CEVA starts rail service between China and Germany
CEVA Logistics has launched a new rail service linking Shilong in southern China’s Guangdong province to Hamburg in Germany. In conjunction with the Chinese state railway company, the new regular block trains will route Shilong, Manzhouli (China), Zabakalsky (Russia), Brest (Belarus), Malaszewicze (Poland) and Hamburg with a station-to-station lead time of 17-19 days. CEVA’s says […]
Volumes up 9.7% in May across German gateways
Air cargo volumes in Germany rose by 9.7 per cent to 408,694 tonnes in May, according to the ADV (German Airports Association). ADV says the high and stable cargo volume proves the “current positive economic development despite the political crisis”. In the first five months of 2017, ADV reports that tonnage is up 6.9 per […]
Volga-Dnepr transports 57 tonne generator to Kuwait for Siemens
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered a 57 tonne generator to Kuwait for Siemens, putting its Cargo Supermarket to good use. Faced with a critical delivery deadline to move the rotor from its manufacturing site in Mulheim, Germany, Siemens asked Volga-Dnepr’s logistics specialists to project manage the shipment to transport it onboard an Antonov AN-124-100 Freighter to […]
DHL Express orders more A330-300P2Fs from EFW
DHL Express has ordered four more Airbus A330-300 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversions from Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), with the option for 10 more. The contract was signed at the 52nd International Paris Air Show witnessed by Singapore’s Second Minister for Defense, Ong Ye Kung and Chief of the Saxon State Chancellery and State Minister for Federal and […]
Panalpina upgrades IT platform in Germany, US next
Panalpina continues to upgrade its new operational IT platform and is in the middle of its roll-out in Germany and the US will be the next country market to be upgraded. The freight forwarder says ocean freight is currently the prime focus and will be followed by airfreight. Germany is already handling the highest number […]
Frankfurt has strongest May in 6 years as economic conditions improve
Frankfurt Airport has had its busiest May for six years handling 186,547 tonnes of freight and mail. Throughput was up 5.1 per cent year-on-year helped by favourable economic conditions having a positive impact on the eurozone’s industrial sector, resulting in higher exports. Volumes were also up 4.8 per cent for the first five months of […]
More members set to sign up as community spreads its wings
The Air Cargo Community Frankfurt now totals 50 members with more set to join up soon as the community continues to grow. Executive director, Joachim von Winning says it is in talks with several companies that are interested in joining the community. “Unfortunately, we cannot disclose anyone right now – but I think it is […]
Innovate and digitise top of the agenda at FRA
Pushing innovation within the air cargo supply chain is a top priority for Fraport – the operator of Frankfurt Airport (FRA). Senior vice president for cargo, Dirk Schusdziara (pictured below) says the hub wants to keep its role as “innovation leader”, adding it is always searching for new solutions “to offer our customers faster processes, […]
Munich Airport CEO’s contract extended for another year
Munich Airport chief executive officer and president, Dr Michael Kerkloh has had his contract extended for an additional year, meaning he will remain as the head of operating company, FMG until the end of 2019. The 63 year old who hails from Germany’s Westphalia region has been Munich’s top executive since September 2002, and is […]
Cool chain investments being made by LUG in Germany
LUG aircargo handling is building a health care centre at its Frankfurt Airport station to meet the growing demands of the pharmaceutical sector. LUG handles freight for 16 carriers at Frankfurt and a further eight at Munich Airport, which it is also eventually looking to develop cool chain facilities at. Speaking to Air Cargo Week […]
Pangea Logistics members fly motorbikes around the world
Freight forwarder members of Pangea Logistics Network have been busy transporting motorbikes around the world to locations including Moscow and Panama. Indian member Connect Cargo transported a Bjaj Dominar 400 from Mumbai to Moscow for the Motorspring Moscow 2017 international fair for outdoor vehicles. It says the team had to work hard due to the […]
ACE: Data cloud race is on and the dream remains
A standardised logistics data system that can be used across the air cargo supply chain will be hard to develop but is not a pipe dream, the first conference session at air cargo europe heard. Panelists speaking in the age of digital and the connected discussion moderated by Maresch owner, Bernd Maresch, said it would […]
ACE: Digitisation still too slow but change is coming
Digitisation was on everyone’s lips at air cargo europe in Munich from 9-12 May and it was the theme at the first conference session. Lufthansa Cargo executive board member for products and sales, Dr. Alexis von Hoensbroech (pictured above), hailed the positive impact the digital world can have on air cargo. He was the keynote […]
ACE: Give the customer more choice as to how to interact
Giving the customer the choice of how they want to interact may be the key to customer satisfaction, delegates were told at air cargo europe on 11 May. In the session ‘Reorganizing sales and customer service to match today’s new customers’, co-host Dr Joachim Ehrenthal, who is the owner of software company joe.systems said customers […]
ABC sets X-ray telescope universe mission on its way
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has set the eROSITA X-ray telescope on its 1.5 million kilometre journey to produce a new map of the universe on one of its Boeing 747 Freighters. The carrier flew the eROSITA X-ray telescope from Germany to Russia in preparation for its launch onboard the ‘SRG’ spacecraft in spring 2018. The telescope will […]
VIDEO: Cargogate Munich MD Claudia Weidenbusch
