Air Cargo World articles from October 2005

Air Cargo World archives from October 2005

Fuel.(Editor's Note)
October 1, 2005... We were surprised last month to hear the response from one air cargo airline executive to the rising jet fuel prices that are hitting air carriers around the globe. The airlines certainly are being affected, said this official, who will...

Consolidating logistics giants.(Deutsche Post World Net bids to acquire Exel PLC)
October 1, 2005... The accepted wisdom that the freight forwarding and logistics industry is highly fragmented is looking more suspect every day. Deutsche Post World Net's move announced last month to take over Exel would bring some $20 billion of logistics...

Flying bankrupt.(News Updates)
October 1, 2005... Last month's bankruptcy filings by Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines underscore the deep trouble facing United States' airlines. Four of the seven U.S. "legacy" carriers are now operating in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. U.S....

Heavy losses.(jet fuel prices may effect airlines profits)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... The world's airlines are on track to lose $7.4 billion this year because of skyrocketing jet fuel prices, according to the International Air Transport Association. The loss, pushing industry red ink since 2001 to more than $40 billion,...

Polar strike.(News Updates)
October 1, 2005... Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings was uncertain whether a pilots' strike would permanently ground Polar Air Cargo, but the company insists a quick resolution of the dispute would get Polar's scheduled services 747 freighter network back in the air....

More freighters.(News Updates)
October 1, 2005... Aircraft manufacturer Boeing projects strong growth in the global air cargo market over the next 20 years, with the world's freighter fleet doubling over the period. Citing "a flurry of new freighter orders," the manufacturer's annual...

Sold out.(News Updates)
October 1, 2005... With widebodies filling its modification hangers, Boeing says its freighter conversion line is sold out into 2009. "The demand side of the market is pretty good," George Peppes, marketing director of freighter conversions at Boeing, told...

India-to-China.(News Updates)
October 1, 2005... FedEx is tapping into the markets it believes have the most growth potential, and perhaps no two markets excite cargo operators more than India and China. The carrier launched the first overnight express flights between the two nations, a...

SIA's No. 2.(News Updates)
October 1, 2005... SingaporeAirlines Cargo has a new No. 2, with 22-year SIA veteran Tan Tiow Kor replacing Sudheer Raghavan as senior vice president of cargo sales and marketing. Tan was most recently vice president for human resources at SIA but held a...

Katrina's impact: the hurricane and its aftermath are putting increased pressure on fuel-weary airlines.(NORTH AMERICA)
October 1, 2005... Hurricane Katrina is expected be the costliest natural disaster ever to strike the United States, with some estimates putting the damages/losses as high as $200 billion. Katrina is a blow to an already shaky American economy. But the long-term...

Acquisition-minded forwarder IJS Global absorbed the assets of Portland, Ore.-based NI Logistics, which will cease to exist.(... Briefly)
October 1, 2005... Acquisition-minded forwarder IJS Global absorbed the assets of Portland, Ore.-based NI Logistics, which will cease to exist. NI Logistics' employees and facilities will becomes IJS's seventh U.S. office....

Nippon Cargo Airlines named ASIG to manage its warehouse at San Francisco International Airport.(... Briefly)
October 1, 2005... Nippon Cargo Airlines named ASIG to manage its warehouse at San Francisco International Airport at a site shared with All Nippon Airways and Cathay Pacific....

Aviareps.(... Briefly)
October 1, 2005... Cargo general sales agent Aviareps opened an office in Toronto, its second site in North America....

U-Freight.(... Briefly)
October 1, 2005... Forwarder U-Freight expanded its presence in Houston, moving into a larger facility there....

San Juan, Puerto Rico-based ground handler Ivyport leased a new warehouse at the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport.(... Briefly)
October 1, 2005... San Juan, Puerto Rico-based ground handler Ivyport leased a new warehouse at the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport offering added security for its cargo operations....

Mexico began seeking investors for the privatization of the country's two airlines.(... Briefly)
October 1, 2005... Mexico began seeking investors for the privatization of the country's two airlines, Aeromexico and Mexicana....

Purolator USA.(... Briefly)
October 1, 2005... 3PL provider Purolator USA, which specializes in U.S.-Canada cross-border trade, moved its headquarters to Jericho, N.Y....

Associated Global Systems.(... Briefly)
October 1, 2005... Electronics retailer Best Buy gave forwarder Associated Global Systems its top quality award for supply chain excellence.

