AirBridgeCargo flies prototype autonomous vehicle to Singapore
AirBridgeCargo Airlines has transported a Ground Rapid Transit (GRT) prototype autonomous vehicle to Singapore in partnership with Geodis. The GRT, which can accommodate up to 24 passengers, travelled from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Singapore Changi Airport on a scheduled ABC Boeing 747 Freighter, where it will be used for demonstrations at various locations to show […]
Gebruder Weiss USA starts operations in five locations
Gebruder Weiss has formed a country organisation in the USA in five locations following expansion projects in Germany, China, Hong Kong and Singapore. The brand commenced operations in the USA on 3 July, taking over Atlanta, Boston and Los Angeles from a former US joint venture and opening two further locations in New York and […]
Gatwick Airport revenue increases 7.7% and long-haul network grows
Revenue at Gatwick Airport increased 7.7 per cent for the year ending 31 March 2017, with cargo volumes up 15.9 per cent. Revenue hit £725 million ($931.8 million) with EBITDA rising 12.9 per cent to £373.6 million, and profit before tax was £131.8 million. Gatwick Airport chief executive officer, Stewart Wingate says: “It has been […]
CEIV Pharma certificate for CEVA in Singapore
CEVA Logistics has been awarded the International Air Transport Association’s CEIV Pharma certificate at its facility in Singapore. The freight firm’s staff in Singapore have undertaken the training program conducted jointly by IATA and Changi Airport Group, in readiness for the certification. A quality team was established at the company’s facility at the Air Logistics […]
Cargo at Changi keeps flying with 12.6% growth in May
Singapore Changi Airport cargo volumes grew by 12.6 per cent in May with improvements for imports, exports and transhipments. It handled 177,340 tonnes in May, with stable recovery of industrial activity in the USA, Germany and Japan increasing airfreight demand to and from these markets. May was also the second month of 2017 to see […]
Changi cargo keeps rising and passes 2m tonnes in 12 months
Changi Airport’s cargo volumes keep rising with 4.4 per cent growth in April to 171,720 tonnes, and reached a record two million tonnes on a 12-month basis. For the 12-month period ending April 2017, volumes grew seven per cent to over two million tonnes, with growth across all flows – import, export and transhipment, with key […]
Panalpina to build new 30,000 sqm warehouse in Singapore
Panalpina is to build a new build-to-suit facility in Singapore, which it says demonstrates its continued commitment to a strong and successful logistics platform in Asia-Pacific. Singapore country head of sales, Matthew Gallagher says: “As we celebrate 40 years of doing business in Singapore, this is Panalpina’s largest ever warehousing investment outside Europe in the company’s history.” […]
Cargo and logistics high up KLIA Aeropolis development
Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad is growing air cargo and logistic facilities at Kuala International Airport where all four of the major integrators and 20 of the world’s top 25 freight forwarders are active. The future vision is to develop KLIA Aeropolis – including growing infrastructure for cargo and logistics. KLIA Aeropolis is an airport city development of over 9,000 acres, extending its commercial reach […]
SIA Cargo to be re-integrated as a division within Singapore Airlines
Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) wholly-owned subsidiary – SIA Cargo – is to be re-integrated as a division within SIA, in a move intended to improve efficiency through greater synergy with the wider SIA Group. The re-integration is expected to be completed in the first half of 2018, when SIA Cargo will become the ‘Cargo Division’ of […]
Rhenus Group to open new sites around the world
Rhenus Group will add new business sites across a number of regions of the world including another consolidation point for airfreight customers at Frankfurt Airport. It has already opened six new offices, two in the Philippines in Subic and Clark, one in South Korea in Busan, one in the Indonesian city of Semarang, Rayong in […]
Kuehne + Nagel launches new airfreight logistics hub in Singapore
Kuehne + Nagel has launched a new airfreight logistics hub in Singapore to meet demand for growth in the area. The new hub is part of Kuehne + Nagel’s growth strategy to drive airfreight logistics excellence, strengthen end-to-end solutions and enhance service offerings to key industries. The new facility went fully operational in early April […]
Another strong month for Changi with 10.2% cargo growth
Changi Airport has had another strong month with 10.2 per cent year-on-year growth in March to 188,600 tonnes. Volumes have grown 6.2 per cent in the first three months to 494,200 tonnes, with a small 0.5 per cent increase in January to 158,700 tonnes, while February was up 7.9 per cent year-on-year to 146,900 tonnes. […]
SATS unveils Changi Airport eCommerce AirHub
SATS has unveiled its $21 million eCommerce AirHub, enhancing Changi Airport’s e-commerce mail sorting capability in a ceremony officiated by minister for Trade and industry, S Iswaran. The 6,000 square metre facility, co-funded by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) features innovations to improve productivity and enable airport workers to acquire new skills. SATS says […]
Premium cargo to remain key growth driver at Changi
Premium cargo including e-commerce and pharmaceuticals are expected to remain the key drivers of growth at Changi Airport, managing director air hub development, Lim Ching Kiat (pictured below) tells Air Cargo Week. The airport saw strong growth in 2016, hitting 1.97 million tonnes with volumes increasing 6.3 per cent, with improvements from all areas, with […]
DHL eCommerce helps Singapore e-tailers connect with US market
DHL eCommerce has launched Parcel International Direct US to help Singapore-based e-tailers, online merchants, manufacturers and traditional retailers ship products weighing up to 6.5 kilogrammes to consumers in the US. It says the product is a simple and cost-effective shipping option with end-to-end tracking and transit times of 4-6 business days. The DHL eCommerce Web […]
