AcquisitionsKerry Logistics Network (KLN) has acquired a majority stake in a French freight forwarder Business By Air (BBA) strengthening its position in the EMEA region. Furthermore, the company said the acquisition strengthens its international freight...Read more
breakbulk transportLogistics provider, Geodis, recently completed a complex air cargo breakbulk transport of oversized thermo compressors via Antonov AN-124, the world’s largest cargo aircraft. Arriving from Lisbon, the aircraft undertook 13 flights over seven days, transporting...Read more
Air Belgium has decided to put its focus on freight operations and discontinue its passenger business which has faced increased competition and unprofitability. The aviation sector has gone through numerous disruptions over the last three years...Read more
When time is of the essence, taking the project cargo to the skies often becomes the sole option. Trans Global Projects was recently faced with a request to urgently move directional drilling tools to a...Read more
Door-to-door transport of oversized cargo often comes with a number of challenges, such as short unloading times span, coordination of multiple international trams as well as handling complicated paperwork. UTC Overseas’ air freight teams had...Read more
Boeing and Cargolux finalised the order of 10 777-8 Freighters, with options for six additional planes, at a signing ceremony at Cargolux’s headquarters in Luxembourg.Read more
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has announced that they are developing MSC Air Cargo, which will be available from early 2023 onwards, once the first of four MSC-branded Boeing 777-200F aircraft are delivered.Read more
Momentum Solutions’ Urgent Response Team facilitated two shipments of helicopters on behalf of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA). They are replacing two Chinese contingent helicopters that have reached the end of...Read more
The Seattle-based logistics company, Expeditors, shipped a £12 million pound gas turbine rotor from Abu Dhabi to the United Kingdom, via air. An Antonov International Cargo Transporter plane was used to transport the cargo rapidly.Read more
The Italian Ministry of Economy announced the opening of exclusive negotiations with the American investment fund Certares, associated with Air France-KLM and Delta Air Lines, for the takeover of the Italian public company, Italia Trasporto...Read more
The French company, Bolloré Logistics, used the Airbus super-transporter A300-600ST, the Beluga, to transport a Helibras ACH160 helicopter from Marseille in France to Brazil. This is the Beluga’s first trip to South America.Read more
Danish forwarder Scan Global Logistics is taking over its Dutch industry partner Gelders Forwarding at the Schiphol airport, located in the town of Rozenburg, in the Netherlands.Read more
A.P. Moller – Maersk has lined up the acquisition of Senior International, a freight forwarding specialist with a significant air freight footprint. In an additional move to boost its own air freight capacity by adding...Read more
It took almost two month of planning for Volga-Dnepr Airlines and Fracht FWO to deliver an 83-tonne boiler from Milano, Italy to Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. The unit will help boost local production capacity of a...Read more
Antonov Airlines has transported five Black Hawk helicopters in a single AN-124-100 flight from Rzeszów in Poland to Angeles in the Philippines. The cargo weighed 35 tonnes in total and is the second delivery of...Read more
AirfreightPRESS RELEASE – Geodis is opening a new 6,000 sqm site within the cargo area of Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport to provide certified services, especially for customers in the health and luxury goods sectors. The...Read more
AirfreightVolga-Dnepr Airlines has completed its sixth Antarctic program operating five charter flights to the cold continent to deliver equipment for the DROMLAN international Antarctic project.Read more
Air freightCMA CGM has created a specialised air freight division in the group called CMA CGM Air Cargo. The container carrier has acquired four Airbus A330-200F freighter aircraft and will open a regular service between Liege,...Read more
AirfreightThe Volga-Dnepr Group is temporarily grounding its eight AN-124 aircraft after one of the heavy cargo planes had to make an emergency landing in Novosibirsk last week due to engine problems. The emergency landing caused...Read more