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 […]
Air France KLM joins Accenture in the cloud
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLM) is the launch customer of Accenture’s new cloud-based connectivity and collaboration platform, AFLS Exchange. The new platform enables air cargo carriers to seamlessly integrate with their partner networks, helping […]
K+N launches AI-enabled freight platform in Asia Pac
Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) is further expanding its suite of online services with the launch of its AI-enabled digital freight platform etrucKNow.com. Bridging what it says is the supply and demand of overland logistics via […]
AMI moves IT operations to BluJay’s cloud
Air Menzies International (AMI) has struck a deal with supply chain software and services provider, BluJay Solutions to deploy its software across AMI’s global operations. The new platform, comprised of BluJay’s Transportation Management, Customs Management, […]
DHL Express partners Singapore on digital logistics
DHL Express has launched the ‘Connected Logistics Innovation Platform’ (CLIP) to strengthen Singapore’s position as a leading global centre of high-tech solutions and innovations and enhance DHL’s global digital ambitions. With the support of the […]
UASL to use Hermes solution at Santiago Airport
Chile-based ground handler UASL of the Ultramar Group is the launch customer for Hermes NG, a Cloud-hosted, fully modular, pay-as-you-go cargo management ecosystem. UASL will use Hermes NG’s Business Intelligence (BI) module for event reporting […]
TIACA, CHAMP launch sustainability programme
The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) is establishing a new working group to define and deliver a Sustainability Programme for the air cargo industry. To support the initiative, TIACA has signed a long-term partnership agreement with […]
Freightos offers forwarders free access to rates, e-booking
Freightos is taking its WebCargo Air platform for live air cargo rate distribution and bookings, to a whole new competitive level by offering it for free to all IATA-accredited forwarders. The platform which offers instant […]
Virgin Atlantic spearheads digital future with Accenture
Virgin Atlantic Cargo’s digital transformation to simplify its business and give customers new self-service solutions will be powered by the implementation of the latest Accenture Freight & Logistics Software 8.0 (AFLS 8.0) platform. Virgin Atlantic […]
IAG Cargo takes bookings live with Freightos’ WebCargo
IAG Cargo has become the first live user of Freightos’ WebCargo platform providing instant access to rates, route availability and bookings in real time to any of IAG Cargo’s 350+ destinations. Customers are now able […]
CHAMP, AF-KLM and Dropslab win #NexGenLeaders Challenge
The consortium of CHAMP Cargosystems, Air France KLM Martinair Cargo and Dropslab has won the ECS Group #NexGenLeaders 2019 Challenge alongside. The consortium won the award for their Augmented Reality for Air Cargo Warehouses project. […]
ABC, CLA sign on to cargo booking platform cargo.one
AirBridgeCargo (ABC) and CargoLogicAir (CLA) are entering into a global partnership with air cargo booking platform cargo.one to become the first all-cargo airlines to make their capacities available for digital booking with instant confirmation. Through […]
Air Algérie signs for CHAMP’s Traxon cargoHUB
Air Algérie has signed for CHAMP’s Traxon cargoHUB for its supply chain integration needs enabling data exchange regardless of protocols. The host-to-host solution is used for automated electronic data exchange and enables the airline to […]
CHAMP and partners shortlisted for #NexGenLeaders 2019
CHAMP Cargosystems is shortlisted in collaboration with Air France KLM Martinair Cargo and Dropslab for the ECS Group #NexGenLeaders 2019 Challenge for their Augmented Reality for Air Cargo Warehouses project. The project aims to increase […]
Kale Logistics joins the Pan Asia Alliance on trade facilitation, digitalisation
Kale Logistics Solutions joins the 11-member Pan Asia Alliance (PAA) to foster trade facilitation and digitalisation in Asia, the only Indian company to have this distinction. The alliance aims to promote and provide secure, trusted, […]
Canadian forwarders join Singapore ‘hive’ platform
Global eTrade Services (GeTS) is partnering with the Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association (CIFFA) to onboard their members on ‘hive’ (highly interconnected & vibrant e-trade). The move will see CIFFA members joining a global association-centric […]
DHL Global Forwarding unveils online booking service
DHL Global Forwarding launches myDHLi Quote & Book, a new online service for comparing quotations and making instant bookings, 24/7 for air and ocean freight and also door-to-door shipments. The service guides customers through the […]
Hawaiian renews cloud solution with SmartKargo
Hawaiian Airlines is renewing its five-year contract with SmartKargo, continuing the cloud-delivered, real-time management of the carrier’s air cargo business using an end-to-end Software as a Service (SaaS) solution. Hawaiian was the first US carrier […]
CHAMP adds Japan Customs to its TGC solution
CHAMP Cargosystems is now offering Advance Cargo Information (ACI) filing to Japan Customs via its customs compliance solution, Traxon Global Customs (TGC). CHAMP, which has already signed up 15 carriers for its ACI service, says […]
DHL Supply Chain rolls out smart glasses globally
As part of its company-wide digitisation strategy DHL Supply Chain is further expanding the deployment of Smart Glasses and wearables. As one of the first customers worldwide, DHL will now use the second-generation of Glass […]
DHL Express, EHang launch first urban drone service
DHL Express and intelligent autonomous aerial vehicle company EHang have entered into a strategic partnership to jointly launch a fully automated and intelligent smart drone delivery solution to tackle the last-mile delivery challenges in the […]
DB Schenker renews for CHAMP’s Traxon cargoHUB
DB Schenker has renewed its agreement with CHAMP Cargosystems for its Traxon cargoHUB solution, representing a continued relationship of over 25 years. Schenker utilises the host-to-host solution for automated electronic data exchange, which enables the […]
HAM pilots community platform with DAKOSY
Hamburg Airport (HAM) is piloting a new air cargo community platform, [email protected] Air Cargo Community System, from software developer DAKOSY at its air cargo centre. The neutral IT-supported system enables all companies involved in freight […]
Saloodo! expands is services to the UAE
Digital freight platform, Saloodo!, is expanding from Europe to the United Arab Emirates, offering shippers, dispatchers and carriers digital freight processes. Saloodo!, a subsidiary of Deutsche Post DHL Group, matches shippers to transport providers with […]
Korean Air makes major IT upgrade with IBS Software
Korean Air (KE) has switched over to IBS Software’s (IBS) iCargo technology platform, discarding the legacy system in use for more than 30 years. In a seamless migration earlier in the week, IBS’ fully integrated, […]
AF-KLM, WebCargo bring dynamic pricing to industry
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo and Freightos’ WebCargo team up to offer instant pricing, capacity and booking for 1,400+ forwarders and for the first time in air cargo history – dynamic prices. Air freight pricing […]