Air Cargo Day 2020 and Jubilee
Wednesday 26 August 2020 Join us in celebrating IG AirCargo 10th Anniversary at the Museum of Transp...
IG Air Cargo Webinar: Corona challenges Air Freight
Tuesday 05 May 2020...
Swiss Export Tag 2020
Wednesday 10 June 2020...
Le Fret en Fête - Geneva
5-6 September 2020 - ...
Some 100 companies including: Airlines, Forwarders, GSAs, GHAs, Trucking Companies, Airports, Associations, etc. have already joined us.
SkyNews.ch - Our new co-operation partne...
SkyNews.ch is published by Hansjörg Bürgi and his team and is issued every month with a circulation...
SWISS Mumbai added to Swiss WorldCargo's...
Following the recent launch of our network of cargo flights, Swiss WorldCargo will continue to fly t...
Successful Webinar - Corona challenges A...
Tuesday 05 May - Peter Somaglia, president of IG Air Cargo, participated to an online Webinar on th...
Lufthansa - CEO's speech to the Annual G...
On 5 May 2020, the Lufthansa Annual Shareholders General Meeting will be held. The speech of the Cha...
Air Cargo and Freight Forwarding news feeds from selected international providers:
Air Cargo World - News Feed
- Amazon chief invests in UK digital forwarder Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos was among the investors who took part in the Series A fundraising round for U.K. digital freight forwarder Beacon. The investment is likely to ignite further speculation as to Amazon’s eventual goals in the shipping and logistics industry. Beacon is focusing on its technology and finance offerings to disrupt […]
- Qatar Airways and U.N. partner on refugee aid Qatar Airways and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in May signed a two-year strategic partnership to deliver humanitarian aid to refugees around the world. The agreement addresses assistance for displaced communities fighting the COVID-19 pandemic; the UNHCR and Qatar Airways will use the carrier’s network from the hub in Doha’s Hamad International […]
- COVID-19 accelerates Skyports’ UK drone operations With COVID-19 engendering a need for personal protective equipment (PPE) without the risks of face-to-face contact, drone delivery provider Skyports has been granted rare permission to fly drones beyond visual line of sight to transport medical supplies to one of Scotland’s most rural locales. The trial, which sees drones taking an approximately 20-minute flight to […]
Air Cargo News - Feeds
- Nippon Express taps into pharma market with MD Logistics acquisition
Japan-based logistics firm Nippon Express has completed the acquisition of US-based headquartered MD Logistics in a deal worth $51m (¥ 5.5bn)....
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- TAPA warns of post-lockdown cargo crime spike
The Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) has warned of an expected spike in cargo thefts as coronavirus lockdowns are eased...
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- Edmonton International Airport handles three AN-124s in 24 hours
Edmonton International Airport (EIA) has reported a 7% year-on-year increase in cargo volumes for the first quarter of this year,...
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The Load Star News Feed
- SA: Hedge funds switch to shorting for merger arbitrage – WSJ
SEEKING ALPHA reports:
Some merger-arbitrage investors are shifting their strategies away from long positions and either reducing holdings in target companies or shorting them as the coronavirus raises the risk that deals will either be repriced lower or fall apart.
The probability of deals failing to close jumped to 33% in mid-March from 4% in January, according to Northstar Risk, which provides software to hedge funds; since then the probability has receded...The post SA: Hedge funds switch to shorting for merger arbitrage – WSJ appeared first on The Loadstar.
- Volga-Dnepr and Boeing get heated in war of words over order for new freighters
Volga-Dnepr Group (VD) is trying to stop Boeing re-selling 747 and 777 freighter aircraft originally ordered for the airline group.
But the aircraft manufacturer claims VD rescinded the order, and broke its contract.
And each company claims the other is trying to take advantage of the Covid crisis: VD accuses Boeing of “seeking to unjustly enrich itself in the midst of a global pandemic”; and Boeing alleges VD is “seeking an emergency...The post Volga-Dnepr and Boeing get heated in war of words over order for new freighters appeared first on The Loadstar.
- APL England master arrested as specialists move in to clean up beach debris
The master of the arrested APL England is to be prosecuted in Australia and could be held responsible for the loss of around 50 containers lost overboard last week.
“The offences relate to pollution and/or damage of the Australian marine environment as a result of poor cargo loading,” the Australian Maritime Safety Agency (AMSA) said in a statement today.
“Laying charges against the ship’s master is not action we undertake lightly, but...The post APL England master arrested as specialists move in to clean up beach debris appeared first on The Loadstar.