AFKLMP sets up Covid Service Centre to manage vaccine shipments
18 / 03 / 2021 By Rachelle Harry Gertjan Roelands Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP) has established a Covid Service Centre to manage all of its coronavirus vaccine shipments. The service centre, which was launched after a trial in selected countries, caters to the temperature requirements of different vaccines. Suitable for use with different container types, the service centre enables
MorePicture special: Take-off for CMA CGM Air Cargo at Liege
15 / 03 / 2021 By Damian Brett New market entrant CMA CGM Air Cargo on March 13 operated its first flight. The inaugural flight of the shipping group’s air cargo subsidiary took off from Liege Airport in Europe and headed across the Atlantic to Chicago O’Hare in the US utilising one of its Airbus A330-200 freighters. A second Airbus A330-200F will enter into service on March 18, and will
MoreShippers urged to get creative to combat space shortages
By Damian Brett Shippers have been urged to get creative as capacity shortages and high rates in air cargo and other modes are expected to continue. In the latest Baltic Exchange airfreight rate newsletter, Bruce Chan, vice president of global logistics at investment bank Stifel, said that over the next few months capacity could become tighter as demand continues to recover. Chan said: “Assuming that
MoreIATA: Air cargo demand beats 2019 levels in January
02 / 03 / 2021 By Damian Brett Air cargo volumes returned to pre-Covid levels in January with demand even increasing compared with 2019 levels for the month. The latest statistics from IATA show that air cargo volumes in cargo tonne km terms were in January up by 1.1% compared with 2019 levels and 6.1% year on year. Meanwhile, capacity for the month was down by 19.5% compared with 2019
MoreJanuary Air Cargo Demand Recovers to pre-COVID Levels
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 02 March 2021 No: 09 Geneva - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released January 2021 data for global air cargo markets showing that air cargo
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