Harald Gloy to join Lufthansa Cargo board
Harald Gloy will join Lufthansa Cargo’s executive board with responsibility for operations, taking over from Soeren Stark on 1 January 2019. Gloy is responsible for global component services at Lufthansa Technik and is also the spokesperson for the division board. Stark, who has led operations since April 2016 and will take over as chief operating […]
Leipzig/Halle flies past one million tonnes of freight
Freight volumes have shot past the one million tonne barrier at Leipzig/Halle Airport, growing at four times the average rate for Germany. Between January and October, Leipzig/Halle handled 1,012,448 tonnes of freight, up 9.1 per cent on 2017. October was also a strong month, with 6.3 per cent year-on-year growth to 105,697 tonnes. The growth […]
Higher yields help Lufthansa Cargo profits grow
Lufthansa Cargo is continuing to have a strong year with profits up 43 per cent in the first nine months helped by higher yields. Between January and September, earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) in Lufthansa’s Logistics sector, which includes Lufthansa Cargo increased 43 per cent to €150 million and was also up 19 per […]
Rhenus opens offices in Hanover and Dortmund
Rhenus Group has extended its European freight forwarding network with two new air and ocean offices in Hanover and Dortmund. The offices provide a range of international transport services while also handling guidance for import and export regulations. Customers will be able to make use of combined services in the air and sea freight sectors. […]
Peli BioThermal opens Basel and Berlin service centres
Peli BioThermal has opened service centres in Basel and Berlin, supporting its portfolio of Credo reusable shippers from parcel to pallet sizes. Situated in key logistics locations for both pharmaceutical manufacturing and transfer, the Basel and Berlin hubs will enable clients to receive and return Credo temperature controlled packaging. The locations complement existing and expanding […]
Swissport expands in Stuttgart with the acquisition of Apron
Swissport is continuing to expand in Germany with the acquisition of Apron, making Stuttgart the company’s second largest cargo hub in the country after Frankfurt. The Swiss cargo handler and ground services provider will handle most of the air cargo at Stuttgart Airport, and the acquisition will increase Swissport’s cargo revenue in Germany by nearly […]
Lufthansa Cargo handles first electronic Dangerous Goods Declaration
Lufthansa Cargo has handled the first dangerous goods shipment with an electronic Dangerous Goods Declaration (eDGD) at Frankfurt Airport using the INFr8 platform. The German airline made a significant contribution to the establishment of the global eDGD standard as part of IATA’s e-freight initiative. A completely new approach was developed and evaluated through close collaboration […]
LUG aircargo handling reorganises management
LUG aircargo handling has reorganised its management with Patrik Tschirch taking overall responsibility of sales in Frankfurt, Munich and Hamburg. The managing director and chief executive officer will lead an expanded LUG network, with COO Nina Strippel heading management of the Frankfurt station, reporting directly to Tschirch, as do Christopher Frank in Munich and Dr […]
Airbus signs deal with AirSeas for cargo ship kite
Airbus has placed a firm order with AirSeas to purchase the first ever automated kite for its cargo ships, in a deal signed at the SMM maritime trade fair in Hamburg, Germany. The automated kite, named SeaWing is based on parafoil technology used to tow commercial ships, and will offer Airbus a way to cut […]
Kuehne + Nagel to establish single region for Europe
Kuehne + Nagel will establish a single region for Europe, consolidating management for all countries under one roof with its head office in Hamburg, Germany. Dr Hansjorg Rodi, who has been responsible for the Central and Eastern European region and managing director for Germany since October 2016, will lead the Europe region. Holger Ketz, head […]
Hermes takes over SEKO Logistics’ German operations
Hermes Germany will be taking over SEKO Logistics’ German operations, with employees at both SEKO’s Bremen and Frankfurt offices being incorporated into the new structure. Hermes will become a key partner for the global SEKO network, which has more than 120 branches in over 40 countries, focusing on omni-channel logistics, white glove solutions, technology, international […]
AeroLogic to receive a brand new Boeing 777 Freighter
AeroLogic will receive a brand new Boeing 777 Freighter in January, which Lufthansa Cargo will lease from Boeing for this purpose. The aircraft is expected to receive the registration D-AALK and will fly from Seattle to Leipzig in January 2019. The fleet of AeroLogic, a joint venture between Lufthansa Cargo and DHL Express, will grow […]
Peli BioThermal opens station near Frankfurt Airport
Peli BioThermal has opened its newest station in Frankfurt, serving as an additional depot for the company’s Credo on Demand rental programme. Situated close to Frankfurt Airport, a major logistics hub for both pharmaceutical manufacturing and transfer, the latest location enables customers to receive and return the reusable Credo temperature controlled containers. Credo on Demand […]
Fewer freighter flights means less cargo for Frankfurt
Cargo volumes at Frankfurt Airport fell by 6.4 per cent in July due to fewer freighters and less freight being shipped in passenger aircraft. The German airport handled 175,960 tons, the lowest figure in July since the 2009 financial crisis, mainly due to the number of freighter aircraft operating from Frankfurt, with flight numbers down […]
Auslander takes over at Leisure Cargo, Sieger and Schafer to leave
Ralf-Rainer Auslander has taken over the management of Leisure Cargo, with previous managing directors Klaus Sieger and Thilo Schafer leaving the company at the end of September. Leisure Cargo is a subsidiary of Zeitfracht Luftfahrt, based in Berlin offering air cargo management for a range of international and regional tourist airlines. It has a network […]
