Delta Cargo innovating pet safety, comfort


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Delta’s first priority is the safety of customers and pets in its care. To ensure a high-quality, consistent service, Delta Cargo has entered into


long-term


partnership with CarePod, a pet technology start-up that has developed a new standard of first-class safety and care for pet air travel. Through this partnership,


Delta Cargo will launch a new pet transportation strategy. With


Wuhan-Liège Cargo


Airline is inaugurated in Wallonia, Belgium


High level officials form the Wallonia government in Belgium and Hubei Province in China recently attended an opening ceremony to market the commencement of a new trade


Cargo Airline.


route by Wuhan-Liège It


is the latest


European freight route opened and operated by a private Chinese airline, Uni-top Airlines, which is originally from Wuhan. It marks the 2nd European line inaugurated by this Chinese company in the same year.Liège Airport is the 1st cargo airport in Belgium and the 7th in Europe. “Our companies share a consequent drive to


internationalize for further development, while the Walloon Government attaches great importance to giving an image of openness to Wallonia. This new cargo


airline between


Liège and Wuhan makes an additional asset that offers significant opportunities for our companies,” said Vice-President of Walloon Government and Minister of the Economy and Foreign Trade Pierre-Yves Jeholet. CAO Guangjing, Vice-


Governor of Hubei Province, Luc Partoune, CEO of Liège Airport, Michel Kempeneers, COO of AWEX, a representative


of Liège city (twinned with Wuhan, capital city of Hubei) and a delegation composed mainly of Chinese officials and entrepreneurs attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony. “I’m delighted with the arrival


of Uni-top at Liege Airport who is a leader in e-commerce, which will strengthen our attractiveness in this area. It is the fruit of a joint work with the cross-border e-commerce association based in Liege Airport.” accentuated Luc Partoune, CEO of Liège Airport. The new route is


complementary to the cargo flights already operated in


Luxembourg and offers


three flights per week，every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, departing


from Liège


and arriving in Wuhan the next day, utilizing a Boeing 747-400F cargo plane, with a


United Becomes 1st US carrier to approve CSafe RAP Temperature-Controlled Container


United Cargo announced that it will enhance its TempControl service and expand the options it offers shippers of pharmaceuticals and other life science products by approving the new CSafe RAP active container. The CSafe RAP utilizes


innovative heating and compressor-driven cooling technologies, along with advanced ThermoCor VIP insulation, to maintain constant payload temperatures even at extreme ambient temperatures spanning from -30°C to +54°C – the broadest operating range in the industry. Its large payload compartment of 6.68 m3 easily


accommodates up to four standard U.S. pallets or five standard Euro pallets. With an extended battery run time of over 120 hours, the CSafe RAP ensures temperature integrity and product viability through to destination even on extended journeys. “The CSafe RKN container has been a key component of our


TempContro l service since 2010,” said


Jan


Krems, President of United Cargo. “The demand for pharmaceuticals and other health care products


grows every year, and customers and patients worldwide are seeking expanded capacity across our TempControl network. With the new CSafe RAP container, we can meet this need using the innovative CSafe technology that is proven by years of impeccable performance and trusted by our customers.” “CSafe is very excited to


a new range of smart, pet travel products and services, CarePod will help Delta better carry and monitor pets throughout the network, with real-time updates for customers. This is alongside the recent introduction of a staff veterinarian to the Delta Cargo team who will review policies and procedures to ensure safe and comfortable pet travel. “Demand for pet shipments is strong and we are always


maximum load capacity of 110 tons, carrying goods including mechanical


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looking for ways to create a best-in-class travel experience for pets and their owners,” said Shawn Cole, Vice President-Delta Cargo. “Working with a start-up like CarePod allows Delta the flexibility to enhance our service in new and innovative ways. We are able to think big, start small and learn fast to solve specific customer needs.” “Our innovative use of


technology and breakthrough engineering solutions are matched by our passion for pet safety, comfort and security. Our goal is to transform the future of pet travel, and to be able to work with Delta in delivering a better experience for its customers is


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anexciting step,” said Jenny Pan, Founder and CEO of CarePod. Delta’s team of specialists


constantly review processes and policies to identify areas of improvement to ensure the safety and health of pets. The airline has specially trained ground handlers who take care of pets at every step of their journey. Delta also has temperature- controlled holding areas and vehicles in numerous locations, overnight kenneling services, and real-time GPS tracking service for pet shipments. The new Cargo Control Center in Atlanta also gives the airline 24/7/365 visibility into all shipments, including pets.


