American Airlines Cargo has announced the appointment of Greg Schwendinger to the role of president, starting on 3rd October. The announcement follows the departure of Jessica Tyler in May who moved to another leadership role within the airline.
Schwendinger comes from a strong airline and business background. With more than 15 years of experience at American, he has held various roles leading teams across the airline. Most recently, Schwendinger led the Finance team at AccentCare, a health care services provider, during a period of transformation and growth.
“Greg brings a unique perspective which will shape our cargo business and its growth potential. We are fortunate to regain his expertise and welcome him as he leads cargo toward greater success,” Derek Kerr, vice chair, chief financial officer and president of American Eagle, said.
In his new role, Schwendinger will report directly to Kerr. Reporting to Schwendinger will be Roger Samways, Vice President Commercial; Sam Mendenhall, Vice President Operations; and Eric Mathieu, Managing Director, Customer Experience.
The combination of broad airline knowledge with deep cargo industry expertise in this new leadership structure positions American Airlines Cargo to continue its growth momentum of the past few years and expand on its potential.
American Airlines Cargo provides one of the largest cargo networks in the world with cargo terminals and interline connections across the globe. Every day, American transports cargo between major cities in the United States, Europe, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Latin America and Asia.
Transporeon has announced the appointment of David Landau as Chief Network and Strategy Officer.
Landau shares Transporeon’s mission to bring transportation in sync with the world and envisions the role of an intelligent platform acting as the operating system of large transportation networks in the cloud.
He will be instrumental in accelerating the growth of Transporeon’s powerful global freight network of +1,400 shippers and +145,000 carriers, creating a vibrant ecosystem and helping shippers, load recipients, service providers, freight forwarders and carriers connect, communicate, collaborate and share data to realize operational benefits, new business opportunities, unlock data value and reduce carbon emissions.
“I am thrilled to welcome David to our Transporeon family”, Stephan Sieber, CEO of Transporeon, commented. “With his great experience David is a perfect addition to the Transporeon team. I am delighted that he decided to join us and will work with our team to further drive our mission of bringing transportation in sync with the world.”
Landau joins Transporeon with extensive experience at companies such as Manhattan Associates, Cloud Logistics and, most recently, serving as Chief Product Officer at BluJay Solutions.
“I’ve always admired the team, mission and success of Transporeon. Transportation is, after all, an ecosystem. Transporeon has developed one of the largest logistics networks in the world, which gives it unparalleled connectivity, data and capabilities. To be part of the team that will lead the continued growth of the ecosystem to the benefit of shippers, logistics service providers and the environment is a true honor,” Landau added.
David Landau replaces Thomas Einsiedler, who is moving on to explore new endeavours after 10 years of dedicated leadership at Transporeon. Landau and Einsiedler will ensure a smooth handover in the coming months. For the first quarter of 2023, Einsiedler will drive selected strategic projects for Transporeon. “Thomas’s achievements for our product and network organization deserve my fullest appreciation and great thanks. Up until his departure he will remain an important contributor to our success, and I am looking forward to continuing my work with him”, Stephan Sieber, added.
Freight forwarder Crane Worldwide Logistics has appointed Janet Ang as global vice president of industrial as it looks to strengthen its focus on the sector.
The forwarder said that Ang will drive the strategic direction of its industrial sector, supporting the development of “additional integrated supply chain solutions” for its clients.
Singapore-based Ang has 25 years’ experience in the logistics market with a background in international operations, global account management and solution design.
Gerard Ryan, president global commercial at Crane, said: “Bringing Janet’s expertise to our business will continue to drive the added-value clients gain from Crane Worldwide’s integrated supply chain solutions.”
Crane’s industrial business caters for clients moving raw materials, chemicals, spare parts, specialized materials, components and large machinery.
The provider of IT solutions and distribution services for the air cargo transport chain described August’s milestone as a “momentous milestone that represents the vast reach and flexibility of APIs”.
APIs, or Application Programming Interfaces, allow the capabilities or data of one computer system to be used by another, blending state-of-the-art solutions to gain added value and efficiency.
In early 2022, CHAMP launched an API Partner Program to promote collaboration around its flagship product – Cargospot – bringing together API developers from airlines, ground handlers, general sales agents, software houses, and other third-party companies to develop cutting-edge solutions for the Cargospot ecosystem.