DHL keeps its cool to move four 140 ton waste heat boilers
DHL Global Forwarding has chartered the Antonov AN-225 to help transport four waste heat boilers from Germany to Saudi Arabia. The multi-modal movement is being handled by DHL Industrial Projects, a unit of DHL Global Forwarding specialising in safe and reliable transport for oversized and heavy-lift cargo. Four boilers weighing 140 tons each, and measuring […]
Gebruder Weiss breaks ground on expanded Wernau terminal
Gebruder Weiss has broken ground and started expanding its logistics terminal in Wernau, providing greater storage for customers in Germany’s Baden-Wurttemberg region. Construction work on the new hall officially started today (2 August), with the logistics complex being expanded from 6,000 square metres to 7,100 square metres. The pallet shelving warehouse, the block storage warehouse […]
Cost savings and rising demand push up Lufthansa Cargo profits 50%
Profits for Lufthansa Cargo have increased by almost 50 per cent in the first half of 2018 helped by substantial cost savings and increased demand for airfreight services. Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) increased by 48.8 per cent to €125 million, pushing the EBIT margin up 2.9 percentage points to 9.6 per cent for […]
CEVA completes Phase One of Rolls-Royce project
CEVA Logistics has completed Phase One of a major global inbound aero logistics project for Rolls-Royce to manage shipments of aerospace parts for its civil and defence divisions. Over 1,200 shipments per week weighing on average 300-500 kilogrammes and ranging from small parcels to out-of-gauge are moved into multiple Rolls-Royce facilities across the UK, Germany, […]
Panalpina picks Christian Wurst as CEO for Europe
Panalpina has appointed Christian Wurst as its new regional CEO for Europe, bringing extensive experience of the freight forwarding and logistics industry with him. German-born Wurst, who will join Panalpina in February 2019 has more than 20 years of international experience in the freight forwarding and logistics industry and a broad knowledge of European markets […]
Dornier 328 to be modified for humanitarian missions
328 Support Services has signed a letter of intent with AMC Aviation to develop a multi-role/multi-mission humanitarian version of the Dornier 328 turboprop. The first two 328s are expected to enter modification and maintenance this August at 328 SSG’s Oberpfaffenhofen Airport near Munich, to be ready for delivery in early 2019. A third aircraft with […]
Gebruder Weiss opens Air & Sea office near Stuttgart
Gebruder Weiss has opened an Air & Sea office in Esslingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, allowing customers to combine services for land transport, and air and sea freight. The branch near Stuttgart aims to address the needs of the Rhein-Neckar region with services including import and export technicalities such as customs clearance. The Austrian transport company has five […]
Tigers opens office at Frankfurt Airport
Tigers has opened an office at Frankfurt Airport, Germany to act as a gateway for airfreight consolidation starting with trade between Germany and South Africa. The office is headed by Marc Acksteiner offers the full range of core services including international freight forwarding and Customs brokerage, as well as the EU-China rail freight service, Tiger […]
Lufthansa board says yes to operating new 777 Freighters
Lufthansa Group’s decision making board has approved the operation of two brand-new Boeing 777 Freighters by Lufthansa Cargo. The aircraft were ordered in May this year, but it was not decided who would manage and operate the aircraft, which are expected to be ferried from the Boeing plant in Seattle to Lufthansa’s base in Frankfurt […]
Quintiq to help Lufthansa Cargo improve production planning
Lufthansa Cargo has selected Quintiq to improve production planning at its hubs in Frankfurt and Munich, with additional stations following in the future. The Quintiq solution is able to generate a production plan seven days in advance, based on forecasted orders and closer to the day of operations the solution will start to fill the […]
ACS moves onboard courier team to its own office
Air Charter Service (ACS) has moved its onboard courier team to a dedicated office next to Frankfurt Airport due to rapid growth. The move comes three years after ACS announced revamping the division and is two years ahead of schedule. ACS Time Critical Manager, Oliver Weigelt says contract numbers grew by more than 50 per […]
LATAM extends European network to Lisbon and Munich
LATAM Cargo is continuing to expand in Europe with new routes to Lisbon and Munich, in addition to connecting northern Chile with Miami. The flights from Sao Paulo Guarulhos Airport to Lisbon will begin in September, and the first half of 2019 in the case of Munich, which is still subject to regulatory approval. LATAM […]
Saudia Cargo co-sponsors World Cup motorbike tour
Saudi Arabian Airlines and Saudia Cargo are sponsoring the Saudi motorcyclist’s tour as part of the companies’ support for the National Team at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. The sponsors will cover the travel expenses and motorcycle shipment costs of the tours, who will cover more than 8,000 kilometres in 20 days of travel, […]
MAB Kargo charters a 747 for oil and gas mission
MAB Kargo has flown 72 tonnes of oil and gas equipment from Germany to Malaysia using a chartered Boeing 747-400 Freighter. The equipment was flown from Leipzig to Bintulu in Malaysia’s Sarawak region in an aircraft owned by Silk Way West Airlines. The flight transited in Baku, Azerbaijan before touching down at Bintulu Airport at […]
No time to stand still at Frankfurt Airport
Germany’s main cargo hub Frankfurt Airport is in seemingly continuous expansion phase, writes Neil Madden. Cargo throughput (including airmail) rose by just 0.7 per cent to 539,610 tonnes in the first quarter of this year, in line with a warning given by owner Fraport Group of slower growth in cargo. This was attributed to a […]
