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E mir a t e s SkyCargo has rolled out a
detailed set of guidelines and procedures including strict rules on the kind of cargo that can be loaded inside the cabin. “We have operated flights
from stations such as Tokyo and New Delhi with cargo in the overhead bins and seats and are now in a position to be
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able to safely and optimally respond to customer demands for additional cargo capacity from main global production markets,” Sultan said. The carrier will be operating
more flights over the coming weeks with cargo in both the belly as well as inside the main cabin. In addition, Emirates SkyCargo is looking at other measures including the
removal of seats from select aircraſt to deploy on high demand trade lanes. For the loading of cargo in
the seats and overhead bins inside passenger cabin of the Boeing 777-300ER aircraſt, the air cargo carrier has developed a robust set of guidelines for its global teams on handling procedures and
has also introduced a smart calculator
Evergreen to Initiate New Weekly Service from Port NOLA
Evergreen Shipping launched a new weekly container service to and from the Caribbean and the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) on April 29, 2020, with the Evergreen Arkadia calling at the port’s Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal. Port NOLA President and
CEO Brandy D. Christian said the new service further strengthens New Orleans’ direct connectivity and offers additional options. “We are thrilled to welcome
Evergreen’s new service to the port and for the opportunity to provide our shippers with increased global connectivity through Evergreen’s extensive network of services in Panama,”
said Christian. The addition of Evergreen’s
independent CAJ service adds to their current offerings in and out of New Orleans on the Oceans Alliance Asia and North Europe services. The new service will be handled by terminal operator Ports America at the Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal. The direct ports of call will be Manzanillo, Colon, Kingston and Port Au Prince with connections to/from Asia, West Coast South America, and the Caribbean. The additional capacity
will support Port NOLA’s growing export business for commodities such as
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application to help its employees around the world to calculate optimal loading capacity inside the passenger cabin of
Emirates’ Boeing
777-300ER aircraſt. Emirates SkyCargo would be able to provide up to 24 tonnes of additional cargo capacity with complete loading of overhead bins and seats in its Boeing 777- 300ER aircraſt.
resin, poultry, forestry, and agricultural products. The port saw 13% loaded import TEU growth last year. This service will also further support Port NOLA’s import growth from overseas markets. Port NOLA’s container
volumes remain strong despite COVID-19 impacts, with loaded container volumes trending positively to date through the 2020 fiscal year. The addition of the Evergreen service continues to promote this trajectory and expands
upon Port NOLA’s
direct weekly container service count that now increases to 13. “The addition of the
Evergreen service at this time underscores confidence in Port NOLA’s and our terminal operators’ ability to move cargo throughout the COVID-19 global pandemic challenges, keeping the health and safety of our frontline employees top of mind,” said Christian.
Due to the coronacrisis, airfreight capacities are still in
Forwarding. “For Shenzhen Airport
high demand. Lufthansa
Cargo is now offering up to fourteen additional cargo flights a week from Shenzhen to Frankfurt. The first aircraft, an Airbus A330-300 from Lufthansa, took off from Shenzhen on May 18. Around three million respiratory masks and other medical protective equipment are on board, which will be flown to Frankfurt on behalf of the logistics company Fiege. “As a reliable partner,
Lufthansa Cargo has played an important role in the stable
supply chain from
Asia to Germany in recent weeks. The new cargo flights from Shenzhen ensure that we can make this supply chain even more flexible, so that urgently needed goods arrive
quickly in German,”
says Michael Völlnagel, CEO Fiege International Freight
and the International Cargo Center Shenzhen, the launch of the Lufthansa connection is a further step in the internationalization of Shenzhen Bao’an Airport. We are very pleased to be able to participate in supplying Germany with urgently needed medical goods such as masks. It was an energetic effort on the part of everyone involved, especially the airport, to launch this new
connection in just
fourteen days,” said Achim Plücker, Managing Director International Cargo Center Shenzhen. “Lufthansa Cargo is doing utmost
its to strengthen
security of supplies by air and maintain supply chains. We are continuing to expand our services to ensure the fast transport of large quantities of urgently needed goods,”
explains Dorothea von Boxberg, Chief Commercial Officer Lufthansa Cargo. Currently, all 17 Lufthansa freighters
Cargo are in
continuous operation, for example to fly medical supplies all over the world. From and to mainland China alone, 16 flights a week are currently operated with Boeing 777F wide-body freighters with a standard load capacity of around 103 tonnes. With the newly opened route to Shenzhen, a total of up to 49 additional weekly flights with Lufthansa passenger aircraft for the transportation of goods are offered in China. Since the cabin space of these aircraft can also be loaded with cargo, the average cargo capacity in practice is about 30 tonnes each. Parts of the cabin equipment were removed from ten A330-300s to
accommodate cargo volume. a larger
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