Jetstar Asia to partner with Qantas Freight
Singapore-based Jetstar Asia, which is 49% owned by Qantas, said it has entered into an agreement with Qantas Freight to manage its freight capacity from 20 November. The arrangement covers 23 ports...
View ArticleExclusive - ABC and CLA look ahead to a promising partnership with cargo.one
The Berlin-based booking portal cargo.one has gained two new clients offering their main deck capacity for instant online booking of air freight: AirBridgeCargo Airlines and CargoLogicAir. They follow...
View ArticleRail cargo services must be revolutionized, Peter Reinshagen
Europe has committed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions rapidly and massively until 2030 and beyond. This will only work if many more goods are carried by cargo trains, downsizing or at least...
View ArticleCargoForwarder Global heads to Canada for the 32nd ULD CARE Annual Conference!
An annual US$ 300 million repair bill is already 300 million reasons to get together as an industry and work on ensuring best possible quality when it comes to ULD management. The worst possible...
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IN BRIEF - THE LATEST AIR CARGO INDUSTRY NEWS Russia’s Nordstar aims to add cargo operations Is AirBridgeCargo going to get some competition in Russia in the near future? This may well be the case as...
View ArticleIn Focus - CargoLogicGermany - Ready to take off
Last Tuesday Ulrich Ogiermann, Managing Director of the new German start-up cargo carrier CargoLogicGermany (CLG) gave members of Frankfurt’s Air Cargo Club a rundown on how far the carrier is in...
View Articlecargo-partner’s latest iLogistics Center celebrates its official inauguration
Thursday, 12SEP19, saw the official grand opening of one of the largest warehouse complexes in Slovenia and the largest within the cargo-partner group. Completed in just eleven months, the €28 million...
View ArticleLjubljana Airport – Growing pains, potentials and perspectives
Next to cargo-partner’s latest iLogistics addition to the Slovenian airport, what other developments are on the horizon for the aerodrome located at the heart of trans-European crossroads? What’s the...
View ArticleAmazon & CargoJet - a new alliance?
It’s no secret that online retailer Amazon is always looking for new opportunities to grow and further streamline their product offering. In the past few years this has extended to optimizing road...
View ArticleExclusive - “Breakthrough to Excellence” – The 32nd ULD CARE conference kicks...
What happens when the “global ULD brain-trust” [to quote ULD CARE moderator, Carl Mavromichalis] and an “estimated 765 years of collective ULD management experience” gather in one room? The next three...
View ArticlePlaying the Dating Game… skypooling smartens up to attract even more...
After just six months of project work starting in March 2019, skypooling use the ULD CARE Annual Conference in Montréal to officially launch their www.skypooling.com website: a ULD-sharing platform*....
View ArticleDischarging fees are jeopardizing Frankfurt’s future as a cargo hub
Freight forwarders and their associations are increasingly worried about the future fate of air freight at Rhine-Main Airport. They point at statistics evidencing that increasing volumes originating...
View ArticleTAPA more worried about cargo theft
The Transported Asset Protection Association - TAPA - recently released figures concerning cargo theft during the past six months of this year in the EMEA region. The figures are quite sobering and...
View ArticleAmazon Japan to install locker pickup kiosks in retail outlets, train stations
Amazon Japan will begin installing Amazon Locker pickup kiosks in Japanese retail outlets and train stations this year, a Nikkei Asian Review report said. The e-tailer is partnering with the...
View ArticleSingPost ends sales process of U.S. e-commerce units, files for chapter 11
Mail and logistics firm Singapore Post (SingPost) said that its six-month sale process for its U.S. e-commerce businesses Jagged Peak and TradeGlobal has closed with "no acceptable offers". SingPost's...
View ArticleFridays for future – a wakeup call to mankind
Karl Marx would have been puzzled. Millions flocked to the streets last Friday on five continents, protesting climate change, demanding to halt global warming. The New York Times even spoke of an...
View ArticleIs Lithium transport becoming safer?
The safe transport by air of lithium batteries has been the subject of many discussions during the past four to five years. This has been regretfully highlighted by the loss of freighter aircraft and...
View Article“ULD CARE is the only place where all stakeholders come together!”
PART 1: Notes from the 32nd ULD CARE conference in Montréal, Canada CFG is proud to have been the first ever Media participant to attend the ULD CARE Annual Conference in Montréal, Canada, 16-19 SEP...
View ArticleDay two: Getting the message out…
PART 2: Notes from the 32nd ULD CARE conference in Montréal, Canada Who let the dogs out? Back in the conference hall after breakfast, delegates were greeted by a number of furry friends and women in...
View ArticleOpportunities, Challenges and Outlook
PART 3: Notes from the 32nd ULD CARE conference in Montréal, Canada Day Three’s first panel discussion looked at priorities for the next 12 months and beyond, with very varied input – from positive...
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