In last week’s roundup, we take a look at some of the latest developments in and out of Asia Pacific, including dnata’s cargo milestone at Dubai International airport (DXB), DHL’s recent partnership with Indonesia’s Pelindo 1 and the all-women service centre launched by Blue Dart in India to celebrate International Women’s Day. Frankfurt Airport sees record February for cargo Despite the ongoing shortage in belly capacity, Frankfurt Airport saw a record February for its cargo operations … [Read more...] about PLA Global Wrap: Week 10
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PLA’s Global Wrap: Week 08-09
This month we're rounding up global industry updates every week (instead of the monthly usual update) and publishing the shots for late Sunday, early Monday reading to keep everyone abreast of what's happening on a weekly basis. We wrap up week 09 and week 08 with new appointments and some company updates. Steve Allen to lead dnata’s global operations Steve Allen was recently named by Emirates as the new executive vice president of dnata. The former divisional senior vice president from 2016 … [Read more...] about PLA’s Global Wrap: Week 08-09
Payload Asia’s roundup for February
In the month of February we saw Cainiao stay open to push deliveries during the Chinese Lunar Year break, CMA CGM forming its own air cargo division, Kerry Logistics and Kuehne+Nagel announcing mergers to expand in Asia, engine parts falling from the sky, as well as some of the world's top carriers joining Unicef's airfreight initiative to support the delivery of vaccines. In this edition of Payload Asia's roundup, we look at some of the B2B updates around the globe in the air cargo and … [Read more...] about Payload Asia’s roundup for February
Payload Asia’s industry roundup for January
In this roundup, we clear what's left from the inbox and list down global industry updates in air cargo, express, forwarding and logistics as we take a much broader look at what else transpired for the month of January. UPS to sell freight division to TFI International UPS has agreed to sell UPS Freight to Canadian transport and logistics company TFI International for $800 million, which will include its LTL and dedicated truckload business. UPS and TFI International will also enter into an … [Read more...] about Payload Asia’s industry roundup for January
John Peyton Burnett of TAC Index to join jury panel for 7th Payload Asia Awards
John Peyton Burnett comes from a long line of shipping and aviation professionals, who says he is “obsessed with indexing the air cargo market and other new products that can be developed as a result.” He is the founder and managing director of Hong Kong-based TAC Index, a leading provider of weekly pricing data for air freight specialists. TAC Index was formed in 2012, started publishing in 2016 and gained market … [Read more...] about John Peyton Burnett of TAC Index to join jury panel for 7th Payload Asia Awards
SASI’s Stan Wraight joins jury panel at 7th Payload Asia Awards
Mr Stanley Wraight, Stan as colleagues call him, is cofounder of Strategic Aviation Solutions (SASI), a global consulting and management firm which he started with two partners with extensive background in forwarding, airlines, integrators and express. They work with airlines, airports, international trade organisations and financial institutions: the company responsible for developing ICAO’s safe supply chain courses. In China, SASI … [Read more...] about SASI’s Stan Wraight joins jury panel at 7th Payload Asia Awards