A report by Nittsu Research Institute and Consulting (NRIC), a subsidiary of Japan’s largest freight forwarder, Nippon Express Co. said that international air cargo trade in Japan will fall 4.5 percent in fiscal year 2015, representing the first annual decline for the nation’s airfreight volume in two years. However, the 2.2 million tonne annual decline[…]
Schiphol Airport said it will begin an IT modernization program, investing approximately US$2.17 million into the Cargonaut platform. Half of the funding will come from a Top Sector Logistics grant, while the remainder will be provided by Dutch customs, Logius, ACN, Schiphol Group and Cargonaut. Cargonaut, which became operational in 1986, was initially focused on[…]
LATAM, American Airlines, British Airways and Iberia are shaking things up for 2016. LATAM – the newly rebranded entity comprised of Chile’s LAN Airlines and Brazil’s TAM Lineas Aéreas S.A. – said it will apply for antitrust immunity with the U.S. Department of Transportation and the relevant authorities in South America to form a joint[…]
Did you feel that? A disturbance throughout the logistics community? Perhaps that was the news that Amazon China – a subsidiary of the Seattle-based e-commerce titan – has been granted a license from the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission to operate as a non-vessel operating common carrier (NVOCC) for cargo shipments between China and the United[…]
Etihad Cargo, the airfreight division of parent carrier Etihad Airways, achieved solid growth in 2015, with 592,090 tonnes of freight and mail flown throughout the year, which is a 4 percent increase, year-over-year. The airline said it was responsible for 88 percent of cargo imports, exports and transfers at Abu Dhabi International Airport last year.[…]
By this coming March, Lufthansa Cargo will stop its twice-weekly service carrying cut flowers from Ecuador and Colombia, by way of Puerto Rico, and onward to Frankfurt. By stopping in Puerto Rico, the service fell within the guidelines for operating in accordance with the open-skies agreement between the United States and the European Union. However,[…]
