US startup Aerolane wants the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to okay its plan to tow 'cargo gliders' behind small freighter planes, saying it is a viable transport option - and the US military employed gliders extensively during World War II to drop soldiers and equipment behind enemy lines.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has named Erik Goldenstein the winner of its 2024 Face-Up award for recent university graduates who have developed innovation and transformation solutions in air transport logistics.
In the US the Airforwarders Association has responded to this week’s launch of the National Zero-Emission Freight Corridor Strategy.Shippers and forwarding organisations are calling for enhanced data quality and information exchange globally to facilitate the effective implementation of regulatory changes brought by the European Union's Import Control System 2 (ICS2) regime, which will take effect for sea, road, and rail transportation in 2024 and 2025.
Descartes Systems Group says MSC Air Cargo, the cargo airline owned by container shipper MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), is using 'Descartes Air Messaging' to simplify management of its air freight shipments.
Bolloré Logistics offices in Chicago, USA and in Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle, France have adopted reusable packaging for air shipments between Paris and Chicago that save 12kg per pallet.
Cargo iQ has confirmed the appointment of a new executive director, Marie Seco-Köppen (pictured right), who has launched a new membership engagement scheme to further drive quality in the air cargo industry.
The scheme includes a tiered membership program, as well as a scorecard system measuring Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) across cargo movements.
Sam Warren, sustainability manager at Woodland Group, has become the first chair of the British International Freight Association (BIFA) Sustainable Logistics Policy Group.The trade association that represents UK freight forwarding and logistics companies established this policy group in 2023 to help identify and report on environment-related issues that impact members’ businesses, as well as those that may do so in the future.
US startup Aerolane wants the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to okay its plan to tow 'cargo gliders' behind small freighter planes, saying it is a viable transport option - and the US military employed gliders extensively during World War II to drop soldiers and equipment behind enemy lines.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has named Erik Goldenstein the winner of its 2024 Face-Up award for recent university graduates who have developed innovation and transformation solutions in air transport logistics.
In the US the Airforwarders Association has responded to this week’s launch of the National Zero-Emission Freight Corridor Strategy.Shippers and forwarding organisations are calling for enhanced data quality and information exchange globally to facilitate the effective implementation of regulatory changes brought by the European Union's Import Control System 2 (ICS2) regime, which will take effect for sea, road, and rail transportation in 2024 and 2025.
Descartes Systems Group says MSC Air Cargo, the cargo airline owned by container shipper MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), is using 'Descartes Air Messaging' to simplify management of its air freight shipments.
Bolloré Logistics offices in Chicago, USA and in Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle, France have adopted reusable packaging for air shipments between Paris and Chicago that save 12kg per pallet.
Cargo iQ has confirmed the appointment of a new executive director, Marie Seco-Köppen (pictured right), who has launched a new membership engagement scheme to further drive quality in the air cargo industry.
The scheme includes a tiered membership program, as well as a scorecard system measuring Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) across cargo movements.
Sam Warren, sustainability manager at Woodland Group, has become the first chair of the British International Freight Association (BIFA) Sustainable Logistics Policy Group.The trade association that represents UK freight forwarding and logistics companies established this policy group in 2023 to help identify and report on environment-related issues that impact members’ businesses, as well as those that may do so in the future.
