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    SATS first ground handler to achieve IATA lithium battery certification

    2022-09-29T12:21:31Z

    Singapore-based SATS has become the first cargo ground handler to gain IATA’s Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators Lithium Batteries’ (CEIV Li-batt) certification.SATS achieved CEIV Li-batt certification together with its Hong Kong subsidiary Asia Airfreight Terminal (AAT) and Indonesian joint venture PT Jasa Angkasa Semesta (PT JAS) in promoting the ...

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    SATS to buy Worldwide Flight Services in €2.25bn deal

    2022-09-28T08:18:53Z

    Source: WFSSingapore-based cargo handler SATS has reached agreement to buy Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) from an affiliate of asset investor Cerberus Capital Management in a deal with an enterprise value of €2.25bn.The transaction will bring together WFS, the world’s largest air cargo handler with operations in the Americas and Europe, ...

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    SATS scoops Riyadh cargo terminal contract

    2020-01-14T11:44:03Z

    Cargo handler SATS Saudi Arabia has won a 25-year cargo terminal concession in King Khalid International Airport (KKIA) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.The Riyadh cargo terminal will be the second cargo operation in Saudi Arabia for SATS, after its first win in King Fahd International Airport in Dammam in 2016.Construction of ...

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    IATA launches audit certification for general cargo

    2019-12-12T15:27:14Z

    Air transport association IATA has launched an initiative to reduce audit complexity and duplication for cargo handling facilities, in the same way that its CEIV progamme has for specialist cargo.It is estimated 360,000 days per year are wasted on redundant cargo handling audits. A new Smart Facility Operational Capacity Audit ...

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    SATS and TUM CREATE look to AI to digitise air cargo

    2019-08-20T16:14:38Z

    Handler and aviation catering services provider SATS is working with TUM CREATE, a research platform for the improvement of Singapore’s public transportation systems, on what they jointly describe as the world’s first artificial intelligence (AI) powered robotic air cargo system.They believe that SPEEDCARGO will help in the ongoing industry effort ...

  • The MoU was signed by (front, left to right): Mr Yacoob Piperdi, Executive Vice President, Gateway Services, SATS and Mr Ong Kim Pong, Regional CEO Southeast Asia, PSA International, and witnessed by:  (back, left to right): Mr Satvinder Singh, ACEO,...
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    Sea-air boost for Singapore after airport and boxport alliance

    2019-05-09T13:29:25Z

    Signing the MoUSingapore's sea-air connectivity has received a further boost by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Changi airport ground handler SATS and deep sea container port operator PSA.A joint statement said that the agreement, facilitated by Enterprise Singapore, will provide cargo owners and logistics service providers ...

  • Digital Cargo session at IATA WCS 2019
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    Air cargo set to speed up and increase visibility over the coming years

    2019-03-13T06:03:02Z

    Digital Cargo session at IATA WCS 2019Over the coming years air cargo supply chains are expected to speed up, information will be shared more widely and transport operations will become more efficient, according to speakers at IATA’s World Cargo Symposium.During the digital cargo session, panellists from cargo software providers were ...