Icao looks back on "moderate" 2018 
After the sharp pick-up in airfreight growth during the inventory restocking period in 2017, air cargo traffic growth moderated in 2018. That coincided with the softening demand drivers impacted by trade tension and declining import and export orders. Preliminary figures... more
GAC to set up shop in Khalifa industrial zone
The integrated shipping, logistics and marine services provider GAC is opening a warehouse and open yard in the Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad), the Middle East’s largest industrial zone and a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Ports. The new GAC Abu Dhabi facility, expected... more
Emirates banks on Irish cargo traffic
Just months before Brexit, Dubai-based Emirates Skycargo announced that it carried close to 10,000 t of Irish exports from Dublin in 2018. Each of the twice daily B777 flights between Dublin and Dubai offer up to 25 t of cargo capacity. Last year, 35% of Emirates Skycargo’s... more