The hit song from Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kern’s 1927 groundbreaking musical, “Show Boat,” continues to mesmerize, nearly 100 years later. Haunting and magical, the lyrics and melody seem to cast a spell: Ah gits weary/An’ sick of tryin’ Ah’m tired of livin’/An’ skeered of dyin’, But ol’ man river, He jes’ keeps […]
French shipping giant CMA CGM Group is citing more than $5 million in damages in a suit filed in a Houston court. The suit alleges that 13 vessels either owned or chartered by the company were damaged due to faulty fuel supplied while they were in Houston, Texas. The complaint filed in the U.S. […]
Menzies Aviation, the leading service partner to the world’s airports and airlines, has announced a record-breaking performance in 2024, marking its fourth consecutive year of double-digit revenue growth. Reported in its 2024 Annual Review & Sustainability Report, the aviation services provider has delivered strong financial results, with global revenue increasing year-on-year by 20% to $2.6 […]
IAG Cargo, the cargo division of International Airlines Group (IAG), has announced its summer 2025 schedule, which includes an uplift in services to destinations across Asia, North America and South America. A major highlight of the schedule is the return of daily flights between Kuala Lumpur (KUL) and London Heathrow (LHR). These will resume on […]
Global trade is growing and changing; e-commerce has transformed opportunities for small businesses, the lifeblood of all economies, and is driving developments in infrastructure, capacity, business models, and logistics. Within the global air cargo ecosystem, courier is the most obvious candidate for meeting the demands e-commerce has generated; it supports the efficient and cost-effective transport […]
Mark Drusch is the Chief Officer Cargo at Qatar Airways Cargo, leading the world’s largest airfreight carrier with a vision for innovation, efficiency, and customer-centric solutions. With decades of aviation expertise, he is driving the airline’s cargo division into a new era of operational excellence and strategic growth. What’s your most memorable moment in the […]
Within its cool chain and pharmaceutical operations, there have been two key aspects to Emirates SkyCargo’s development. One is its internal growth, particularly within its hub in Dubai, where the company established a pharmaceutical hub there in 2016, pre-built and designed to support its operations. “Today, Emirates SkyCargo has facilities in both Dubai and DWC, […]
The Covid-19 pandemic placed significant emphasis on pharma, especially with the global distribution of vaccines. With such a focused effort, there were substantial investments in the cool chain to ensure the safe delivery of these products worldwide, which the industry is now benefiting from. “Pharma is a key strategic product. We believe that demographic shifts […]
Etihad Cargo is making significant strides in bolstering its cool chain infrastructure to meet the growing demand for temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical products. With the recent expansion of its pharma hub in Abu Dhabi, the carrier has doubled its cool chain storage and handling capacity, a move designed to streamline operations and improve service delivery for the […]
The cool chain is an integral part of the pharmaceutical supply chain, ensuring that temperature-sensitive products, such as biologics, vaccines, and personalised medicines, reach patients safely and efficiently. “LogiPharma has always been about uniting the entire pharmaceutical and life sciences supply chain in one space. The significance of this event lies in its ability to […]
Every year and even every month brings new developments that drive the digital transformation of the logistics industry. Having initially accelerated during the Covid-19 pandemic, focusing on transparency and visibility, today, most players have reached a point where the digitalisation of basic transactions — such as capacity distribution, e-bookings, and rate visibility — have been […]
The pace of modernisation in airfreight and air cargo often faces criticism for being slow. However, things are changing in a bid to aid the industry as it generates increasingly immense amounts of data amid the development of artificial intelligence and the overhaul of legacy systems and infrastructure. Across the industry, companies have been introducing […]
