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    All Swissport warehouses to install ULD tracking

    2020-02-26T14:58:00Z

    Swissport plans to equip all of its warehouses with Unilode and Descartes Bluetooth technology by the end of the year. The readers in the 115 warehouses will track and monitor digitally-tagged unit load devices (ULD) to increase transparency for customers.Hendrik Leyssens, Swissport’s vice president global operations-cargo, says geolocation of ULD ...

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    LATAM Cargo applies Unilode's digital tracking solution to ULD fleet

    2019-10-22T09:13:48Z

    LATAM Cargo is now using Unilode Aviations' digital tracking solution across its untire ULD fleet.Andrés Bianchi, chief executive of LATAM Cargo, commented: “At LATAM we are focusing on reinforcing LATAM Cargo’s competitiveness in order to maintain our leadership in Latin America."Unilode's digitalisation programme will provide LATAM with opportunities to enhance ...

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    Unilode and OnAsset complete Bluetooth ULD trial

    2019-08-23T08:18:34Z

    ULD firm Unilode Aviation Solutions and OnAsset Intelligence have completed trials of its smart-phone app that can track Bluetooth-equipped ULDs by connecting to an aircraft's WiFi system.The trial was conducted on a flight from Hong Kong to Zurich and demonstrated that the Bluetooth connection between container tag and smartphone is ...

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    Unilode to digitise ULD fleet after partnering with Nexxiot

    2019-08-19T11:53:01Z

    Unilode has signed an expanded deal with supply chain management solutions provider Nexxiot that will play a key role in the ULD firm's aim of digitising its fleet of containers.The company is aiming to digitise its ULD fleet in the next 18 months by equipping units with Bluetooth sensors.Data provided ...

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    Korean Air signs five-year ULD deal with Unilode

    2019-06-21T10:14:44Z

    Korean Air has awarded the management of its entire fleet of more than 16,000 containers and pallets to Unilode Aviation Solutions for a five-year term.As part of the deal, Unilode will setup a regional ULD management office at Korean Air's hub in Incheon and takeover Korean Air's existing ULD maintenance ...

  • Unilode, AirBridgeCargo
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    ABC and Unilode roll out digitised maindeck ULDs

    2019-06-06T07:45:28Z

    Unilode and AirBridgeCargo celebrate the roll-out of the digitised maindeck containers at Air Cargo Europe. From left to right: Marc Groenewegen, managing director EMEA of Unilode; Benoît Dumont, chief executive of Unilode; Diana Schöneich, deputy vice president Europe at AirBridgeCargo Airlines; Ivan Santoro, regional operations & ground handling director Europe ...

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    TUI Group renews its ULD management deal with Unilode

    2019-06-05T11:39:39Z

    Unilode Aviation Solutions, a provider of global outsourced ULD management and repair solutions, has renewed its partnership agreement with TUI in a move that will see it supply and manage the group’s containers and pallets for a further 10-year term.Gunther Hofman, director of ground operations at TUI Aviation, commented: “TUI ...

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    Unilode adds Hong Kong centre

    2019-05-31T13:33:25Z

    Unilode Aviation Solutions has opened a new ULD and galley cart repair centre in Hong Kong.The repair centre has an area of around 3,000 sq m and will employ up to 30 repair technicians, who will carry out ULD repair, ULD assembly, pallet net repair and inflight equipment maintenance and ...

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    Unilode adds leasing options

    2019-05-23T13:10:12Z

    Unilode has added short- and medium-term leasing services to its portfolio of ULD solutions.The step gives customers access to PMC and heavy-duty pallets from various strategic storage locations worldwide. More ULD types will be available soon, Unilode said.The company’s current leasing network includes London Heathrow, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Frankfurt, Milan-Malpensa ...

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    Unilode partners with Nordisk for digital tag solution

    2019-04-16T15:51:06Z

    ULD firm Unilode Aviation Solutions has teamed up with container manufacturer Nordisk Aviation Products to develop an integrated pallet edge rail solution for digital tags.The partnership will see existing Nordisk pallets, including heavy duty pallets, retrofitted with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) 5 digital tags, enabling ULD tracking and measurement of ...

