ShipChain donates Petaflop of computer power in search of COVID-19 cure
ShipChain, a blockchain-based logistics solutions provider, is donating up to one Petaflop of computing power – approximately one quadrillion calculations per second – to assist [email protected] scientists attempting to find the cure for the COVID-19 […]
PayCargo offers free service to help sector through corona crisis
PayCargo launches a new free communication mechanism via its online payment platform that allows Vendors such as airlines, ship terminals, and maritime operators to share key information with the 20,000-plus Payer users in the company’s […]
ITU launches platform to help protect global telecoms in COVID-19 crisis
The latest turn in the ever-evolving Coronavirus pandemic sees the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) – the United Nations specialised agency for information and communications technologies – launching a platform today aimed at keeping vital global […]
LUX goes with Nallian for cargo community system
With rising cargo volumes reaching nearly 900,000 tonnes in 2019, Luxembourg Airport (LUX) is engaging Nallian to implement a cargo community system (CCS). The CCS represents an important component of the Luxembourg Single Window for […]
Freightos wins over FedEx units for sales, customs digitisation
Logistics technology platform provider Freightos has struck a deal with FedEx’s Logistics and Trade Networks units for digitisation of sales and customs brokerage operations. The agreement – with FedEx Logistics and FedEx Trade Networks Transport […]
Swissport moves to Bluetooth-equip all its warehouses
Swissport is working with Unilode and Descartes to track and monitor Unit Load Devices (ULD) using Bluetooth technology at its cargo warehouses. The cargo handling division will equip its 115 cargo warehouses with tracking sensors […]
Fleet Logistics switches on to Lufthansa’s smartBooking API
Fleet Logistics is now using Lufthansa Cargo´s smartBooking API following the introduction of the new API in 2019 as part of the cargo carrier’s expanding digital innovation portfolio. Lufthansa Cargo invested in Fleet in a […]
All Nippon Airways joins booking platform Cargo.one
All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan’s largest airline, joins online booking platform cargo.one to offer its cargo customers e-booking capabilities. Cargo.one says it has been accelerating its growth by leveraging network effects over the past year […]
Oman Air Cargo opts for CHAMP suite of solutions
Oman Air Cargo has awarded CHAMP a five-year contract for its suite of e-cargo solutions after the IT solutions provider won the contract in competitive bidding. In pursuit of what it says is the “next […]
Etihad Cargo ups digital game with Freightos WebCargo
Etihad Cargo accelerates its digital transformation with a new partnership for Digital Air Cargo with WebCargo by Freightos, among the world’s largest air cargo rates and e-booking platforms. The WebCargo partnership extends Etihad Cargo’s digital […]
SITA, CHAMP Cargosystems join trade facilitation alliance
SITA and its joint venture CHAMP Cargosystems announce plans to support international development as they join the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation as official business partners. The Alliance is a not-for-profit collaboration of governments, international […]
Hartsfield–Jackson, Kale unveil cargo community system
Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) along with the airfreight community in Atlanta have gone live with North America’s First New Generation Air Cargo Community System in partnership with Kale Logistics Solutions (Kale). The Kale team […]
Uzbekistan Airways signs up for CHAMP’s FREIGHT.AERO
Uzbekistan Airways has signed for CHAMP Cargosystems’ dynamic online portal, FREIGHT.AERO to expand its online bookings. FREIGHT.AERO offers real-time availability and price, e-bookings, air waybill and house air waybill processing. FREIGHT.AERO is connected to 20+ […]
Lufthansa Cargo now offering real-time spot prices
Lufthansa Cargo is expanding its digital sales channels with dynamic spot prices that can be booked immediately. These spot prices are now automatically generated in real-time via the Rapid Rate Response (RRR) mechanism and are […]
Hermes implements Hermes 5 for Etihad Cargo
Hermes Logistics Technologies extends its contract with Etihad Aviation Group and is set to begin upgrading Etihad’s cargo management system (CMS) to the latest version of Hermes 5. The IT specialist will begin implementing Hermes […]
IoT poised to become $96 billion market in APAC by 2023
The market for Internet of Things (IoT) related services, is projected to exceed USD 96.3 billion in sales in Asia Pacific by 2023, according to data and analytics firm, GlobalData. The market – which includes […]
IAG Cargo successfully trials autonomous drone tech
