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Vol. 23 No. 23                  Thursday May 9, 2024

ICAO Cargo Action Peru
     “Looking forward to insightful encounters toward advancing digitization in air cargo at International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) South American Office in Lima, Peru today March 6 at 15:45”, Amar More, President of Kale Logistics Solutions said.


Bob Arens Is Fondly Recalled
     We bid a fond farewell to this kind gentleman with the wonderful face, Robert Nicholas Arens, who died Monday, May 6, 2024 at age 82.
     We knew Bob for a number of years as a force for good and a genuine nice guy when he worked for Icelandair’s Al Shea at JFK.   

Vol. 23 No. 22                  Monday May 6, 2024

ICAO Cargo Workshop
     “Looking forward to insightful encounters toward advancing digitization in air cargo at International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) South American Office in Lima, Peru today March 6 at 15:45”, Amar More, President of Kale Logistics Solutions said.


Chuckles for May 6, 2024  

LAACA Proud Bird Moves Its Tail
     Los Angeles Air Cargo Association (LAACA) Air Cargo Day at the Proud Bird Grand Ballroom just off the main runways takes off Thursday May 9.
     Doors open at 1100.
     The air cargo event of the year at LAX goes until 15:00 and is free!

Remembering Bruce McCaffrey
     “The air cargo price fixing saga of 2005 was a-gas. A mellifluous malodorous episode in the history of air cargo.”
     Bruce McCaffrey A story without a happy ending is recalled in 2024 as we mark ten years since Bruce McCaffrey died February 25, 2014 at age 71 in Bradenton, Florida, from complications of renal failure.

Vol. 23 No. 21                  Wednesday May 1, 2024

FIATA & IATA Alongside Each Other
     Time goes by, things change and the conditions of the business go up and down, but FIATA meetings show stability, surprising even for those who participate. When FIATA members meet again, year after year, all their doubts, issues and questions suddenly are lifted into a collaborative atmosphere that they share, celebrating with renewed enthusiasm their reunion, one global meeting after another. This atmosphere thrilled me back in 1992, always coming back in


Chuckles for May 1, 2024  

Vol. 23 No. 20                  Tuesday April 23, 2024

Sustainability Six Tops@CNS
     All six people on this important panel presentation held at The Cargo Network Services (CNS) Partnership Conference in Dallas, Texas that included Alicia Lines, CNS President; (at Podium) and from right, Cristina Oñate, VP Sustainability & Product, LATAM; Lorenzo Stoll, Head of Cargo, Swiss WorldCargo; Juan Carlos Serna, Head of Airfreight, CH Robinson; James Van Epps, Managing Director, Cargo Security, Customs & DG, Airlines for America; and Robert Horton, Vice President, Environmental Affairs & Sustainability, DFW International Airport knocked the ball out of the stadium with an excellent presentation.
Here some edited comments:


Chuckles for April 23, 2024  

Air Cargo Padel At Schiphol
     When my family moved from Chicago to New York City, we lived near Forest Hills Stadium that was built in the neighborhood in 1923.
    The iconic structure that is still there and in business for concerts today is a 14,000-seat New York City Landmark.

Day Dubai Rains Came
     The deluge flooded out Dubai Airport and other UAE gateways and elsewhere in the Middle East creating chaotic conditions all around.
     Everyone in the air, on land and on the sea could only stand by and hope for better weather as the rain shut down everything; filling up gateways with people and cargo and packing every available hotel room, as uncertainty was the rule.

Earth Day 2024

Vol. 23 No. 19                  Tuesday April 16, 2024

Kale Solutions At WFS ATL
     On April 1, 2024, WFS ATL implemented 100% appointment bookings using Kale Logistics Solutions TSM for their “Time is Money” Dock Management Program.
     What that means is that now trucking companies know exactly what to expect by pre-booking appointments for a dedicated time to arrive at the WFS cargo facility.


Chuckles for April 16, 2024  

Pure Chicago EMO Trans' Brett Ullrich
     Brett Ullrich is Corporate Air Procurement Manager at EMO Trans, the historical freight forwarding and logistics enterprise led by the late Jo Frigger, whom our readers have met in repeated occasions in the past. Jo was a superb entrepreneur and a close friend for Geoffrey and Sabiha Arend.

Vol. 23 No. 18                   Monday April 15, 2024

Lines In The Sand
     As Cargo Network Services Corp. (CNS) Partnership opened In Dallas, in the picture during Opening Session April 15 in Dallas, Texas saw CNS President (ad interim) Alicia Lines assert:


State Of The Air Cargo Industry
    As Cargo Network Services Corp. (CNS) Partnership Conference continued in Dallas April 15, a session titled "State of The Industry, Partnering For A Changing World", hit on some interesting points.

