Cargo Masterminds: Recent Episodes
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Cargo Masterminds is a news series of one to one interviews featuring air cargo industry's best minds. The series features well known and influential air cargo leaders who lead cargo organizations and people into the rapidly evolving new world of trade and commerce transformed by digitalization strategies. The guests on the show represent airline, airport, freight forwarders, cargo handling and solution providers.
In this episode of cargo masterminds Reji John, editor of STAT Media Group and the host of Cargo Masterminds interview series, talks to Thomas Kempf, Flexport’s Senior Director for Global Air Freight Development.
Presented by cargo.one, in this episode of Cargo Masterminds, the discussion is around the most consequential topics of global trade and how logistics companies are evolving themselves to meet the demands of shippers from around the world. Kempf talks about the complexities of trade flows and how they are regulated to ensure save movement of cargo around the world across different modes of transport.
After 34 years with FedEx, during which he established the foundation for the international parcel giant in the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent, and Africa, Hamdi Osman, one of the most influential logistics leaders in the Global South, is returning to what he does best. In 2021, he founded SolitAir Holding with the aim of revolutionizing regional air cargo logistics by creating the first regional scheduled daily express cargo airline. SolitAir, the Dubai-based cargo carrier dedicated to middle-mile logistics, was launched late last year.
Reji John, Editor, STAT Media Group, speaks to Hamdi Osman, founder & CEO of SolitAir, in this episode of Cargo Masterminds, presented by cargo.one.
In this episode of Cargo Masterminds, presented by cargo.one, Peter Penseel, President of Delta Cargo, speaks with Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group and host of Cargo Masterminds, about returning to lead the cargo business of one of the world's largest airlines.
His analysis of the current air cargo market conditions and his expectations for how the market
will respond in 2025.
E-commerce and the biggest opportunity for air cargo and for Delta Cargo.
How competitive is DeliverDirect for US ecommerce shippers.
"In this episode of Cargo Masterminds, Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group, interviews Mark Jason Thomas, Chief Executive Officer of MASKargo. Jason Thomas discusses building partnerships with other cargo airlines, the importance of Southeast Asia, and how MASKargo is leveraging the strategic location of Kuala Lumpur, where the cargo airline is based."
Dachser, one of Germany’s 50 largest family-owned enterprises, is headed by Bernhard Simon, a third generation shareholder of Dachser and the grandson of founder Thomas Dachser. Simon, the former CEO, now serves as the chairman of the supervisory board.
Dachser was founded in 1930 in Kempten, Germany, by Thomas Dachser. 94-years later, the company today employs more than 33,000 people spread across close to 400 locations worldwide. It generated 7.1 billion euros in revenue for the year 2023.
In this episode of Cargo Masterminds, presented by cargo.one, Bernhard Simon speaks to Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group, about the new executive board formed in 2021 without a Dachser family member and his role in the company's management as the chairman of the supervisory board.
Under the new ownership of Tata Group, India’s oldest airline Air India is undergoing a series of transformation inside out. It has a brand new identity that captures the essence of a bold new India, marking a milestone in its transformation to become a world-class airline with an Indian heart.
This bold transformation is not just for people in the cabin above the wings but for things carried in the bellies below the wings too. Cargo is going to play a strategic and critical role in the ongoing transformation of Air India and how it will compete among the world’s top airlines.
In the past, Air India successfully operated freighters on domestic and international routes. The new Air India, the young Air India, with no freighters now, aims to achieve 300% growth in cargo capacity in five years given the huge orders for planes it has placed with Airbus and Boeing. It plans to play a very critical role in boosting the freight and cargo ecosystem in India and globally.
In this episode of Cargo Masterminds, presented by cargo.one, Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group, talks to Ramesh Mamidala, who heads the cargo business for Air India, and understands what is cargo for Air India now and for the future.
Frankfurt Airport is one of the top three leading cargo gateways of Europe and processes more than two million tonnes of cargo annually.
In this episode of Cargo Masterminds, presented by cargo.one, Max Philipp Conrady, Vice President, Cargo Development, Fraport AG, speaks to Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group, about the latest developments and how this airport is positioning itself as the most desired cargo airport of Europe for global trade.
Under its ‘Reassure, Develop and Create growth strategy, IndiGo has huge ambitions for the future, that includes its cargo business. Cargo is an integral part of IndiGo’s business. In November 2022 IndiGo began freighter operations with its first A321 converted freighter. IndiGo has three converted Airbus A321 freighters. It is operating the cargo planes on domestic and short-haul international routes, complementing the wider cargo network supported by its fleet of passenger aircraft.
As per the data made public by the Director General of Civil Aviation IndiGo has carried over two hundred and twenty two thousand tonnes of cargo in the 8 months of Financial year 2024 that is from April to November 2023. IndiGo has very ambitious plans to grow its cargo business.
Mark Sutch, Chief Commercial Officer for Cargo at IndiGo, joins Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group, in this episode of Cargo Masterminds, presented by cargo.one.
After several months in development MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, a global leader in transportation and logistics, announced the launch of MSC Air Cargo in September 2022 as a complementary service to its container shipping solutions.
MSC Air Cargo has four brand new B777 freighters in its livery and they are operated by Atlas Air from its two European gateways - Liege in Belgium and Milan in Italy.
Jannie Davel, SVP, Air Cargo, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, leads the creation and development of development of MSC Air Cargo. Davel, a global leader with 30 years of experience, speaks to Reji John, Editor, STAT Media Group, in this episode of Cargo Masterminds, presented by cargo.one.
