… although rather modestly. Latest figures from the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) evidence a slight growth of air freight volumes in most Latin American sub-markets. However, the tariffs announced by Trump are having a dampening...
When you ask ChatGPT a question or watch Gemini generate an image, it feels like pure digital magic. But here’s what most people miss: behind every AI conversation lies massive hardware that is built, shipped, and installed across the...
They’ve been coming in thick and fast: the number of European postal services that have announced a stop or temporary suspension on parcels and commercial postal items destined for the U.S. Why? Because of the White House’s decision on...
Hapag-Lloyd entity, Hanseatic Global Terminals, has established its own subsidiary in Latin America, marking the brand’s first-ever regional expansion. It is a significant step in the company’s mission to strengthen its global terminal network and enhance service offerings worldwide.
The...
As violence escalates in Gaza and tensions between Israel and Iran remain, Europe's economy is facing a dangerous side effect: The Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most critical trade arteries, is becoming a strategic flashpoint. Whoever controls...
Judging by the general feedback given to CargoForwarder Global during the transport logistic/Air Cargo Europe’s four-day transport extravaganza, the event proved its worth and then some. Although it didn’t quite make it to the potential 80,000 attendee milestone this...
The Board of Airline Representatives in Germany (BARIG) is demanding a U-turn in the Berlin government’s aviation policy. Aviation development is stagnating and bureaucratic regulations and exorbitant fees have caused an increasing number of passenger and cargo airlines to...
The air cargo world will be seeing a new headline appearing in the industry’s media outlets from tomorrow: AERION: A STRATEGIC THINK TANK FOR AIR CARGO. A new name with an entirely new approach to redefining cargo business and...
The fact that air freight and sea freight containers are becoming increasingly smarter is not really news. However, the reefer product, Controlled Atmosphere, offered to the market by shipping company Hapag-Lloyd and its Gemini partner, Maersk, is a whole...
Stability in air freight is hoped for by many, but will it ever exist? Very doubtful, was the majority opinion among the participants of the Nordic Air Cargo Symposium, which took place on 25-26MAR25 in Copenhagen, organized by the...
The good news first: In fiscal 2024, the shipping company achieved the third-best result in its 178-year history. The transport volume increased by 4.6% to a total of 12.4 million TEU (2023: 11.9 million). And the punctuality rate of...
Brussels Airport is a key partner in a project for the development of a standardized Precision Therapy Logistics Gateway (PTLG). Over the weeks to come, trial consignments will be forwarded from Brussels to Dallas.
The project was initialized by Pharma.Aero...
This is what the U.S. manufacturer Regent (Regional Electric Ground Effect Nautical Transport) claims in an announcement published last week. The company has just presented a prototype of its e-powered sea glider called Paladin, following successful completions of first...
Shipping lines that call at a U.S. port will soon have to pay penalties if they operate vessels manufactured in China. The fees are hefty and range up to USD 1.5 billion per call. Should the penalties become law,...
Full Steam Ahead! This setting is shown on the engine telegraph of the Gemini partners, Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd, that joined forces on 01FEB25. It applies not only to the sailing speed of the approximately 340 container ships jointly managed...
In 2024, 4.6 billion small shipments with a value of less than 22 EUR entered the European Union. Most arrive by cargo plane in Liège, but also in Copenhagen, Milan or Madrid. Repeated inspections by customs officers revealed that...
The ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas, in place since last weekend, has so far had no influence on the network decisions of the major box carriers: MSC, Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd, Yang Ming or Evergreen. They continue to navigate around...
Around 4% of all air cargo tonnage transported globally each year is made up of temperature-controlled pharmaceutical shipments. This highly valuable and sensitive air cargo commodity has enjoyed double-digit growth recently, and its requirements are changing as both the...
The shipping line has just opened an office in Kampala, Uganda - its first in a landlocked country on the African continent. More are to follow, announced Thomas Orting Jorgensen, Senior Director Trade Management Africa, Hapag-Lloyd, in a bilateral...
Here we present other unique cargo transports that will be remembered by everyone involved beyond 2024. We start with a topic sent to us by Or Zak, Chief Commercial Officer, Challenge Group.
Challenge mastered the Tesla challengeAt Challenge Group, we...
In 2024, millions of shipments were flown safely and mostly on time across the world. But numbers are sound and smoke. That's why we asked air freight operators what unique shipments they handled that stood out from the crowd...
As 2024 draws to a close, the air cargo industry reflects on a year of milestones, challenges, and transformation. In a detailed review presented by IATA at its annual Media Day on 10DEC24, IATA Director General, Willie Walsh, Economist,...
Stella Scheibenzuber joins CargoForwarder Global as a guest author this week, with her review of the German African Business Summit 2024. The German African Business Summit (GABS) took place from 02-04DEC24, and brought around 800 business, political, association and...
It’s a first in the Latin American carrier’s history: flying Chilean salmon fillets to Australia. The 220-kilogram cargo shipments loaded in the holds of a passenger B787-9, departed from Santiago de Chile (SCL) in the early morning of 27NOV24...
The picture says more than a thousand words: Peru’s President, Dina Boluarte, clasps the right hand of her guest from Beijing, Xi Jinping, with both hands. The occasion for the warm-hearted welcome gesture last week was the opening of...
