Waka waka! If the mood at the recent Air Cargo Africa event in Johannesburg is any indication, the industry must be smelling the invisible roses – tell-tail signs that the bleak, barren cargo winter is about to finally recede. Being the skeptical bunch we are however, we’re not entirely convinced on the whole flower thing – not even if it’s being pitched by the ever-enthusiastic Enno, who is only out-enthused by a certain Emirates celeb! We think it might have just … [Read more...] about Waka waka!
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OR Tambo strategically plotting cargo future
Handling nearly 19 million passengers per year the airport – named after the former president of the African National Congress (ANC), Oliver Reginald Tambo, whose job it was to travel abroad in order to mobilise international opinion in opposition to the apartheid system – handles nearly 320,000 tonnes of cargo annually. Of this 191,000 tonnes is domestic cargo and the remaining 129,000 tonnes is international including what the airport terms as regional, from other southern African … [Read more...] about OR Tambo strategically plotting cargo future
South African anchors in Africa, but eyes Asia
For SAA Cargo its future is first and foremost being substantially shaped from within, as the stateowned carrier grapples with devising a turnaround plan to reverse growing debt and management uncertainty in order to inject vitality and a new strategic vision into the 79 year-old carrier. Addressing the South African Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises – effectively the carrier’s owner – on the airline’s annual report and financial statements … [Read more...] about South African anchors in Africa, but eyes Asia
The end of the Golden Age?
An interesting report was recently authored by Merrill Lynch and while aimed more at the ocean forwarding side, it clearly has relevance for the air freight forwarding sector. Entitled ‘After the Golden Age’, it outlines Merrill Lynch’s opinion that “the structural growth story for the freight forwarding industry is being gradually undermined by changes in world trade patterns”. In essence it argues that the falling attractiveness of China for outsourcing … [Read more...] about The end of the Golden Age?
Java no joke.
One grande skinny de-caf late, hold the lithium please. Before we go further on this item, we have to fess up and say it like it is... we don’t claim to be highly trained technical experts, but we DO like drinking coffee (and not that skinny de-caf crap)...a lot. As all you would be well aware of, Japanese, US and Boeing tech experts have been pouring over – so to speak – the electronics of the new B787 Dreamliner after two fire incidents involving the onboard lithium-ion … [Read more...] about Java no joke.
Emerging markets power global economy
While emerging markets are growing as the new source of global economic growth, outpacing growth rates of traditional developed markets, a number of factors – near sourcing, modal shift and cost pressures including high fuel prices – pose challenges for air freight going forward according to a recent report. By Donald Urquhart. Now in its fourth edition, The Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index 2013 compiled by Transport Intelligence (Ti) and funded by global … [Read more...] about Emerging markets power global economy
