Author: Nigel Tomkins

Sharp demand for air cargo in 2024 sees numbers surge

Sharp demand for air cargo in 2024 sees numbers surge

“The counterweight to this good news [for air cargo] is uncertainty over how China’s economic slowdown will unfold,” Willie Walsh, IATA’s director general, points out.

“This will be on the minds of air cargo executives meeting in Hong Kong next week for the IATA World Cargo Symposium with an agenda focused on digitalisation, efficiency and sustainability,” he underscores.

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Temp-control Tower Cold Chain’s cool breakthrough in China

Temp-control Tower Cold Chain’s cool breakthrough in China

William Chong, TWS’s chairman, reveal’s: “With this new GSA agreement in place, TWS and Tower Cold Chain will be able to further break through some of the previous obstacles – and further enhance our cooperation for a win-win outcome in this huge potential China market,” he enthuses.

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Air cargo jobs at risk from the creeping threat of AI

Air cargo jobs at risk from the creeping threat of AI

What about when things go terribly wrong, when cargo goes missing, when cool-chain shipments end up being ruinously exposed to temperature excursions, or fire-risk lithium batteries are declared as avocados? asks Nigel Tomkins

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Shark-skin technology takes a bite out of Lufthansa Cargo’s carbon footprint

Shark-skin technology takes a bite out of Lufthansa Cargo’s carbon footprint

“Together with the lightweight cargo equipment we already use today, this technology will enable us to save 5,493 tonnes of kerosene per year, which is is an important step on our way to becoming 100 per cent CO2-neutral in the air by 2050,” insists Ashwin Bhat, Lufthansa Cargo’s chief executive.

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Is the art of air cargo turning into an algorithm?

Is the art of air cargo turning into an algorithm?

HUMAN beings in air cargo may not exist for much longer, writes Nigel Tomkins in this aircargoeye.com blog post.
Thankfully, no place for the current rash of self-publicists and charlatans.

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Security robots replace humans at Hong Kong’s Hactl air cargo handler

Security robots replace humans at Hong Kong’s Hactl air cargo handler

Wilson Kwong, chief executive of Hactl, says the new security robots complement the company’s existing CCTV system, providing footage from more angles to assist in security and cargo claims evaluations.

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