More maindeck capacity for Middle Eastern carrier ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Saudia Cargo added a second additional weekly freighter flight to operate on Tuesday and Thursday to New York JFK (USA) via Liege, Belgium, by a B747-400F aircraft. Moreover, Saudia Cargo has become the largest player in the Kenya-Europe market by adding four weekly... more
Trade tensions weigh heavily on air freight business ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Iata's data for global air freight markets are showing that demand, measured in ftk, contracted by 3.2% in July 2019, compared to the same period in 2018. This marks the ninth consecutive month of year-on-year decline in freight volumes. Global trade volumes are 1.4% lower... more
Cooled and frozen in the desert ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Emirates SkyCargo moved over 150,000 t of perishables and 27,000 t of pharmaceuticals through Dubai between the beginning of April and mid-August 2019. Since 2017, there has been an increase of 7% in the volume of pharma cargo transported during the summer months and an increase... more
Agility invests in green supply chain technologies ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Agility has so far invested USD 18 million in green supply chain technologies through its corporate venture arm Agility Ventures. The company is pursuing an ambitious environmental strategy. By 2025, it plans to cut its emissions by 25% from 2016 levels. To reach that goal,... more
Sven Vangermain to manage sales in Middle East and Africa ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Sven Vangermain has taken over the position of sales representative for the Middle East and Africa at Clark Europe, a manufacturer of forklift trucks. Vangermain has worked for the company for many years and gained a great deal of experience and know-how in the intralogistics... more
ZIM also shows an upward trend in H1/2019 ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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The Haifa (Israel)-headquartered ZIM Group has reported improved results for H1/2019. Revenues amounted to more than USD 1.6 million compared to USD 1.56 million in H1/2018, an increase of 4.9%. Cargo volumes dropped by the same percentage, since ZIM carried 1.39 million teu... more
Chapman Freeborn brings MRI machine to Maldivian atoll ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Chapman Freeborn Airchartering and the Dubai (UAE)-based heavylift carrier Maximus Air recently teamed up to deliver the first MRI machine to Addu Atoll, the southernmost atoll in the Maldives archipelago. Before the machine arrived, patients of the Hithadhoo Regional Hospital... more
Emirates Skycargo wins award in Kuala Lumpur ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, was presented with the award for "Best Customer Airline 2018" by the ground handling division of MAB Kargo for having transported the largest volume of air cargo from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (Malaysia)... more
Agility's ebitda grows by 27% in H1/2019 ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Agility has reported that the H1/2019 earnings of 25.18 fils (KWD 0.02518) per share and the net profit of KWD 41.9 million (EUR 124 million) were up 7.7% from the same period in 2018. First-half ebitda in 2019 was KWD 95 million (EUR 281.1 million), a rise of 27%. Revenue for... more
Oiling up for business in Oman ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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The international freight forwarding and logistics company Panalpina is establishing its presence in Oman, leveraging the company’s long-standing experience in project solutions and the energy sector to support the country’s burgeoning economic and infrastructural growth.... more