The air cargo industry needs to come up with a credible security regime if it is to avoid more stringent screening legislation from the US Congress, Rob Bonner, the former commissioner of US Customs warned the TIACA Executive Conference in Cologne in mid-March. Bonner, held his post from 10 September 2001 until 2005, and was responsible for putting in place advanced cargo manifesting, the C-TPAT (Customs-Trade Partnership against Terrorism) programme which now has some 8,000 companies as … [Read more...] about EUROPE: Congress doubts ¡®known shipper¡¯ programme
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Cargo awaits its place in Abu Dhabi's airport plans
Long the richest but one of the most conservative of the UAE states, Abu Dhabi has until recently seemed to disdain the example of its enthusiastic northern neighbour Dubai, with its massive investment in infrastructure, freighttransport and tourism. One reason was the emirate’s huge oil wealth. Abu Dhabi has estimated reserves of 92.2 billion barrels, the fourth largest in the world, and enough for it to pump two million barrels a day well into the next century. It also has the … [Read more...] about Cargo awaits its place in Abu Dhabi's airport plans
Calendar 2007
Apr 11-13 ACMG's 5th Annual Freighter Aircraft Workshop, Grand Hyatt, Seattle WA, USA. [email protected] Apr 15-17 The International Air Cargo Association’s (TIACA) Executive Conference and Annual General Meeting, Cologne Bonn Airport, Germany. [email protected] Apr 18-20 4th China Aircargo Summit 2007, Hyatt Regency, Hangzhou, China. www.aircargosummit.org Apr 22-25 AATA's 33rd Int'l Conference, Catamaran Resort Hotel, San Diego, CA, USA. [email protected] Apr … [Read more...] about Calendar 2007
Russia: ABC becomes Cargo 2000 member
Russia's scheduled cargo airline,AirBridge Cargo (ABC) said it hasjoined Cargo 2000 and will use its qualitysystem to underpin its commitmentto the highest levels of customer service.As the scheduled cargo airline ofVolga-Dnepr Group, ABC commencedoperations in 2004. Stan Wraight, vice president ofVolga-Dnepr Group responsible forscheduled cargo operations, said: "Ithas always been our intention to joinCargo 2000 once we had the managementteam and processes in place tosupport the … [Read more...] about Russia: ABC becomes Cargo 2000 member
Chengdu truffles find new market in Europe
After selling mushrooms of the tricholomamatsutake variety to Japan forvery many years, which at the heightof the season in summer meant anaverage volume of about 50 tonnes,mainly transported by Air China, WangJin, director of the Chengdu ShanxingCompany, in 1995 discovered thehigh value of truffles. Before that time,truffles had never been considered oreven used by the Chinese as a food orfood additive. In 1994 one of Wang's Japaneseclients visited his farms in ChengduProvince and pointed … [Read more...] about Chengdu truffles find new market in Europe
Shenzhen offers subsidies to cargo airlines
Shenzhen authoritiesin southern China areoffering subsidies to airlinesthat launch all-cargoroutes from Shenzhen InternationalAirport to spureconomic growth and thedevelopment of the industry,reports said. Companies will be eligiblefor a subsidy of up to10 million yuan (US$1.29million) for each aircraftannually, provided theybase their operations fromShenzhen airport, Xinhuareports. The report said that ifa carrier launched internationalair cargo servicesfrom Shenzhen, they willqualify for … [Read more...] about Shenzhen offers subsidies to cargo airlines