Cargolux subsidiary, Luxcargo Handling and IBS Software recently announced their partnership with a view to digitally transforming ground handling in Luxembourg, using IBS’ iCargo Cargo Terminal Operations (CTO). The handler can currently deal with up to 1,200,000 tons of...
01JAN26 marks the official industry deadline when IATA’s ONE Record is due to become the preferred standard for digital data exchange in air cargo. Last month, CargoForwarder Global published an article on the subject (See: https://cargoforwarder.eu/2025/08/03/one-record-communication-is-a-24-way-street/ ) and subsequently...
The Luxembourg-based developer of a cutting-edge message handling software and transmission technology is celebrating its 15th birthday. Right from the start, EDIfly’s open architecture has allowed seamless integration with existing IT ecosystems including Amadeus, SITA, Collins (ARINC), or LH...
“In our industry, communication is always a 2-way street – or maybe even a 24-way street,” moderator Bart Jan Haasbeek stated in the third CHAMP – ONE Record Webinar in the series, which took place on 23JUL25*, “Please adopt...
In just ten years, the Air Cargo Community Frankfurt e.V. (ACCF) has trebled its member numbers – even doubling it during the past three years – and it has now finally hit triple-figures with no less than leading end-to-end...
At the intersection of logistics, innovation, and sustainability, CIND Solutions is pushing the boundaries of what is possible in air cargo. With a clear focus on data-capturing through advanced software and sensor technology, the company’s mission is simple, yet...
It’s time for the air cargo world to embrace a new acronym (and consider how it can benefit from getting involved): ‘OLF’. What may sound like a cute Scandinavian mascot is, in fact, a pioneering approach to facilitating the...
At Transport Logistic 2025, the logistics industry presented itself as digital, efficient – and ready to invest. One trend stood out clearly: Artificial Intelligence. But in times of economic uncertainty, how wise is the push towards AI?
Despite ongoing geopolitical...
Allivate, a 50/50 joint venture between airport operator, Fraport, and IT provider, Dakosy, is running a trial aimed at digitalizing the import processes at Rhine-Main Airport. If tests are successful, it will be a further leap forward from the...
Stargo, based in Israel, is remodeling the landscape of data optimization with its novel platform, Stardox. The company is dedicated to transforming unstructured and semi-structured data – such as information sourced directly from email inboxes – into structured, actionable...
While many of us have long had a host of online payment methods to choose from in our personal life or when travelling as aviation passengers, digital payment solutions over in the air cargo industry are only just properly...
The press releases came in thick and fast this week: cargo.one, CargoAi, WebCargo by Freightos – all within 30 minutes of each other on the first day of the week. The message was out: CMA CGM AIR CARGO has...
170 million U.S. TikTok users – many of them small businesses - are facing a potentially life-changing situation, today, 19JAN25, given the Supreme Court’s rejection of the TikTok Ban appeal, this weekend - despite the U.S. being unable to...
That was the message driven home by Germany’s best-known futurologist and director of Europe’s largest trend research institute, 2b AHEAD, Sven Gábor Jánszky, at a future-oriented evening hosted by Vienna’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry, this week. One of...
Eight years after its inception, Air Cargo Belgium (ACB) is scaling up. The organization is transforming itself into a forceful community that is to become a forerunner in innovation and digitalization and wants to establish a formidable presence on...
‘Where do you see yourself in five years’ time?’ is a favorite or dreaded job interview question, depending on which side of the desk you’re sitting. No one being asked that question in 2018/19, could have predicted what would...
At Frankfurt Airport, CB Customs Broker digitally clears tens of thousands of shipments every day. This success story is now set to continue at Schiphol Airport (AMS), the first station outside of its German home turf. More locations are...
With immediate effect, the logistics company will use the cargo.one online booking platform to secure transport capacity for its own shipments. DB Schenker employees working in air freight worldwide can thus opt to book the belly compartments or main...
CargoForwarder Global’s ‘Spotlight On…’ series makes a point of illustrating the many different functions involved in transporting air cargo from A to B. Cargo has always been and will continue to be a people business, but there is no...
The Swiss subsidiary of Riege Software is expanding its product portfolio. Jeanne Graf, the new Managing Director of the branch, is responsible for driving ahead digital innovation. Ms. Graf will take up her new position on 01JUL24. Key areas...
Not a day goes by without the mention of AI in connection to some part of daily life – whether it be medical, maintenance, marketing, or - in our case – movement. So, it is no surprise that one...
Air cargo data is commercial air freight shipment data sourced from the AWB. It reveals the actual transaction between a carrier and its forwarder, and is thus a valuable source for pricing decision-making. Provided however, vendors are enabled to...
Austrian logistics company, Gebrüder Weiss, and IT manager, Riege cooperated until 2011. Then, the transport company switched to a competitor. Now they have decided in favor of Riege again, as their former partner no longer met the requirements.
For Riege...
The founders of the joint venture (50/50%), allivate GmbH, have set themselves the goal of establishing, operating, and further developing cargo community systems for air freight handled at Rhine-Main Airport. In addition to this, they intend to drive the...
CargoForwarder Global’s first guest author of 2024, WIPRO’s Senior Manager for Talent & Change, Philipp Maier takes a look at the People element when it comes to implementing change. In a 2-part series, he addresses why the Human Factor...
