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Keeping it within the trucking family
“Private Freight Exchange” is the name of Berlin, Germany-based logistics platform, Trans.eu’s latest digital enhancement: a safe space for online communication between shipper, forwarder, and road...
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Intended merger of CMA CGM – AF-KLM-MP Cargo is ill-conceived…
…claims Nol van Fenema. Nol is retired but, in his active days, he was the grand seigneur of cargo and logistics reporting, founder of Payload Asia, and long-time contributor to CargoForwarder Global....
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DB Schenker ties up with LATAM Cargo in a charter deal
The logistics heavyweight has added Latin America to its network of regular charter operations. Targeting destinations south of the Panama Canal is a first for Deutsche Bahn’s logistics unit. The...
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Exclusive - Volga-Dnepr Group axes most pilot jobs
Russia’s largest aviation conglomerate, the Volga-Dnepr consortium, is laying off almost all of its Boeing pilots. Affected are more than 200 cockpit personnel flying the Boeing 747-400F and B747-8F...
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The cargo community mourns the passing of Chris Foyle
One of the most outstanding, inspiring, and innovative minds in the air cargo industry is gone forever: Christopher Foyle. As the scion of a famous British Bookstore family, he was extremely broad in...
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Volga-Dnepr Group for sale
Alexey Isaikin, the owner of the Volga-Dnepr aviation conglomerate, is exiting the group and handing the reins to management. The Russian entrepreneur’s plan was confirmed by a speaker of the Group....
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Fast-moving first mover with first place ambitions
The press releases are coming in thick and fast regarding Boeing and sustainability efforts. If progress is made at the same speed, then this bodes well for the aviation industry. The plane maker has...
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Foil ships challenge air freight
Visionary transportation projects are en vogue. And besides their economic advantages, the focus is also always on climate friendliness. This applies to commercial drone operations, tube trains such...
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Russia sanctions: Of losers and winners
Apart from some critical raw materials such as gas, coal or – to a lesser degree - oil, Russia has been largely cut off from trade with the West following its invasion of Ukraine. While the economy is...
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SIA and DHL welcomed first of five B777F
On 10MAR22, both companies signed an agreement to mutually deploy Boeing 777 freighters. The first Triple Seven all-cargo aircraft resulting from this order has now been delivered to Singapore...
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SHORT SHOTS
Any chance of belly cargo to China? Image: BER Airport Putting the BEaR in BEI(r)JING Germany’s new Berlin Airport celebrated its first scheduled long-haul flight from China on 12AUG22, since the...
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All good cargo things are three
Following Georgian Airways Cargo and GeoSky, Georgia can now count a third cargo airline at the country’s recently modernized cargo hub, Tiblisi Airport. CAMEX Airlines LLC is the newcomer, fresh off...
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Norse counts on Jettainer services
Norwegian budget carrier Norse Atlantic Airways has selected ULD manager Jettainer to provide the loading equipment needed to accommodate passenger luggage and cargo shipment in the lower deck...
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The Supersonic Jets are poised for a resurgence
The aircraft is called Overture, is scheduled to conduct its maiden flight in 2026 and will offer space for up to 80 passengers. So far, the shape of the future supersonic aircraft is only displayed...
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FarCargo planning to go far
Over in the Faroe Islands, a new air cargo company is gearing up to get moving. The plan is to start operations sometime in the fourth quarter of this year. Unusually, the cargo airline belongs not to...
View ArticleEgyptair stops monkey transports
PETA is delighted. Egyptair has announced that it will terminate air transports of primates, as loudly demanded by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). This applies at least to...
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Poland – a new rail freight reality
Rail transports to and across Poland have broken new records in recent years, both in terms of volumes and the number of cargo train runs. However, since Russia's attack on Ukraine and the resulting...
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SHORT SHOTS
100% Hellmann in Peru. Image: Hellmann Worldwide Logistics Hellmann becomes sole shareholder of Peruvian JV In line with its growth strategy, and just a couple of months after acquiring overnight...
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Rebuilding the Dream: a new AN-225 Mriya
This is an extraordinary project: aircraft models of the AN-225 Mriya are to finance the construction of a real successor to the legendary freighter - a new Mriya. The initiator is Ukrainian company,...
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Nigeria auctions off concessions for four airports
This includes the country’s big ones: Lagos, Abuja, Kano, and Port Harcourt. The aim is to develop these airports into efficient, profitable, self-sustaining, commercial hubs for passenger and cargo...
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