Five airlines but one cargo carrier. IAG Cargo is in the business of moving things. From antibiotics to rhinoceros, gold bullion to avocados. Whatever people need, wherever they are. In an era of digital screens and closed borders, IAG Cargo fly the world to bring people the things they really need.
IAG Cargo aims to change how logistics works. Challenging the status quo, and bringing innovation and investment to their customers. In this episode of Cargo Masterminds, presented by cargo.one, Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group, interviews David Shepherd, CEO, IAG Cargo. Shepherd, a 25-year veteran of the air cargo industry, talks about the IAG Cargo of today and tomorrow.
Cathay is one of the very few major airlines in the world that was hit by the pandemic the longest and the deepest. But the Hong-Kong headquartered carrier has labored so mightily to recover from it. In this episode of Cargo Masterminds, presented by cargo.one, Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group, invites Tom Owen, Director, Cathay Cargo, to talk about Cathay Cargo’s fight to emerge from the long shadow of Covid and what the last quarter of 2023 and the year ahead (2024) looks like.
Tom Owen has been with Cathay since 1995 and in September 2020, right in the midst of the pandemic, he was appointed as the director of Cathay Cargo. He leads all aspects of Cathay Pacific Group’s Cargo strategy and performance, including the Cathay Pacific Cargo dedicated freighter and passenger belly fleet operations, Air Hong Kong, Global Logistics Systems and Cathay Pacific Services Limited, Cathay’s dedicated Cargo Terminal Operator.
Silk Way West Airlines was founded in 2012 in Baku, the capital and commercial hub of Azerbaijan, and at the heart of the Silk Road. The ambition movers, as they call themselves, is the largest cargo airline in the Caspian region operating a fleet of 13 freighters that include 747-400s, 747-8s and a brand new B777 freighter that arrived earlier this month. The fleet expansion is intended to open up opportunities for Silk Way West Airlines to boost the volume of flights and extend its reach to additional strategic destinations, reflecting the growing importance of its home base of Baku as a regional and global transportation hub. Reji John, Editor, STAT Media Group, talks to Wolfgang Meier, President & CEO, Silk Way West Airlines, in this episode of Cargo Masterminds, presented by cargo.one. Meier is a cargo leader with over 30 years of experience having worked with global transportation companies in freight forwarding and aviation. He joined SilkWay group in 2016 and in 2018 he was appointed as the President and CEO of SilkWay West Airlines.
In this episode of Cargo Masterminds, Pete Chareonwongsak, chief executive officer of Teleport, joins Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group and host of Cargo Masterminds, presented by cargo.one. Pete talks about how he and his team at Teleport is on a task to transform the logistics business of Air Asia and eventually change the mindset of the air cargo industry to make everyone better off by greater utilisation of their assets through sharing of network. Pete expects to have 40% of growth in the next 24 months driven by third party airlines. From 2012 to 2016, Pete was AirAsia's Group Head of Business Development. During that time, he worked to set up airlines in India and Japan as well as joint ventures in Training, Ground Handling and Leasing. He also handled mergers & acquisitions for the Group covering Indonesia, Japan, South Korea and India. In 2018, at the age of 29, Pete became CEO of AirAsia’s cargo and logistics arm, Teleport. Pete is also a board member of Teleport, Freightchain Technologies, AirAsia India and EasyParcel.
In this episode of Cargo Masterminds, presented by Cargo.one, Reji John, Editor, STAT Media Group and the host of the show, interviews Greg Schwendinger, President, American Airlines Cargo. Schwendinger reflects on the completion of his first year in the current role; current industry and market trends and their impact on American Airlines’ cargo operations; investments into cargo products and infrastructure; digital transformation of cargo operations through iCargo solutions by IBS Software to make cargo booking and delivery experience more enhanced and efficient; investments into sustainability projects and acceleration of efforts to achieve NetZero by 2050.
In 2021, International Air Transport Association (IATA) member airlines approved a resolution to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Additionally, ICAO has recently adopted a Long Term Aspirational Goal (LTAG) for international aviation of net zero carbon emissions 2050. In this episode of Cargo Masterminds, presented by cargo.one, we turn to aviation industry and make an attempt to understand the global aviation and air cargo industry’s initiatives to address the topic of sustainability and how they are important in contributing to achieving global sustainability goals and thus making the world a better place for everyone. Reji John, Editor, STAT Media Group, sits down with Marie Owens Thomsen, Senior Vice President Sustainability & Chief Economist, International Air Transport Association (IATA), and understands the strategic roadmap by the airline industry association to achieve the NetZero goal by 2050 and how realistic is the industry outlook to achieve such an ambitious goal.
In 2021, International Air Transport Association (IATA) member airlines approved a resolution to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Additionally, ICAO has recently adopted a Long Term Aspirational Goal (LTAG) for international aviation of net zero carbon emissions 2050.In this episode of Cargo Masterminds, presented by cargo.one, we turn to aviation industry and make an attempt to understand the global aviation and air cargo industry’s initiatives to address the topic of sustainability and how they are important in contributing to achieving global sustainability goals and thus making the world a better place for everyone. Reji John, Editor, STAT Media Group, sits down with Marie Owens Thomsen, Senior Vice President Sustainability & Chief Economist, International Air Transport Association (IATA), and understands the strategic roadmap by the airline industry association to achieve the NetZero goal by 2050 and how realistic is the industry outlook to achieve such an ambitious goal.
