Air Cargo

Lufthansa Cargo, Tampa Cargo Operations in Latin America Top This Week's Airfreight News

January 28, 2013

Lufthansa says it's ready with cargo flights between Frankfurt and Guadalajara. Wolfgang Will, director general for Mexico and Central America for the German airline, said the new flights are part of the airline's plans due to the increase in demand in the Mexican market.

Confidence in Air, Ocean Transportation Market Continues to Build, Survey Finds

January 22, 2013

Transport Intelligence

The Stifel Nicolaus Logistics Confidence Index suggests that while the current market remains weak, the outlook for this year is increasingly positive.

The Industrial Internet: A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow?

January 7, 2013

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

A few weeks back I referenced the work of Robert J. Gordon, an economist and professor at Northwestern University. In a paper published last September for the Centre for Economic Research, he laid out the history of the first three industrial revolutions. And he asked whether a fourth, supposedly driven by the internet and other advances in information technology, could come anywhere near its predecessors in terms of productivity improvements.

Logistics Networks Form ELITE to Represent Independent Forwarders

January 4, 2013

Elite Association of Logistics Networks

A new industry body has been formed to represent the independent freight-forwarding sector, with creation of the Elite Association of Logistics Networks.

Air Cargo Not Keeping Up with Growth in Passenger Traffic

January 4, 2013

Air Cargo World

There is a growing mismatch between the performance of the passenger and cargo sides of the airline business, IATA has revealed. A 5.3-percent growth in passenger numbers in 2012, with a 3-percent improvement in yield, contrasts sharply with the 2-percent fall in both freight tonne-kilometers and cargo yield.

UK Government Postpones Action on Aviation, Ocean Shipping Carbon Emissions

January 4, 2013

Maritime Executive

The UK government will defer a decision on whether to include international aviation and shipping emissions in carbon budgets until the setting of the fifth carbon budget in 2016, by which point there should be more clarity on how aviation emissions will be tackled at an EU and global level.

Global Freight Data Show Trade Is Slowing Down

December 21, 2012

International Transport Forum

The latest update of global freight data collected by the International Transport Forum at the OECD shows global trade volumes are slowing down.

Road Map Created to Accelerate Adoption of E-Cargo in 2013

December 17, 2012

GACAG

A so-called road map for paperless air cargo has been created by the Global Air Cargo Advisory Group (GACAG) to accelerate the industry's adoption of e-cargo in 2013.

Slow But Steady Growth in Air Cargo Seen Through 2016

December 12, 2012

Air Cargo World

IATA's latest Airline Industry Forecast predicts average international freight growth of three percent per year over the next five years. That would mean volumes will total 34.5 million tonnes by 2016, 4.8 million tonnes more than the 2011 total.

Venture to Publish Airfreight Rate Benchmarks

December 10, 2012

Drewry

Independent specialist advisors Drewry and global forwarder network WACO-System intend to introduce the first independent multi-trade air cargo freight rate benchmarks into the market.

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