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Of Crabs and Men
This is a story of people, animals, air and land transportation, and misinterpretations. In the leading role: Lufthansa Cargo. Place of the action: Europe, between Norway and Italy. The plot ends at a...
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Attracting and Recruiting Women to Air Cargo
CargoForwarder Global is delighted to host another guest article from Arpad Szakal, Principal Consultant at UK-based executive search firm, Cormis Partners, (See also) this time with a core focus on...
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ECS Group focuses on the S in ESG
Speaking with ECS Group’s Chairman and CEO, Adrien Thominet, at TIACA’s air cargo forum in Miami last week, CargoForwarder Global came away from the interview wondering if the S in the company’s...
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Agency Lemon Queen is blooming
When Audrey Serdjebi was hired by General Sales and Service agent ECS Group, some 11 years ago, she knew practically nothing about the air freight business. That quickly changed, mainly thanks to the...
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Rhenus focuses on The Americas
The North and Latin American markets are the new focus regions for future growth for the Rhenus Group. A challenging and, at the same time, dynamic objective. It will be achieved through a combination...
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QCS offers one-stop-shopping in Europe
Since the company’s inception in 1974, Quick Cargo Service (QCS) has always seized opportunities when they arose, to grow the business and its network. Meanwhile, its pan-European network consists of...
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Sustainability-minded Bolloré Logistics is Air Canada Cargo’s first taker. Image: CNW Group/Air Canada Air Canada Cargo’s Leave Less Travel Program has first taker A program with the title “Leave Less...
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Exclusive - Nathan De Valck exits BRU, moves to WFS
Nathan De Valck, Cargo Account Manager Sales & Marketing Brussels Airport, will leave his present position as to become the new Managing Director Belgium for ground handling agent WFS. There he...
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Silver Seafood and Lufthansa Cargo settle claim
In our last issue, we reported on a consignment of live King Crabs that had been falsely declared and, after an odyssey of several days from Norway to Italy on board of Lufthansa Cargo, finally had to...
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GertJan Roelands prefers green – Part 1
If a single task pending completion would measure 10 cm in height, a yardstick of 2 meters would still hardly suffice to illustrate the many assignments GertJan Roelands has to master. They range from...
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Amazon Prime Air prepares for drone deliveries
How often has that headline been written over the past decade? It’s like the Cry Wolf story, though this time, Amazon believes it will actually happen in the U.S. – and still before the end of this...
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Lufthansa Cargo targets Vietnam
The carrier has doubled its weekly cargo capacity to and from Vietnam by adding Hanoi to its network. The bi-weekly services complement the flights to Ho Chi Minh City, operated twice a week as well....
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Government wants to subdivide Kenya Airways
The new government under President William Ruto has shelved plans to sell the airline to cash-rich investors or to fully nationalize it. Instead, it favors splitting Kenya Airways up into self-managed...
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No island too far, no cargo to great A total of 35 AN-124-100s exist in the world. Seven of these belong to Antonov Airlines, of which five are fully operational out of Leipzig for the duration of the...
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Exclusive – MSC Air Cargo operated first commercial flight
Yesterday (03DEC22), a Boeing 777-200 freighter (Registration: N707GT, Serial Number: 67992), bearing the name MSC Air Cargo, took off from Cincinnati (CVG) to land in Liège (LGG) shortly before 17:00...
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Rage against the machine
It’s one thing to be discriminated against by a flesh and blood human being set in their ways and reluctant to move with the times. It’s quite another to discover that Artificial Intelligence has its...
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Avianca Cargo launches three new products
Currently, the Latin American carrier offers customers seven different options when booking cargo shipments. They range from standard freight to pharma, valuables, or courier/mail solutions, among...
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There’s movement over in the Drones Zone
From FAA approvals through to successful test campaigns, all the way to production partners – things are moving on the drone scene, with real-life scenarios becoming all the more likely for 2024, if...
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Bringing a semblance of normality to a ravaged country. Image: IAG Cargo IAG Cargo flies Cricket donation to Pakistan The terrible floods in Pakistan destroyed and damaged lives, homes, as well as...
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South America paves the way for eVTOL operations
Airport developer and operator, Corporación America Airports S.A. (CAAP), and Skyports Infrastructure have combined forces to build the infrastructure for electric vertical take-off and landing...
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