Alha and Emirates warming up again 
On 15 July 2020, Emirates restarted regular flights to/from Rome FCO, and its cargo operations are now back on track as usual, with a primary focus on controlled-temperature services for pharma products. Alha, as the airline's local cargo handling partner, is providing... more
Maersk reshuffles its brands
Having posted stronger-than-expected results for Q2/2020, tripling its net income to USD 443 million in comparison to USD 153 million in Q2/2019, Maersk is redesigning its portfolio. The Safmarine and Damco brands will be fully integrated and no longer marketed by the end of... more
Partnering with Qatar Airways Cargo at Heathrow
As part of a new long-term agreement to provide cargo handling, freighter aircraft handling and cargo transportation to/from aircraft at London Heathrow Airport, Qatar Airways Cargo is moving into the cargo facilities of Menzies Aviation from today, 1st September 2020. The... more
Dutch Flower Group finds partner in Dubai
Q7 Air Cargo, a perishable logistics company based in Dubai, is to acquire an interest in Dutch Flower Group (DFG), holding company of Airflo, a specialised perishable logistics group of companies with operations in Kenya and the Netherlands. DFG, who themselves recently... more
Relief on track from Santa Barbara to Beirut
More than 60 t of critical aid will soon offer needed relief to medical personnel in Beirut, Lebanon. Fedex transported the emergency supplies via a dedicated charter flight to help health facilities responding after a deadly explosion ripped through the city earlier this month,... more
Damco's BR programme supports Lebanon team
Damco’s Beirut-based team, working with the forwarder’s business resilience (BR) programme, had operations in Lebanon back up and running within 24 hours of this month’s devastating explosion at the port of Beirut. Staff at the freight forwarder’s headquarters in The Hague... more
GTA Dnata to begin operations in Vancouver
GTA Dnata has been awarded a five-year ground handling licence and will establish operations at Vancouver airport. Starting in the fourth quarter of 2020, the company will provide cargo warehousing, ramp and passenger services to airlines. Already partnering 17 airlines in... more
World's first B737-700 "Flexicombi" ready for take off
Texel Air, a private airline and MRO based in Bahrain, announces the arrival of the latest addition to its fleet, the Boeing 737-700 FlexCombi™, a first of a kind aircraft conversion developed to "provide the most versatile third party cargo charter solution available in... more
Container flows on the rise
The container throughput index of the German RWI – Leibniz institute for economic research and the institute of shipping economics and logistics (ISL) shows a significant upturn from June to July, rising from (corrected) 110.2 to 116.2 points. The index is therefore now... more
Remote service for vessels at sea
Machinery Maintenance Connect (MMC) is DNV GL’s remote approach to the machinery planned maintenance system (MPMS). Instead of requiring surveyors to travel to each individual vessel and go onboard, machinery data can be processed via algorithms and presented to customers in a... more