Hellmann to roll out CargoWise digital platform
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has signed up to the CargoWise transport management system (TMS) for all air and sea freight operations. The platform can execute transactions covering freight forwarding, customs clearance, warehousing, shipping, tracking, land transport, e-commerce, and cross-border compliance Hellmann said using the platform would standardise systems and databases “enabling [...]
Qstep: Digital supply chain ecosystems: how to enable community-level players?
In today´s world, every business seems to be building digital ecosystems immediately targeting multiple regions and even continents, air cargo supply chain being no exception to this trend. Initiatives abound but the two major questions remain: are data sharing and enabling logic embedded into such ecosystems? And are these ecosystems [...]
DHL launches new online freight forwarding platform
DHL Global Forwarding (GF) has launched a pilot of myDHLi, a fully-integrated online platform for its freight forwarding customers, as part of Deutsche Post DHL’s Strategy 2025 — Delivering excellence in a digital world. The forwarder said it believed the coronavirus outbreak would push companies to develop digital solutions. The new [...]
Helping to move what moves you
A Game-Changing Solution Together with IBM, Arrow is reimagining and enhancing commercial air travel with an IoT-enabled asset management solution that: Provides a better overall customer experience Increases efficiencies for airports Lowers costs for airlines, airports, and travelers Allows for more streamlined travel More information
Qstep: Digitalization investment in times of crisis
Like any other business segment, supply chain logistics has been hit very hard by the Covid-19 pandemics. If top management thought that laying off the front and the back office combined with “cheap” but cumbersome legacy systems would carry the business through the hard times, this management is wrong. The [...]
E-commerce logistics still creates new business niches
As shopping online becomes a necessity, e-commerce logistics is yet again gaining in importance and is rightly regarded as one of the industries well-positioned to survive and even thrive in the post COVID-19 world becoming a centre of innovation and investments. Surprisingly, e-commerce logistics still create opportunities and niches for [...]
Repost from LinkedIn: Airest’s First Flight in China
AirLink Aviation Services Provided Ground Handling Services for Airest’s First Flight in China AirLink Aviation Services is a famous local Ground Services Agency in China. We are honored to cooperate with Airest, Estonian this time. In close contact with the airport, the customs and the Airest Airlines, AirLink Aviation Services [...]
Acceleration of digital transformation in logistics
The world as we knew it has changed in a matter of weeks. The air cargo community was impacted already from the beginning of the year when China was closed off. In March, it was time for Europe's lockdown. Having lived in the coronavirus inflicted quarantine for a month, it [...]
Dreams do come true!
The past week has shown us that you really need to be careful what you wish for: Last January, there was nobody who would believe that the world's biggest SAAB air cargo operator will start flying the big birds. Yesterday, Airest brought strategically relevant cargo to Estonia with its Airbus [...]
Lufthansa Cargo set to tackle the coronavirus crisis
Lufthansa Cargo will continue to roll out the use of passenger aircraft to carry freight over the coming weeks as it looks to meet customer demand. Speaking exclusively to Air Cargo News, Lufthansa Cargo chief executive Peter Gerber said that the current capacity crunch being felt by the air cargo industry [...]
Qatar Cargo priorities medical shipments
Qatar Airways Cargo is prioritising essential medical supplies and aid shipments in response to the coronavirus outbreak. The airline said that in the past month, it has transported over 50m kg of medical and aid supplies, which equates to roughly 500 fully loaded Boeing 777 freighters. Qatar Airways Group chief [...]
Ospentos: Finnair Airbus A350 delivers medical supply to Tallinn
In 1924 Finnair made its maiden commercial flight over the Finnish bay carrying mail to Tallinn. On April 7, 2020 it flew its largest aircraft A350 from Shanghai to Tallinn via Helsinki with medical supplies. The medical supplies ordered by the government of Estonia, were flown from Pudong International Airport [...]
FedEx borrows $1.5bn to offset coronavirus impact
Fedex has strengthened its cash reserves with a $1.5bn credit line loan while executives have agreed to pay reductions. In a stock exchange announcement, the US express company said that the move would allow it to gain financial flexibility to combat the negative effects of the coronavirus outbreak. FedEx said [...]
