Cargoforwarder

Forto goes from forte to forte

Berlin, Germany, is a fertile breeding ground for log-tech start-ups, home as it is to the likes of cargo.one, Instafreight, sennder, and 58* others. And it is home, now, to its second
unicorn. Just 6 months after sennder hit the


DB Schenker eyes drone deployment

Quiet, climate-neutral, reliable, fast, and able to uplift heavy items – these are the conditions a means of transportation must satisfy if it is to be utilized by logistics heavyweight,
DB Schenker, to carry shipments on the first or last


Aliscargo Airlines: Uli Ogiermann’s new mission

The Italian newcomer expects to receive its Air Operator Certificate (AOC) from the Italian regulator Ente Nazionale per l’Aviazione Civile either next week or shortly after. Once
obtained, the first flight will most likely take place in the second half


Swissport transforms its structure

The term ‘transformation’ could become the word of the year in 2021. The aviation industry is on the verge of exiting the fossil fuel era and moving into sustainable flying. Airbus has
announced plans to build CO2 neutral Ariane rockets


Digital pre-notification to be standard practice in Amsterdam

From September 2021, priority handling for export cargo that has been digitally pre-notified via eLink, will become standard practice at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. This system will be
included in the ‘ready for carriage’ procedure.

 

Air Cargo Netherlands (ACN), the


Vietnam is gearing up for its first own cargo airline

Over 88% of air cargo coming into and going out of Vietnam, flies on board of foreign carriers. While Vietnam counts six own airlines (of which quite a few recent start-ups), they are all
focused on passenger operations. One of


Taking a nose-dive during loading…

An expensive mistake to make, if it was one… British and Social Media are full of images of a British Airways B787-Dreamliner kissing the tarmac at London-Heathrow this morning (18JUN21).
Thankfully no one was injured during the incident.

Kissing the tarmac… Image: @MZulqarnainBut1/Twitter
Kissing the