Schiphol’s slot dilemma – and no end in sight

Leading airports focus strategically and economically on growth rather than contraction. An exception is Schiphol. There, the municipality of Amsterdam demands that the number...

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Central Europe: Air Cargo’s rising center of gravity

For decades, the spotlight in European air cargo shone firmly on the West – Frankfurt, Paris-CDG, London Heathrow, Amsterdam......

Hapag-Lloyd slips into the red – Part 1

Shipping line, Hapag-Lloyd, has been in the headlines of news agencies, business publications, and other media recently, due to...

War and Peace, Hapag-Lloyd – Part 2

Are Europeans – and with them the NATO member states – still living in an era of peace, or...

Spotlight on… Aliaa Almetwally, Project & Continuous Improvement Manager,...

Every week, CargoForwarder Global’s ‘Spotlight On…’ examines a specific section of the air cargo industry through the eyes of...
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No shipping, no shopping

This maxim has held true since the days when Albert Ballin was CEO of the Hapag-Lloyd shipping line. In him, the globalization of trade...

Xi and Trump agree on Boeing deal

During U.S. President Trump’s recent trip to China, Beijing agreed on the purchase of 200 Boeing aircraft, likely involving the B737 MAX 8 series....
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Same week, different scale: 2 e-commerce visions

Within days of each other in the first week of MAY26, the global household name in e-commerce and a veteran air cargo airline both...

A Market Without a Single Driver

Air cargo has lost its engine. E-commerce is no longer in hyper-growth, and without it, the market has no single dominant driver. According to...

Lufthansa Cargo launches GlobeCross

With this new subsidiary, the freight carrier is taking a further step in its strategy to widen its business activities beyond traditional air freight...

Spotlight on… Olga Palec-Furga, Chief Operating Officer, 4RCargo

Each week, CargoForwarder Global shines its ‘Spotlight On…’ a particular segment of the air cargo industry to show just how many factors interact with...

Halifax to become WestJet’s Atlantic Gateway

The Canadian airline will add three additional European destinations to its existing six transatlantic routes to and from Halifax. These are Lisbon, Madrid, and...
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Germany: The aviation cash cow in crisis

For years, German governments – whether led by Conservatives or Social Democrats – have viewed aviation as a cash cow. Whenever the government needed...

RIX positions Itself as a strategic Baltic Cargo Hub

At the fringes of the Nordic Air Cargo Symposium, orchestrated by Euroavia International and held in Riga, Latvia on 28APR26, we conducted an exclusive...

Cargo data in a broken world: Information is crucial

Air cargo is being hit from three sides at once: capacity is collapsing, costs are rising, and demand is turning unpredictable. Jet fuel prices...

Wildcats rescued from war zone

An example from the Ukrainian region near Kharkiv, which was attacked by Russian troops, shows the disastrous consequences that wars can have not only...

LATAM Cargo and Quick Cargo advance SAF use

LATAM Cargo Group has awarded logistics provider, Quick Cargo Service (QCS), a prize for its commitment to climate protection. Specifically, QCS has financed a...

The Cute, the Wild, and the Boney in air cargo

Animals are not a rare sight on aircraft given that around 200,000 live animal shipments were recorded by IATA in 2024, and that figure...

Hapag-Lloyd intensifies business in India 

Executives of the shipping line, Hapag-Lloyd, and representatives of India’s Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW), have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI)...

Chinese freight drone HH-200 completes maiden flight

The HH-200, a new, large cargo drone manufactured by Aviation Industry Corporation of China, the country’s leading aircraft manufacturer, has successfully completed its maiden...