Data is a powerful tool for anyone creating a successful air shipment strategy or who is working in air cargo procurement. By leveraging historical air cargo market data and establishing appropriate benchmarks, businesses can achieve significant cost savings and optimize their shipping efficiency. Xaneta, founded in 2012, is enabling smarter decisions based on facts and real data. Changing the way freight is bought and sold is the vision of Xeneta. They strongly believe that “if you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it”. With international experience from the logistics industry, Xeneta has built a highly specialized team of experts who have deep insights into the challenges related to high volatility and lack of transparency in the ocean and air freight market. They help shippers, forwarders and carrier to make right decisions based on data. Reji John, Editor, STAT Media Group, interviews Niall van de Wouw, Chief Airfreight Officer, Xeneta, in this episode of Cargo Masterminds, presented by cargo.one, and discovers the increasingly important data driver decision making in in global air freight industry.
Professor Yossi Sheffi is well known. Besides being the Director of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics and Director and Founder of the Master of Engineering in Logistics Programme, he is a faculty member of the MIT Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, as well as the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society. He is a global expert in systems optimization, risk analysis and supply chain management. He is a teacher, a prolific writer and an influencer. He has consulted with numerous governments and leading manufacturing, retail and transportation enterprises all over the world. He has also founded or co-founded five successful companies. Since the pandemic Professor Sheffi has written four books. His latest book, published earlier this year, is called The Magic Conveyor Belt: Supply Chains, AI, & the Future of Work. In this episode of Cargo Masterminds, presented by cargo.one, STAT Media Group editor Reji John interviews Prof Sheffi and asks him about the current changes and new trends in global supply chains in the wake of the pandemic and on account of rapid automation caused by artificial intelligence and robotics.
Southwest Airlines is one of the world's most admired airlines, offering its one-of-a-kind value and service at 121 airports across 11 countries. Southwest took flight in 1971 to democratize the sky through friendly, reliable, and low-cost air travel and now carries more air travelers flying nonstop within the United States than any other airline. 1973 marked the informal beginning of Southwest Cargo, with shipments of small packages via passenger request over the ticket counter. Then, in May 1990, Southwest Airlines management allowed the cargo unit to function as an independent department. Since then, Southwest Cargo has committed to provide specialized air cargo products to its customers, what the airlines calls, a relentlessly reliable airport-to-airport service. In this episode of Cargo Masterminds, Reji John, Editor, STAT Media Group, speaks to Wally Devereaux, who has been with Southwest Airlines for 31 years. Devereaux has been in the cargo department of Southwest for the last 16 years. He is now the Vice President of Cargo and Charters at Southwest Airlines. He talks about the the significance of cargo business for the word's biggest low-cost carrier that has a fleet of 800 narrow-body aircraft and operates 4000 flights a day.
Southwest Airlines is one of the world's most admired airlines, offering its one-of-a-kind value and service at 121 airports across 11 countries. Southwest took flight in 1971 to democratize the sky through friendly, reliable, and low-cost air travel and now carries more air travelers flying nonstop within the United States than any other airline. 1973 marked the informal beginning of Southwest Cargo, with shipments of small packages via passenger request over the ticket counter. Then, in May 1990, Southwest Airlines management allowed the cargo unit to function as an independent department. Since then, Southwest Cargo has committed to provide specialized air cargo products to its customers, what the airlines calls, a relentlessly reliable airport-to-airport service. In this episode of Cargo Masterminds, Reji John, Editor, STAT Media Group, speaks to Wally Devereaux, who has been with Southwest Airlines for 31 years. Devereaux has been in the cargo department of Southwest for the last 16 years. He is now the Vice President of Cargo and Charters at Southwest Airlines. He talks about the the significance of cargo business for the word's biggest low-cost carrier that has a fleet of 800 narrow-body aircraft and operates 4000 flights a day.
Dual hub air cargo operator Air France KLM Martinair Cargo carried one million tonnes of cargo in 2022 to 223 worldwide destinations using 6 freighters and the bellies of the three-airline group’s fleet of 417 passenger aircraft. A member of the SkyTeam Cargo alliance, Air France KLM Martinair Cargo, starting this year, has a new partnership with CMA CGM Air Cargo, the new cargo airline launched in 2021 by the French shipping giant CMA CGM Group.The long term partnership allows Air France KLM Martinair Cargo to offer a much more adaptable, comprehensive array of services and solutions to meet market needs and customer expectations creating smooth connections across the world. In this episode of Cargo Masterminds, presented by cargo.one, GertJan Roelands, Senior Vice President Commercial at Air France KLM Martinair Cargo, speaks to Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group.
When Chris Chapman and Mike Freeborn established Chapman Freeborn in 1973 it all began with a shared passion for aviation and a unique business opportunity to market Alaska International Air’s fleet of Hercules freighter aircraft.50 years later, the aircraft charter specialist is bigger, more global and very well diversified. In 2019 Chapman Freeborn was acquired by Avia Solutions Group, a global aviation holding company with subsidiaries engaged in aircraft maintenance, pilot training, ground handling and fuelling, aviation IT solutions and business aviation. Today’s cargo mastermind is Eric Erbacher, the CEO of Chapman Freeborn. Eric took charge of the company right in the midst of a global pandemic and at a very interesting time in the history of Chapman Freeborn. More than two years into his current job, Erbacher joins Reji John, Editor, STAT Media Group, to discuss Chapman Freeborn, the growth plans under the new ownership, current market conditions and the trends that influence charter demand.
For Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, the 151-year-old multi-national logistics company, air freight contributes almost one third of its total annual revenue. In this episode of Cargo Masterminds, presented by cargo.one, Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group, speaks to Jan Kleine-Lasthues, Chief Operating Officer – Airfreight, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, and finds out from him the pressures of the current market condition on Hellmann’s air freight business and in this period of uncertainties where does he see opportunities?
Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group, interviews Asok Kumar, Executive Vice President, Head of Global Air Freight, DB Schenker, in this episode of Cargo Masterminds, presented by cargo.one. Asok Kumar answers questions on current air freight market trends, main deck capacity, controlled capacity, digitalisation and sustainability.
Joost van Doesburg, Head of Cargo, Royal Schiphol Group, speaks to Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group. van Doesburg's appointment was announced in January this year and in March he officially took charge as the head of cargo. In this episode of Cargo Masterminds, presented by cargo.one, van Doesburg talks about his priorities and how he intends to deal with the challenges of cargo operations at Amsterdam Schiphol.
Gabriel Oliva, Chief Executive Officer, Avianca Cargo, speaks to Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group, about the South American cargo airline's plans for growth and how it aims to work with partners and customers to offer a reliable air cargo solution to shippers in South America.https://www.stattimes.com/
"Continue to the good work and grow the business for Lufthansa Cargo," says Ashwin Bhat, the new chief executive officer of Lufthansa Cargo, in his first interview as the CEO. Bhat speaks to Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group, in the Cargo Masterminds episode, presented by cargo.onehttps://www.stattimes.com
cargo.one pro is a new and a very innovative solution to support forwarders grow with agent-to-agent bookings and global non-payment protection. The digital tool allows its users gain instant digital access to agents’ rates worldwide and can book in real-time, without the need for emails. It promises to offer efficiency, convenience and confidence to forwarders booking online. Moritz Claussen, Founder & Co-CEO of cargo.one and Edward Handscombe, VP Forwarder, cargo.one, join Reji John, Editor, STAT Media Group, to discuss the reasons for the launch of such a tool and how beneficial it is going to be for freight forwarders.https://www.stattimes.com
Kirsten de Bruijn, Executive Vice President of Cargo at WestJet speaks to Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group, in the inaugural episode of the second season of Cargo Masterminds, presented by cargo.one. https://www.stattimes.com
Philadelphia International Airport is located right in the middle of the US political capital Washington DC in the south and the financial capital New York in the north. This important airport in the east cost of the US did very little to develop cargo business initially and a lot of cargo business growth happened by accident. "I think our cargo operation could have grown significantly beyond where it is today. But we just didn't have any facilities or any opportunities to expand our capacity," says Jim Tyrrell, Chief Revenue Officer, Philadelphia International Airport, in the latest episode of Logistics Tech Dialogues, presented by Kale Logistics
Zach Oakley, Deputy Director of Operations and Planning, Chicago Rockford International Airport, joins Reji John, Editor, STAT Media Group, in this episode of Logistics Tech Dialogues, hosted by Kale Logistics Solutions, to discuss why the future of air cargo is going be in airports such as Chicago Rockford International Airport. Extremely freight friendly, absolutely congestion free, lavish infrastructure, 24/7 access and fully focused on quick processing of cargo inbound and outbound, import and export.
Satyaki Raghunath, Chief Strategy & Development Officer, Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), joins Reji John, Editor, Indian Transport and Logistics News (ITLN) in this episode of Logistics Tech Dialogues, presented by Kale Logistics Solutions. Raghunath talks about how BIAL is adopting technology and digitalisation strategies to make BIAL as the gateway airport for South and Central India's export and import cargo.
Myron Keehn, Vice President, Air Service & Business Development, Edmonton International Airport, joins Reji John, Editor, Indian Transport and Logistics News (ITLN) in this episode of Logistics Tech Dialogues to discuss how he is leading projects that drive innovation in e-commerce, cargo/logistics, advanced manufacturing, and pharma at one of Canada's top airports.
Patrick Murray, Head of Calogi, a dnata company, joins Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group/Indian Transport and Logistics News, in this episode of Logistics Tech Dialogues, presented by Kale Logistics Solutions. Murray discusses the future of freight using easy to use and cost efficient digital information tools and how Calogi plans to set very high digital transformation benchmarks for itself and for its customers.
Rory Fidler, Vice President Cargo Technology, Menzies Aviation, joins Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group/Indian Transport and Logistics News (ITLN), in this episode of Logistics Tech Dialogues, presented by Kale Logistics Solutions, to discuss many aspects of technology and how technology is becoming so critical to logistics of today and of the future.
In this episode of Logistics Tech Dialogues, Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group/Indian Transport and Logistics News (ITLN), invites Sid Chakravarthy, Founder & Chief Executive Officer of StaTwig, for a one to one conversation on how solutions developed by his company leverage the power of block chain to transform supply chain. He talks about the block chain enabled supply chain visibility platform and how it tracks and traces temperature controlled pharmaceutical products, particularly vaccines.
PayCargo's Chief Commercial Officer Lionel van der Walt joins Reji John, Editor of Indian Transport and Logistics News (ITLN) of STAT Media Group, to discuss fin-tech, and how financial technology companies are changing the future for logistics industry, in this episode of Logistics Tech Dialogues, presented by Kale Logistics Solutions.
