviation and Logistics (WAL) has launched a new mentorship scheme to support and encourage the NextGen of female leaders.The scheme is free to join and will bring together industry leaders, both women and men, to mentor and ...
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Bolloré presents PRISM, a ‘next-generation’ 4PL
Bolloré Transport & Logistics has deployed PRISM, its next- generation 4PL company designed to meet the specific needs of customers engaged in transforming their supply chain.PRISM, present in every continent, offers digital solutions which can be customised and interfaced, either through its own LINK 4PL management system or through reversible ...
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NewsIATA launches CEIV lithium battery certification program
From left to right: Peter Penseel and Willie Walsh.IATA has launched its Center of Excellence for Independent Validators Lithium Battery (CEIV Lithium Battery) industry certification program to improve the safe handling and transport of lithium batteries across the supply chain.Said Willie Walsh, IATA’s Director General: “Lithium batteries are critical power ...
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NewsQatar Cargo's Halleux calls on regulators to step up on lithium batteries
Source: Air Cargo NewsQatar Airways chief officer cargo Guillaume Halleux issued an impassioned call for regulators to take steps to counter the threat of rouge lithium-ion battery shipments.Speaking at IATA's World Cargo Symposium in Dublin, Halleux said the airline had suffered three near misses with rogue battery shipments in recent ...
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NewsWalsh expects a permanent shift in air cargo's importance to aviation
Source: Air Cargo NewsAir cargo's new found importance to airlines is here to stay, according to IATA director general Willie Walsh.Speaking to the press after the opening session of the IATA World Cargo Symposium in Dublin, Walsh re-iterated comments made earlier in the day that the air cargo sector had ...
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IATA: Industry cooperation key to post-pandemic air cargo resilience
IATA has urged the air cargo industry to continue working together at the same pace and with the same levels of cooperation as during the COVID-19 pandemic so as to overcome future challenges and build industry resilience.Sustainability, modernization, and safety were highlighted as key priorities for the industry post pandemic. ...
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NewsCargolux and K+N pilot API connectivity for quotes & bookings
Cargolux has launched a set of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to offer customers a direct interface between their systems and the European freighter airline’s platform to receive tailored and immediate bookable quotes.This system is piloted by Cargolux’s Brussels, Milan, Frankfurt, and London offices in collaboration with long-standing freight forwarding customer ...
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SmartKargo incorporates EDIfly advanced aviation messaging
Shipment data platform SmartKargo has embedded EDIfly into its end-to-end e-commerce solution to support free encrypted messaging for airline clients.The EDIfly messaging platform is the signature tool of Luxembourg-based Innovative Software. Innovative Software recently joined the IATA EPIC Platform and has now added logistics.cloud to support encrypted connectivity options through ...
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NewsEuropean Commission initiative to tackle theft from trucks
A European Commission initiative to improve driver safety and reduce cargo crime in Europe has been welcomed by the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA).The Commission’s introduction of its EU Safe & Secure Truck Parking Areas (SSTPA) Standard will address the lack of secure parking places that now represents the biggest ...
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NewsGround handler MIC Cargo signs Rickenbacker lease
US ground handler MIC Cargo has selected Rickenbacker International Airport as the site of its first location outside Chicago, leasing a 46,000 squ ft facility adjacent to the growing air cargo hub.With the addition of cargo terminal and export screening services MIC Cargo, a portfolio company of Inoa Ventures Management, ...
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NewsFedEx Express to invest more than $400m in Saudi Arabia over ten years
FedEx Express will transition to a direct-serve presence in Saudi Arabia to meet the Middle East country’s growing international shipping demands.The US express giant will invest more than SAR 1.5bn (approx $400m) into the Saudi economy over the next 10 years through talent management and local operations and infrastructure.FedEx Express ...
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NewsChapman Freeborn organises An225 charter flight for COVID test kits to Austria
Broker Chapman Freeborn worked with forwarder Gebrüder Weiss in Austria to transport COVID-19 test kits on an An225 freighter aircraft, part of more than 20 charters on various aircraft by the partners in recent months.The An225, the largest aircraft in the world, carried 110.8 tonnes of test kits (equal to ...
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DSV upgrades financial outlook for 2021 amid strong sea and air growth
A strong first half performance in sea and air freight that continued into the third quarter has seen Danish mega-forwarder DSV upgrade its 2021 financial outlook.A company announcement stated: “The positive development in the first half of the year has continued into Q3 2021, and we have seen strong financial ...
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Brussels airfreight volumes up 23% in September
Total trucked and flown cargo volumes at Brussels Airport soared 23% in September over the same month last year to nearly 70,000 tons, an upward trend expected to continue as the peak season looms.September’s total cargo increase was 37.1% when compared with pre-Covid volumes in the same month of 2019.The ...