AN-124 carries Thai Dornier aircraft 
Ruag MRO International is comprehensively modernising Dornier 228 aircraft for the Royal Thai Navy, which uses them to monitor the exclusive economic zone called the "200-mile zone" of the Gulf of Thailand. Initially, Ruag, which is also the manufacturer (OEM) of... plus
Three new associate partners
Three cold packaging specialists - Cold Chain Technologies, headquartered in Holliston (MA), Sonoco ThermoSafe, headquartered in Arlington Heights (IL), and Tower Cold Chain Solutions, from Theale (UK) - are joining Pharma.Aero as new associate partners. The new partnership... plus
AJW operative in Malpensa
In December 2020, the British AJW Group opened a new 11,000 sqm warehouse in Milan to mainly support Easyjet’s EU operations, having become recently a supply chain solution provider of the airline. The new facility located adjacent to Malpensa airport, Milan, holds inventory... plus
Litchfield named managing director
British specialist technology provider Freight Software Group (FSG) has appointed Richard Litchfield as new managing director at its Forward Computers, which is a British independent supplier of freight forwarding software to the logistics sector and which was acquired by FSG in... plus
La Couverture covered by Unilode
Outsourced ULD management and repair services provider Unilode and MdG Group, a supplier of cold chain products and services for the food and pharmaceutical sectors, have signed a long-term agreement concerning La Couverture, a new product developed and manufactured by MdG... plus
Strasbourg stands up to pandemic
The inland Ports of Strasbourg in France, which will move to new headquarters in 2021, maintained their services throughout the pandemic in 2020. River traffic stood at 6.8 million t, down 9.5% from 2019. The shutdowns in 2020 hit the construction sector and the riverine... plus
Making non-craneable semi-trailers craneable
VTG has cooperated with logistics provider VEGA International to develop a solution to make non-craneable semi-trailers craneable. The successful trial runs were carried out in Tilburg (Netherlands), where VTG customer and terminal operator GVT tested Vega’s vertical... plus
Shipper Wilo's new contract
Wilo, a manufacturer of pumps and pump systems for building services, water management and industry founded in 1872, contracted Hellmann Worldwide Logistics to manage its Dortmund-based company’s global movement of goods. In this respect, the logistics provider will operate... plus
Menzies Aviation strengthens cargo team
Global aviation logistics specialist Menzies Aviation has announced five appointments, including three new hires and two internal appointments. Rory Fidler joins as vice president (VP) cargo technology, a newly created role, with special responsibility for driving forward... plus
Vols «pharma» avant les vaccins 
Mieux vaut prévenir...: entre octobre et décembre 2020, 246 conteneurs de fret aérien avec système de réfrigération active ont été acheminés de l’Italie vers les USA. Qatar Airways Cargo et DHL Global Forwarding ont utilisé pour ce faire des conteneurs loués à Dokasch et... plus