Swissport Kenya Iata CEIV Pharma certified 
Iata's centre of excellence for independent validators in pharmaceutical logistics (CEIV Pharma) has certified Swissport’s upgraded cargo warehouse at Nairobi airport, whose volumes in 2019 (57,000 t) grew by nearly 10%. Swissport is the first globally active air cargo... more
Cool Chain Association partners with Cargo iQ
The Cool Chain Association (CCA) is backing a new Cargo iQ initiative for care mapping in the temperature-controlled supply chain. CCA members will join an advisory board supporting Cargo iQ's pilot programme, which aims to develop tools and standards for planning and... more
Rising African star to launch new services to Europe
In exactly four months, on 18 June 2020, the up-and-coming company Air Sénégal will launch a thrice weekly A321 service to Geneva. This is Geneva’s first regular destination to West Africa since 1996, and marks a new step in the strategy of developing long-haul flights for... more
Celtic Freight forced to close down
For 23 years, the South African transport company Celtic Freight offered primarily road haulage services between South Africa and Zambia. Now this once-thriving business has come to the end. The company had to cease trading, because it could no longer guarantee the safety of its... more
Africa's global leadership in drone operations
Stressing the importance of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operations to sustainable development, ICAO highlighted the significance of Africa’s global leadership in this area during last week’s African drone forum in Kigali, Rwanda. The event was convened in light of the... more
Railway upgrade through the Nile Delta goes ahead
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Egyptian ministry of international cooperation (MOIC) have signed a cooperation agreement to provide up to EUR 1.5 million of grant financing for a feasibility study for the Tanta – El Mansoura – Damietta Rail project. The aim is to... more
Pushing women's careers in shipping
A programme to support the qualification of female seafarers has been launched by the Palau International Ship Registry (PISR). Special emphasis is given to the certificates of competency (CoC), certificates of proficiency (CoP) and certificates of endorsement (CoE) as part of... more
Turkish Airlines adds 60th destination in Africa
Turkish Airlines started its operations to Malabo on 7 February 2020, making the capital of Equatorial Guinea its 319th destination. As the carrier's 60th African destination, the thrice weekly flights to Malabo will be operated on the Istanbul – Port Harcourt, Nigeria – Malabo... more
Clive's first monthly market analysis raises questions
The global air cargo market saw a 4% year-on-year decline in the four weeks to 2 February 2020, according to the latest "dynamic load factor" market intelligence from Clive Data Services, consolidates data shared by a representative group of international airlines.... more
Situation in the Gulf of Guinea deteriorates
The European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA), founded in 1965, used the recent ECR conference on maritime security and the blue economy in the European Parliament to raise the alarm about the dire security situation in the Gulf of Guinea. "Urgent action has to... more