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 […]
Cargo iQ platform for SMEs by Riege, CCS Italy
Riege Software and CCS Italy have joined in a business venture promoting a new initiative to assist SMEs participation in Cargo iQ, the industry interest group focused on quality standards. Cargo iQ operates as a […]
Freightos’ WebCargo acquires India’s Air Freight Bazaar
WebCargo, a Freightos company, is acquiring Air Freight Bazaar, a leading regional air cargo rates and sales platform based in Chennai, India. The Indian market is key to air cargo and is growing fast at […]
It’s a Doozee: Tigers is launch customer for quote engine
Tigers is the launch customer for a new instant freight rate quote engine developed by tech start up Doozee, as Tigers continues to embrace the digital revolution in logistics. The current version of the Doozee […]
Thailand’s TIFFA forwarders see e-transaction growth
Thai freight forwarders recently crossed a major milestone by growing their electronic data transactions by over 220 times since the implementation of Kale Logistics Solutions’ PING services on their ezyCompliance platform in 2014. Thailand International […]
Unilode begins ULD digitalisation process with Saudia Cargo
Unilode Aviation Solutions is embarking on the next phase of its collaboration with Saudia and Saudia Cargo,which will see the digitalisation of ULDs providing advanced tracking capabilities. The collaboration between Saudia and Unilode – a […]
China Post, Deppon to use driverless delivery vehicles from April
China Post and Deppon Express, two of China’s leading delivery and logistics companies, will begin autonomous package delivery services in April 2019 with the first self-driving vehicles to be put into daily commercial use in […]
CHAMP Cargosystems joins Luxembourg Open Innovation Club (LOIC)
CHAMP Cargosystems has joined the Luxembourg Open Innovation Club (LOIC), coordinated by House of Startups – powered by the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce. CHAMP aims to share and exchange its industry knowledge and expertise to […]
Kerry Logistics pursues Drone Warehouse vision with ‘Hackathon’
Kerry Logistics Network has concluded its first ‘Hackathon’ in which eight teams competed at the two-day event around the theme of ‘Drone Warehouse Stocktaking’. Combining robotics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, the teams devised applications […]
Kerry Logistics brings IoT solution to supply chain
Kerry Logistics Network brings Internet of Things (IoT) to practice in international shipments with the introduction of smart sensors which enable total supply chain visibility and sophisticated security measures. Although not specifying what technology drives […]
Hermes ramps up tech teams as Hermes 5 demand grows
Hermes Logistics Technologies (HLT) continues to expand its teams in India and the UK as their flagship cargo management system (CMS), Hermes 5 is adopted by cargo ground handlers, airlines and airports across the globe. […]
Deltacargo.com is now the carrier’s number one booking channel
Delta Cargo’s re-launch of its website has seen a significant shift from traditional booking channels to digital platforms. With a 15 percentage point increase in global online bookings compared to 2017, the website is now […]
Blockchain may be solution to airport drone incursions
Adelaide, Australia-based Wright Technologies aims to conduct field trials of its drone identification and tracking system before the end of the year enabling precise location of the devices. “We’re working on being able to understand […]
Air freight lags ocean on digital connectivity: Freightos report
Ocean carriers are far-and-away outpacing the air freight industry when it comes to progress on digital connectivity, leading in three key benchmark categories, according to a new report by online freight specialist, Freightos. Leading in […]
‘Steady as she goes’ for SEKO, Easyship on cross-border e-commerce
SEKO Logistics and Easyship, an e-commerce technology platform, are aiming to provide improved access to cross-border e-commerce solutions in Europe, North America, Asia Pacific and Australia through their new global partnership. The two companies say […]
AirBridgeCargo Airlines, CargoHub implement CargoClaims platform
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) and CargoHub, the cargo logistics quality and compliance platform, have solidified their collaboration for the implementation of the CargoClaims platform. The online tool, which received the IATA cargo innovation award in 2015, […]
Kale opens New Delhi office for digital Trade Facilitation platforms
Kale Logistics Solutions has relocated to a larger regional office in Delhi, India, with plans to expand their work in digital Trade Facilitation and enabling Ease of Doing Business. This new office in New Delhi […]
Kerry, Deloitte and CargoSmart implement Blockchain solution
Kerry Logistics Network , Deloitte, and CargoSmart have successfully implemented a Blockchain solution for document exchange between forwarders and carriers. The Hong Kong-based logistics company connected multiple distributed ledger technology (DLT) networks for a platform […]
Nippon Cargo Airlines looks to Descartes for ACAS solution
Descartes Systems Group announces that Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) is using the Descartes Air Cargo Advance Screening (Descartes ACAS) solution to meet the recent mandatory advanced security filing requirements for air cargo imports into the […]
CHAMP champions delivery of weight & balance system to West Atlantic
Swedish cargo operator, West Atlantic Sweden, has gone live with CHAMP Cargosystems’ Weight & Balance solution to manage its load planning functions after acquiring a B767-200SF freighter to be operated out of Cologne, Germany. The […]
Dnata continues its IT drive, launching resource mgt system DXB, DWC
Dnata launches a new resource management system in Dubai to help the company optimise operations and efficiently manage its 20,000 employees and resources at Dubai International Airport (DXB) and Dubai World Central (DWC). The implementation […]
JAS Forwarding, cargo.one partner to drive air freight digitalisation
JAS Forwarding will work closely with the online booking platform cargo.one for the booking of air freight capacities with an aim to also cooperate on advancing the digitalisation of air freight pricing, booking and tracking […]
eWTP can be basis for progress on Globalisation 4.0: Jack Ma
