DHL Global Forwarding, United angle for more Puerto Rico pharma

DHL Global Forwarding (DHL-GF) and United Airlines are the latest companies to expand their Puerto Rico operations, as air cargo carriers and handlers angle for a piece of the unincorporated U.S. territory’s pharmaceutical export market. With 49 pharmaceutical plants approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, plus 12 of the top 20 pharmaceutical companies,[…]

Qatar Airways becomes first airline to implement Cargo-XML

Qatar Airways is the first airline to implement Cargo-XML, replacing the antiquated Cargo-IMP interchange messaging system for electronic information exchange in air cargo. Cargo Extensible Mark-up Language (Cargo-XML) was selected in 2014 by IATA as the standard for electronic communication between all stakeholders. IATA says the standard is based on multimodal and cross-border messaging and[…]