ASL converts option 
Dublin-based ASL Aviation Holdings is taking up ten options for the 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter. This follows the original agreement with Boeing for ten firm orders and ten options, announced at the Paris Air Show in 2019. They will be introduced to meet the requirements... more
Volumes to persist, says NRF
Ben Hackett, founder of Hackett Associates and in cooperation with the US National Retail Federation (NRF), recently pointed out that US retailers' sales and thus their imports to replenish inventories are set to continue booming throughout H1/2021. US retailers are... more
Counterfeiters strike wrong note
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at Washington Dulles International Airport recently seized 36 counterfeit guitars recently that if authentic, would have had a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of USD 158,692. The guitars arrived in 36 different shipments... more
Special hazmat load securely delivered
Woodinville Whiskey recently called upon Lynden’s subsidiary LTI to haul its premium 140-proof whiskey in the USA from Woodinville, WA to its aging and bottling facility in Quincy, WA. Because the whiskey is flammable, the load qualifies as a hazmat, food-grade load. LTI... more
Jolie Cosman joins Deugro USA
Deugro USA has strengthened its team in Houston (Texas) and appointed Jolie Cosman as senior business development manager. “Making a pivotal change in her career” by leaving her own freight forwarding and letter of credit consultancy business where she worked as The LC... more
Masks from China, flowers from Kenya
Ahead of Valentine’s Day, IAG Cargo transported 438 t of flowers (approximately 18 million stems) across its network. Over the past few weeks, its five sister airlines have been running flights across its network, including four flights a week from Nairobi into London Heathrow... more
Rocking air cargo near Chicago
For Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD), the year 2020 ended with the largest year-to-date landed cargo weight in the organisation’s history, growing by more than 15% to 1.225 million t of freight that landed and travelled through RFD compared to 2019. The leading... more
Dachser restructures regional management
Dachser Air & Sea Logistics (ASL) has reorganised the management of two regional business units. Tobias Burger (photo), already in charge of the strategic development as deputy director ASL, has assumed the position of managing director ASL Europe, Middle East and Africa... more
Air cargo information for freight forwarders
Fiata recently informed that Icao has released amendments to the 2021-2022 edition of the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air relating to the containment of Covid-19. One of the amendments aims to facilitate the transport of vaccines, by... more
Increasing regional impact
After two back-to-back record-breaking years of cargo volumes, Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT) and Aeroterm have entered into a ground lease to develop a multitenant cargo facility at the airport located in South New Hampshire, some 80 km North of Boston, until 2024.... more