Royal Schiphol Group takes full ownership of Cargonaut
Royal Schiphol Group has announced their acquisition of additional shares in Cargonaut B.V, meaning it now has full ownership. Schiphol are looking to the future with ambitious plans to modernise the information provider and renew Cargonaut’s Port Community System (PCS) to ‘futureproof’ it for the cargo community. “With the new system that Cargonaut and Schiphol […]
First air cargo digital corridor between India and Netherlands established
Kale Logistics Solutions has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Cargonaut, an established cargo community service provider based in the Netherlands to create a digital air freight corridor between the two countries that will enhance shipment visibility and optimise flow of cargo data. In the first of its kind, Mumbai airport, India and Schiphol […]
Demand from the Far East help Schiphol break records in 2017
Cargo volumes at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol have grown 5.4 per cent in 2017 with strong demand from the Far East boosting figures. The Dutch airport handled 1.75 million tonnes of cargo in 2017, with imports from the Far East increasing 3.1 per cent to 299,386 tonnes and exports growing 8.8 per cent to 316,097 tonnes. […]
New digital data sharing concept to be piloted
Tosoh Corporation, Panalpina World Transport, KLM Cargo and facilitating parties Schiphol Cargo, Dutch Customs authorities and Cargonaut, are collaborating in an initiative to re-use data from the shipper throughout the supply chain – as part of joint vision to make processes smoother and more efficient. Global chemical and specialty materials company, Tosoh will act as […]
ACE: Schiphol introduces Compliance Checker to speed up cargo flows
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has introduced a new Compliance Checker to speed up cargo flows by detecting data errors in air waybills. Developed as part of the European Green Fast Lanes Project, the system automatically inspects the content and format of the data, and Schiphol says the Compliance Checker decreases delays, the need to repeat work, […]
IATA WCS2017: €1m for pharma shipper early warning system at Schiphol
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is to invest €1 million ($1.06 million) in developing an early warning system for pharma shippers, starting this month and results expected later this year. The money, a subsidy from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, and TKI Dinalog, to fund data collection and monitoring of Pharma Gateway Amsterdam (PGA) shipments in […]
KLM Cargo launches pilot project to optimise supply chain
KLM Cargo has launched a pilot project to optimise the supply chain with improvements introduced over period of a weeks at a time in a bid to create the ideal design by April 2017 – which will then be applied at other European stations. The carrier is participating in a consortium representing all the parties involved in […]
Cargonaut receives two million euros to modernise
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol’s information platform, Cargonaut, is to receive an investment of two million euros ($2.2 million) to modernise the system. Half the money will come from a Top Sector Logistics grant, with the remainder provided by Dutch Customs, Logius, Air Cargo Netherlands, Schiphol Group and Cargonaut. The two million euros will be invested in […]