Air

Bellyhold boosts Vienna tonnage

Vienna Airport handled of 216,360 tonnes of cargo in the first nine months of 2024, an increase of over 20% over the same period last year. There were increases in both flown and trucked airfreight. Belly cargo on passenger aircraft increased by 45% to 90,692 tons compared to the same period last year. Third quarter cargo, from July to September, was up 25% over the previous year, at 75,242 tons. Growth is being ... [+]

Seafrigo sets its sights on UK growth

French-owned Seafrigo Group recently opened a new headquarters and base in Le Havre but it is also expanding rapidly in the UK. In July 2023, the French food logistics specialist acquired UK-headquartered forwarder Perishables Movements Ltd (PML) which operates at Heathrow, and Kent in air, ocean ... [+]

Forwarder’s forklift fleet goes green

Davies Turner Air Cargo has upgraded handling equipment at its Heathrow hub.It has replaced its fleet with seven electric forklift trucks, three reach trucks and one battery changing truck. The 11 Bobcat vehicles have been procured on a lease contract from Rushlift, the forwarder’s partner ... [+]

Iceland and Emirates join Move to -15°C

The Move to -15°C initiative, which aims to cut carbon emissions in the frozen food supply chain by increasing temperature standards from -18°C to -15°C, has recruited UK supermarket Iceland, Emirates SkyCargo, and Latin American cold storage operator, Emergent Cold LatAm. It has also secured support ... [+]

Antonov to the Arctic

Ukrainian-owned An124 operator Antonov Airlines and Netherlands forwarder First Class Freight have moved an urgently needed marine propulsion unit from Hong Kong to Houston. It was needed to ensure the safety of a cruise ship due to set off for the Arctic. The move was complicated ... [+]

Air charter firms step up to the plate in turbulent year

The airfreight industry has been called into action multiple times around the world this year to charter planes into disaster regions, says Ben Dinsdale, Air Charter Service’s director for government and humanitarian services. This year the industry has been busy assisting humanitarian operations in the Far ... [+]

New system helps handler snag the smugglers

Heathrow on-airport express courier handler CFL has is introducing an Automated Import Manifest System (AIMS) to help Border Force better target suspect incoming packages for inspection. It will automate and simplify manifest information sharing with Border Force and other parties, including HMRC, and will mean less ... [+]

Hermes completes Cairo project

Hermes Logistics Technologies has completed an upgrade to the Cargo Management System at Cairo International Airport last week and migrate local handler CACC Cargolinx’s to its Cloud-based service. Hermes Business Intelligence and Track and Trace apps will provide data insights and detailed shipment information for ... [+]

Tower offers carbon calculator

UK based packaging specialist Tower Cold Chain – recently acquired by Massachusetts-based Cold Chain Technologies - has introduced a carbon calculator to help customers improve the sustainability of their logistics operations in partnership with Cardiff University’s Business School and using datasets from the Department for ... [+]

Express industry ready for a bumper peak season

Parcel carriers will collectively distribute 1.29 billion shipments across the UK between October and December 2024, 10.9% more than in the same period in 2023, according to a new study by Effigy Consulting, commissioned by FedEx, the world’s largest express carrier. The data also shows a ... [+]

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