IT & Disruption

India’s Hyderabad International Airport (HYD), part of the GMR Group, has signed with Hermes Logistics Technologies (HLT) to implement new Cargo Management Systems at its terminals. HLT and GMR Group’s subsidiary …Read More »

After nearly eight years of urging, pushing and prodding – which only managed to get today’s e-AWB penetration to 55.9 per cent – the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has taken …Read More »

Cathay Pacific Airways says the personal data of nearly 9.4 million passengers of its Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon airlines was hacked earlier this year. The airline group said it had …Read More »

Alibaba Group executive chairman Jack Ma plans to establish a training institute in Indonesia aimed at educating thousands of tech entrepreneurs. According to Ma, the ‘Jack Ma Entrepreneur Institute’ is expected …Read More »

Cargo iQ, an IATA interest group aimed at creating and implementing quality standards for the air cargo industry, has welcomed new members including All Nippon Airways (ANA) Cargo and Netherlands-based IT …Read More »

The Shanghai unit of autonomous driving technology provider TuSimple has become the first company to obtain a license to road-test self-driving trucks in China. Formed in 2015, TuSimple is headquartered in …Read More »

Turkish Cargo has signed with CHAMP Cargosystems for its Traxon CDMP quality management solution. The solution measures over 40 per cent of the worldwide Cargo iQ airline member shipments. The solution, …Read More »

Liege Airport is adopting the Nallian for Air Cargo suite which comprises a powerful data-sharing platform to enable the airport and its stake holders greater efficiency, transparency and reliability. Nallian said …Read More »

LACHS, a leading ground handler at Liège Airport in Belgium, is streamlining its air cargo delivery and pick-up process with Nallian’s Slot Booking for Air Cargo application. The collaborative application will …Read More »

Unilode and Cathay Pacific successfully completed ULD Bluetooth tracking trials providing end-to-end visibility of cargo shipments between Hong Kong and Melbourne. The ‘proof of technology’ trial saw low-energy Bluetooth beacons and …Read More »

Lufthansa Cargo has handled the world’s first dangerous goods shipment with an electronic Dangerous Goods Declaration (eDGD) at Frankfurt Airport, using the INFr8 eDGD platform. A shipment from the globally active …Read More »

Global logistics provider Dachser and digital booking platform cargo.one are now cooperating globally, enabling employees working in the air freight sector of Dachser to search for, compare and book air freight …Read More »

Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP) is offering customers the option of using active tracking devices on its flights from the first week of September. While the carrier didn’t specify what …Read More »

XYO Network, a geospatial, blockchain-powered location network, today announced it has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). Founded in August 2017, BiTA has grown into the largest commercial blockchain alliance …Read More »

Chile-based ground handling agent, UASL – part of the Ultramar Group – has selected the Hermes 5 cargo management system from Hermes Logistics Technologies for its air cargo handling and documentation. …Read More »

Leisure Cargo is now integrated into the cargo.one platform providing digital booking of its global freight capacity at dynamic live spot rates with immediate confirmation. With this new digital and data-driven …Read More »

Cathay Pacific has successfully concluded a proof of technology trial of Bluetooth low-energy (BLE) beacons in the Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal, the airline’s cargo hub in Hong Kong. The trial, in …Read More »

Polish carrier, LOT Cargo, has signed for two new CHAMP products, Cargospot Quotes and DataAnalytics to assist their sales and revenue teams as the carrier expands its cargo routes. Based in …Read More »

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) company Falcon Drones Technology and Nairobi-based cargo carrier Astral Aviation reached an agreement for the purchase of two of Falcon’s Lucas-F250 drones with options for 10 more …Read More »

Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP) is rolling out its new digital booking platform, myCargo which also enables customers to track real-time temperatures of their cool chain pharma shipments through CDG …Read More »

Lufthansa Cargo and Freightos have partnered to enable customers to instantly view their contracted price online and book air freight capacity in real-time. This is made possible through digital connectivity introduced …Read More »

SITAONAIR is joining forces with AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) and CargoLogicAir (CLA) at the 2018 Farnborough Air Show this week to show off its Internet of Things solution for the real-time monitoring …Read More »

Lufthansa Cargo is opening up a new digital sales channel for its capacity with a nod to the spot market through a partnership with cargo.one, an airline-independent digital platform for marketing …Read More »

Boeing HorizonX Ventures today announced its investment in Matternet, a Menlo Park, California-based startup, pioneering on-demand, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) delivery operations in urban environments. Matternet’s advanced logistics platform – combined …Read More »