Chuckles for April 15, 2024

United Cargo Picture Tells The Story
     Sometimes when you truly love somebody or someplace the feeling can drive a further celebration. I have loved Chicago where I first went to school and was elected President of the Third Grade. I am still a member of the fabulous Chicago Art Museum where I got lost in the beauty of the place and the art especially by Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks when I was only 12 years old. So Chicago as home base for United Airlines has always been a fave, not only because UA is a great story, but also for the emotion of lifelong love affair with that city that endures and continues to burn brightly.

Vol. 23 No. 17                   Sunday April 14, 2024

CNS In Sullivan's World Says IATA Head Of Cargo
     Brendan Sullivan, IATA Head of Cargo wants every participant at CNS Partnership Conference opening in Dallas today April 14 to leverage some of the unique opportunities for take away from the three-day gathering.


Chuckles for March April 14, 2024

Vol. 23 No. 16                   Wednesday April 10, 2024

Greg Schwendinger Cycling To The Show
     Greg Schwendinger is President of American Airlines Cargo, where he oversees one of the largest air cargo networks in the world. Greg re-joined American in fall 2022 after leading the Finance team at health services provider AccentCare during a period of transformation and growth, but he had already spent 15 years in American Airlines previously after his MBA at Rice University.


IATA Head Of Cargo Ahead On USA
     “I like the feeling I get when I’m riding in a jet, saying I’m going places” sang The Jackson Five in an uplifting message about air travel back when Michael was just a kid.

India Open Skies Benefits
    
“The operation of foreign ad hoc and pure non-scheduled freighter charter service flights shall be allowed at all international airports in India without co-terminal rights by cargo-only aircraft for three years from the date of issue of the aeronautical information circular.” That was India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) issuing a notice circulated at the end of February this year.

Chuckles for March April 10, 2024

United Cargo Opens New Newark Facility
      Eclipsing The Competition . . . On Monday April 8 as the world awaited the Solar Eclipse, down on the ground United Cargo had officially just opened a brand spanking new full-service air cargo facility with all the bells and whistles at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) at 100 Frontage Road.

Vol. 23 No. 15                   Thursday April 4, 2024

Eppur si muove (And yet it moves)
     Eppur si muove (And yet it moves) is reportedly the utterance that Galileo Galilei pronounced after being obliged by the Inquisition to recant his findings that the Earth revolves around the Sun. True or false the idea that he really pronounced this phrase, it has become celebrated in Italy as a slightly rebellious exclamation that means a self-evident truth is refuted against all evidence.


MSC Brings It Home In USA
     On April 22 the remarkable journey of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) will be the subject of a talk by Brittney Knisley Lawler, Branch Manager of MSC based in Charleston South Carolina.

IAG Cargo India Growth Spotlight
    
The cargo division of European major International Airlines Group (IAG), expressed its plan to partner with Indian carriers and logistics players – with the condition that it would be done at the right time. IAG which represents the cargo business of five airlines -- British Airways, Iberia Cargo, Vueling and LEVEL (Spanish carriers) and Ireland’s Aer Lingus Cargo—gets 10 per cent of its global export revenues from India.

Chuckles for March April 4, 2024

Maersk A Sustainable Future
      A sustainable future just got a bit closer to reality as Danish shipping company A.P. Moller - Maersk’s second large methanol-enabled vessel is soon to arrive in Yokohama, Japan.

Vol. 23 No. 14                   Tuesday March 26, 2024

Going Dutch With Delta Cargo
     Nice Picture, Nice Guy and Consummate Professional . . . Took this picture of Peter Penseel during Messe Muenchen Air Cargo Europe in 2019.
     Beginning June 1, Peter currently serving as COO at CEVA Logistics, assumes command at Delta Air Lines as SVP and President –Delta Cargo.


United Campfire Gathering
     We’ve gotten kind of used to having meetings that are described as roundtables that are not round or fireside chats minus the fire, but in Houston United Campfire Gathering got the job done and was electric.

Donna Mullins A Thoughtful Lesson
    
In a perfect world the following few lines would just make no sense. Yes, indeed, in a perfect world . . . We are talking about how much logistics, and air cargo in particular, is missing by overlooking women’s skills, but we are doing this sideways, as it is convenient at the Flying Typers. Women’s skills can be ignored knowingly or as a habit, in any case it is a missed opportunity at best. This is not the main concept of this article, but it cannot be ignored if you wish to fully understand its content.