Trip & Co launch new seat bag for cargo transport
Netherlands safety products company Trip & Co has today launched a new seat bag system that enables cargo to be transported on passenger seats “safely, efficiently and without damaging the seats”. The new seat bag and cargo net products have been launched as airlines operate an increasing number of cargo-only [...]
Forwarder turns to road for China-Europe shipments
Freight forwarder InstaFreight claims that road freight services between China and Europe are now offering similar transit times to air cargo operations. InstaFreight said it had added an overland road option to complement its air and sea freight services in light of the high cost and delays out of China. [...]
IATA welcomes Brussels guidance on air cargo during coronavirus
IATA has welcomed the European Commission’s (EC) Guidelines on Facilitating Air Cargo Operations During the Covid-19 Outbreak. IATA said that the EC has understood the industry’s challenges and provided comprehensive and practical guidance to ensure that permissions to operate are quickly granted and that air crew are able to operate [...]
How China can rebuild global supply chain resilience after COVID-19
As the number of COVID-19 cases in China falls, it is also recovering from the effects on industry. Companies have been exploring creative ways to restart global supply chains. More work is needed to ensure long-term resilience. China seems to be seeing the light at the end of the tunnel [...]
Digital Logistics Ecosystem (DLe) – status week 13
Thank you to everyone who participated in the 18MAR workshop where we gave an overview of the goals and short-term plans of the Digital Logistics Ecosystem. As a result of the workshop: we have initiated a daily morning 30-minute virtual information space where you get an overview of the progress [...]
Turkish Cargo, Air Canada and Aeromexico using passenger aircraft as freighters
Turkish Airlines, Aeromexico and Air Canada have joined the increasing number of airlines using passenger aircraft as freighters during the coronavirus pandemic. Turkish Cargo operated the first of its cargo flights with a passenger aircraft on March 20 with a Boeing 777 on the Istanbul-Kiev route, and is to operate [...]
Supply chain special: Airfreight sector responds to Covid-19
The spread of Covid-19 across the world has had a devastating effect on the aviation industry, forcing airlines to ground swathes of aircraft as passenger demand has collapsed across the globe. However, the air cargo industry has – so far at least – been a silver lining. Demand has continued [...]
Hololei: There is a need to create green corridors in Europe
Henrik Hololei, Director-General for Mobility and Transport at the European Commission, says in the interview to Estonian Public Braodcasting that green corridors for freight transport need to be established within the European Union so that important goods reach the people. According to Hololei, the current situation in Europe is the [...]
Logistics management to use digital waybills
On March 19, the ACCE100 webinar took place intending to develop a strategy and solution for the digitalization of the logistics ecosystem. ACCE100 is a network initiated by logistics companies. Parties taking part in the webinar were the Ministry of Economics and Communication, Police and Border Guard Board, Accelerate Estonia, [...]
How to reconcile e-commerce with air cargo
(Due to current coronavirus pandemic, prices and capacity situation has changed, so has the overall market condition. COVID-19 is a global force majeure. However, once the pandemic is subdued, there will be a renewed need to reconcile ecommerce with air cargo and come up with new business and operational modes). As [...]
Forbes: Impressive how Estonia hacks the crisis. Invest Estonia continuing work in a fully digital mode
Estonia decided to hack the crisis caused by coronavirus. Forbes writes how Estonia has responded to the coronavirus crisis and how much there is to learn from countries with a digital mindset, such as Estonia to tackle the crisis. “I’m constantly impressed by Estonia,” says Robert C. Wolcott on Forbes. “Today, [...]
COVID-19 impact on logistics — Sixfold publishes real-time information on border crossing times
Our day-to-day work at Sixfold is providing our customers — globally acting manufacturers, retailers, and logistics service providers — with real-time & predictive visibility over their shipments. We help them understand where their shipments are, when they are arriving at their own facilities or the customers' doorsteps and, crucially, whether [...]