Posts Tagged "bali cargo airfreight"

US – Sadly some of our best read stories concern the criminal activities of the few freight forwarding executives who are prepared to break the law in order to turn a profit. As times get harder financially the line between fair competition and conspiracy blurs for some as evidenced by the surge in anti trust cases prosecuted globally which we have witnessed in the past two years. Some acts however are blatantly criminal and this week two cases concerning the cargo screening and shipping of air freight have resulted in the prosecution and punishment of several individuals and companies involved in nefarious activities. The first case concerns the arrest and detention of Ulrich Davis aged 50 who was caught as he tried to board a flight to the...

Bali Cargo news – Another pair of scalps for the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) yesterday with the news that Ulrich Ogiermann and Robert Van de Weg, two executives from Luxembourg carrier Cargolux Airlines International S.A., have received jail terms of thirteen months each for their parts in the air freight cartel activities which have scandalised the industry, after personal indictments against them to which they entered guilty pleas. Cargolux, from the Grand Duchy and the largest European all cargo airline, has been quick to accept responsibility for its actions, pleading guilty in May 2009 and agreeing a fine of $119 million for its role in conspiring with others to suppress and eliminate competition by fixing and coordinating surcharges,...

WORLDWIDE – Lots going on at Emirates SkyCargo with several developments this month, including a pair of heavy lift records and the announcement of a couple of new routes. Not satisfied with setting a new record for the heaviest recorded single item ever carried by a Boeing 777F the airline has now broken its own record for a freight forwarding project by shipping an even larger piece via a Boeing 747. Firstly the cargo carrier shipped a blowout preventer, a specialised valve used to seal, control and monitor oil and gas wells weighing 21,157kgs, from Iraq to Dubai. The piece cubed out at over 8m3 and bordered the limit of the 777’s capacity by less than 500kgs. Nihal Wickrema, Emirates’ Manager Freighter Operations & Charters commented that...

British Airways World Cargo launches commercial operations of the world’s most advanced freighter at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport The British Consulate-General will be present at a special event at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Thursday marking British Airways World Cargo’s first ever commercial operations on US soil of their newly acquired Boeing 747-8 freighter aircraft. Mayor Kasim Reed, will join British Airways staff and customers, together with airport officials in celebrating this occasion, in conjunction with the formal launch of the British Airways World Cargo North America  HQ, recently relocated from New York to Atlanta. The British Airways World Cargo announcement is a further demonstration of...

KOMPAS.com - Direktur DHL Express, Rocky J Pesik menyebutkan, dari sisi volume pengiriman cargo melalui udara memang terbilang sangat kecil, yakni kurang dari 1 persen. Namun, nilainya mencapai 40 persen dari perdagangan dunia. Hal ini disampaikan oleh Rocky dalam forum Indonesia Logistics Summit 2011 , di Jakarta, Kamis ( 10/11/2011 ). “(Sebesar) 99 persen volume cargo bergerak melalui laut karena transportasi cost (biaya) paling murah, jauh lebih murah dari cargo darat,” ujar Rocky sebagai alasan dari mengapa pengiriman cargo melalui laut lebih dominan ketimbang udara dan darat. Namun demikian, dengan hanya mempunyai pangsa satu persen, pengiriman cargo lewat udara terus tumbuh. Menurut Rocky, volume pengiriman cargo lewat udara bertumbuh...