IT & Disruption

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 …Read More »

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 …Read More »

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) …Read More »

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 …Read More »

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 …Read More »

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 …Read More »

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 …Read More »

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 …Read More »

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 …Read More »

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 …Read More »

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 …Read More »

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 …Read More »

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 …Read More »

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 …Read More »

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 »