The Electronic World Trade Platform, or eWTP can form a key building block for Globalisation 4.0, says Jack Ma, speaking at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos. The Alibaba-led initiative is a a […]
CHAMP, Icelandair participate in Canadian PACT pre-load pilot
CHAMP Cargosystems, together with Icelandair has successfully participated in Transport Canada’s pre-load cargo information pilot. Using CHAMP’s TGS solution, the participation in the Pre-Load Air Cargo Targeting (PACT) pilot began and successfully transmitted messages on […]
Vienna takes cue from BRU goes with Nallian’s open data platform
Vienna International Airport (VIE) has taken a page from Brussel’s playbook and opted to plug its cargo community into Nallian’s open data sharing platform and collaborative applications suite. In a first phase, the Vehicle Database […]
ECS Group throws out six-month #NexGenLeaders challenge
In this New Year where social media is rife with ’10-year challenges’, French GSSA, ECS Group has moved to undertake an initiative to “help regenerate the air freight industry”, but in a much shorter timeframe. […]
AirBridgeCargo, Unilode partner on Internet of Things ULD tracking
AirBridgeCargo Airlines and Unilode Aviation Solutions, a leading global provider of outsourced Unit Load Device (ULD) management and repair solutions, have extended their ULD management partnership for the extensive usage of Transmitting Portable Electronic Devices […]
Lufthansa Cargo takes dangerous goods to the cloud
Lufthansa Cargo is the world’s first cargo airline to make a cloud-based application available for digital creation of the transport documents required for dangerous goods. Lufthansa says the new DGD.online cloud application will help shippers […]
Aramex launches last-mile Aramex Fleet ‘crowd shipping’ solution
Aramex, a leading global provider of comprehensive logistics and transportation solutions, announces the launch of ‘Aramex Fleet’, a crowd sourcing-based delivery platform. The new platorm connects Saudi nationals to flexible last mile delivery work to […]
Another link in its logistics chain: Amazon announces new regional air hub
Amazon announced that construction has begun on a Regional Air Hub at the Fort Worth Alliance Airport in the US state of Texas, the e-commerce giant said on Tuesday. The announcement comes quickly on the […]
SingPost integrates AI into its Southeast Asia-wide logistics platform
Singapore Post Limited (SingPost) is introducing artificial intelligence (AI) to its recently announced regional e-commerce logistics platform LaMP, in a move to provide what is says is unprecedented parcel traceability and reliability for customers across […]
Cathay Pacific’s cargo terminal to get big-data boost from Siemens
Hong Kong terminal operator, Cathay Pacific Services Limited (CPSL) and Siemens Postal, Parcel & Airport Logistics (SPPAL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for digitalisation of Cathay’s cargo infrastructure in Hong Kong. The duo […]
Cargo.one picks up $3 million in seed funding as it targets more airlines
Berlin-based cargo.one successfully raises more than USD 3.0 million seed financing aimed at attracting more airlines to its booking platform. Less than a year after its inception, the company raised the funding in a round […]
Hellmann Worldwide latest to sign up with cargo.one digital platform
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics signs a cooperation agreement with cargo.one, the digital cross-airline booking platform founded in 2017. Cargo.one enables Hellmann Worldwide Logistics to book air freight capacities fully digitally in the future via the platform […]
Hactl wins HKIA Technovation award for ‘Smart Cargo Locating’
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd (Hactl) – Hong Kong’s largest independent cargo handler – has received the Smart Airport Technovation Award – Operational Excellence, in this year’s awards event organised by Hong Kong International […]
Panalpina, Honeywell partner on new efficiency-boosting tech solutions
Panalpina has entered into a strategic alliance with technology company Honeywell to enhance worker productivity, accuracy and efficiency across its global distribution centres. Honeywell is to become a technology partner supporting Panalpina’s global innovation initiatives […]
Hermes Logistics wins Hyderabad contract for cargo systems
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 GMR Hyderabad International Airport […]
IATA announces e-AWB as “default contract” from 1 January 2019
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 the surprise step of […]
Cathay Pacific data hack exposes details of 9.2 million pax
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 initially discovered suspicious activity […]
Supply chain advantage: Dyson to build new electric car in Singapore
Iconic domestic appliance maker, Dyson, will build its new electric car in Singapore despite its small domestic market and relatively high costs. In a memo to staff on Tuesday, Dyson chief executive, Jim Rowan said […]
Alibaba’s Ma to establish training institute for Indonesian techpreneurs
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 to cultivate 10,000 tech […]
Cargo iQ quality organisation welcomes ANA Cargo, CargoXS
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 specialists CargoXS. Cargo iQ […]
TuSimple to begin first self-driving truck tests in China
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 Beijing and San Diego, […]
Turkish Cargo signs with CHAMP for Traxon CDMP
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, which is enhanced with […]
Liege Airport adopts Nallian for Air Cargo data-sharing platform
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 a powerful data-sharing platform […]
Liège’s LACHS streamlines cargo with Nallian’s Slot Booking app
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 connect LACHS with its […]
Unilode, Cathay Pacific successfully conclude ULD Bluetooth trials
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 readers in the Cathay […]
Lufthansa Cargo uplifts world’s first DG shipment with eDGD
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 healthcare company Abbott based […]
Dachser goes live with cargo.one digital booking platform
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 capacities across airlines with […]
Active tracking devices ok’d on Air France KLM Martinair Cargo flights
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 devices it is using, […]