UPS - Change is the air…
…at UPS and the entire transport sector, driven by their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fight global warming, Frank Sportolari, President UPS Germany and Austria, outlined at the...
View ArticleK+N taps into P2F conversions
Logistics giant Kuehne+Nagel offers airlines or lessors end to end logistics solutions to facilitate passenger to freighter aircraft conversions. The market is there since uplift capacity is scarce,...
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FedEx operates a freighter fleet of more than 670 aircraft - company courtesy FedEx starts shipping first wave of C-19 vaccines in the USA FedEx Express announced today (13Dec20) that operations have...
View ArticleAgility’s credo: “Don’t be the cheapest, be the best!”
Kuwait-headquartered logistics heavyweight Agility has a clear vision: to grow its business without trying to please everybody. Offering customers personalized and reliable services in the air, ocean,...
View ArticleTIACA’s 2020 Air Cargo Sustainability Award Winners
The unveiling of the winners of TIACA’s second Air Cargo Sustainability Awards happened online this year, at the end of the sixth and final digital Air Cargo Forum webinar on 10DEC20. With verbal...
View ArticleArise, Black Swan!
Many of us know them from Sci-Fi movies going back decades, already: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, whizzing through futuristic cities. Technological developments are catching up with imagination, a...
View ArticleMy Life with COVID-19 – Sophie Nieves reports from Argentina
Argentina is the eighth largest country in the world in terms of area, and the second largest one in South America after Brazil. To date, about 1.3 million people of Argentina’s roughly 45 million...
View Articlecargo.one: Where cargo flows, cash goes
Santa awards those who behave well at this time of year. cargo.one has outperformed itself this year with a 700% booking growth rate and has therefore now managed to raise USD 42 million in a Series B...
View ArticleBreaking News - DHL Express enters the SAF avenue
The Bonn, Germany-based integrator announced today (17DEC20) that it will be using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on freighter flights departing from Amsterdam. It is a pilot project jointly...
View ArticleCargo-partner kicks off social initiatives
The Vienna, Austria-based logistics provider has teamed up with numerous charity organizations across the globe, for supporting victims of the C-19 pandemic. The initiative is part of the company’s...
View ArticleCargo ships sail confidently into 2021, yet aware of issues
“Logistics during a global pandemic - what we’ve learned, what needs to be changed” was the motto of a video call organized by shipping line Hapag-Lloyd AG last Friday (18DEC20). Speakers were Rolf...
View ArticleMy Life with COVID-19 – Natalie Alexander reports from the United States
The United States of America (USA) is a country located primarily in North America and consisting of 50 states, a federal district and five major self-governing territories. It is the world’s...
View ArticleWings For Aid and the Jägermeister Vaccine
It might sound like a Trumpian cure though certainly a great deal less dangerous than his disinfectant suggestion, and possibly more appealing to some than the real thing, yet Wings For Aid is, of...
View ArticleFokko Doyen – PART 4
In recognition of Fokko Doyen’s achievements we are publishing two statements we received from long-standing companions. The first contribution comes from physician Michael Otto, who regularly...
View ArticleSaying goodbye to an outperformer - PART 3
It is almost an ode with which Claus Richter says goodbye to his colleague, Fokko Doyen, who is retiring from active service at the end of December. The two Lufthansa Cargo pilots have worked together...
View ArticleKenya is calling – PART 2
Almost 20 years ago, Lufthansa Cargo pilot, Fokko Doyen landed an MD-11 freighter in Nairobi. His luggage included a suitcase full of children's clothes from Germany. The gifts were intended for...
View ArticleFokko Doyen – an MD-11F afficionado and great guy leaves the cockpit - PART 1
Flight LH8175 last Thursday (17DEC20), taking off from ATL towards FRA was the last to be commanded by Captain Fokko Doyen. However, callsign of this particular flight was not Lufthansa Cargo 8175 but...
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Air traffic in UK facing standstill A new, highly contagious form of the Covid-19 virus has broken out in the southern part of the UK, and has now largely paralyzed commercial air traffic. This mainly...
View ArticleSeason’s Greetings
An "unprecedented" year for air cargo and the world is drawing to an end. Many of us will be glad to see the back of it. Some of us will be working hard through it, and no doubt all of us will have...
View ArticleOut with the old and in with the new!
At CargoForwarder Global, we have our own, colorful version of the “New Normal” – just in time for 2021: A sparkling new logo to start off what we hope will be a year of upswing, positive change, and...
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