Where are all the shipping containers? Where have the containers gone? Many are in inland depots. Others are piled up in cargo ports, and the rest are onboard vessels, especially on transpacific lines. Container shortage that started with the Covid pandemic and subsequent lock-downs continue to cause chaos across shipping trade lanes all over the world. In this episode of Logistics Tech Dialogues, Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group/Indian Transport and Logistics News (itln.in) speaks to Christian Roeloffs, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Container xChange, to understand the severity of the situation and how Container xChange provides some relief to the shipping industry through their digital market place to offer better visibility of empty containers and how rapidly the SaaS platform can reposition containers.
There are three key challenges for the air cargo industry today. They are inaccurate/or just bad data, therefore the solution is digitisation; second challenge is under-utilised capacity and therefore the need for optimisation and the third challenge is inefficiencies in cargo handling and therefore the need for automation. These are precisely the challenges that Speedcargo Technologies, a deep-tech start-up based in Singapore, is addressing and providing solutions for. In this episode of Logistics Tech Dialogues, presented by Kale Logistics Solutions, Reji John, Editor, STAT Media Group, speaks with Dr Suraj Nair, Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Speedcargo Technologies.
Collaboration has become so essential for businesses to grow in the rapidly evolving digital world of trade and commerce. In this episode of Logistics Tech Dialogues, Amar More, Chief Executive Officer, Kale Logistics Solutions, speaks to Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group, on how cargo community systems anchored around airports and seaports are becoming so critical to serious digital transformation strategies by logistics stakeholders. ICT solutions from Kale Logistics are meant to improve efficiencies, reduce cost and contribute to sustainability goals.
Elliott Paige, Director, Air Service Development, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, in this episode of Logistics Tech Dialogues speaks to Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group, about the huge advantages of implementing technology solutions in cargo operations at Atlanta airport and the importance of having an airport cargo community system to quickly and efficiently roll out digital transformation projects to make cargo operations more efficient and bring the cost down for all stakeholders.
Adarsh Kumar, Co-Founder and CEO of TagBox, a start-up that leverages modern technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data to help create reliable supply chains across the globe, speaks to Reji John, Editor of Indian Transport and Logistics News, in the Logistics Tech Dialogues, presented by Kale Logistics Solutions. Bangalore International Airport recently announced that it will deploy IoT solutions developed by TagBox at its Cold Zone cargo terminal, operated by by Menzies Aviation Bobba.
Stan Wraight, President and CEO of Strategic Aviation Solutions International (SASI), have had 40 years of experience in very senior roles in major cargo airlines. He has seen the progress of global air cargo industry from close quarters, the evolution of technology and its adoption in the air cargo industry. In the first episode of Logistics Tech Dialogues, presented by Kale Logistics Solutions, Wraight says air cargo industry has not really exploited the modern tools of technology to bring cost down and efficiencies up. Wraight speaks to Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group.
Philadelphia International Airport is located right in the middle of the US political capital Washington DC in the south and the financial capital New York in the north. This important airport in the east cost of the US did very little to develop cargo business initially and a lot of cargo business growth happened by accident. "I think our cargo operation could have grown significantly beyond where it is today. But we just didn't have any facilities or any opportunities to expand our capacity," says Jim Tyrrell, Chief Revenue Officer, Philadelphia International Airport, in the latest episode of Logistics Tech Dialogues, presented by Kale Logistics Solutions.
Zach Oakley, Deputy Director of Operations and Planning, Chicago Rockford International Airport, joins Reji John, Editor, STAT Media Group, in this episode of Logistics Tech Dialogues, hosted by Kale Logistics Solutions, to discuss why the future of air cargo is going be in airports such as Chicago Rockford International Airport. Extremely freight friendly, absolutely congestion free, lavish infrastructure, 24/7 access and fully focused on quick processing of cargo inbound and outbound, import and export.
Vitaly Smilianets, CEO and founder of Awery Aviation Software, joins Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group, in this episode of Logistics Tech Dialogues, talks about creating integrated, web-based, and customizable platform that manages air cargo businesses and how they increase productivity, reliability, and efficiency.
Tune in to this week's Cargo Shots for the latest on IATA data for July 2022 global air cargo markets that reports how air cargo volumes faltered in July; the Kale Info Solutions-Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD) partnership set to roll out Kale's Airport Cargo Community System, and Unilode and OnAsset's deployment of the first airborne IoT network. The episode also features LATAM Cargo's additional freighter; Lufthansa Cargo's latest environmental endeavour, and the second edition of the International Pharma Logistics Masterclass at Abu Dhabi.
It is Africa's biggest and fastest growing combination carrier with a modern fleet of Boeing and Airbus aircraft connecting key global destination from its hub at Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. Ethiopian currently operates nine B777 freighters and four B737-800 freighters. It will add five more brand new B777 freighters in the next three years besides its plans to buy five new generation Boeing freighters, the B777-8, to be added into its fleet by the end of this decade. Reji John, Editor, STAT Media Group, gets Abel Alemu, Managing Director - Ethiopian Cargo & Logistics Services, to talk about the aggressive and ambitious growth plans of Africa's leading cargo carrier.
