Nearly a decade after it was first mooted, the joint IATA-FIATA Air Cargo Progamme (IFACP – previously called CAMP), by which forwarders stopped being ‘agents’ of the airlines, has been quietly dropped, with carriers and their customers unable to agree. Instead, IATA’s Cargo Agency Conference (CAC) has chosen to give freight forwarders...
The world’s clothing factory, Bangladesh, today announced an ‘all-closed’ week-long lockdown, starting on Wednesday. It includes all factories, transport and shops, and will create uproar among the country’s export-oriented industry. Only the emergency services will remain open, and the movement of people will be severely restricted in a bid to stop the spread...
Major airlines’ financial results for 2020 have revealed both how they viewed cargo, and how successfully they adapted to the new reality; some were far, far better than others. A (non-exhaustive) list of major carriers which have reported results shows just two saw cargo revenues fall – in a year in which...
Air, sea-air and rail freight demand is expected to rise significantly on Asia-Europe lanes as shippers try to avoid the chaos from the blocking of the Suez Canal by the Ever Given. “Increased air freight demand is almost unavoidable,” said one European forwarder. “Even if the vessel was salvaged today there would...
PRESS RELEASE CargoAi is launching new features to allow freight forwarder to assess and reduce the CO2 emissions generated by their business activities. They can now choose routes and airlines based on their carbon impact and calculate the CO2 emitted from each shipment. Monthly CO2 emissions reports are also available to allow clients to analyse...
The narrowbody freighter segment is moving closer to enjoying another aircraft type on the scene. Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), the joint venture of Airbus and ST Aero, has inducted an A320 and aims to obtain the supplemental type certificate (STC) for it in the first quarter of next year. Airbus has been accused of...
PRESS RELEASE ANA operates over 500 cargo only flights from Europe to Japan in FY2020 – ANA will operate two cargo-only flights between Munich, Germany, and Tokyo (Haneda), Japan on 26th and 28th March 2021, using a Boeing 787 Dreamliner with a 35-ton lower deck capacity.* ANA added Munich to its international network in...
Countries should lift restrictions on air cargo operations in a bid to improve supply chain connectivity, according to ICAO. In a series of recommendations announced on Friday, following council approval, ICAO is pushing for wider adoption of seventh freedom traffic rights for cargo operators. The organisation’s recommendation 16 states: “Member states are encouraged...
PRESS RELEASE: MUMBAI, March 04, 2021: Kale Logistics Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (Kale), an United Nations award winning trusted global IT solution partner for several Fortune 500 companies worldwide for the Logistics Industry announced that Adani Airports has implemented its Airport Cargo Handling system – GALAXY in multiple locations where it won the...
“Shippers shouldn’t let down their guards, just yet” – a phrase that could be true of any mode right now, but in this instance it refers to air freight. Bruce Chan, analyst for Stifel, warned shippers rates would remain inflated in air cargo, owing to “significant backlogs … in the entire freight...
