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Cargolux boss: No breakdown in CHAMP relationship
Cargolux's top management has denied reports of a rift with CHAMP Cargo Systems, the airfreight IT provider in which it holds a 49% stake.Cargolux president and chief executive Richard Forson said: "There is no breakdown in our relationship with CHAMP, whatsoever."Forson said that Luxembourg-based freighter carrier, as part of a ...
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Kenya adopts TIACA’S Cargo Service Quality tool
Kenya is set to become the first country to adopt TIACA’s new Cargo Service Quality (CSQ) tool nationwide.Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) is aiming to implement the online tool at all Kenyan cargo hubs by mid-2019, allowing forwarders to rate and review service quality at the airports, providing data to improve ...
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Kuehne+Nagel reveals new customer portal
Kuehne+Nagel has launched a new booking portal that will allow customers to get quotes, book and track shipments.The myKN service offers customers a single point of access to all online services, replacing the current Control Center.myKN allows to explore, quote, book and track as well as managing shipments and user ...
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National Airlines opts for Descartes system for mail and e-commerce tracking
Cargo carrier National Airlines has opted to use Descartes Velocity Mail system for its mail and e-commerce transportation tracking activities.The cloud-based Descartes vMail solution automates the air mail shipment tracking process, from route generation to account reconciliation.Ryan Dereska, business development manager - government & defense at National Airlines, said: “With ...
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Hactl wins Technovation award for Smart Cargo Locating project
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd (Hactl) has won the Operational Excellence category in this year’s Smart Airport Technovation Awards organised by Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA).The award was given to Hactl, Hong Kong’s largest independent cargo handler, in recognition of its Smart Cargo Locating project, which has recently gone ...
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RSA National signs up to use Hermes Logistics' H5 cargo system
Hermes Logistics Technologies has been selected as the new Cargo Management System (CMS) provider for UAE-based logistics firm RSA National (RSAN).Hermes' CMS will be used by RSAN at its new flagship air cargo terminal at Dubai World Central.“This will be a full SaaS Hermes 5 implementation and we anticipate a ...
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Hong Kong launches off-airport cargo screening scheme
Hong Kong’s Civil Aviation Department (CAD) has launched its Regulated Air Cargo Screening Facilities (RACSF) scheme for off-airport locations.The goal of the initiative is to facilitate the establishment and operation of screening at off-airport sites, in order to help the industry meet ICAO’s policy of implementing security checks for all ...
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IBA’s new aviation platform for investors and lessors is on-line
Aviation consultancy IBA Group has launched an online platform, IBA iQ Trends, for investors, lessors, airlines and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs).Unlike other static aviation and airline data sets, IBA iQ Trends combines key economic data and world events in real time, with historical, current and future values and lease rates ...
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Single pilot study fails to take-off in FAA's Reauthorization Bill
A study into single pilot aircraft operations has not been included in a Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Bill signed by President Donald Trump and passed by Congress.The exclusion of the study from the FAA’s five year policy extension was welcomed by the US-based Coalition of Airline Pilots Associations (CAPA).CAPA president ...
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Another step towards the launch of the Airlander 10 airship
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has awarded Hybrid Air Vehicles a Design Organisation Approval (DOA), an important milestone on the path to getting its Airlander 10 airship into service.The company said that just eight other organisations hold an EASA (DOA) for type certifying large aircraft.Being granted a DOA gives ...
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IAG Cargo picks startups for Hangar 51 collaboration project
IAG Cargo has finalists from the group's Hangar 51 startup partnership programme that it will be collaborating with over the coming months.IAG Cargo along with the rest of the group heard from the shortlisted startups who presented their innovative products and services before a judging panel at a pitch day ...
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Cathay Pacific continues to roll out ULD track and trace trial
Cathay Pacific Cargo and its partners have continued to roll out trials of new Bluetooth track and trace technology for ULDs.The airline said that following a “proof of technology” trial at its home hub, it is now tracking ULDs using low-energy Bluetooth beacons and readers as they make their way ...
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DHL launches one stop platform: Customs Connection
DHL Global Forwarding has launched a new one-stop shop platform for its US clients moving goods internationally.Customs Connection replaces the previous DHL platform and is designed to act as a one stop-shop for all customs processes at the air and ocean freight transport specialist within Deutsche Post DHL Group.“With the ...
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ASM launches data archiving app for forwarders
Agency Sector Management (ASM) UK has launched a data archiving app to help forwarders stay compliant with the Customs declaration process.The web-based app is part of ASM’s freight management software Sequoia, and can be accessed remotely.Users do not need access to the Sequoia application in order to retrieve archived data, ...
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Dachser signs up to use airfreight booking portal cargo.one
Freight forwarder Dachser has signed up to use airfreight price comparison portal cargo.one.After a successful trial phase, Dachser has decided to use cargo.one as its digital booking platform for airfreight capacities in the spot market.With immediate effect, the cross-airline booking platform developed by cargo.one is now available to Dachser employees ...
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Air France KLM the latest to expand cargo tracking services
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP) is the latest carrier to expand its cargo tracking capabilities, offering optional active tracking devices on its flights.The devices can send data through telecom or other networks and provide GPS location and sensor data including information on temperature, humidity, shock/tilt and light exposure.Customers place ...
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A growing buzz about fixed-wing drones
Questions are beginning to be raised as to whether the tech bubble has peaked. A recent report in the UK’s Guardian newspaper suggested that demand for Silicon Valley rental space has plateaued, while start-ups are finding it harder to secure funding from investors.In the world of air cargo, technological advancements ...
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Wipro joins BiTA to drive progress on blockchain
Wipro, a leading globally active IT, consulting and business process services company, has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA) in a move it said is intended to “spearhead the development of blockchain standards and drive blockchain adoption in the transportation industry”.A Blockchain can be described as a digitised ledger ...
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AT&T and Softbox collaborate on drone deliveries
US telecommunications giant AT&T recently worked closely with UK-headquartered Softbox on a drone demonstration intended to show that vital medicines can indeed be delivered by unmanned systems in times of crisis.Softbox is a designer and manufacturer of passive temperature-control packaging solutions. It has worked with some of the world’s biggest ...
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WiseTech Global acquires US trucking IT provider Trinium
Big-spending logistics solutions group WiseTech Global has made another acquisition, this time the purchase of Trinium Technologies, a provider of intermodal trucking management systems (TMS) in the US and Canada.Headquartered in Los Angeles, Trinium offers TMS for the movement of seafreight containers between port terminals, inland rail terminals, container yards ...