Smiths Detection Inc.’s (SDI) dual-view HI-SCAN 6040-2is X-ray unit is the latest security scanning machine to be accepted within the “qualified” section of TSA’s Air Cargo Screening Technology List (ACSTL). The X-ray machine uses multiple views and sophisticated algorithms to…
In recent months, general airfreight in China has shown lackluster growth and suffered yield pressure. However, there is at least one segment of cargo traffic that is making air cargo operators in China salivate – cold chain services – and…
Following the success of Qatar Airway’s “QR Pharma” express Brussels-Basel-Doha service, launched last January, Qatar is now beginning pharma express routes from India to Doha. The first route, beginning today, will operate from Mumbai via Ahmedabad to Doha on Tuesdays…
After a decade of planning, construction and gradual traffic buildup, Emirates SkyCargo officially inaugurated its spacious new SkyCentral cargo terminal this week at Dubai World Central (DWC) . The facility, located at the logistics district in Dubai South, is home…
Two DHL packages that were seized yesterday at Cairo International Airport on suspicion that they contained “explosive materials,” as reported earlier in Air Cargo World, have been determined to contain no such materials, according to DHL officials. “As part of…
Lufthansa Cargo will have a fleet of CSafe RKN containers made available to the carrier for lease, to be put into service for the airline’s Cool/td-Active program for perishables. Cool/td- Active is designed to protect temperature-sensitive cargo through all steps…
The cargo community at Brussels Airport has formed a new nonprofit organization, Air Cargo Belgium, to represent the air cargo industry and all the stakeholders at the airport. The new entity is to be led by the airport’s head of…
Joining its operation in neighboring Brussels Airport, cargo handler Swissport International has completed the validation process for IATA’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) for Pharmaceuticals at Liège Airport. Swissport Cargo Liège is, after Swissport Cargo Brussels, the second…
Brussels Airport, the first airport to be certified with IATA’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators – Pharmaceutical Handling (CEIV-Pharma), has invented and developed its own clever new cool-chain gadget: the airside pharma transporter. The refrigerated transporter – a trailer…
European road feeder service, Jan de Rijk Logistics has acquired Omega Logistics, which specializes in the pharmaceutical and healthcare sector. Omega has a private, temperature-controlled distribution network for transporting sensitive goods to pharmacies, hospitals, patients and other health care facilities.…