Pharma Logistics Day in Basel
Wednesday 25 September 2019 Logistik & Megatrends Various exhibitors will meet at Messe Basel (H...
Forum IG Air Cargo - Section BSL/MLH
Wednesday 16 October 2019...
Forum IG Air Cargo - Section Geneva
Wednesday 30 October 2019...
Forum Logistikcluster Region Basel
Wednesday 20 November 2019...
Some 100 companies including: Airlines, Forwarders, GSAs, GHAs, Trucking Companies, Airports, Associations, etc. have already joined us.
LOGISTICS 2020 in Lucerne
Verkehrshaus, the Swiss Transportation Museum in Lucerne is preparing a new Exhibition with the focu...
New EZV Air Cargo Statistics Published
IG Air Cargo Switzerland has elaborated the latest Foreign Trade Statistics from the Swiss Federal C...
IG Air Cargo Training - Luftfracht Kompa...
The Luftfracht Kompakt 2019 training is now fully booked. A new session will be offered early in 202...
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
- SF Express begins 747 service to Europe Shenzhen-based SF Airlines operated its first flight to Europe in the last decade on Sept. 15 with service from Wuxi (WUX) to Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (HHN) and an intermediary stop in Chongqing (CKG). The China-Europe service was operated for SF Express using one of the carrier’s two 747-400 freighters. As reported by our sister publication Cargo […]
- Amazon Air launches daily service to ATL Daily Amazon Air flights to Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport (ATL) began last week on Sept. 12, ATL confirmed to Air Cargo World. The inaugural service was operated by ABX Air, a subsidiary carrier of Air Transport Services Group, using a 767-200 freighter. Amazon Air flights also began operating at St. Louis Airport (STL) last week, while […]
- Agile forwarding: How top forwarders innovate in the Middle East Even in 2017, when air cargo operators saw double-digit gains in year-over-year traffic, growth in the Middle East was comparatively slow. The region’s geographic location had long made it a hub for trade between the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia, and likewise positioned major gulf carriers like Emirates, Qatar Airways and Turkish Airlines high in […]
The Loadstar - News Feed
- DHL GF: Ocean freight market update
DHL GF’s topic of the Month: The VLSFO (Very low Sulphur Fuel Oil) premium over HFO (Heavy Fuel Oil)
29 August 2019“Initial price information for IMO 2020 compliant 0.5% VLSFO (Very Low Sulphur Fuel Oil) bunker is now available for several main ports. The data provides an early indication of the price premium that carriers will need to pay for cleaner fuel as of next year. According to data compiled by...
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- Amazon Air removes two 767 leases from Atlas Air and gives to ATSG
Amazon has decided to switch two of its 767 aircraft leases from Atlas Air to ATSG instead.
Amazon said the decision was made to help it adjust its air network. However, a Hedge & Associates chart showing Amazon’s current network does not imply any significant network differences between Atlas and ATSG.But in May, Amazon warned that if Atlas did not resolve the issues with its pilots, it could lose some business.
An...The post Amazon Air removes two 767 leases from Atlas Air and gives to ATSG appeared first on The Loadstar.
- IRU and European Shippers Council draft driver treatment charter to address recruitment crisis
The International Road Transport Union (IRU) and the European Shippers Council (ESC) are preparing to issue a joint charter aimed at improving the treatment of drivers at shippers’ premises.
The IRU’s expert on the driver shortage crisis, Esther Visser, told The Loadstar that the charter was one of the organisation’s strategies to alleviate the growing shortage of drivers in Europe and beyond.
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