Express
Körber acquires Siemens’ global mail and parcel business
International technology group Körber has signed an agreement to acquire Siemens Logistics’ global mail and parcel business. ➤
IT Providers
Carriers
ABC’s digital bookings soar 270 per cent in 2021
Volga-Dnepr Group’s AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has seen a 274 per cent increase in digital bookings in 2021 compared with 2020. ➤
Carriers
Silk Way West offers freighter capacity on WebCargo
Silk Way West Airlines is set to enable Digital Air Cargo real-time pricing and eBooking for thousands of forwarders on air cargo booking platform WebCargo. ➤
Asia Pacific
GEODIS invests in mobile robots for HK facility
Transport and logistics provider GEODIS is deploying Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR) from Geek+, a global technology company, at its Yuen Long Warehouse Distribution Centre (YLDC) in Hong Kong. ➤
Carriers
Awery Aviation launches new instant booking app
A new online tool – CargoBooking.aero – supports airlines and their General Sales Agents (GSAs) to deliver instant air cargo quoting and booking with Application Programming Interface (API) integration to freight forwarders. ➤
IT & Disruption
Rate benchmarking platform Xeneta integrates Clive Data
Xeneta, a globalocean and air freight rate benchmarking platform and container shipping index, announces the integration of CLIVE Data Services’ ‘dynamic loadfactor’ data and analyses. ➤
Carriers
Finnair joins WebCargo as shift to digital bookings gathers pace
Finnair Cargo is joining WebCargo, the digital air cargo platform, to offer instant pricing, guaranteed capacity, and eBookings to WebCargo customers. ➤
Carriers
Turkish Cargo goes digital with WebCargo e-booking
Turkish Cargo will soon provide global forwarders the ability to conduct real-time e-bookings, access live rates, and see available air cargo capacity through WebCargo. ➤
Carriers
Air Canada to be first NAmerican carrier on cargo.one
E-booking platform cargo.one and Air Canada Cargo have signed a letter of intent for the carrier to offer its capacities on cargo.one’s air cargo booking platform. ➤
Airports
GMR Hyderabad, StaTwig bring blockchain to vaccine shipments
GMR Hyderabad Air Cargo (GHAC) and Singapore-based technology startup StaTwig are teaming up to bring blockchain-based real-time tracking to vaccine shipments. ➤