This allows the Cargospot community to use new and innovative products that are tailor-made for Cargospot, select from a wider choice of partners/solutions, and implement these API-based solutions rapidly.
Similarly, Traxon cargoHUB APIs can leverage data from the world’s biggest air cargo community platform, which links to carriers who move over 80% of global airfreight. This data can, for example, power enhanced tracking or visibility data via Traxon Premium Tracking and third-party systems.
“CHAMP is thrilled to achieve such a profound milestone in the air cargo community,” says Lee Booth, VP global products at CHAMP Cargosystems.
“Our products and data are now requested around the world and at large frequency. Furthermore, with the introduction of our API developer portal, our customers and partners have easy access to our open and collaborative systems to achieve anything.”
Air Canada Cargo has become the first North American carrier to join the CargoWise eBooking platform that will allow customers to have real-time access to schedules, pricing, and booking.
Canada’s largest air cargo provider is continuing the digitization of its operations that saw the opening of a new Cold Chain facility at its Toronto Hub and the introduction of Releye live monitored, temperature-controlled certified aircraft containers.
It has also grown its freighter fleet with the addition of two new B767Fs and the order of two B777Fs.
Said Matthieu Casey, managing director, commercial – cargo at Air Canada: “We are pleased to be connecting to CargoWise’s booking platform as another step in our continued digital transformation and evolution.
“We believe strongly that digitalization is key to the success of air cargo and we continue to stay ahead of the curve. This new platform will provide additional value to our customers and continue to enhance efficiencies.”
Jorre Cobelens, vice president – logistics data and connectivity, WiseTech Global: said “Air Canada Cargo is leading the way for North American air cargo operators to offer a more efficient cargo booking and management experience via direct data integration with CargoWise.”
Cobelens continued: “The easy access to timely information to make informed decisions with transparency at every stage of the process improves efficiency and flexibility for the airline and their customers.
“CargoWise now enables direct data exchange with most API connectable airlines, including Air Canada Cargo. Our vision is for CargoWise to be the operating system for global logistics, increasing productivity, visibility and data security across the end-to-end ecosystem,” said Mr Cobelens.
DB Schenker is offering 3D printing and virtual warehousing in what it says will make spare parts supply chains becomes faster, cheaper and more sustainable.
DB Schenker CEO Jochen Thewes said: “We are the first global logistics provider to offer spare parts delivery via 3D printing. Products from our virtual warehouse are available in a very short time and are manufactured exactly where they are needed.”
Speaking at DB Schenker’s first Product Show conference in Frankfurt, Thewes said that the virtual warehouse lowers delivery costs, shortens delivery times, and protects the environment.
He added: “This exemplifies what the logistics of the future can do for customers. The aim is to avoid unnecessary warehousing and to make supply chains even more stable and flexible.”
Thewes observed that, in the face of increasing challenges in global logistics, digital innovations such as spare parts deliveries via 3D printing create real added value for customers in many areas.
“We want to shorten distances and at the same time keep products available faster and cheaper. To achieve this, we are fully committed to digital innovations.”
In pilot projects, DB Schenker has already successfully tested the virtual warehouse, designed for customers from the mechanical engineering, automotive, and rail transport markets.
Parts were produced on demand close to the customer. Without pre-production and storage, on-demand production reduces capital commitment costs.
The new Schenker service with a virtual warehouse is now being offered to a wide range of customers worldwide.
DB Schenker collaborates closely with German parent Deutsche Bahn, which already has experience in 3D printing – with 80,000 parts manufactured from various materials and technologies. “According to our findings, up to 10% of companies’ inventories can be manufactured on site,” said Thewes.
Spare parts that are needed relatively infrequently and parts that have to be stored in large numbers due to high minimum purchase quantities are particularly suitable for 3D printing. The virtual storage of the components is done by the upload of the 3D blueprints in the cloud.
CargoAi has launched its CO2 Efficiency Score in response to growing market need for greater visibility on CO2 emissions.
Within its real-time Cargo2ZERO suite of solutions the new shipment emissions calculator enables freight forwarders to make informed green choices when booking online as well as engage in data driven conversation with their own customers.
