Start-up: Voxel Device: site visibility Voxel uses existing camera infrastructure and adds AI to identify hazards, high-risk activities and operational inefficiencies. It boasts safety monitoring, injury and accident prevention and operational visibility among its benefits. It is best suited ...

The freighter fleet of Air France-KLM is poised for a rebound with the order for four A350Fs and options on another four, as reported in Logistic-News yesterday. Pre-pandemic its all-cargo fleet had shrunk considerably, prompting speculation that AF-KLM had dialled down its cargo focus, further fuell...

Start-up: Plug and Play Plug and Play, founded in 2016, is a conduit between start-ups and large corporations, as well as being a seed investor. Its large Silicon Valley-based building is a “sourcing channel for venture firms”. It has so far sourced nearly 4,000 start-ups, accelerated more than ...

The confirmation follows a letter of intent signed in December, and an Air France spokesman said the four freighters would be based at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport. The A350F is claimed by Airbus to be the “only true new-generation freighter”, because it already meets International Civil Avia...

Start-up: Gather AI Device: warehouse data drones   “Drones do two things. They collect (data) or carry.” Gather AI’s are the first sort. Already used by dnata, their devices are suitable for warehouses, to collect data on shipments. Currently, shipments tend to be counted manually; there...

Haulier Wallenborn experienced a 10% uptick in Q1 volumes, compared with Q1 21, with that figure more than doubled to 23% when measured against the level of work it was doing just before the onset of the pandemic, in 2020. Commercial director Jason Breakwell said the surging demand was not unique to...

Leveraging its experience in pharmaceuticals traffic, now it is broadening its scope in a drive to establish itself as a multimodal distribution hub for South America. MVD Free Airport, as it was known until recently, was an early adopter of the CEIV concept and a founding member of the Pharma Aero ...

Start-up: AeroVect Device: autonomous ground equipment on-airport   AeroVect – maker of technology for autonomous ground service equipment – has a good start-up story. After graduating from Harvard, the two founders began developing the software on an old airport vehicle in their garage. As...

The 10,500 sq metres of additional warehouse space will free capacity at the first phase centre, which can now be dedicated to exports. The new warehouse will feature solar PV panels and air-source heat pumps, as well as battery-powered forklifts and other vehicles. With 500,000 tonnes of throughput...

Ekso Bionics:founded 2002 – wearable bionic exoskeleton. Ground handlers and warehouse operators could reduce workplace injuries by offering workers exoskeletons, developed by Ekso Bionics. Founded in 2002, the company now has about 60 customers, including Ford and Boeing. The exoskeletons give wo...