Bolloré and CLS Logistics sign MOU in Ethiopia 
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) covering the creation of a joint venture has been signed by Bolloré Transport & Logistics and CLS Logistics, its partner for over eleven years. The pact was inked in Addis Ababa in the presence of Jean-Yves Le Drian, the French minister... more
Iain Barton appointed executive vice president
Imperial Logistics has appointed Iain Barton to the newly-created position of executive vice president healthcare. Barton, who is currently Imperial Logistics’ healthcare strategy executive based in Cape Town (South Africa), is the latest addition to the recently introduced... more
Candy bombers will return to Berlin in June 2019
In June 2019, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the end of the 1948/1949 Berlin airlift, the world’s largest humanitarian aid & relief operation to date, 40 of about 160 "candy bombers" still flying today will come back to Germany and Berlin - for what will no... more
Weak start for airfreight
The International Air Transport Association (Iata) released data for global airfreight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometres (FTKs), was 1.8% lower in January 2019, compared to the same month in 2018. It was the worst performance in the last three... more
Cargolux opposed to new wildlife trafficking trend
As one of the first major carriers, Cargolux has placed a ban on the transport of lion bones in an effort to curb and deter this new trend in wildlife trafficking which has been growing over the past decade. Michele Pickover, director of the EMS Foundation, underlined the... more
Ethiopian Airlines incorporates first B737-800F
Ethiopian Airlines has taken delivery of its first B737-800F. With this ancient passenger aircraft converted by AEI into a full freighter with a 23 t payload, the carrier aims to gain a new, and more economic capability to serve short haul destinations in Africa and the Middle... more
Top air trade lanes between EU/US and emerging markets
The latest Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index (Aemli) shows that the volume of goods exported as airfreight from the EU and USA to the 50 emerging economies that were surveyed amounted to 4.045 million t in 2018, 4% more than in 2017. The three fastest growing trade... more
New logistics platform for cocoa butter
Haesaerts Intermodal has opened a subsidiary in the port of San Pedro (Ivory Coast). The Antwerp (Belgium)-based logistics operator now controls the entire cocoa butter logistics chain, from the production region to the final destination in Europe. The new move is in line... more
Egyptair Cargo ever more often to Cologne/Bonn
From today (4 March 2019), Egyptair Cargo is offering a once per week direct freighter service on Sundays between Cologne/Bonn airport (CGN) and Johannesburg (South Africa). The carrier will deploy an A332F. A second weekly rotation on Thursdays will be added in April. On... more
Air Tanzania returns to Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is currently facing pressing foreign currency shortages and airlines operating in the country are failing to repatriate more than USD 140 million that is stuck there. Given this scenario, carriers such as Proflight Zambia and Rwandair are suspending their services. In... more