Frankfurt-based IT specialist, allivate GmbH, has appointed Matthias Hupka and Niklas Petri as Joint Managing Directors. The two previously senior consultants at allivate, assumed their new positions on 01JAN26, taking over from Denis de Farias Duarte who had led...
Liège Airport has announced the start of a new regular cargo service operated by Suparna Airlines, linking Liège directly with Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport. The first flight took off on 05JAN26, launching a regular schedule of flights connecting the...
Royal Air Maroc Cargo has introduced a new all-cargo route connecting Casablanca with Dakar (CMN-DSS). The weekly Friday service, operated by a Boeing 767 freighter with a 45-ton payload capacity, further strengthens the carrier’s position as a key logistics...
Global GSA Group’s Spanish subsidiary, Mondial Airline Services Spain, has been appointed as general sales and service agent (GSSA) for China Southern Airlines Cargo in Spain. The company secured the tender and coordinated the successful launch of China Southern’s...
Challenge Group has extended its GSSA partnership with ECS Group, adding seven Eastern European countries – Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Ukraine – to an existing network that already includes Germany, France, Scandinavia, Singapore and Vietnam....
Trans Global Projects has opened a dedicated air freight department in Bremen, operating under its own IATA license to handle time-critical and complex cargo with full operational control. On the personnel front, Tobias Teichmann has taken on the role...
China Eastern Air Logistics has introduced six new high-capacity automated guided vehicles from Lödige Industries at Cargo Terminal 4 in Shanghai Pudong to automate ULD transport and create a next-generation smart cargo facility. Each 10-foot AGV can carry up...
Karl Eduard Guenther Gasthuber passed away peacefully at his home in Kelsterbach near Frankfurt, on December 18, 2025, following a brief battle with cancer. From June 2008 to August 2025, he shaped the fate of the non-profit air freight...
Hanseatic Global Terminals (HGT), the infrastructure division of shipping company Hapag-Lloyd, is to build a terminal facility for handling sea freight items in Brazil. The coastal town of Rodovia, near the city of Aracruz, was selected for the project....
The turn of the year is traditionally both a time for looking back and for delivering an outlook for the coming 12 months. This is also the case over at Frankfurt-based agent, Quick Cargo Service GmbH (QCS). According to...
Every week, CargoForwarder Global’s ‘Spotlight On…’ gives the floor to an individual from one of the many stakeholders involved in ensuring that air cargo travels swiftly, efficiently, and safely from one side of the planet to the other. Since...
Cargo growth at Madrid-Barajas is no longer just a headline statistic – it is reshaping how cargo is handled on the ground. As volumes continue to rise and shipment profiles shift toward e-commerce and intercontinental transfers, ground handlers are...
The bride, TAP, is in a comfortable position: three attractive suitors are courting her. They are Air France-KLM, Lufthansa, and IAG. Following the takeover of SAS by Air France-KLM, the purchase of Italy’s ITA by Lufthansa, and the announced...
The German logistics industry lost two of its leading figures, forever: Dieter Haltmayer from Quick Cargo Service, and Günther Gasthuber from IGLU Air Cargo. Haltmayer, in particular, but also Gasthuber, shaped the industry for years and left a lasting...
Both companies have signed a comprehensive contract for the transport of helicopters from the USA to Vitória in Brazil. This is part of a major order comprising 35 helicopters. The helicopters are to be used primarily for crop management...
The year 2025 started with an alarming sense of urgency in global trade, as tariff regulations fluctuated amid a self-initiated competition driven by the United States. The international reaction triggered volatility across global markets, and the full consequences are...
Each week, CargoForwarder Global’s ‘Spotlight On…’ focuses on a specific segment of the air cargo industry. The industry is highly fragmented in its individual responsibilities when it comes to ensuring the safe, secure and efficient transport of freight from...
The two companies have signed anew framework agreement for emission reduction rights. The contractfurther deepens their joint commitment to decarbonizing the air freight industry and is astrategic lever for book-and-claim-based CO2e decline. It is based on their environmental partnership...
In a survey conducted by market analysts from OntegosCloud, the vast majority of forwarding agents worldwide are bracing for another year of margin pressure in 2026. The findings reflect a global market development facing a prolonged period of structural...
When a large airline faced major disruption last week due to a “multitude of unforeseen operational challenges” , it understandably left many of those who had expected to fly on one of the +1000 cancelled flights, frustrated. Images of...
This time, last year, the uncertainty of the pending U.S. tariffs were the main topic of discussion. As the year 2025 panned out, air cargo proved its ongoing resilience in navigating around those ever-changing obstacles – and much of...
Few seasonal shipments get a cargo person’s heart beating quite as much as the elite Beaujolais Nouveau logistic Olympics? Why? Because to ensure that meanwhile more than 110 countries can enjoy the new wine when it is officially released...
Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) and its airfreight arm, Swiss WorldCargo, have entered a partnership with logistics giant, Kuehne+Nagel, to advance more sustainable air transportation. The collaboration focuses on supporting Swiss clean-tech company, Synhelion, which produces synthetic aviation fuel...
Italy is known for fast cars – so fast cargo isn’t such a surprise, really. That said, to scale up from just 9 tons a day to 100, within a space of just 5 months – that is a...
Royal Air Maroc announced this week that Yassine Berrada’s successor as Vice President Cargo, would be Rita Chraibi. She joined the airline in 2006 and has grown with its development, having held various key leadership positions during that time....