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What is the future for global air freight industry in a rapidly changing business environment? Reji Jon, Editor of STAT Media Group gets Tom Crabtree, Regional Director – Airline Market Analysis, Marketing & Business Development, Boeing, to talk about the trends and developments in this episode of Cargo Masterminds, presented by cargo.one
In this episode of Cargo Masterminds, presented by #cargo.one, Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group, sits with Adam Drouhard, Managing Director of Cargo at Alaska Airlines, to talk about some of the important initiatives and investments that are centered around digital transformation through new digital platforms and capacity augmentation through additional narrow-body converted freighters that will join the Alaska fleet by next year.
Turkish Cargo is one of the smartest cargo carriers in the world. They are big and they are growing bigger quarter after quarter. Recently, Turkish Cargo moved to its new facility, which, by the way, is very smartly called SmartIST. Turkish Cargo says, the "trade route of the world now passes through Istanbul" and the "new centre of world logistics has finally opened its doors. Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group, gets Turkish Cargo's smart chief cargo officer Turhan Ozen to talk about how he is leading his team to dream big and make those dreams a reality.
Jan Krems, President of Cargo at United Airlines, joins Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group, in 2021's last episode of Cargo Masterminds, presented by cargo.one. Jan takes us through the challenging, but very interesting 22 months of the Covid pandemic and how cargo has become the top priority and a serious revenue generator for United Airlines. The cargo division of the airline is already on its way to cross the $2 billion revenue for the year.
Willy Boulter, Chief Commercial Officer, IndiGo, joins Reji John, Editor, STAT Media Group, in this episode of Cargo Masterminds, presented by cargo.one, to discuss the cargo roadmap and how IndiGo wants to maintain its leadership position in the Indian air cargo market and facilitate easy access to new markets for Indian exporters through air corridors.
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Naomi Robinson, Head of Business Management, IAG Cargo, joins Reji John, Editor, STAT Media Group, to discuss how she leads her team to adapt constantly to customer needs and what it means to her and to IAG Cargo to navigate through the pandemic that just refuses to leave its grip on human society event after two years.
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Dan Morgan-Evans, Global Director Cargo, Air Charter Service, on many things related to charter brokering, cargo charters and setting new record number for cargo charters in a quarter in the history of ACS. Dan joins Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group, in Cargo Masterminds, presented by cargo.one
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This is a special episode of Cargo Masterminds, presented by Cargo.one, honouring hundreds of disaster management professionals, aid workers, aviation and air cargo professionals who rush help to support communities and people to build their homes and hopes. Reji John, editor of STAT Media Group speaks to Steve Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer of Airlink, which supports individuals and institutions that promote the advancement of commercial aviation and humanitarianism.
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Mark discusses and deliberates with Reji John, Editor, STAT Media Group, on various topics such as the cargo flight path during the pandemic and the headwinds and tailwinds of the cargo business in the quarters ahead.
Peter Penseel, Chief Operating Officer Airfreight for CEVA Logistics, speaks to Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group, about the challenges of operating in the current market conditions where air freight capacity is extremely tight and demand grows very strong along with volatile freight rates. Penseel also talks about some of the recent development that includes CEVA Logistics becoming the first company to be CEIV Lithium Battery, the fourth CEIV programme from IATA and the first CEIV certification received by CEVA Logistics.
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How can airlines boost digital sales with real-time data and analysis? cargo.one launches cargo.one360 to help airlines to accelerate their adoption of best practices in digital sales with customer insights and reflection of market changes and trends to facilitate better tactical and strategic commercial decision-making. Simson Demmer, Senior Director Airline Products, cargo.one, joins Reji John, Editor, STAT Media Group, in this episode of Cargo Masterminds to discuss this and much more about digital technology tools for business transformation.
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Ulrich Ogiermann is an air cargo veteran with more than 30 years of experience working with Lufthansa Cargo, Cargolux, Qatar Airways Cargo and CargoLogic Germany. Ogiermann is now the chief commercial officer of a new Italian start-up cargo airline based in Milan. He joins Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group, in this episode of Cargo Masterminds, presented by cargo.one, speaks about the current tailwinds and headwinds of air cargo in general and AlisCargo in particular.
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In this episode of Cargo Masterminds, presented by cargo.one, Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group, talks to Andrés Bianchi, Chief Executive Officer, LATAM Cargo. Bianchi talks about how the carrier made quick adaptations in the pandemic year and closed the year transporting 817,000 tonnes of cargo generating $1.2 billion in revenues. He talks about the rationale for the freighter fleet expansion and the reasons why passenger-to-freighter conversion of B767 planes is the best option for the cargo carrier for the moment. Last, but not least, the chief executive elaborates the massive digital transformation roll-out of LATAM Cargo with Wipro’s CROAMIS support that is expected to be completed soon.
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In this episode of Cargo Masterminds Reji John, Editor of STAT media Group, talks to Tushar Jani, Chairman, CSC Group and SCA Group of Companies. Jani has to his credit many firsts. He created organisations that have gone on to become global companies or become part of multinational logistics companies through acquisition. Over the last 18 months of global pandemic he has managed to keep 3000 plus employees strong and played his leadership role to guide the air cargo industry in India to deal with the crisis and provide cargo services to country's exporters and global airlines. For him "air" in air cargo means agility, innovation and resilience.