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    Unilode strengthens repair network with AeroNet Services acquisition

    2019-04-02T14:54:15Z

    ULD firm Unilode Aviation Solutions has acquired the assets of AeroNet Services, a specialist ULD maintenance and repair organisation operating in France.Unilode will take over AeroNet Services' repair facilities in Paris Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports and continue to employ AeroNet Services' current staff of 31 people.The repair centres ...

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    Unilode and Hawaiian Airlines extend partnership

    2019-03-13T10:42:25Z

    Hawaiian Airlines has renewed its long-term ULD management agreement with Unilode Aviation Solutions.Brad Matheny, Hawaiian Airlines managing director of cargo, said: the agreement builds on a partnership that started in 2014. “Thanks to Unilode's expertise and flexibility, we always have the right assets to meet our ULD needs, including some ...

  • Unilode and PalNet develop integrated digital solution for pallets
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    Unilode closer to digitalising its ULD fleet

    2019-03-12T10:21:46Z

    Unilode has taken a major step towards digitalising its entire ULD fleet after developing an integrated digital solution in partnership with Palnet.The solution minimises the risk of damage or loss of the digital tag and does not obstruct daily operations or interfere with pallet stacking, say the companies.Unilode is a ...

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    SAS Cargo and Unilode launch digitalisation programme

    2019-03-11T13:18:03Z

    Unilode will begin digitalising SAS Cargo’s container fleet in the next few months as part of its digital transformation programme, which enables ULD tracking and the measurement of temperature, humidity, light and shock in air freight shipments.The two companies began working together in 2011 with the conversion of SAS Cargo's ...

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    Unilode to install digital Bluetooth pallet tags

    2019-03-09T17:25:37Z

    Unilode, Safran and OnAsset have completed their joint development of digital Bluetooth pallet tags. The project provides a corner piece and attachment method for the digital enablement of aviation pallets.The three parties started their collaboration less than a year ago to develop a unique design for a Bluetooth 5 digital ...

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    IATA announces finalists for 2019 cargo innovation awards

    2019-02-19T12:47:07Z

    IATA has confirmed the finalists for its 2019 Air Cargo Innovation Awards, the original 56 ideas having been whittled down to just three by an independent jury panel.The three ideas in the final running for top prize, all of which relate to ULD technological development, are as follows:Air New Zealand ...

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    Unilode appoints Jensen

    2019-02-18T11:25:24Z

    ULD firm Unilode Aviation Solutions has appointed Joseph Jensen as managing director customer experience, starting in early March.Jensen will be based in the US, report directly to chief executive Benoît Dumont and oversee the "customer centricity programme to improve the customer experience along the complete value chain", including support of ...

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    NokScoot awards ULD management contract to Unilode

    2019-02-07T12:11:36Z

    Thailand's NokScoot budget airline has awarded a Unit Load Device (ULD) management contract to Unilode Aviation SolutionsYodchai Sudhidhanakul, chief executive of the medium-haul carrier, said: "By commissioning Unilode for the management of NokScoot's containers and pallets for our current fleet of five Boeing 777-200s we will receive cost-effective and professional ...

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    AirAsia X extends Unilode ULD management contract

    2019-01-08T09:30:33Z

    AirAsia X, the long-haul affiliate of AirAsia, has extended its outsourced ULD management agreement with Unilode Aviation Solutions until 2023, for the second time in the companies’ 10-year partnership.Unilode’s partnership with AirAsia’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Red Cargo Logistics, will “help to reduce cost as well as maximise revenue-generating belly space across ...

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    Big bytes: AirBridge and Unilode extend Bluetooth tracking for ULDs

    2018-12-18T10:38:13Z

    Freighter operator AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) and ULD management provider Unilode Aviation Solutions have extended their partnership for the extensive usage of Transmitting Portable Electronic Devices (TPEDs) for ULDs, pallets and containers.Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE v.5.0) tracking and sensing devices will be mounted to ULDs supplied and managed by Unilode and ...