Due to the new tariffs imposed by the Trump government on imports, an avalanche of documentation is required when importing goods worth more than USD 800. The comprehensive documentation and associated checks require additional time and significantly increase costs,...
A year ago, the IATA air cargo world was enjoying Dragon Dances and a visit to HACTL’s SuperTerminal1 over in Hong Kong. Now, the 2025 World Cargo Symposium (WCS) returns to Dubai for the second time in 8 years,...
The Great Depression between 1929 and 1932, which saw hundreds of thousands of people become unemployed, mass bankruptcies, and social misery, happened just four generations ago. In the U.S., it resulted in a 30% contraction in GDP. Worldwide, the...
Since many years, the Belgian Tulpin Group has been a recognized advocate for the interests of European importers of fruit and vegetables from sub-Saharan Africa, Egypt, Jordan and South America. However, the past six months have been by far...
Currently, Silk Way West Airlines, based at Baku’s Heydar Aliyev International Airport, serves Frankfurt Hahn Airport (HHN), five times a week. The route is operated by B747F and enjoys a very high load factor, confirms the Azeri company. “We...
A Lufthansa HON is a frequent flyer who earns 6,000 points within a calendar year in the Lufthansa Group's Miles & More program. These HON Circle members travel comfortably with all amenities in First Class.Although Lufthansa Cargo subsidiary, time:matters,...
Possibly the ‘coolest’ leadership role there is… mainly because Jettainer manages an annual fleet of circa 12,000 cool ULDs, and – as Head of Cool ULD, Steffen Fessler’s responsibilities include the operations and ongoing development of Jettainer’s cool&fly service....
No air cargo conference goes by without a focus on e-commerce. As was also the case at the recent World Cargo Summit 2025 held in Ostend, Belgium. Its dominant role in air freight was illustrated during a panel attended...
From 05-07FEB25, members of the fresh produce industry gathered in Berlin to attend this year's Fruit Logistica. It was a colorful event, with halls full of attendees, many interesting presentations and a multitude of innovative ideas from companies and...
What did 2024 bring? What are the challenges for 2025? How to cope with perpetual disruption? These were the top themes discussed at the Executive Panel ‘The Big Picture’. It was one of a dozen exciting topics listed on...
Innovation, digitization, e-commerce and capacity remain the recurring themes in air cargo. The World Cargo Summit 2025 held in Ostend-Bruges last week made no exception. But the industry's legitimate concerns, its economic achievements, impacts, and its demand for a...
Riege Software has partnered with CargoAi with the intention of further developing the digital air cargo capabilities of its Transport Management Systems (TMS), Scope. It has done this by integrating Scope with CargoAi's Quote & Book API. The launch...
At least temporarily, because on the initiative of Ostend-Bruges International Airport, this year's World Cargo Summit will take place in the Belgian city from 27-29JAN25. A total of 110+ companies from the air cargo industry have registered, including world-famous...
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...
