Integrated Service Solution Global Forwarding (ISS) and Chapman Freeborn teamed up to deliver 88 tons (79.8 tonnes) of urgent construction materials from Bangkok in Thailand to Doha, Qatar.
Multiple charter flights were required to deliver oversized wooden crates and other construction materials.
Chapman Freeborn said that the Covid-19 pandemic made acquiring landing permits and coordinating crew rest periods a challenge, but the air charters were mobilised in “record time” regardless.
UK-based cargo airline One Air has commenced its Boeing 747 freighter operations at East Midlands Airport.
Antonov Airlines has deployed one of its AN-124 aircraft to transport a racing yacht for the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup on behalf of GAC Pindar and Solent Freight Services.
AirBridgeCargo is reportedly returning two of its Boeing freighters to their Chinese owners two years after they were grounded due to sanctions related to the war in Ukraine.
Shanghai Shipbuilding Research and Design Institute (SDARI), in collaboration with DNV and Toepfer Transport, has developed two state-of-the-art multipurpose vessel designs: Octopus 12.6 and Octopus 12.
Colonel’s Island Terminal at the USA’s port of Brunswick had its busiest month ever for ro-ro cargo during March 2024 handling 77,236 units, an increase of 21 percent over the same month of last year.
Wallenius Wilhelmsen has joined global public-private partnership the First Movers Coalition (FMC), which is working to scale the most critical, emerging climate technologies required to decarbonise the world’s heavy-emitting sectors.
