Information technology solutions company Unisys has announced that Lufthansa Cargo is joining Unisys-operated Cargo Portal Services, an electronic booking and shipment management service for the air cargo industry, on November 18, 2008.
Lufthansa Cargo's participation in Cargo Portal Services (CPS) will give the company's air cargo clients a free, web-based facility to manage bookings through a neutral portal.
Helge Kruger-Lorenzen, vice president for global sales steering of Lufthansa Cargo, said: "We are now able to offer our clients the choice to manage their shipments online via the CPS platform. We know that our freight forwarder clients want a choice of channels on which to make electronic bookings, and that there is a ...Read More
British Airways World Cargo has released its results for the first half of the financial year.]
The airline recorded cargo tonne kilometres of 2,437.4m, an increase of 2.0% from the first half of the previous financial year. Cargo capacity dropped by 3.2%.
Commercial revenues for the first half of the financial year increased by 25.2% from the same period last year to GBP363m. Read More
Imports and exports fell steeply at Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals in October. Transshipments, too, turned downward for the second consecutive month, yielding an overall drop of 9.8 percent in volume.
HACTL handled 222,166 tonnes of air cargo in October. Cumulative tonnage from January to October was 2.2 million tonnes, up less than one percent compared with the first ten months of 2007.
Exports declined 10.7 percent in October to 127,332 tonnes. Imports fell 13.6 percent to 51,336 tonnes. Transshipments slipped 2 percent to 43,498 tonnes.
For the year so far, exports are down 1 percent; imports are down 2 percent; and transshipments are up 11.2 percent. Read More
Shenzhen Chiwan Wharf Holdings Ltd (SZA 000022; SZB 200022) said it handled 4.744 mln tons of cargo in October, down 7.9 pct year-on-year.
In a statement filed with the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, the port operator said container throughput in October decreased 19.4 pct from a year earlier to 444,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU).
In the 10 months to October, cargo handled by the company rose 9.5 pct year-on-year to 54.11 mln tons, while container throughput increased 2.6 pct to 5.157 mln TEU. Read More
A shipment of nuclear waste is expected to arrive at a dump in Germany despite mass protests from environmentalists.
Eleven containers of treated waste were on Monday transferred from a train onto lorries in Dannenberg for the final journey to the northern Gorleben site.
The train was delayed for hours after setting off from La Hague in France on Friday, as protesters clashed with police trying to block the shipment.
Several demonstrators even managed to cement themselves to the tracks.
A number of protesters are continuing to block access to the Gorleben site in Lower Saxony.
"We will be the last to be removed, but we will keep going. I don't care if it's tomorrow ...Read More
Japan Airlines Corp., Asia’s largest air carrier, reported group operating revenue from international cargo increased 4 percent in the first half of fiscal 2008, which started in April, from a year earlier to 95.4 billion yen (US$979 million).
The company said in a statement, “Demand on Southeast Asia routes was strong, while demand on China routes, on which supply had been increased, rose from the year-earlier-period. On the other hand, on U.S. routes and Europe routes where we had reduced supply, demand decreased from the year-earlier-period. As a result, revenue cargo ton-kilometers decreased by 7.5 percent from the year-earlier period."
“As a result of the accelerated retirement of classic-type Boeing 747 freighters ...Read More
Air Canada shares fell 10 per cent yesterday after the airline reported a third-quarter loss and a drop in its cash position that prompted some analysts to raise questions about liquidity.
Air Canada executives tried to reassure investors that it isn't burning through cash faster amid weak industry conditions, but conceded that is financing options are limited.
Air Canada shares fell 53 cents to $4.83 on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The airline said it had $1.114 billion on its balance sheet at the end of September, down $383 million in three months. In the quarter, its finances were hit by record high oil prices in July, which added $348 million in costs, then ...Read More
SEATTLE, Nov 07, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Alaska Air Group today announced the election of Thomas Nunn as vice president of safety. An industry veteran with nearly 30 years of experience in strategic planning, operational development and safety, Nunn will oversee all aspects of the safety programs at Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air.
"Tom is a seasoned leader with a strong track record in safety and security," said Bill Ayer, chairman and chief executive officer of Alaska Air Group, the parent company of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air. "We feel fortunate to welcome someone with such tremendous talent and depth of experience to our team."
Nunn, who starts his new position ...Read More
Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) has released traffic figures for its Delta and Northwest operating units for October 2008.
System revenue passenger miles for Delta for October 2008 showed a decrease of 2.2% from the same month last year, while system available seat miles dropped by 4.7%, resulting in a system load factor of 81.6%, an increase of 2.0 percentage points.
Northwest recorded a decrease in system revenue passenger miles for October 2008 of 1.4% compared to October 2007 and a drop in system available seat miles of 2.0%, resulting in an increase of 0.5 percentage points in system load factor at 84.3%.
Delta completed its merger with Northwest on 29 October 2008. Read More
New Delhi (PTI): Freight charges for select destinations rose by up to by Rs 2,000 per ten metric tonne payload in the local truck transport market today following less availability of trucks amid busy cargo movements.
Transporters said poor availability of lorries triggered by busy cargo movements, pushed up some of the centres' freight rates.
Delhi to Thiruvananthapuram freight went up by Rs 2,000 at Rs 46,000 and Goa freight hardened by Rs 1500 at Rs 26,000 respectively.
Rates to Mysore gained by Rs 2000 at Rs 34,000, while Kolkata freight rates moved up by Rs 1000 at Rs 24,000 respectively. Read More