Alaska Air Cargo reels in salmon season

The salmon fiends of the Pacific Northwest region of the United States celebrated this morning, as Alaska Air Cargo’s so-called “Salmon-30-Salmon” aircraft arrived in Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) with 10,000 pounds of fresh-harvested Alaskan salmon, to be distributed through the carrier’s U.S. network. The carrier marks the start of the beginning of the salmon season by […]

• Nina Chamlou
• May 18, 2018

Panalpina adds Querétaro to its U.S.-Mexico network

Today, Swiss-based carrier Panalpina added Querétaro International Airport (QRO) to its United States-Mexico network, which it calls the “speedy loop,” connecting Mexico City and Guadalajara with the airline’s airfreight gateway in Huntsville, Alabama. Querétaro, located in Mexico’s Bajio region, hosts large-scale automotive, aerospace and production operations. The carrier said the new route represents the first […]

• Nina Chamlou
• May 18, 2018

Poland’s demand for air cargo forwarding projected to grow

Market analysis firm Ken Research published a 100-page outlook report this week on the state of the Polish freight forwarding sector, suggesting that the country will experience strong growth between now and 2022. According to the report, freight forwarding is the largest revenue contributor in Poland’s logistics industry. According to the report, Poland’s major trading […]

• Nina Chamlou
• May 18, 2018

Kerry Logistics partners with Bangkok’s transit system in O2O endeavor

Yesterday, Hong-Kong based 3PL Kerry Logistics’ delivery arm, Kerry Express, signed in a new partnership with VGI Global Media (VGI), the multimedia subsidiary of Bangkok’s mass transit system. In the deal, Kerry Express will issue 23 percent of its shares to VGI, amounting to about US$1.8 billion. Kerry Express, which has 600 distribution centers and […]

• Nina Chamlou
• May 18, 2018

Heavy-lift carrier Antonov reports 139 percent growth in 2017 traffic, mostly energy-related

Ukrainian carrier Antonov Airlines is living up to its reputation as a major carrier for the robust needs of the oil-and-gas industry. This week, after transporting a 109-tonne power-plant rotor from Genoa, Italy, to Karachi, Pakistan, on one of its An-124-100 aircraft, the Ukrainian airline said energy-related equipment made up 80 percent of its traffic […]

• Nina Chamlou
• May 17, 2018

Study finds interest in cargo piloting careers is climbing

There may be a looming pilot shortage that has developed in the cargo industry over the last decade, but according to a study by the University of North Dakota (UND), there may be some cause for optimism. Student enrollment of both private and commercial pilot certifications, the report found, are up for the second year […]

• Nina Chamlou
• May 17, 2018

AirBridgeCargo, PACTL sign MOU to cooperate with pharma customers in China

To capture some of the growing pharmaceutical air cargo business in China, AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) and Shanghai Pudong International Airport Cargo Terminal Co., Ltd (PACTL) today signed a “memorandum of understanding” (MOU) to  cooperate on providing handling services for time- and temperature-sensitive shipments, such as pharma cargo. Under the MOU, both parties agreed to “develop, […]

• Randy Woods
• May 16, 2018

DSV opens new office in Panama’s ‘free-trade zone’

Citing a new surge of growth in air cargo demand across the Latin American and Caribbean regions, Danish supply chain company DSV Sea & Air open the doors today at new office location in Panama City, Panama, a key transit hub well known for its free-trade zones. Located near the strategically Panama Canal, the new […]

• Randy Woods
• May 16, 2018

Blockchain-based app can hold supply chain partners accountable for container damage

Logistics services provider TCompanies’ newest venture, Photo Equipment Interchange Receipt (PEIR), is an app for logistics companies that aims to digitalize the process of recording damage to containers and trailers. The PEIR app’s interface allows those handling freight at transition points in the supply chain to snap photos of the state of the container or […]

• Nina Chamlou
• May 16, 2018

CEVA releases positive Q1 figures, outlines post-IPO strategy

Less than a month after its initial public offering (IPO) on the Swiss stock exchanges raised about US$1.2 billion for the Dutch logistics firm, CEVA released generally positive figures for the first quarter of 2018, and provided some more details about its partial purchase of French shipping company CMA CGM. Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, […]

• Randy Woods
• May 15, 2018

DHL, Rail Cargo Group, expand China’s ‘Belt-Road’ plan with new Chengdu-Vienna route

In a deal spanning six countries and two continents, DHL Global Forwarding (DHL-GF), the airfreight forwarding arm of the Deutsche Post DHL Group, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Austria’s Rail Cargo Group (RCG) to develop an intermodal rail network between Austria and China, extending China’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative to redevelop […]

• Randy Woods
• May 15, 2018

Schiphol reports cargo decline in first quarter, despite rise in Chinese, Latin American trade

Despite the strong global growth for cargo demand in the first quarter of 2018, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) reported a dip in cargo traffic of 2.1 percent for the quarter, compared to the same period in 2017. The Dutch cargo hub did, however, see continued growth in both the Chinese and Latin American markets in […]

• Randy Woods
• May 14, 2018

Silk Way West Airlines further expands routes, adds two 747 aircraft

At the end of April , Azerbaijani carrrier Silk Way West added twice weekly flights between Liége and the carrier’s connecting hub in Baku, as part of its planned  expansion strategy. “The aim is to further knit our European network by adding more destinations and maintaining a denser schedule in order to offer our customers […]

• Randy Woods
• May 14, 2018

Asia-Pacific carriers experience robust cargo growth, higher yields, in 2017

With major manufacturing economies in the Asia-Pacific region benefitting from increased trade activity, the area’ airlines reported a robust 9.6 percent jump in international air cargo traffic as measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTK) for the year, according to preliminary aggregated financial performance figures released over the weekend by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines […]

• Randy Woods
• May 14, 2018