What do DANX Carousel and logistics heavyweight, DSV, have in common? Both are based in Copenhagen, Denmark, are active in the transport sector, and are growing primarily through acquisitions, albeit at significantly different company sizes. As far as time-sensitive...
This week, cargo veteran, Andrey Andreev joins CargoForwarder Global as a guest author, with his impressions gathered during a recent trip through Germany, Belgium, and Italy. He met with aviation experts, e-traders, producers and suppliers, resulting in an intensive...
The LinkedIn Jury was out in a recent mini-poll regarding 2025’s eventual air cargo revenue results – almost 40% were certain that it will be a better year than 2024, yet an equal amount felt it was impossible to...
That was the title of a panel at the Aviation Connect in Istanbul at the end of OCT24. A vast subject, given the scope of what constitutes supply chains, as was acknowledged by moderator, Asok Kumar, Head of Global...
The ULD service provider has set new growth targets come 2025. CEO, Bernhard Kindelbacher explained to CargoForwarder Global in an exclusive interview, that the company aims to tap into new markets, thus expanding its global reach, and offer customers...
Around 675 million pallets are currently in use worldwide. And this number is growing every day. They are extremely easy to handle and are transported on trucks, freight trains, ships, and airplanes. Most are made of wood, others of...
... claim Western security services. After evaluating previous findings, they conclude that the fires triggered by parcel bombs in Leipzig and Birmingham last July, were partof a covert operation. According to the investigators, the saboteurs’ aim wasto carry out...
The Dutch specialist for integrated logistic process automation will take over the logistics unit from Siemens for EUR 300 million. It will catapult Vanderlande, a subsidiary of Toyota Industries Corporation, into a leading position of solution providers for automated...
The EU wants to drastically restrict the activities of Chinese shopping platforms. According to Brussels, the reasons for this are many: European online shoppers are unwittingly ordering products that pose a health risk, the Chinese e-tailers are constantly violating...
There was positive change in the air at the Aviation Connect in Istanbul, Türkiye, last week – even before the Bomonti* orders began flowing over the conference hotel bar. This year, the conference encompassed 6 streams, including the ACHL...
The war in the Middle East has a significant impact on regional and international air traffic, including freighter services. One of the main companies affected is Malta-based Challenge Group, which has close ties to Israel due to its own...
Another parcel being transported by DHL Express, has exploded in Minworth near Birmingham, UK. No one was injured by the fire. The incident, which occurred on 22JUL24, but only became known on 16OCT24, is one of several recent attacks...
…states TIACA Chair, Steven Polmans (SP) in this exclusive CargoForwarder Global (CFG) interview. Due to the thriving e-commerce business, cargo airlines are tending to shift their capacity from Latin America and Africa to routes connecting China with Europe and...
It’s safe to say that the world has never seen anything like it. What looks like a mix between an old-style perambulator and a mass hairdryer sale is, in fact, a heavy-duty drone that aims to put all other...
Logistics giant, DHL, intends to significantly expand its business within the next five years and beyond. The ambitions are specified in a new scheme called ‘Strategy 2030 - Accelerate Sustainable Growth’. Its key points were presented to the media...
Airlines and airports alike are adapting to the explosive state of affairs of e-commerce, and technology will have to follow suit. That was the leitmotiv of the debate between four airline executives at the Liège e-commerce forum. Glyn Hughes,...
DHL Express ramps up its investment, increases its shipping capacity and deploys eight additional Boeing B777 freighter aircraft. These steps are being taken by the integrator in preparation of the assumed demand surge for express services in Q4, mainly...
The Danish logistics group, DSV, appears to have won the race to acquire DB Schenker. This was confirmed to news agencies Reuters and Bloomberg on Wednesday evening (11SEP24), by leading members of the Berlin government and high ranking Schenker...
This week has seen a number of back-to-school photos being posted across Social Media and, at the same time, many articles warning of a capacity crunch as the air cargo industry gears up for a peak season. Reason enough...
The Putin regime is intensifying its hybrid warfare against NATO and EU member states. The latest escalation: for several weeks, parcels sent by private individuals from various locations in Europe carried by integrators have caught fire during transportation. Western...
Saudi Arabian state-owned Investor Bahri has exited the Schenker sales process. It is the second preferred bidder stepping out of the Schenker race, following the withdrawal of Danish shipping company Moeller Maersk weeks ago. The remaining two bidders are...
On 25JUN24, the specialists in organizing and operating ultra urgent shipments will inaugurate a courier terminal at Shanghai Pudong Airport. This will enable in and outgoing courier and express air freight consignments to be handled with the utmost speed....
… warns DHL in a remarkable analysis of latest supply chain trends. The ongoing global crises, including China’s constant military threat to Taiwan, have reinforced and recently accelerated a trend dating back more than four decades: the diversification of...
The European frame maker has put its sixth Beluga XL into service. This completes the replacement of the predecessor model, the Beluga ST. The XL variant, which is significantly larger in comparison, is intended to transport components between the...
It is an economic scandal. According to data provided by the World Bank and other sources, roughly 30% of all agricultural products spoil between field and shelf (see here). However, a brand-new study shows that perishables can be kept...