Destination Nottingham: at Nottingham East Midlands, the rallying cry is all for freight and freight for all.(air freight services in United Kingdom)
October 1, 2005... The long-held notion that all United Kingdom air cargo traffic naturally drains south into the three-ring circus of London Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports is at last, it would seem, beginning to be dispelled. It was the integrators...

A sharp slowdown in trans-Atlantic business kept cargo growth for European airlines to 0.4 percent in July.(... Briefly)
October 1, 2005... A sharp slowdown in trans-Atlantic business kept cargo growth for European airlines to 0.4 percent in July. North Atlantic business was down 2.9 percent from 2004 and overall freight traffic in the first seven months of 2005 was up 2.3 percent,...

PortGround took over ramp handling for DHL.(... Briefly)
October 1, 2005... PortGround took over ramp handling for DHL at Germany's Leipzig/Halle Airport....

EVA Air awarded Aviapartner a large contract.(... Briefly)
October 1, 2005... EVA Air awarded Aviapartner a large contract to have the company perform EVA's ground handling at 12 airports in Germany....

IAM.(... Briefly)
October 1, 2005... Dublin-based cargo general sales agent IAM opened an office in Cork that will serve that city and Shannon Airport....

London Heathrow Airport.(... Briefly)
October 1, 2005... Cargo traffic at London Heathrow Airport fell 4.3 percent in July....

SAS Cargo expanded its Copenhagen-to-U.S. capacity.(... Briefly)
October 1, 2005... SAS Cargo expanded its Copenhagen-to-U.S. capacity by signing a block-space agreement with Singapore Airlines Cargo.

China's turn: China's airlines look to expand their international presence following the deluge of global airlines into the Middle Kingdom.(PACIFIC)
October 1, 2005... Chinese airlines are boosting their international operations, a development that is bringing new players to United States gateways even as American carriers are stepping up their trips over the Pacific. Compared to the charge of U.S. airlines...

Association of Asia-Pacific Airlines.(... Briefly)
October 1, 2005... Freight traffic carried by Asia-Pacific airlines edged up 1.2 percent in July. But the freight load factor slipped 1.1 percentage points even as the Association of Asia-Pacific Airlines said carriers reined in capacity growth to just 2.9...

Thailand signed an open skies agreement.(... Briefly)
October 1, 2005... Thailand signed an open skies agreement with Jordan....

Singapore Airlines.(... Briefly)
October 1, 2005... Singapore Airlines freight traffic grew 8 percent ahead of a 7.7 percent gain in capacity, reversing a trend that had seen SIA's cargo load factor fall....

Australian logistics operator Bluefreight bought a stake in its Indonesian partner Icontrade.(... Briefly)
October 1, 2005... Australian logistics operator Bluefreight bought a stake in its Indonesian partner Icontrade, which will rebrand itself Bluefreight Indonesia....

U-Freight.(... Briefly)
October 1, 2005... Forwarder U-Freight moved into larger facilities in Tianjin, China....

China Southern cargo and mail revenue grew 39.5 percent in the first half of 2005, to $182.5 million, on a 24.5 percent increase in cargo traffi.(... Briefly)
October 1, 2005... China Southern cargo and mail revenue grew 39.5 percent in the first half of 2005, to $182.5 million, on a 24.5 percent increase in cargo traffi. The carrier will buy 10 A330 aircraft and 10 787s in deals for passenger aircraft from Airbus and...

Target Logistic Services.(... Briefly)
October 1, 2005... Forwarder Target Logistic Services opened its first bonded warehouse in China in the industrial city of Shenzhen....

Cathay Pacific.(... Briefly)
October 1, 2005... Cathay Pacific's freight tonnage jumped 19.1 percent in July and was up 11.5 percent in the first seven months of 2005 over 2004....

Singapore Changi Airport.(... Briefly)
October 1, 2005... Cargo traffic at Singapore Changi Airport grew 3.4 percent in August after several stagnant months and was up 1.9 percent in the first eight months of the year.

Tracking every movement: UPS rolls out the latest version of its delivery driver data devices, taking tracking to an even higher tech level.(Feature Focus: Tracking Technology)
October 1, 2005... When UPS began offering online tracking for its shipments a decade ago, the parcel delivery giant received 100,000 online tracking requests in December 1995. A year later, the monthly figure was up to 1 million and there was no turning back for...

Shifting supply chains: new market realities suggest the clock is ticking on the just-in-time supply chain strategies.(Feature Focus: Just-in-Time)
October 1, 2005... Suppy chain professionals appear to be turning back the clock. During the heady 1990's the idea of inventory was anathema, a sorry relic from the pedestrian days before the Internet revolution. Logistics gurus chanted mantras about the...

