China's Golden Week impact weaker than last year 
Air freight fgures for week 40 (2-8 October 2023) show a 5% drop in tonnages, compared with week 39, while rates decreased by 3%, based on the +400,000 weekly transactions covered by World ACD’s data. But the week-on-week (WoW) drop was less pronounced than during last year's... more
Saudia Cargo secures Iata Ceiv Pharma
Saudia Arabia’s major freight carrier Saudia Cargo has been awarded the Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators (Ceiv) Pharma certification from Iata. Ceiv Pharma, a widely acknowledged Iata standard, verifies that pharmaceutical facilities, equipment, operations,... more
Freightos’ Webcargo partners with Chapman Freeborn
Early October 2023, Webcargo by Freightos, a digital booking and payment platform for the international freight industry, announced a partnership with the aircraft charter company Chapman Freeborn to bring additional global capacity from its global charter business to Webcargo’s... more
ICS on how to measure emissions
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the global association of shipowners that represents more than 80% of the world's merchant fleet, presented the data collection system of the Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in London... more
Bulk logistician banking on special tanks
Germany-headquartered Hoyer is planning renew its fleet of tank containers with 3,000 tanks by the end of 2023. With this update, the company is responding to a rise in demand for specialist equipment for European road and intermodal services as well as overseas logistics in... more
Adding value in Germany’s skies 
BDL analysis of Germany’s airfreight structure. More than ever, airfreight is the first choice when shipping valuable goods between Germany and markets outside the EU – and the volumes are increasing. more
QR Cargo marks World Post Day
In recognition of World Post Day today, Qatar Airways Cargo has announced the relaunch of its mail options. The relaunch ensures that the airline continues to offer a suite of customisable services for traditional and hybrid postal modes. The products are ‘Express Mail’,... more
From Europe to Middle East in just nine days
Milton Group completed a 40-day maritime journey in just nine days by truck. This fast road transport was made possible by using the TIR system. The Milton truck departed from Latvia and transited Lithuania, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Türkiye, Iran,... more
Cargo handling in Chicago, New York and Washington
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a member of the Sats Group, has been appointed as Etihad Cargo's handling partner in the whole US territory, including Chicago (ORD), New York (JFK) and Washington (IAD). The cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Airways, the flag carrier of the... more
Emirates: ten years of direct Milan–NY service
Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, celebrates a decade of providing its direct service between Milan and New York, carrying more than 1.8 million passengers on the popular route since its launch on 1 October 2013 as related in our article. Completing its... more