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Pallets Sitting On The Ground is Disgraceful, Says Former WFS Head

Maersk Air Freight seems to have created enough problems for itself though it portrayed integrated power under the new organisation, reports The LoadStar.

Not Best Practice!

Maersk Air Freight posted images of a 747 air charter it arranged, from China to Europe, for a hi-tech customer, showing off its “integrated power under the new organisation”.

The MD for China said, “We can transport via ocean, inland and air with our amazing teams around the world,” crowed.

Pallets sitting on the ground 

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‘Where have all the pallets gone? On shelves in warehouses, every one’

Forwarders are reporting a “serious” pallet shortage in the UK, adding to shipment costs.
Shippers and hauliers are having to buy new pallets, instead of sourcing second-hand.
One forwarder explained: “There are various reasons – there has been lots of stuff sitting on pallets in warehouses, as there is so much stock there.
“And during lockdown, pallet traders sold many to power stations to be incinerated just to get cash flow, depleting the …

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Lessons from Qantas violation for overweight cargo

View from behind the wing of a big white jet, looking in at an angle as plane moves down runway

Poor communication between crew and load planners led a Qantas Airways (AX: QAN) passenger plane to take off above approved weight limit and spurred the airline to deploy hand-held scanning devices to automate most of the freight confirmation process, according to the results of an investigation by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB).

On Dec. 17, 2017, a Qantas A330-300 departed Sydney 1,047 pounds above the maximum takeoff weight, but the problem wasn’t discovered until the plane...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/lessons-from-qantas-violation-for-overweight-cargo

DB Schenker, Airbus innovations maximize cargo space in passenger jets

A big passenger plane gets loaded with cargo in the hold.

Logistics and aviation companies are proving extremely resourceful developing ways to add cargo capacity to an air transport system experiencing severe bottlenecks due to the shortage of freight-capable aircraft.

On Thursday, Germany logistics group DB Schenker announced it has created a virtual airline in partnership with Icelandair to shuttle medical supplies to Europe and the U.S. on passenger planes with seats removed. And giant aircraft manufacturer Airbus said it also has developed a...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/db-schenker-airbus-innovations-maximize-cargo-space-in-passenger-jets

A small levy on pallets could revolutionise freight’s carbon credentials

Pallet users should pay a tax, according to a senior freight forwarder.
In a wide-ranging speech at the Logistics CIO Europe conference in Amsterdam this morning, Steve Walker, head of consultancy SWG and founder of SBS Worldwide, bought out by DSV in 2013, urged the industry to consider a charitable tax.
“I’d like to talk a little bit about carbon footprints, and the negative publicity we get for creating supposedly 3% of …

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