Bottom-line boost: manufacturers tout shipping and weighing efficiencies.(Materials Handling)(Advertisement)
October 1, 2005... In the perpetual search for improved profitability, warehouse and terminal operators know they must either find substantial numbers of new customers, or significantly cut costs. With this in mind, several manufacturers of freight weighing...

Britain's broader view: with U.K. air cargo in decline, British airlines and forwarders look for new ways to lure freight.
October 1, 2005... That is the prognosis, at least, of Geoff Corpe, managing director of U.K. freight management at Exel. "The British market has changed profoundly in the last couple of years," says Corpe. "We have seen a month-on-month decline in export traffic...

Air Cargo World 2006 Airports Directory.(Cover Story)
October 1, 2005... The Air Cargo World 2006 World Airports Directory is divided into two sections: the first 23 pages list United States airports by state; the second section lists airports in Europe, Asia, South America and the Middle East by country....

Speed vs. cost.(2005 Commonwealth Business Media Joint Logistics Special Report)
October 1, 2005... Logistics managers always struggle to balance speed and cost. Now, for the first time in years, cost is winning. It's no longer good enough for supply chains to be just-in-time; now they must be just-in-budget. Transport cost increases...

Apples to oranges? It's difficult to compare supply chains of different industries, but logistics benchmarking is becoming more sophisticated.
October 1, 2005... For many years, consultants and academics have tried to devise a system to compare best practices in the logistics industry. The experts have debated over the knotty questions of which practices to measure, how to measure them, how to collect...

Hanging together: 'collaboration' may become more than a supply chain buzzword as logistics costs rise, shippers seek capacity.(2005 Commonwealth Business Media Joint Logistics Special Report)
October 1, 2005... Collaboration may have been one of the hottest topics for discussion between shippers and logistics providers in recent years but the impact of capacity constraints and soaring transportation costs is putting new urgency on close working...

Mixed RFID signals: despite the hype, companies are cautiously evaluating RFID systems in hope of improving their supply chains.(2005 Commonwealth Business Media Joint Logistics Special Report)
October 1, 2005... Technology innovations usually follow a pattern: First, widespread hype that the technology will be a panacea. Second, disappointment that it costs more and delivers less than promised. Last, gradual development of new uses and upgrades for the...

Cheaper by what measure? Many companies that look for low-cost suppliers overseas don't understand the hidden costs.(2005 Commonwealth Business Media Joint Logistics Special Report)
October 1, 2005... Everyone knows global manufacturers and retailers are turning to low-cost countries to cut costs and increase their competitiveness. However, buying from low-cost countries is hardly the slam-dunk that many pundits suggest. Sourcing from...

Building inventory's crystal ball: forecasting is the new frontier in supply chain management as companies find visibility can no longer wait until goods come into pipelines.(2005 Commonwealth Business Media Joint Logistics Special Report)
October 1, 2005... With supply chains extending these days as fast as the economy is growing and more inventory on the move even as transportation costs are soaring, it's no longer enough for shippers to manage the inventory they have. The big question now before...

Logistics acquisitions: who says elephants can't dance?(COMMENTARY)
October 1, 2005... Smart transportation and logistics companies have always stood at the crossroads of commerce and innovation. In 1883, three workers at the Canadian Pacific Railways--William McCardell, Thomas McCardell and Frank McCabe--discovered a series...

Directory of logistics providers.(2005 Commonwealth Business Media Joint Logistics Special Report)(Directory)
October 1, 2005... Commonwealth Business Media Joint Logistics Special Report Directory of Logistics Providers Company Name Phone Number Website Address A.N. Deringer 800-523-4357 www.anderinger.com ABX...

2006 International Airports Directory.(Directory)
October 1, 2005... ARGENTINA AEROPUERTO INTERNACIONAL DE EZEIZA Ezeiza, Buenos Aires, Argentina, B180 2 Identifier: EZE. Contact: Fernando Grana. Phone: +54 11 80 2500 Fax: +54 11 5480 2597. www.Buenos-aires-eze.com Air Service: Total...

Events.
October 1, 2005... Oct. 16-18 Kansas City: APICS International Conference and Exhibition, moved from New Orleans, the annual meeting of the Association of Operations Management looks at inventory, supply chains and logistics. For information, call (703)...

"Air Cargo security: safeguarding or jeopardizing trade?" Conference program and exhibitors list.(VII Air Cargo Americas Conference & XXIV ALACAT Congress)(Advertisement)
October 1, 2005... The VIII Air Cargo Americas International Congress and Exhibition is the largest air cargo exhibition in the Western Hemisphere, and will be expanded by more than 30% this year. Aviation leaders in the Western Hemisphere developed the show and...