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Miami is not just one of the world’s most popular vacation spots. The city is known much more than for its trendy nightlife of South Beach and the eye candy Art Deco district. The city's airport - Miami International Airport (MIA) is essential to Miami-Dade’s trade status, as Miami International Airport is the world’s largest gateway to Latin America & the Caribbean and controls the north / south cargo flows in the Western Hemisphere. It is the 9th busiest airport in the world and the number one airport in the US for international freight. Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group, speaks to Emir Pineda, Section Chief Passenger, Trade & Logistics Development, Miami International Airport, in this episode of Cargo Masterminds on things that make MIA as the top cargo airport in the US and one of the top ten cargo airports in the world. https://www.stattimes.com/
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From thoroughbred horses to livestock (genetics and commercial) to exotics, Intradco Global has been transporting them for over three decades. At the helm of Intradco Global, a Chapman Freeborn company, is Charlie McMullen and he joins Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group, in this episode of Cargo Masterminds, powered by cargo.one, to talk about the changing business trends globally in the transport of animals by air.
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John Ackerman, Executive Vice President - Global Strategy and Development at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) speaks to Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group, in the latest episode of Cargo Masterminds. Ackerman speaks about DFW's key investments into building cargo facilities and new infrastructure that will be able to attract and process more cargo, in a bid to position itself into a key gateway airport, both for the US-bound cargo and intercontinental cargo flows.
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It took a while for the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to appoint a global head of cargo as Glyn Hughes decided to leave the post right in the midst of a global pandemic. The pandemic devastated the passenger side of the aviation industry but the cargo business was and continues to be in the spotlight. The industry expected IATA to have a strong leader picked for the top cargo job at the apex airline industry association as quickly as possible. Young, vibrant and bright Brendan Sullivan was appointed only recently to the position. In this episode of Cargo Masterminds, Sullivan speaks with Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group, about what his priorities are for the cargo industry and his vision for the industry in those key priority areas - security, sustainability and digitalisation.
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UPS Healthcare is a vertical business unit focused on a 'one UPS' solution to the global healthcare and life sciences client community. Wes Wheeler, President of UPS Healthcare, speaks to Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group, in this episode of Cargo Masterminds, about how he led UPS Healthcare in the fight against Covid-19 pandemic since February of 2020 providing logistic support for PPE deliveries, working with pharmaceutical companies in clinical trials for Covid vaccine under development and finally playing a very critical role in the global distribution of Covid vaccines that started in December 2020.
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Fixed wing unmanned aerial vehicle Black Swan, to be produced and operated by Dronamics, will fly for key shippers and freight forwarders. The customers already signed up for partnership include DHL and Hellmann Logistics. Dronamics expects to operate 60 such unmanned aircraft by the end of 2022. One of the Rangelov brothers, Svilen, co-founder and CEO of Dronamics, speaks about the future of unmanned aircraft and how Dronamics aims to revolutionise freight industry in the mid-mile segment logistics.
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Luca Graf, Head of Digital Innovation, DSV Panalpina, talks about how disruptive technologies are beginning to disrupt the freight and logistics industries around the world in this episode of #CargoMasterminds. Graf discusses the topic connecting it to what he found in “Disrupting Logistics - Startups, Technologies, and Investors Building Future Supply Chains”, a recent book he co-edited with Christian Wurst.
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Dorothea von Boxberg, Chairperson of the Executive Board and Chief Executive Officer of Lufthansa Cargo, joins Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group, in this episode of Cargo Masterminds, powered by cargo.one. von Boxberg, who took charge of the top leadership at the cargo division of the German carrier Lufthansa, has set her priorities right to build Lufthansa Cargo for the future. Sustainability and digitalisation, she thinks, are very critical to how we build the future of freight, particularly, air freight.
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How did logistics unicorn Flexport deal with the Covid pandemic to provide air freight capacity in a market that was under extraordinary supply constraints? What did the young logistics start-up do different to maintain consistency of service to shippers? Watch Neel Jones Shah, Executive Vice President & Global Head of Airfreight, Flexport, speaking with Reji John, Editor, STAT Media Group, on these and much on in the latest episode of Cargo Masterminds.
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Tim Strauss, Chief Executive Officer, Amerijet International Airlines, talks to Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group, in this episode of Cargo Masterminds. Strauss, an air cargo leader with more than three decades of experience, shares the ambitious plan he has to make Amerijet a global air cargo player.
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Ashok Rajan, Senior Vice President and Global Head Cargo & Logistics Solutions at IBS Software joins Reji John, editor of STAT Media Group for this episode of Cargo Masterminds. He talks about air cargo industry and how it is rapidly transforming itself to meet the challenges of the digital world of trade and commerce.
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When Robert Fordree joined air cargo industry he was a teenager. Three decades later he is head of cargo at Menzies Aviation, one of world’s leading aviation logistics companies. Fordree joins STAT Media Group editor Reji John in the this episode of Cargo Masterminds and talks about the changing trends of cargo handling amidst the pandemic and building cargo handling capabilities for the future that is increasingly becoming digital.
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Konstantin Vekshin, Chief Commercial Officer, Volga-Dnepr Group, joins in this edition of Cargo Masterminds and talks about the all-cargo carrier's 'cargo super market' value proposition to its customers.
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Moritz Claussen, Founder and Managing Director of cargo.one, a digital market place for air freight serving customers among airlines and freight forwarders, talks about how the four-year-old logistics technology startup that he founded along with two of his friends, is creating value for its customers, using advanced, easy-to-use technology tools on the cloud.
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Manoj Singh, Senior Vice President & Head - Cargo & Express, Mumbai International Airport, in this episode of Cargo Masterminds talks about heading cargo operations in one of the most constrained airports of the world. He elaborates how Mumbai airport will be a key gateway airport for the covid vaccine export from India.
