March 2021
On Monday, March 16, 2020, Emirates flight EK 2503 took off from Dubai to Kuwait. Although operated on a Boeing 777-300ER passenger aircraft, EK 2503 carried no passengers but about 34 tonnes of bellyhold cargo that was urgently required in Kuwait.
It was the first time in the history of its operations that Emirates had operated a cargo only flight on a passenger aircraft. Coming just four days after COVID-19 had ...
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IAG Cargo announced its 2020 full year results, reporting commercial revenues of €1,306 million over the period from January 1 to December 31, 2020, an increase of 18.5% on 2019 at constant currency. Overall yields for the year were up 94.6% on the same time last year at constant currency. ...
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The Lufthansa Cargo Pharma Centers in Munich and Chicago, which opened in summer 2020, were recently CEIV Pharma-certified. This means that, in addition to CEIV Pharma certification as an airline, Lufthansa Cargo offers an excellent pharma network of 32 stations worldwide. After extensive testing, the CEIV Pharma label of the ...
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The breakbulk terminal building at Berths 54-55 at the Port of Los Angeles has a new fabric membrane roof among other improvements, thanks to nearly $1 million in upgrades completed in March by the Port at the marine terminal operated by SSA Marine. As the main stop for Chilean fruit ...
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The Port of Los Angeles (POLA) will host a Clean Truck Program 2021 Concession Agreement Update on March 17, at 9 a.m. via Zoom. POLA currently has concession agreements with approximately 1,100 Licensed Motor Carriers (LMCs), which must be replaced before they expire on September 30, 2021. POLA Environmental Management ...
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An unseasonable surge in cargo lifted the Port of Long Beach to its busiest February on record.
Dockworkers and terminal operators moved 771,735 twenty-foot equivalent units in February, a 43.3% uptick from the same month last year and marking the largest year-over-year increase for a single month in the Port’s 110-year ...
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An unprecedented containerized import surge resumed at the Port of Oakland in February following a January decline. The Port said that import volume soared 26.2% in February compared to the same month in 2020. Oakland welcomed the news after supply chain disruption elsewhere drove its January import totals ...
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Sonoco ThermoSafe, the leading global provider of temperature-assured packaging solutions, and Unilode Aviation Solutions, the market leader in outsourced unit load device (ULD) management and repair services, announce their partnership for the maintenance, repair and handling of Sonoco ThermoSafe’s passive bulk temperature-controlled containers at several key locations. This cooperation will ...
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Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) is working with Brussels Airport and the Air Cargo Belgium community to help eliminate waiting times for international road feeder services in the latest initiative to support Brucargo’s ‘Digital Green Lane’. Two years ago, WFS was one of the first cargo handlers to sign up for ...
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Boeing re-delivered its 50th 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter the week of March 8. “As we reach this milestone less than three years after the first 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter took to the skies, we at Boeing thank our customers for making the 737-800BCF the narrow body freighter of choice ...
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