Exhibitor spotlight.(Advertisement)
October 1, 2005... American Airlines Cargo[SM] Global Reach--Global Know How American Airlines continues to expand its global reach with new international 777 widebody service to Osaka, Japan from Dallas-Fort Worth beginning November 1, 2005; nonstop 777...

Back aviation: aircraft report.
October 1, 2005... The A300-600's range and payload capabilities make it an effective aircraft to operate as an intra-country or short-range aircraft. During September 2005, over 50 percent of all scheduled A300-600 flights (not including FedEx and UPS) were...

Lufthansa Cargo.(Airlines)
October 1, 2005... Lufthansa Cargo: The airline said Joy Banerjee, who had been manager-sales steering for the USA West and South, Mexico, Central America & the Caribbean, assumed new responsibilities as district sales manager for the U.S. West Coast. He started...

El Al Israel Airlines.(Airlines)
October 1, 2005... El Al Israel Airlines: The carrier named Isaac Najinkin, the former head of Varig Cargo in the United States, cargo general manager for North America. Najinkin had been at Varig for more than 35 years, rising to cargo director for North America...

Astar Air Cargo.(Airlines)
October 1, 2005... Astar Air Cargo: The sub-service flier for DHL in the United States named James J. Herrin director of flight standards and training. A retired flight captain, he joined Astar in January as manager of flight safety.

World Airways.(Airlines)
October 1, 2005... World Airways: The wet-lease airline made a number of management appointments. Charles Addison, who had been senior vice president for operational support, was named chief information officer. In addition, Jeff Sanborn, formerly director of...

Etihad Crystal Cargo.(Airlines)
October 1, 2005... Etihad Crystal Cargo: Moving to expand its services, the freight arm of Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airlines named Paul King dangerous goods and quality assurance manager. A 37year cargo industry veteran, King was a member of the IATA Dangerous...

Fed Ground.(Integrators)
October 1, 2005... FedEx Ground: The parcel carrier named longtime FedEx executive Shannon A. Brown senior vice president for human resources. Brown, who started at FedEx in 1978 as a cargo handler, had been vice president of human resources services and chief...

DHL.(Integrators)
October 1, 2005... DHL: The express carrier named Hardy Diec, born in Vietnam and raised in Canada, country manager in Brunei. He joined DHL in 2002 as operations manager in Vietnam after eight years in the logistics industry in Southeast Asia.

Aviareps.(Third-Parties)
October 1, 2005... Aviareps: The European cargo general sales agent named Johnny Gardsaeter general manager for Stockholm. He had been managing director at Target Marketing of Scandinavia.

Target Logistics.(Third-Parties)
October 1, 2005... Target Logistics: The forwarder named industry veteran Patrick Kersey district manager at its new Tulsa, Okla., office. Kersey worked before for Braniff Air-ways and BAX Global.

Power Freight Systems.(Third-Parties)
October 1, 2005... Power Freight Systems: The logistics provider named Mark Woltmann to manage its new office Long Beach. Woltmann was a business development manager for DHL Danzas and earlier was a district sales manager for the international freight division of...

BAX Global.(Third-Parties)
October 1, 2005... BAX Global: BAX named K.B. Nagaraju corporate director of the company's logistics business in India. He has more than 20 years of management and logistics experience, most recently as country manager for Hewlett-Packard India. The company also...

world Freight Alliance.(Third-Parties)
October 1, 2005... World Freight Alliance: Frank Perri, vice president of Pilot Air Freight, and Gary Vince, international division president of PBB Global Logistics, became co-chairmen of the global forwarding alliance. Tommy Kelly, group managing director of...

U-Freight.(Third-Parties)
October 1, 2005... U-Freight: The Hong Kong-based forwarder named 23-year company veteran Amy Wong general manager. She will oversee development of the Hong Kong hub and maintain her role as vice president of administration and training.

Saddle Creek.(Third-Parties)
October 1, 2005... Saddle Creek: The logistics operator named Jason Morin as director of sales and marketing. Based in Atlanta, he has held management positions with Exel and Peach State Integrated Technologies.

TransGlobal Logistics.(Third-Parties)
October 1, 2005... TransGlobal Logistics: The Florida company named former American Airlines and China Eastern Airlines executive Joel M. Chusid chairman of the holding company, which hopes to consolidate regional freight and travel companies. Chusid helped...