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Wilson Kwong, Chief Executive of Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited or Hactl talks about cargo handling at the super terminal of Hong Kong International Airport, the world's busiest cargo airport with more than 100 airlines operating flights to more than 180 cities globally. Kwong shares his insights on what went behind during the last one year at the Hactl terminal in Hong Kong. He provides glimpses of large scale automation and digitalisation being rolled out at the terminal to improve cargo handling and increase efficiency.
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The new the new director of cargo and logistics at Brussels Airport Geert Aerts joins this episode of Cargo Masterminds. In his first exclusive interview Geert Aerts talks about what his mandate is for the cargo department of Brussels Airport. He talks about how he will continue to pursue the three top priorities of customers, community and innovation.
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Keku Gazder, CEO of AAI Cargo Logistics and Allied Services (AAICLAS), joins Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group, in the latest episode of Cargo Masterminds, to discuss and reflect on India’s air cargo growth story in the last one year amidst the pandemic, lockdown and unlock period. For the AAICLAS, the 100 percent subsidiary of Airport Authority of India (AAI), the year has been extra ordinarily challenging but immensely rewarding in terms of growth, quick decision making and leaning. The pandemic has pushed the cargo division of the public sector unit like never before and it is poised to play a key role in India’s target of achieving 10 million metric tonnes annual cargo throughput by 2027-28.
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Russi Batliwala, chairman of the board at Chapman Freeborn Group, joins Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group in Cargo Masterminds episode. Batliwala talks about air cargo charters; the normal and abnormal trends about the air cargo industry; what has changed -- and not changed -- since Avia Solutions Group acquired the world's leading air charter brokering company; and how he will spend more of his time for organically growing the company for the moment but eventually, once pandemic is over, concentrate on mergers and acquisitions in key verticals.
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Jessica Tyler, President Cargo and Vice President Operations Innovation and Delivery, American Airlines, speaks to Reji John, Editor of STAT Media Group, in Cargo Masterminds, the Monday series of interviews with global air cargo leaders. Tyler speaks of the year gone by and the year ahead and how she leads her team at American Airlines Cargo in a transformation journey of business processes supported by modern tools of technology and a human mindset change that is so critical to any transformation.
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In this episode of Cargo Masterminds, Martin Drew, Senior Vice President Sales and Cargo, Etihad Aviation Group, speaks about his return to cargo within Etihad Group in the midst of a global pandemic and creatively leading his team to offer cargo capacity and re-engaging with Etihad Cargo customers for fruitful partnerships in a constantly challenging and evolving business environment.
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“Air cargo is my first love and it is great to be back,” says Jason Berry, vice president, cargo at Air Canada. Berry left Alaska Airlines and joined Air Canada on 1 January 2021. Berry talks about what lies ahead for Air Canada Cargo in this episode of Cargo Masterminds. Setting up a freighter fleet of seven B767 converted freighters by the end of 2022 – the first two going commercial by the last quarter of 2021 – new eCommerce product and strengthening and expanding the cargo drone project with Drone Delivery Canada to fully offer the last mile connectivity.
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How did Emirates SkyCargo, one of the top five cargo carriers in the world choreograph the return of the cargo capacity in the Covid pandemic? Why does Emirates SkyCargo become the preferred partner for Covid vaccine transport? They have done it already and the they will continue do it in the months and years ahead. Nabil Sultan, Emirates Divisional Senior Vice President Cargo joins in today's episode of Cargo Masterminds.
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We take a deep dive into the digitisation of the air cargo industry with Zvi Schreiber, founder and chief executive officer of Freightos, an 8 year old technology company that is revolutionising the way global freight capacity is bought and sold. Webcargonet, a Freightos company, is slowly but steadily building a digital infrastructure for the airlines and freight forwarders of the air cargo industry though data, standardisation and algorithms to make booking of freight completely electronic and providing instance access to dynamic pricing on multiple routes.
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Glyn Hughes moves from one industry organisation to another – from IATA to TIACA. The air cargo industry’s funny man (should we call him “punny” man) sets his priorities right on the first day of his job as Director General of The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA). Hughes joins Cargo Masterminds in its third episode for a no holds barred conversation pulling no punches.
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For Qatar Airways Cargo, the world’s largest cargo carrier by freight tonne kilometres and which carries close to 10 percent of the world’s total air cargo volume, social responsibility is so innate and they have a very healthy obsession with excellence to stay on top when it comes to planet, people and profit. Guillaume Halleux, Chief Officer Cargo at Qatar Airways joins Cargo Masterminds for a special episode as it launches the second chapter of WeQare, the sustainability programme.
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Indian origin banker turned businessman Sanjeev Gadhia, founder and CEO of Astral Aviation, tells the story of creating a very successful and only all-cargo carrier in Africa. The Covid pandemic has only accelerated the business potential for this Nairobi-based airline that has just added a Boeing 767-200 freighter to its fleet. The cargo mastermind of Africa joins Reji John in the second episode of Cargo MasterMinds, presented by STAT Media Group.
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We launch the first episode of Cargo Masterminds with Steven Polmans, Chief Customer Officer, Nallian. Polmans talks about how he intends to take Nallian truly global and why data sharing for air cargo sector is important to create credible air cargo communities of efficiency and excellence.
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Michael Steen, Chief Commercial Officer of Atlas Air Worldwide & President and Chief Executive Officer, Titan Aviation Holdings talks about the phenomenal performance of his companies amidst the pandemic and what is in store for the global air freight industry in unpredictable and uncertain times.
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