From preighters to authentic freighters 
With the arrival of the first two A330F expected next month, Charleroi-based Air Belgium announces a big step into the cargo business. Two more full freighters of the same type are expected to be delivered shortly. These four aircraft are the last A330F deployed by Qatar... plus
Waving the performing flags
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has published the latest Flag State Performance Table (2020/2021). According to its findings, the largest flag states – including the Marshall Islands, Hong Kong (China), Singapore as well as the Bahamas and Cyprus – continue to... plus
Bringing back wild animals for free
Few months after rolling out the first part of its sustainability programme "WeQare", Qatar Airways Cargo announces Chapter 2: "Rewild the Planet". Through a series of advertisements and a video to commemorate the announcement and importance of the issue, the... plus
Agility believes in Victoria
Kuwait-headquartered Agility will invest USD 35 million in Queen’s Gambit Growth Capital, a blank-check company that will target businesses offering sustainable solutions in a number of sectors, among them clean energy, healthcare, financial technology, industrials, mobility and... plus
If you're going to San Francisco...
The addition of Seattle from today, 1 February 2021 (followed by a fifth weekly flight to São Paulo four days later), Dallas and San Francisco (2 March) will take Emirates’ North American network to ten destinations following the resumption of services to Boston, Chicago,... plus
Slight setback in ports worldwide
In December 2020, the flash estimate for its container throughput index published by the German research body Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI - Leibniz) and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) registered a light drop in world... plus
155 PAX aircraft temporarily converted in 2020
Further to British aviation analyst Cirium, 155 aircraft had most if not all of their passenger seats removed last year in order to transport cargo in the cabin. Increased demand for PPE manufactured in Asia required fast distribution across the world. This coincided with... plus
Critical cargo from China to Pakistan
International transportation and logistics specialist Dimerco has delivered oversized cargo - three sets of product line equipment, totalling chargeable weight 91,577 kg - for a telecommunications client to Lahore, Pakistan from Guangdong, China within a tight five-day... plus
Wind of change at Gefco
Gefco announces the arrival of new general managers, with new positions for many seasoned GMs around the world: Concerning the clusters, Frank Erhard now leads a new cluster covering the Benelux region, Austria, and Switzerland; Thierry Vasselin has been promoted to GM of... plus
Hot demand for chilled goods
The latest annual analysis of the reefer market presented by the Dutch consultancy Dynamar confirmed the trend in 2019, the latest year analysed. A global appetite for selected special food products boosted the reefer market. The provisional figures in Dynamar’s ‘Reefer... plus