NEWS FROM FREIGHT
HANDLERS GLOBALLY CARGO SHORTS
WFS
WFS continues to be on for forefront
of cargo handling. It is in final development
of its Landside Digitization Booking
program. This will allow forwarders and
truckers to make appointments for warehouse
door slots times thereby reducing
congestion, confusion and air pollution,
The company is ready for improved
safety on July1 first for deploying on-sire
K9 inspection deployment teams working
with the TSA.
Dnata
Providing new contract with passenger,
ramp and cleaning services for Turkish
Airlines at Newark Airport. dnata 2020-
21 financial results: Handled 290,000
aircraft turns, moved 2.7 million tons of
cargo, uplifted 16.9 million meals, and recorded
a total transaction value (TTV) of
travel services of US$ 62 million.
FedEx
FedEx’s integrator trucking arm said
the sudden measure of discontinuing
working with 1400 U.S. firms providing
less-than-truck loads was based “customer
specific actions to control capacity
and avoid backlogs in the most capacityconstrained
freight service centers”.
LATAM will expand its cargo fleet to
21 aircraft. The South American company
plans to grow its cargo division by
ten Boeing 767s in 2023, a 90 percent increase.
Between January and March, LATAM
carried nearly 30,000 tons of cargo
throughout its route map.
AA
American Airlines and cargo.one have
entered into a strategic partnership expanding
the airline’s cargo capacity offering
to cargo.one’s leading e-booking platform
for air cargo. “With cargo.one, our
customers will have immediate, real-time
access to solutions to meet their transport
needs” said Jessica Tyler, president
cargo.
Airbus/Boeing freighters
Airbus is working n the development of
a freighter version of its wide-body A350
aircraft, the European manufacturer’s
chief commercial officer said in a move
that could take on rival Boeing ‘s 777X
freighter model.
Cargo Theft
“In total, each cargo theft event in
first-quarter 2021 was worth an average
of $142,574 for an estimated total
just under $11 million (up 8% from Q1
2020) in cargo stolen across the United
States and Canada in this analysis period.”
Sustainability
More and more airlines are announcing
plans to reduce their carbon footprint
and use Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF).
Once a week, Lufthansa Cargo flight
8400 to Shanghai operates one of the
world's first regular flights powered by
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Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). It's an
expensive but greener alternative to traditional
jet fuel. Lufthansa's flights use
SAF made from bio waste such as leftover
cooking oil and vegetables as opposed to
the traditional fossil fuels can cost airlines
three to five times more than traditional
fuel. Unlike other fossil fuel alternatives,
SAF doesn't require planes to be modified
in order to fly with it.
AF/KLM SAF
3 more forwarders have signed up to
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo’s (AFKLMP)
Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)
program.
Best Global Logistics (BGL) has joined
the program for its 2021 marine logistics
shipments as part of its Going Green strategy,
while Dutch forwarder Fast Forward
Freight (FFF, and Koppert Biological Systems
has also signed up to the program.
Airbus
Airbus is extending the use of sustainable
aviation fuel (SAF) for its Beluga
cargo flights to the Broughton in the
UK. The manufacturer said that the north
Wales line station, which uses the Beluga
fleet to transport aircraft wings to Toulouse,
Hamburg and Bremen, becomes
the second Airbus European site to use
SAF.
FedEx
US cargo carrier FedEx is investing
more than $2 billion as part of an effort to
achieve carbon-neutral operations across
its global network in 20 years. The Memphis,
Tennessee-headquartered company
said it is focusing on three areas to
achieve this goal: vehicle electrification,
sustainable fuel and carbon sequestration.
“We have a responsibility to take bold
action in addressing climate challenges,”
says the carrier’s chief executive Frederick
Smith.
CEVA Logistics
CEVA earlier this spring joined United
Airlines’ sustainability initiative, the Eco-
Skies Alliance. United said that through
its Eco-Skies Alliance, it is partnering with
businesses such as CEVA Logistics to
power future flying in a more sustainable
way.CEVA Logistics and other Eco-Skies
Alliance companies are working with
United to collectively purchase approximately
3.4m gallons of sustainable aviation
fuel (SAF) this year.
Delta
Has a comprehensive plan to reduce
their carbon footprint:
• Budgeting more than $30 million for
portfolio of verified offsets to mitigate 13
million metric tons of Delta’s 2020 emissions
• Planning long-term investments in
sustainable fuel and carbon sequestration
advancements and analyzing role of developing
propulsion technologies
• Building coalitions and engaging
stakeholders to broaden availability of
sustainable aviation fuels, including first
partnerships with NIKE, Inc. and Deloitte
ANA
The ANA Group has updated its 2050
ESG commitment to achieve “net zero
emissions”1 from aircraft operations by
FY2050.
In addition, the ANA Group has established
new medium-term environmental
targets for fiscal 2030 as part of its path
to achieve its long-term targets for fiscal
2050.
DHL
DHL Global Forwarding is joining
United Airlines sustainable aviation fuel
(SAF) program as it continues to ramp up
its green strategy. The world’s largest airfreight
forwarder said that as part of United’s
Eco-Skies Alliance program it will
contribute towards the purchase of 3.4m
gallons of SAF this year. The reductions in
carbon footprint are then allocated by DHL
to its customers.
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