This is another feature about employing and retaining the right person in transport and logistics. Today we talk with an expert who has a wide horizon on the global labour market in logistics, Andreas R. Obermeyer from Basel, CH. Andreas is a first class consultant and works with la crème of logistics in Europe. Born and grown in Basel, he completed his apprenticeship in freight forwarding after his “Matura”, i.e. the college certificate valid in Switzerland. After positions in Schenker and Danzas, world famous in those years, Andreas started to work in consulting in 1 ..read more

     Air cargo stakeholders are looking forward to the July 4 annual conclave organized by the Air Cargo Forum India (ACFI). The national forum comprising representatives from the air cargo logistics/supply chain industry has a vision of building “a world-class environment-friendly air logistics industry by innovation with credible allied activities and providing business facilitation to boost the Indian economy.”    ..read more

      It’s Summer Dog Days and time when cargo people and their organizations kick back a bit, almost everywhere in the world by taking one for the team at various golf and social events outside the daily grind of industry events ..read more

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 ..read more

     “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 ..read more

Vocational Air Cargo At An Earlier Age      Mike White needs no introduction with our readers. Mike has a CV and presence in the aviation and airfreight industry that is second to none. His tenure in CNS as President was most inspirational for all of us.      Everybody knows Mike White: his presence is immediate wherever he goes ..read more

     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 continue ..read more

     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.      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. Pure Chicago EMO Trans' Brett Ullrich ..read more

     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 ..read more

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 ..read more