AZura Productions interviewed Cargogate Munich’s managing director, Claudia Weidenbusch at air cargo europe to discuss facilities renovation and new concept of cargo handling in Munich. Cargogate is the largest provider of highly sophisticated cargo handling services at Munich Airport. As a 100 per cent subsidiary of the airport they handled the freight of airlines, who don’t have […]
VIDEO: Leipzig/Halle Airport’s Mario Patyk
AZura Productions interviewed Leipzig/Halle Airport’s Mario Patyk at air cargo europe to discuss opportunities arising in the air cargo community. Leipzig/Halle Airport is one of Europe´s top five cargo hubs with annual freight volumes of more than one million tonnes and it is Germany’s second largest freight airport. Visit https://www.azuraproductions.com/portfolio-item/leipzig-airport/ for more information and to view […]
April tonnage growth of 4.6% for Leipzig Halle
Leipzig/Halle Airport grew its airfreight volumes in April by 4.6 per cent compared to the same month in 2016 as it handled 352,051 tonnes. Germany’s second-largest air cargo hub passed the one million tonnage mark last year for the first time handling 1,052,372.4 tonnes and became the fifth European hub to reach the milestone. This was a 6.5 per […]
VIDEO: Leisure Cargo MD Thilo Schaefer
AZura Productions interviewed Leisure Cargo MD Thilo Schaefer at air cargo europe last week to discuss digitisation, the fragmented industry and the willingness to change. Schaefer was appointed MD of Leisure Cargo in March 2016 and previously worked for about 20 years in the Lufthansa Group. Established in January 2000, Leisure Cargo is a total cargo management provider, […]
Mueller says award will push Saudia to perform “even better”
Saudia Cargo executive director for commercial, Rainer Mueller (pictured above far left) says the award the carrier picked up at the Air Cargo Week World Air Cargo Awards in Munich last week will make it “strive” even harder in the future. The Saudi Arabian airline won the Air Cargo Industry Achievement Award at the awards, […]
VIDEO: ATC Aviation CEO Ingo Zimmer
AZura Productions interviewed ATC Aviation chief executive officer, Ingo Zimmer at air cargo europe in Munich last week to discuss the GSSA partnership with the forwarder and airline. World Freight Company (WFC) member ATC Aviation was founded in 1971 in Switzerland and is headquartered in Frankfurt, and has more than 70 airlines in its portfolio. Visit https://www.azuraproductions.com/portfolio-item/atc/ […]
Munich celebrates 25th anniversary as leading cargo hub
As Munich Airport celebrates its 25th anniversary, director traffic development cargo Markus Heinelt says it is “taking-off” as a leading cargo hub. The present airport, which replaced the old Munich-Riem Airport in May 1992, has grown significantly since opening, with airfreight six times higher than in the year it opened. Cargo volumes grew 5.4 per […]
Lufthansa Cargo launches Road Feeder Service Cool
Lufthansa Cargo is developing its cold-chain logistics with “Road Feeder Service Cool” (RFS-Cool), ensuring temperature sensitive cargo is actively and passively cooled or warmed on road links. It says customers can make binding further onward travel reservations within Europe on the new “Road Feeder Service Cool” for sensitive medication that has been flown into Frankfurt […]
ACE: Air Cargo Community Frankfurt optimises pharma with new IT platform
All members of the Air Cargo Community Frankfurt are to invest in the optimisation of the ordering process and operation management of pharmaceutical transportation. These efforts are based on a combined IT platform, which is set to go live and be rolled-out in the summer this year for automated and electronic process support which allows a […]
Air Cargo Week World Air Cargo Awards 2017 winners announced
Excellence in the air cargo industry was celebrated last night at the glittering Air Cargo Week World Air Cargo Awards in Munich. The luxurious Westin Hotel saw a crescendo of cheering and applause for the reputable accolades as ecstatic winners in the 10 categories raised their trophies aloft. Broadcaster and television director Nadia Dunn compered the […]
ACE: Lufthansa Cargo and Jettainer renew ULD contract
Jettainer will continue to handle the management and maintenance of the unit load devices (ULDs) for Lufthansa Cargo in the future after it extended the contract it has until 31 December 2021. The fresh contract was signed at air cargo europe in Munich today. Jettainer says the introduction of new lightweight containers to the Lufthansa Cargo […]
ACE: New GSSA network aiming to take on the ‘big boys’
A new network for independent air cargo general sales and service agents (GSSAs) was launched at air cargo europe today and is aiming to take on the ‘big boys’ and help indepedent GSSAs grow. 1GSA says it aims to enable independent GSSAs to “compete more effectively against the major, centrally-owned GSSA companies”. The network already […]
ACE: Lufthansa Cargo offers real time tracking with liveSensor
Lufthansa Cargo is now allowing customers to track shipment over the course of their entire route in real time with its ‘liveSensor’ tracking service. The optional service, not only determines the location but also whether transport conditions have been complied with. It also detects factors including temperature, humidity and pressure, can record data such as […]
Frankfurt-Hahn Airport sees cargo increase in Q1
Frankfurt-Hahn Airport handed 23,700 tonnes of cargo in the first quarter (Q1) of this year – a rise of 41 per cent on Q1 last year. The gateway which was sold to the HNA Airport Group of China in March says both existing costumers and clients contributed to the growth. Sales director, John Kohlsaat says: “We had a very […]
Revenue rise in Q1 for German airport operator Fraport
Fraport – the operator of Frankfurt Airport – saw Group revenue increase by 3.5 per cent to €592.6 million in the first quarter (Q1) of 2017. In contrast, the Group’s operating result or EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization) decreased by 5.7 per cent to €137.3 million, due to higher personnel expenses and cost […]
