Shannon from charter to scheduled operations 
Shannon (SNN) is the latest addition to Cargolux’s global network. The inaugural flight landed on the airport in Western Ireland on 9 June directly from Seattle. The weekly frequency is routed Los Angeles-Seattle-SNN-Luxembourg, bolstering the European airline’s transatlantic... more
Air shipment stopped at Leipzig/Halle airport
16 pieces of rhinoceros horn weighing 6.5 kg were seized by customs at the end of May 2022 during the inspection of an air cargo shipment at Leipzig/Halle Airport. The package came from Angola and was to be transported to Vietnam via Germany. Great efforts had been made to... more
SKR picks Christian Herrlich and Erik Lüders
Christian Herrlich (right) will drive consultation services for digital transformation and IT & digitalisation as a partner of the Swiss company SKR, which specialises in financial investments. Over the last 25 years, Herrlich has worked as CIO of the Royal Mail Group... more
Alternatives also reach a high price
The prices for all kinds of fuel are going through the roof. According to data from the specialised platform shipandbunker.com, the average price of fuel with very low sulphur content (very low sulphur fuel oil/VLSFO), reached USD 1,019.5/t on 8 June 2022. This figure is... more
Hungarian haulier expands fleet with e-vehicles
Waberer’s is the first company in Central and Eastern Europe to have received a series-produced, purely electric DAF truck. The CF tractor unit can cover up to 500 km a day and was developed in response to the rising demand for lower CO2 emissions. This innovation is a key... more
Building up the air cargo branch
A takeover in the Netherlands: Global Transport Solutions (GTS), the holding company of Marinetrans and Best Global Logistics, has acquired Cargo Holland, a freight forwarder specialising in air freight solutions located at Schiphol Airport. Marc Kort (CEO of Cargo Holland) has... more
Fedex's first new partner carrier in over 20 years
Airdialog, a cargo airline based in Albuquerque, is starting flight operations, becoming the first new Part 135 air carrier to launch with Fedex in over 20 years. The inaugural flight last week provided cargo service between Gallup and Albuquerque. The airline is planning... more
Four successes at AAA exam
Michiel Starmans, chairman of the Association of Average Adjusters (AAA) for 2022-23, has congratulated four new members after they qualified on passing the association’s most recent examinations. Pictured from left are Jack Ellis (senior associate), John Thompson (fellow),... more
Into five years of digitalisation
MSC just inked a five-year contract with the Norwegian group Kongsberg Digital. The agreement includes delivery of Kongsberg Digitals data infrastructure service Vessel Insight and Kongsberg Digital’s vessel performance application to the entire MCS’s owned fleet, consisting of... more
When two networks become one
It is a fresh marriage. The networks Ifln Global Projects and Largo are joining hands. The two project freight forwarder networks have formed “Project Logistics Solutions”, an alliance to strive for synergies that can accrue from greater global coverage, local know-how and... more