Target Logistic Services.(Third-Parties)
October 1, 2005... Target Logistic Services: The forwarder named Charles E. Bowen, Jr., to the new post of director, Latin America. Bowen has worked in Latin American trade for the last 10 years with forwarders Team Worldwide and DSL and earlier was at Emery...

SEKO Worldwide.(Third-Parties)
October 1, 2005... SEKO Worldwide: The forwarder named Richard Flanders to manage the company's strategic client program in the Western United States. The 18-year industry veteran worked at Exel and was at Pilot Air Freight and at Emery Worldwide before that.

Sterling Transportation.(Third-Parties)
October 1, 2005... Sterling Transportation: The Los Angeles-based forwarder named Arturo H. Horton director sales and marketing. A 30-year air freight veteran, he most recently worked at Mercury Air Group and Globe Air Cargo.

Wako Logistics.(Third-Parties)
October 1, 2005... Wako Logistics: The company appointed David Koontz chief financial officer as chairman and CEO Chris Wood relinquished the CFO duties. Koontz had held a senior position with an international accounting firm and positions with multinational...

Forward Air.(C. Robert Campbell and G. Michael Lynch appointed)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Forward Air: The air freight trucker named two new independent members to the board of directors and placed both on its audit committee. C. Robert Campbell is CFO of MasTec, a communications and energy infrastructure service provider, and a...

Passport Systems.(Manufacturers)
October 1, 2005... Passport Systems: The California-based developer of advanced inspection scanners for cargo containers named Gustavo Bottan vice president of business development. A onetime corporate director of U.S.-based operations at Siemens Nixdorf, Bottan...

AIM Global.(Fraser Jennings and Mark Nelson appointed)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... AIM Global: The trade association for the automatic identification and mobility industry named Fraser Jennings, vice president of standards and regulatory activities at Savi Technology, to its board of directors. Jennings came to Savi after 24...

Air Cargo the bottom line.
October 1, 2005... [GRAPHICS OMITTED Seattle Atlantic Market share of airlines carrying cargo between Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and Europe, first seven months of 2005. British Airways 16.4% Cargolux 31.49%...

Relief: the response to Hurricane Katrina shows that even troubled airlines deliver something vital to the world.(Forwarders Forum)
October 1, 2005... Those who claim that air cargo is a by-product for our combination passenger/cargo airline companies must be re-examining their ill-informed perception in the aftermath of the airlines response to Hurricane Katrina, the worst natural disaster...

How frozen is frozen: new technology ships goods at minus-35 degrees Celsius.(frozen food are always not good)
October 1, 2005... Bring home a nice piece of salmon from the market. Wrap it up securely, and put it in the freezer. When you take it out a day later, it will be cold, solid--in a word, frozen. Well, not really, according to Patrick Brecht, a scientist who...

Reefer market improve, stimulating investment.(Refrigerated transportation trends and forecast)
October 1, 2005... It was only two years ago when executives in the refrigerated shipping industry fretted over how to survive in an era of depressed rates and low demand. A shipping reform law passed in the late 1990s was still playing havoc with shipping...

Brazil's chicken exports flying high: low production costs help South America's largest country overtake U.S. as the world leader.(COOL CARGOES)
October 1, 2005... If you've dined recently on coq au vin in Paris, kung pao chicken in Beijing or a chicken kebab in Istanbul, there's a strong possibility that the chief ingredient came from Brazil. South America's largest country overtook the United States...

Cross-border trade thrives: crossing the border is the tricky part.
October 1, 2005... U.S. food exports to Mexico are mainly of the meat-and-potatoes variety, but getting to the meat of the matter when trucking goods across the border is anything but straightforward. Approximately 1.46 million trucks headed south across the...

Shortening the supply chain: with fuel costs rising and freight rates heading up, one shipper found a way to wring one day and many dollars from its distribution system.(COOL CARGOES)
October 1, 2005... Chef Solutions makes refrigerated prepared foods and specialty bakery products. It has three divisions that operate 12 facilities in North America. Its products are sold to restaurants and grocery stores across the country. Operating the...

First-class koalas, bendable giraffes.(COOL CARGOES)
October 1, 2005... Rob Little is an Air Canada customer service agent, but not all his customers are human--or even of the two-legged variety. Based in Toronto, Little is the airline's livestock coordinator, and his clientele can range from tiny day-old...

Big box stores spur boxes of flowers.(COOL CARGOES)
October 1, 2005... Getting flowers to market used to mean shipping the blossoms to florists for special occasions and to outdoor markets in the spring. With the advent of big box stores and mass-market grocery chains, the growth in Canada's greenhouse...