Air Cargo Day 2020 and Jubilee
Thursday 16 April 2020 Join us in celebrating IG AirCargo 10th Anniversary at the Museum of Transpor...
Swiss Shippers' Forum - Interlaken
29 and 30 January...
Forum Logistikcluster Region Basel
Wednesday 20 November 2019...
Forum IG Air Cargo - Section Geneva
Wednesday 30 October 2019...
Some 100 companies including: Airlines, Forwarders, GSAs, GHAs, Trucking Companies, Airports, Associations, etc. have already joined us.
Training Luftfracht Kompakt 2nd Edition
The Luftfracht Kompakt 2019 was a great success. IG Air Cargo Switzerland will offer a 2nd seminar e...
Final 2018 Air Cargo Statistics Online
IG Air Cargo Switzerland has received the final Foreign Trade Statistics 2018 from the Swiss Federal...
LOGISTICS 2020 in Lucerne
Verkehrshaus, the Swiss Transportation Museum in Lucerne is preparing a new Exhibition with the focu...
IG Air Cargo on LinkedIn
Since today the Interest Group Air Cargo Switzerland has a page on LinkedIn® . If you are a member o...
Air Cargo and Freight Forwarding news feeds from selected international providers:
Air Cargo World - News Feed
- Asian carriers suffer coronavirus impact in January traffic In January’s first look, Asian carriers reported year-over-year declines in cargo traffic across the board. While the annual slowdown in manufacturing in Asia around Lunar New Year is generally anticipated, this year’s outbreak of the novel coronavirus had a significant impact on carriers’ traffic, likely a result of the adjusted schedules to and from mainland […]
- Cargo Insights: Behind the narrative, forwarders are already tech-forward In this age of heightened political rhetoric, separating facts from biased claims is a challenge for even the most well-seasoned audience. The media may work to present only the facts, but reporters can disagree about what the actual facts are. We have seen this play out recently in our own industry though a stream of […]
- Emirates reports ‘good demand’ for ex-China cargo Emirates SkyCargo said it is seeing “good demand” for import and export cargo to and from China following the extended Lunar New Year holidays. The airline utilizes a 777 freighter to Guangzhou (CAN) and Shanghai (PVG), as well as daily passenger flights between Beijing and Dubai. While airfreight demand is typically slow during the Lunar […]
Air Cargo News - Feeds
- Cathay Pacific under pressure as cargo volumes fall
Cathay Pacific saw its cargo volumes decline in January, while it also warned that financial results will come under pressure....
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- Antonov Airlines HQ to take over GSSA role
Following the end of the general sales and service agent (GSSA) agreement with UK-based Dreamlifts, Antonov Airlines has confirmed that...
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- Cool Chain Association and Cargo iQ launch new initiative
The Cool Chain Association (CCA) has teamed up with Cargo iQ to launch a new initiative, Care Mapping Project, for...
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The Load Star News Feed
- China’s reefer cargo crisis worsens as carriers plan to abandon boxes
Japanese carrier ONE has joined several of its liner peers in imposing a congestion surcharge on reefer containers destined for major Chinese ports.
Moreover, some carriers are preparing to declare force majeure and leave refrigerated containers at alternative ports.
With the coronavirus outbreak showing no signs of abating in China and still severely restricting landside operations at the ports of Shanghai, Ningbo and Xingang, reefer plug-in points are in extremely short supply,...The post China’s reefer cargo crisis worsens as carriers plan to abandon boxes appeared first on The Loadstar.
- Freighters enjoy charter boom, but flying to China has its challenges, say operators
Freighters are enjoying good demand from China, both via charters and scheduled services, but constantly changing rules are providing some challenges for operators.
Volga-Dnepr Group said it was continuing to operate services to China, but had switched from scheduled services to charter operations.
It said it was operating between three and five flights a day, with items going into China including masks, sanitisers, pharmaceuticals and medical equipment. But it also noted that...The post Freighters enjoy charter boom, but flying to China has its challenges, say operators appeared first on The Loadstar.
- Rail services now the smartest way to get product from China to Europe
As China’s factories begin to restart production, albeit slowly, desperate shippers are being urged to consider rail to get their goods out of China.
Airbus, General Motors, Toyota, Volkswagen, Hyundai and others have begun to re-open plants, but with the movement of more than half China’s population restricted, it is unclear how quickly the factories can increase output – and get goods to Europe and the US.
While some shippers are eyeing...The post Rail services now the smartest way to get product from China to Europe appeared first on The Loadstar.