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Air Cargo accounts for a relatively small percentage of world trade when calculated by overall volume (approximately 10%). However, when the type or value of products being transported is taken into account (technology, business services, pharmaceuticals), its importance significantly increases. If something needs to be where it’s going quickly, especially when the destination is international, air cargo plays an essential role in that supply chain. High-speed delivery has become essential to our economy, as more companies opt to receive goods and bring them directly to market, thus avoiding costs associated with inventory, warehousing and logistics. Air cargo reduces the 30-day shipping time of ocean transport to less than 48 hours. When fruits, vegetables and flowers need to be sent from remote agricultural reasons to major cities around the world, companies rely on air cargo to deliver these products on time. That capability has also been a boon to economic development in the places where these perishable goods are produced.
Leveraging Technology to Enhance the Safety of Sensitive Cargo in Transit
Transporting sensitive cargo is a high-stakes operation. Whether it is pharmaceuticals needing precise temperature control or perishable goods with a… Read More
Multi-Billion Dollar Air Cargo Price Fixing Litigation Headed to Trial in Brooklyn
A trial has been set for January 25, 2016 in a class action seeking billions of dollars in compensation from… Read More
Volga-Dnepr Delivers Oil Pump To-The-Door in Turkmenistan
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered an 11-ton oil and gas pump to the door of a customer in the town of… Read More
UPS Pilots Call Strike Vote
The leadership of the Independent Pilots Association called on its members on September 9 to authorize a pilot strike against… Read More
MNX Global Logistics opens new Life Sciences Logistics Center in Amsterdam
MNX Global Logistics announced last week the opening of its dedicated supply chain and logistics facility in Amsterdam, the Netherlands,… Read More
AirBridgeCargo Debuts at Changi Airport with Direct Freighter Flights from Moscow
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has commenced a twice-weekly direct freighter service to Singapore from Moscow. The Boeing 747F flights, launched on… Read More
Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport Starts Milk Run
An innovative partnership project between members of the Schiphol logistics community, organized by the forwarders of Air Cargo Netherlands, aims… Read More
Volga-Dnepr Carries Cargo 1.2 Million Whitefish
Volga-Dnepr’s expertise was called into action to deliver a shipment of 1,236,000 Muksun fish to help repopulate the freshwater Ob… Read More
Chapman Freeborn Delivers 19 Rallycross Supercars to Norway
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering, along with logistics partner GAC, have successfully transported 19 Rallycross cars to Trondheim Airport, Norway on board… Read More
FedEx Launches Bid to Acquire TNT Express NV
Global express delivery giant Federal Express (FedEx) has formally launched its $4.8 billion offer for TNT Express NV and has… Read More
China Southern Airlines partners with IAG Cargo
China Southern Airlines has become the latest airline to join IAG Cargo’s Partner Plus program. Six carriers now form the… Read More
Kalitta Charters Acquires AirNet
AirNet and Michigan-based Kalitta Charters, LLC announced last week that Kalitta has acquired operational assets of the Columbus-based company. “We… Read More
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