News Roundup equipment,


electrical equipment and e-commerce packages. “The opening of the - Wuhan


Luxembourg and


Liège - Wuhan air cargo routes will help Europe and China share the benefits of the‘Belt and Road Initiative’, which will meet the fast-growing logistic demands between Europe and Central China,” said the Airlines’ President, Xuannan Zhang. Today, Wuhan has become


an international hub for trade and logistics between European countries and China. Capital of Hubei Province, this city enjoys excellent relations with Wallonia since 2009. A twinning agreement was signed between the two Regions in 2012 and since then, together, they inaugurated important projects.


add United Cargo to the ever- expanding list of airlines that have approved our new CSafe RAP temperature- controlled container,” stated Jeff Pepperworth, CEO of CSafe Global. “The combination of United Cargo’s expansive TempControl network and the


superior performance of


the CSafe RAP container offers lifescience companies a powerful and reliable solution to move temperature-sensitive healthcare products to patients across the globe.” Many of the same leasing


options currently available for the CSafe RKN are available for the new CSafe RAP container. TempControl


customers


may lease the new CSafe RAP container directly from CSafe Global or through United Cargo.


On October 16, the first new semi- automated container stacks at the Port of Virginia’s Norfolk International Terminals (NIT) were put into service. Stacks 7, 8 and 9 are now processing container transactions for over-the-road trucks. This significant milestone inaugurates NIT’s transition to the industry-leading operating plan already in place at Virginia International Gateway (VIG). Looking ahead, the port plans to commission nine new RMG stacks at NIT by the end of calendar year 2018. By 2020, NIT will offer service via 30 RMG stacks, utilizing 60 newly-commissioned RMGs.


Sea


The Port of Rotterdam Authority and Rotterdam Polymer Hub (RPH) signed an allocation agreement regarding a site for two halls for the storage and distribution of polymers. RPH will be the first logistics node in the Rotterdam port area to focus exclusively on the storage of polymers. The project is a joint initiative of the Port of Rotterdam Authority, Euro-Rhine Group and entrepreneur Geert Van De Ven.


In the first three quarters of 2018, total throughput in the port of Rotterdam was 0.4% lower than in the same period the previous year. Container volumes continued to grow at a markedly higher pace than the first nine months of 2017 – even recording a new all- time high in August. Wet and dry bulk, however, showed a decline in volume – although LNG and biomass were two positive outliers within these product segments. All in all, 350 million tonnes of cargo was handled in the port of Rotterdam, a decrease of 1.5 million tonnes compared to last year. The port expects to make up some of the difference in the fourth quarter, so that the throughput recorded for 2018 in its entirety will be more or less equal to that of 2017.


Port Everglades reached a record high in containerized cargo this past fiscal year with 1,108,465 TEUs moving through the Port. Though the numbers are preliminary, this is a 3% year-over-year increase and the fiſth year that Port Everglades exceeded one- million TEUs. (Note: fiscal years run from Oct 1 through Sept 30.)


The Panama Canal closed its 2018 fiscal year (FY 2018) with a record tonnage of 442.1 million Panama Canal tons (PC/UMS), which represents a 9.5 percent increase from the previous year. With this tonnage, the Panama Canal surpasses the cargo projections of 429.4 million PC/UMS tons for FY 2018, as well as the 403.8 million PC/UMS tons registered in FY 2017. Port Canaveral announced that the port’s growing diverse cargo portfolio reported double-digit increases in FY ‘18 revenues, rising by 18% from FY ’17 to an all-time high of $10.15 million. Cargo tonnage in 2018 rose to 6,404,944 tons, a 6.9% increase over the previous year.


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