And where is this being done? Hamburg-based newcomer, I:P:O Konstruktionen, like Apple, Amazon and HP and other successful start-ups before it, has begun its production in a garage. Even the iconic Walt Disney brand initially presented in a garage,...
At the ACHL in Copenhagen, Denmark, the panel on 15OCT25, titled “Standardization for a Safer, More Efficient Industry and Improved Service” picked up where last year’s quest for minimum handling standards left off (CFG reported at the time) Again...
The manager of global transportation and cargo ground handling has launched operations at Oslo Gardermoen Airport. The step follows Menzies’ acquisition of Spirit Cargo Handling.The takeover was announced in June this year and completed on 01SEP2025. Spirit was previously...
Collaboration between the various partners in the supply chain was a key topic at the ACE Cargoland event in Liège from 08-10SEP2025. The tendency of the debate was that the specific role of each participant has to adapt along...
The Amsterdam-based ULD manager has secured a multi-year contract with low-cost carrier, IndiGo – India’s largest airline. The agreement comes amid IndiGo’s push to internationalize its reach, serving new destinations in Europe, Central Asia, and the Far East. It...
Early JUN25, ground handling agent dnata moved its Amsterdam operation to its new state-of-the-art facility at Schiphol Zuid-Oost. Apparently, its advanced technology does not live up to expectations, causing chaos at the airport.
According to the sectorial council, ‘Truckers’, within...
The expansion of Frankfurt-based cargo handling service provider, CHI Cargo Group, is gaining momentum. The company has just taken over the freight handling unit of Munich Airport, and has now announced that Chinese cargo airline, SF Airlines, has become...
DHL Express intends to construct a new sorting facility and distribution center in Cologne-Marsdorf located ten kilometers off the airport. The future complex stretches over an area of 20,000 m2 and includes around 5,500 m2 of office space. To...
The airport ground service provider announced that it is investing EUR 1.5 billion in doubling the number of electrified vehicles and switching to renewable energy sources over the next five years. Currently, 25% of the vehicles operated at freight...
This is probably a record in the cargo handling sector: leading to profitability in just five months is a strong achievement. The CHI Cargo Group, which has owned 74.9% of Munich Airport's handling subsidiary Cargogate since 01JAN25, has achieved...
The trend is obvious: human labor is increasingly being replaced by automated systems. At least when it comes to repetitive tasks, but also in the case of more complex work processes. FedEx recently began using an AI-driven sorting robot...
It is just a brief, official note released from the Air Transport Division of the Argentine Ministry of Economy, which reads: “Handyway Cargo S.A. is hereby authorized to offer ground operations and handling services at Argentine airports.” This authorization...
Menzies Aviation Holding Limited has secured a license for full freighter handling at Brussels Airport, to the detriment of Swissport. The current licenses expire in October this year.
Brussels Airport initiated the selection procedure in mid-February 2024, to appoint service...
Eltete’s pallets are lighter than conventional pallets, more durable and cost-effective. Also, their production and practical use in the transportation sector reduce CO2 emissions, management claims. The combination of these criteria makes the Finnish supplier's products particularly interesting for...
CargoForwarder Global’s ‘Spotlight On…’ series brings a different area of the air cargo industry to the fore each week. Usually, we focus on people, however every now and again – as in the real world of logistics – delivery...
The panel bearing the same title at the ACHL/Aviation Connect event in OCT24, covered a record number of topics in the brief half-hour accorded to it, illustrating the air cargo handling industry’s increasing transformation, fueled by resilience, innovation, and...
What may sound like a Sherlock Holmes story was, in fact, the title of a panel at the recent Aviation Connect event in Istanbul, Türkiye: ‘The Case for Minimum Ground/Cargo Handling Operating Standards,’ moderated by ACHL’s own Chairperson, Henrik...
A one-of-a-kind event will soon take place: Stakeholders and users of pallets are to meet up in Hamburg. A flow of ideas between industry, retail, and logistics representatives is expected. The topics are centered around the Euro Pallet, Europe’s...
The Frankfurt-based airline handling agent will acquire a 74.9% stake in Cargogate, the ground handling subsidiary of operator, Munich Airport. For CHI, airline handling is the third major business pillar alongside trucking and forwarding handling. The takeover is scheduled...
With effect from 01JUL24, the terminal and infrastructure activities of the shipping company, Hapag-Lloyd, are consolidated in an independent business unit. The name of the company registered in Rotterdam: Hanseatic Global Terminals. “With the company name 'Hanseatic', which symbolizes...
Garbe Industrial Real Estate is breaking new ground in the construction of freight terminals such as, for example, at Straubing harbor on the Danube River. There, a large warehouse is being built entirely out of wood, including the interior...
…, speeds up the throughput of shipments, and reduces costs mid-term, claims cargo veteran and intralogistics expert, Olaf Oczkos (OO). The concept, exclusively presented to CargoForwarder Global, guides the reader through the confusing jungle of multiple offers marketed by...
The Shanghai Pudong International Airport Cargo Terminal (PVG), PACTL for short, is a Sino-German joint venture that has grown into one of the world’s top cargo terminals since it was founded in 1999. This year will see the air...
DHL Global Forwarding is literally building and driving towards a greener future. The company released three press releases this week, all with very different, tangible sustainability efforts: the construction of a new air cargo center at Frankfurt Airport, a...
The French cargo sales and service agent sees considerable growth opportunities in parts of Africa. The Kingdom of Morocco serves as a springboard for its planned market penetration. There, it has just taken over the leading local GSA, EFIS...