Descartes Systems Group has acquired certain assets of Velocity Mail, an electronic transportation network that provides global air carriers with mail and parcel shipment scanning and tracking solutions. Velocity Mail has …Read More »

Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) and Zebraxx, a leading application service provider of logistics solutions, have entered into a strategic partnership to provide last mile shipment visibility for Kuehne + Nagel’s customers. …Read More »

Boeing HorizonX Ventures announced today its investment in Kittyhawk, a San Francisco, California-based company offering a unified approach to the safe operation of commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Kittyhawk’s technology will …Read More »

Ground handler, Swissport, is studying the benefits of blockchain for its cargo handling business and will soon begin a pilot phase with Olam, a non-profit foundation, dedicated to developing an open-source …Read More »

Icelandair Cargo has successfully implemented CHAMP’s Traxon Quality solution, with the launch customer now proactively measuring cargo performance based on live information collected from daily operations. Traxon Quality is CHAMP’s new …Read More »

Panalpina has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA), a forum of leading tech and transportation companies for the development and implementation of blockchain standards in the freight industry. The forwarding …Read More »

The seemingly complicated line between logistics and technology services, and the transformational power of blockchain and big data will take centre stage at TIACA’s 2018 Air Cargo Forum (ACF) in Toronto, …Read More »

In a joint report, DHL and IBM have evaluated the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in logistics and detailed how they see it as being best applied to transform the industry, …Read More »

Pharma.Aero has recently added four new members to its ranks with the addition of Japan’s Kansai Airports (KIX and ITM), India’s Penta Freight, Unisys and  Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport. The …Read More »

Alibaba Group senior vice president and Alibaba Cloud president, announced that Alibaba will commit efforts in the Internet of Things (IoT), which will become Alibaba Group’s new focus after e-commerce, finance, …Read More »

Kuehne + Nagel has established two Innovation Centres in the Netherlands and Singapore, partnering with customers to accelerate the development and adoption of new technologies and advanced supply chain solutions. The …Read More »

In what they say is the first of its kind, Mumbai Airport and Schipol Airport along with their partners for Cargo Community systems, Kale Logistics Solutions and Cargonaut have pioneered an …Read More »

American Airlines Cargo today announced it will implement a next generation cargo management system – migrating its critical business functions to a we-based system, through a deal with the IBS Group. …Read More »

DHL in conjunction with Accenture has unveiled the DHL Global Trade Barometer, a new early indicator for the current state and future development of global trade based on large amounts of …Read More »

CHAMP Cargosystems has signed up Flexport, the rapidly growing technology-driven forwarder, to its messaging platform Traxon cargoHUB, as well as its Premium Tracking service. In this process it has chosen to …Read More »

Silk Way West Airlines is the latest airline to go live with CHAMP’s Weight & Balance load planning solution to serve their fleet of B747 freighters after receiving an Azerbaijan CAA …Read More »

Finnair Cargo today introduced its new Internet of Things (IoT) air cargo monitoring tool, Finnair Cargo Eye, at Slush, Europe’s leading start-up event where it also invited start-ups to collaborate for …Read More »

Just under two weeks after Elon Musk unveiled the Tesla Semi Truck on 16 November, DHL Supply Chain has placed an order for ten Tesla Electric Class 8 Semi Trucks, making …Read More »

CHAMP Cargosystems, a supplier of integrated IT solutions to the air cargo industry, has struck a new technology partnership with Japan Airlines which will see the two engage in a series …Read More »

A new cargo drone designed by Russian company ARDN technology is being aimed at the logistics and agribusiness sectors and boasts a 180 kg payload with a flight time of up …Read More »

AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) and Sky Fresh have signed a Service Level Agreement on digital procedures for the transportation of time and temperature sensitive shipments, most notably pharmaceuticals. The move is aimed …Read More »

Alibaba Group announced that the first eWTP (Electronic World Trade Platform) hub outside of China has gone live, providing Malaysian SMEs the infrastructure for doing commerce with services encompassing e-commerce, logistics, …Read More »

Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group, today opened its data centre in Malaysia aimed at facilitating seamless cross-border online businesses for Malaysian enterprises. The data centre opening follows …Read More »

The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) has developed a new online Cargo Service Quality (CSQ) tool to help improve visibility and facilitate global standards across the air cargo supply chain. This …Read More »

Etihad Airways has selected IBS Software (IBS) for implementing its cargo management solution, iCargo under a multi-million dollar, multi-year contract. The software will manage the airline’s air cargo sales and operations …Read More »

Computer hardware maker Nvidia has announced that it will work with Chinese online retail giant JD.com to help develop an outdoor robotics initiative that aims to put as many as a …Read More »