The 800 sqm facility is at Modjo Dry Port, close to the capital, Addis Ababa. Its opening coincides with DGF obtaining a container freight station consolidation licence from the Ethiopian government and launching its digital road freight platform, Saloodo!, in the East African state. “By expanding...

Meanwhile, the carrier’s belly capacity is also on the rise in international sectors. On 4 August, Latin America’s largest carrier took delivery of the fourth B767BCF of an order placed last year to convert some of its passenger aircraft into all-cargo configuration. “This freighter will allow...

Allowing cargo to be flown in passenger cabins was an exceptional measure introduced by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) during the Covid pandemic. Meanwhile, although the market is in a bit of a summer lull, it is expecting a peak season  – although it won’t be as strong as those...

Korean Airlines and Asiana Airlines have cancelled flights to Taiwan, a move emulated by many airlines with safety concerns. Shipping saw less disruption, as some liner operators chose to detour to get to the Taiwan Strait. South Korea’s HMM, SM Line, Pan Ocean and KMTC Line all said they wer...

Maersk and CMA CGM have pursued a fast-paced strategy that has transformed them from being largely box carriers into end-to-end logistics players, some would say integrators. Today, they are also forces to be reckoned with in air freight – having set up their own airlines, acquired freighters and ...

Following calls from air freight shippers to increase visibility, Mr McCandless told Logistic-News that, despite higher API connectivity in air, end-to-end visibility was still complex. “The real problem is that the pain point isn’t in the air, it’s elsewhere. The difficulty is in the trucks th...

“Insuring freight shipments is expensive and traders spend huge amounts of money on both this and freight costs, so they should be expecting a good service, but they’re actually paying a high price for a weak service,” Aramex’s Iraq freight operation leader, Samer Ali, told Logistic-News...

In a podcast organised by Australia-based consultancy Logistics Executive Group, he began with a reminder of how, early in the year, air cargo continued to be buoyed by the “phenomenal” demand of 2021. Capacity was still “woefully inadequate”, rates were “rocketing sky-high”, but the hig...

Atlas Air shareholders will receive $102.50 per share, a 57% premium on the 30-day weighted average trading price. Atlas will delist from Nasdaq and become privately held. The current executive team will remain in place, along with chief executive John Dietrich.  “We believe this transaction ...

“We continue to experience problems with ground handling at our Frankfurt hub from time to time – resulting in delays and some flight cancellations – but not to the same extent as at the beginning of July,” a spokesperson for the German carrier told Logistic-News. “At the moment, we ha...