IAG Cargo successfully trials autonomous drone technology within its warehouse facility in Madrid, aimed at automating freight checks, and improving efficiency and reliability of its operations. Video of the testing can be found here. Conducted […]
Luxembourg PM visits CHAMP HQ marking 15th anniversary
The Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel visited the headquarters of CHAMP Cargosystems to mark the Luxembourg-based company’s crystal anniversary. The Premier, who was joined by his advisor, Anouk Agnes, discussed with CHAMP current topics, […]
Brussels Airport, Nallian further empower forwarders
Extending its open ecosystem of collaborative applications for air cargo, Nallian has launched its Acceptance & Delivery mobile application at Brussels Airport’s cargo community this week. The application is an addition to the existing BRUcloud […]
BCUBE implements CHAMP’s Cargospot at OST
BCUBE implements CHAMP’s Cargospot Handling solution to provide support in its operations at Ostend–Bruges International Airport (OST). CHAMP’s Cargospot Handling is a comprehensive cargo operations and terminal management system that is straightforward and efficient for […]
EgyptAir Cargo opts for Descartes air mail automation
EgyptAir Cargo is now using the Descartes Systems Group’s Velocity Mail (vMail) solution to streamline air mail transportation across its growing international network. “EgyptAir Cargo is focused on modernisation and increasing efficiency to better support […]
Etihad Cargo signs up with e-booking platform cargo.one
Etihad Cargo pushes forth its digitalisation strategy with the signing of a distribution agreement with cargo.one, the multi-airline e-booking platform. Following a phased roll-out starting today, Etihad’s capacities will become available on the cargo.one platform […]
Saloodo! set to offer electronic freight tenders
Digital freight platform, Saloodo! is now venturing into the business of long-term transport contracts and will also offer freight tenders in the future. Saloodo! has taken what is a complex business process and simply structured […]
IBS Software joins Latin America’s ALTA association
The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) welcomes IBS Software as a new affiliate member. “Joining ALTA is an exciting step for IBS Software, our mission is to help the aviation industry leave […]
Menzies Aviation opts for Hermes 5 for global network
Menzies Aviation selects Hermes Logistics Technologies (HLT) to provide the Cargo Management System (CMS) for its global network. The most recent version of HLT’s flagship CMS, Hermes 5 (H5), will be rolled out at Menzies […]
IAG Cargo partners Cargo Signal on IoT cargo tracking
IAG Cargo partners with Cargo Signal to offer customers a new Internet of Things (IoT) tracking service for cargo. Cargo Signal is a sensor-based logistics platform that uses IoT technology to improve decision making, tracking […]
Etihad Cargo takes first major step in digital journey
Etihad Cargo has fully migrated to ‘SPRINT’, an IBS iCargo fully integrated technology platform offering the digital answer to its evolving cargo management needs. Etihad Cargo joins a growing number of global carriers migrating their […]
CHAMP expands forwarding solution to cover air and ocean
CHAMP Forwarding Systems’ Logitude, a full freight forwarding solution, has been expanded beyond air cargo to include sea freight. The solution now offers messaging via the INTTRA Ocean Trade Platform for communicating with ocean shipping […]
Siemens Logistics rolls out enhanced parcel hub software
Siemens Logistics has further extended and enhanced its software portfolio for parcel handling with its new Hub Performance Booster software. Aimed at optimised management of day-to-day parcel operations, the software relies on real-time collection of […]
E-commerce at Leipzig/Halle accelerated by Dakosy solution
E-commerce shipments arriving at Leipzig/Halle Airport are now handled completely digitally and through automated processes with Dakosy’s ZODIAK Customs software. The software, developed by the Hamburg software specialist is approved for all ATLAS Customs procedures. […]
Swissport speeds air freight with self-serve kiosks
Swissport is speeding-up the air freight handling processes at its global cargo warehouses by introducing newly developed self-services kiosks. The digital innovation reduces waiting times and increases the quality of the air freight documentation. Swissport’s […]
Mitchell Cotts selects Kale’s GALAXY solution at NBO
Kale Logistics Solutions has been selected by Mitchell Cotts – a Kenya-based freight forwarding, warehousing and transport business – to digitise their air cargo handling operations at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) in Nairobi. This […]
Pharma logistics looks to big data, drones and supplier solutions
Smart data applications, unmanned aircraft, and supplier management solutions were top of the agenda during the recent two-day Pharma and Biosciences Conference organised by the Cool Chain Association (CCA). In the case of pharma manufacturer […]