Agility grows footprint at Changi in $18.25m investment
Agility has acquired a two-story warehouse close to Changi International Airport – giving it more than 600,000 square feet of warehouse space in total in Singapore. The newly acquired 177,000 square foot warehouse is located in an area with access to an array of logistics services and two major expressways. gility has operated in Singapore […]
Global Airfreight gains IATA CEIV at Changi Airport
Global Airfreight International has been awarded IATA CEIV Pharma certification, adding to the companies who have gained the certificate in Singapore. Six staff have completed essential modules of the International Air Transport Association Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (IATA CEIV) training programme including temperature-controlled cargo operations and audit, quality and risk […]
Bollore Logistics gains IATA CEIV in Singapore
Bollore Logistics Singapore has gained International Air Transport Association (IATA) Center of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) at its platform in the Airport Logistics Park. The company aims to gain certification on other sites in Asia-Pacific, including Australia, Hong Kong and Japan, and says the certificate shows it is committed to the highest quality standards […]
Changi Airport’s cargo hits new highs in 2016
Cargo at Changi Airport has grown 6.3 per cent to the new high of 1.97 million tonnes with growth coming from imports, exports, transhipments, perishables and pharmaceuticals. Airfreight volumes were up 8.4 per cent 177,355 tonnes and the top markets were China, Australia, Hong Kong, the US and India. Changi Airport strengthened its pharmaceutical capabilities […]
Americas, Asia and technology focus for ECS
The ECS Group made some key moves in 2016 as it acquired a majority stake in the AVS GSA Group and won a general sales and service agent (GSSA) contract with Singapore-based carrier Jetstar Asia. Chief executive officer, Bertrand Schmoll (pictured below) says the deals have enabled it to develop its network and grow in […]
ECS Group wins major Asian contract with Finnair
ECS Group has been chosen as Finnair’s general sales and service agent across six important air cargo markets in Asia. Under the contract, ECS Group will market, promote and sell cargo products on behalf of Finnair in Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines and Cambodia, and extending the main deal in Singapore. ECS Group chief executive […]
A good year in 2016 for Singapore Changi Airport
Cargo volumes have continued strong growth at Changi Airport, with October up 8.9 per cent to 177,000 tonnes. Singapore’s airport has seen year-on-year growth in every month of 2016, from as little as 0.1 per cent in February to as much as 9.4 per cent in July. On a year-to-date basis, cargo has grown 5.9 […]
Yusen Logistics to use Swisslog AutoStore in Singapore
Yusen Logistics is to double storage capacity in Singapore having selected Swisslog Warehouse & Distribution Solutions’ AutoStore Automated System. The storage system, where autonomous robots sit on top of an aluminium grid, is expected to go into operation in 2017. The Tuas Warehouse will be equipped with the AutoStore system to serve multiple customers under […]
AAPA: strongest month this year for air cargo demand
Preliminary traffic figures for October released today by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) show a strong increase in air cargo demand. AAPA says the pick-up in international air cargo demand, which began in the middle of the year, extended to the month of October with a firm 7.1 per cent rise measured in freight tonne […]
DHL Express bolsters regional trade with new Changi hub
DHL Express has opened an expanded DHL South Asia Hub within Changi Airfreight Centre (CAC) at Singapore Changi Airport as part of an 85 million euro ($93.5 million) investment. The 24-hour express hub facility spans 23,600 square metres and outfitted with the industry’s first fully automated express parcel sorting and processing system in South Asia. DHL says it will boost […]
ECS gains strong presence in Asia with Jetstar deal
The ECS Group has pulled off a major coup in Asia by winning a general sales and service agent (GSSA) contract with Singapore-based airline Jetstar Asia. From 22 October, ECS will look after the carrier’s cargo business through Singapore Changi Airport and the 25 stations across its vast network – as Jetstar Asia seeks to […]
SIA Cargo selects Zodiac Herculight S containers
Singapore Airlines Cargo (SIA Cargo) has selected Zodiac Aerospace for the supply of more than 2,000 Zodiac Herculight S AKE cargo containers. The containers, constructed with a combination of composite and aluminium panels, come in two highly customised configurations to target SIA Cargo’s needs in both passenger and cargo operations. Zodiac says SIA Cargo evaluated the […]
ECS wins GSSA contract with Jetstar Asia
The ECS Group has been appointed as the general sales and service agent (GSSA) for Singapore-based carrier Jetstar Asia. ECS will look after the airline’s cargo business through Singapore Changi Airport and the 25 stations across its network from 22 October. This expansive network includes stations in Asia and the carrier is especially prominent in emerging […]
Finnair Cargo to use A350s five times a week on Heathrow route
Finnair Cargo is to operate Airbus A350s on its London Heathrow – Helsinki route five times a week from 5 October. It already uses A350s on its Monday, Friday and Sunday services between the UK and Finland, and the additional services will operate on Wednesdays and Thursdays, replacing the Airbus A320s it currently operates. Finnair […]
Cargo at Changi grows 7.8 % in June
Changi Airport has seen cargo volumes grow 7.8 per cent in June, having welcomed new freighter services from K-Mile Air and Silk Way West Airlines. Volumes in June were up to 163,070 tonnes and by 4.2 per cent in the first six months of 2016 to 950,250 tonnes. Aircraft movements increased by 2.9 per cent […]