Chuckles for March 26, 2024

Four For Why CNS Matters
      And It’s not just Great Golf Opening Day Sunday at IATA's Cargo Network Services (CNS) Partnership Conference April 14-16.
      This is the 33rd CNS gathering and it is at The Gaylord Resort & Convention Center, in Dallas Fort Worth, Texas.

Vol. 23 No. 13                   Wednesday March 19, 2024

FACE To FACE—East Side/West Side Cargo
     Both New York and Los Angeles organized air cargo have big doings at important meetings this week bringing together industry leaders on both coasts of the USA.


I Got The Horse Right Here
     So, what do you do whilst in Hong Kong to top the greatest, most well attended meeting in IATA Cargo history?
     I mean did World Cargo Symposuim 2024 blow the doors off Hong Kong Expo Center or what?

Ingo On The Road Again
    
We have been tracking the movements of “Road-Meister" Ingo Zimmer, CEO ATC Aviation Services AG, who in the last month alone has appeared in Mumbai, Addis Ababa, São Paulo and all last week in Hong Kong at International Air Transport Association (IATA) World Cargo Symposium.

Chuckles for March 19, 2024

An Education In Many Languages
     Tervetuloa! That is how you would be received by Airport College, Helsinki, if they offered their courses only in Finnish. No worries, the institution we are presenting today boasts over 30 ready-to-use online eLearning courses available worldwide 24/7 in many languages including English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Finnish, French, Thai, Spanish and more to come.

Letter From Brandon Fried
Hey Geoffrey,
     Thanks for reaching out and for your interest in our efforts!
     As for Michael Steen's comment at the WCS in Hong Kong about greater engagement with legislators on sustainability, he's definitely got a point. While we're actively working on sustainability initiatives, there's always room for more collaboration, especially with lawmakers. We're all about being proactive, and our new Environmental Sustainability Committee is a testament to that.

Vol. 23 No. 12                   Wednesday March 13, 2024

IATA Hong Kong Humdinger
     The party may be just about over for IATA’s World Cargo Symposium in Hong Kong where the show closes on Thursday at noon at the Hong Kong Expo Center but no doubt results are in when standing back and taking measure of the gathering experience for our air cargo business.


IATA ONE Record Priority
     Brendan Sullivan, International Air Transport Association (IATA) Global Head of Cargo with the people that brought IATA World Cargo Symposium to Hong Kong, led the charge Tuesday March 12 where the news was as big as the audience itself.

Think Tank IATA WCS
    
One of the highlights of any really fine conference aside from networking and sessions, (and if you’re really lucky this week at IATA WCS Hong Kong a bit of local color experience to remember this jewel of a destination) are the ideas and friends; and maybe one or two new ideas that will endure, that you pick up along the way.

Chuckles for March 13, 2024

Three Words Big Story At HACTL
     At WCS 2024 Hong Kong this week if there were Skytypers writing across the sky above the throng gathered below at HK Expo Center, the words, like the focus of HACTL would be:
     “Digitalization, Safety & Sustainability.”

A Great Day For The Irish
     Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with these words as you raise your glass to friends and family:
     May the road rise up to meet you
     And may the wind always be at your back
     May the sun shine warm upon your face
     And the raindrops fall soft upon your fields
     And until we meet again
     May God hold you in the small of his hand.

Vol. 23 No. 11                   Wednesday March 5, 2024

Party For The Age Of PayCargo
     Remember “Hair”, the age of Aquarius? There was a Broadway production in 1968, there was Foreman’s film eleven years later and there was and international hit, indirectly connected with the musical, released on March 1st 1969, precisely 55 years ago. The 5th Dimension marked a turning point in music and show-business, when 1968’s events changed the world for a generation or more. We thought it was forever; well, that did not work . . .


On The Road Again
     On The Road Again with a great story to tell including being named “Best GSSA by Ethiopian Airlines Cargo “ up in the air somewhere from Mumbai to Addis Ababa to São Paulo

Wim Will Always Be A Winner
    
Our colleague Willem Sonneveldt passed away on Tuesday, February 27, at the age of 74.
     Wim worked a long time as Director Airfreight at Ziegler Netherlands, served many years in the Board of the Dutch Airfreight Forwarders Association (NVVL) and later, on behalf of ACN Air Cargo Netherlands and the Dutch Forwarders Association Fenex, in the International Air Transport Association (IATA)-FIATA International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations Consultative Council (IFCC) and the Air Cargo Program Joint Council.

 
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