CHAMP Cargosystems joins Animal Transportation Association
CHAMP Cargosystems has joined the Animal Transportation Association (ATA) aiming to “exchange and develop a close collaboration” with companies involved in animal transportation. CHAMP hopes to use its technology to ensure safe and efficient transportation […]
Air NZ begins real-time tracking with Descartes ULD solution
Air New Zealand has begun using Descartes Core Unit Load Device (ULD) Tracking solution to automatically monitor the real-time location of international mail, parcel and cargo shipments while they are in the air and on […]
Cebu Pacific renews SmartKargo as it begins freighter ops
Cebu Pacific Air has renewed its contract with QuantumID Technologies to ramp up SmartKargo for CEB Cargo. The partnership will continue the cloud-based real-time management of CEB’s air cargo business using the advanced SmartKargo operating […]
InstaFreight launches its services in the Polish market
The Polish office of digital freight forwarding company InstaFreight is now offering its own services independently on the local market. Ten employees in Legnica ensure that the digital freight forwarders can be contacted 24 hours […]
Sinoair first in Asia with Webcargo e-booking partnership
Sinotrans Global E-commerce Logistics (Sinoair), partners with WebCargo by Freightos to become Asia’s first direct-to-customer air cargo e-booking platform. Shippers will now be able to pull global contract rates, get dynamic pricing or request ad-hoc, […]
Cargolux goes digital with online quoting and booking
Cargolux Airlines launches a new online booking tool aimed at enabling customers to “smoothen the booking process” and further enhance the customer experience. The solution allows for what the carrier says is, effortless connectivity through […]
Aramex looks to Amazon’s AWS as it taps big data, AI
Dubai-based logistics company, Aramex, is set to migrate all of its technology infrastructure from the company’s on-premises data centres to Amazon Web Services (AWS). The move is aimed at increasing agility, speed of innovation and […]
Hermes powers digitalisation at Slovakia’s Bratislava
Hermes Logistics Technologies has helped Slovakia-based ground handler, CHS Trade to digitalise its cargo processes at Bratislava Airport (BTS) with its Hermes 5 (H5) Cloud Cargo Management System. CHS Trade is using H5 to digitise […]
Grab, Vietjet parent Sovico further Vietnam logistics tie-up
Asia-based transport company Grab has reached a strategic partnership with Vietnam’s Sovico Group to collaborate on first and last mile mobility and logistics solutions. Grab best known for its ride hailing service and Sovico the […]
Industry first for K+N, Air France-KLM with e-booking step
Kuehne + Nagel and Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AF-KLM Cargo) have, for the first time in the industry, created a direct system-to-system connection for electronic booking. In a proof of concept that was recently […]
Unilode, OnAsset complete ULD Bluetooth tracking trial
Unilode Aviation Solutions, a global provider in outsourced ULD management and MRO solutions has successfully completed an in-flight trial of its ULD tracking solution. Unilode was the winner of the 2019 IATA Air Cargo Innovation […]
SATS, TUMCREATE eye commercialisation of AI cargo system
Ground handler SATS and TUMCREATE are exploring commercialisation opportunities for the world’s first artificial intelligence (AI) powered robotic air cargo system, SPEEDCARGO. Using SPEEDCARGO, airlines would be able to optimise their cargo hold based on […]
OnAsset does major digitisation deal with Unilode
OnAsset Intelligence has signed the largest ULD digitisation contract in the airline industry with Unilode Aviation Solutions to digitise Unilode’s 125,000 unit load devices (ULDs). “We are excited to be part of this step change […]
Tigers gears up for global roll-out of Doozee rate engine
Tigers is expanding its collaboration with tech pioneers Doozee by rolling out the freight rate quote engine across its internal networks in Europe and the US in time for the upcoming shipping peak season. Tigers […]
Air Dispatch marks five millionth loadsheet milestone
Air Dispatch, a global provider of centralised load control (CLC) services and part of dnata, has recently produced its five millionth loadsheet since its establishment. The milestone document was issued from the Prague facility, ensuring […]
Japan’s cargo community in the cloud with CHAMP
Cargo Community System Japan (CCSJ) is operating with its new cloud-based air cargo electronic distribution system powered by CHAMP Cargosystems. CCSJ operates the only cargo community system in Japan and connects the Japanese air cargo […]
United Cargo, Freightos team up on real-time portal
United Cargo and WebCargo by Freightos are teaming up to design and implement a new online portal offering on-demand booking, dynamic pricing and real-time updates. The collaboration between the two is aimed at providing United […]