Said Magali Beauregard, chief commercial officer of CargoAi: “Only if targets can be measured, can they be achieved. Our Cargo2ZERO suite of solutions is the result of a number of customer discussions over the past few years, which have confirmed the increasing importance of sustainability in business decisions. It is a prime example of Tech for Good.”
Specific shippers are requesting full transparency on CO2 emissions per AWB, and many forwarders have set Scope 3 SBTI reduction targets which they are required to report on. Therefore, in addition to the new Cargo2ZERO report, CargoAi has also developed a CO2 Efficiency Score based on the IATA CO2 emissions standard.
These tools will provide the basis for constructive discussion and will help the air cargo industry to bridge the gap between an intention for climate action and actual climate action.
Sustainable change begins with informed decisions.
As well as being able to filter the cheapest or fastest connections on the platform, CargoAi users can now sort capacity offers according to the greenest options.
Alongside schedules and rates, forwarders can therefore also evaluate the shipment’s potential CO2 emissions. The sum of a forwarder’s decisions is visible in the Cargo2ZERO report which shows every booked AWB and its respective CO2 emissions.
The system evaluates the overall CO2 emissions, calculates the forwarder’s Efficiency Score, and shows this in comparison to all other forwarders using the platform
With this industry-first visibility, CargoAi hopes to encourage forwarders in making the best available procurement decisions and consciously avoiding emissions.
The Cargo2ZERO report can be accessed by forwarders on their dashboard within the CargoAi ecosystem or can be downloaded as a XLS/CSV file and retrievable at any given moment, as it is updated with every with every new shipment booked.
It will initially provide a history stretching back over four months – a time-frame that will be extended as the report matures. The report can also be populated with an imported list of AWB numbers, for complete visibility.
Said CEO Matt Petot: “Sustainability is at the core of all our developments and customer interactions. CargoAi will use the Cargo2ZERO data to steer and encourage forwarders to choose the greenest options for their shipments, and to enter into pragmatic discussions with their own clients about what is needed to reach 100% net zero efficiency.”
This Cargo2ZERO report is another milestone step in CargoAi’s decaronization journey, which will soon be unveiling further sustainability innovations.
ESW and SEKO Logistics (SEKO), jointly announced that they have entered into a new partnership agreement providing mutually complementary services to each other’s clients. The alliance, which helps to address the rising cost of cross-border ecommerce for DTC brands, will facilitate improved cost, time and compliance benefits, and unlock access to a global ecommerce market expecting record growth again in 2022 to more than $5.55 trillion.
As part of the agreement, ESW will support SEKO’s roster of clients with global end-to-end ecommerce technology and services to help them expand their DTC businesses. SEKO, in turn, will give ESW’s clients immediate access to enhanced logistics and fulfillment support, including expanded in-country warehouse presence and returns centers at over 120 locations globally to provide faster and more convenient customer experience.
“This new partnership will provide SEKO and ESW’s combined roster of clients with superior global DTC ecommerce solutions,” said Patrick Bousquet-Chavanne, ESW’s President and CEO, Americas. “SEKO’s logistics leadership offers a globally scalable solution for warehousing and returns, bringing ESW clients all the benefits and growth potential of an ecommerce fulfillment network spanning 40 countries.”
The announcement comes as the world of global ecommerce, particularly in the last year, has shifted. With the rising cost of airfreight, cross-border ecommerce brands now recognize the need for local fulfillment to reduce shipping costs, expedite delivery times and address complex compliance issues.
“The size and scale of our global fulfillment footprint, combined with ESW’s ecommerce technology, makes this partnership so exciting. We have customers in our portfolio who want what ESW offers, so we bring immediate basket aggregation opportunities. This type of collaboration is driving the growth of the ecommerce ecosystem,” added Brian Bourke, SEKO’s Chief Growth Officer. “Our partnership with ESW provides these solutions immediately, and we’ve already won our first fulfillment customers on the strength of our combined offering. We are giving SEKO’s ecommerce clients the chance to partner with ESW on their globalization journey.”
Project forwarder deugro has sold its Russian business following the outbreak of war in Ukraine.
The company said that the deal was completed in September and the sale was a buyout by former local management.
“This concludes deugro’s intent of divesting its interests in Russia since the advent of the war and subsequently winding down its activities,” the company said.
“The final closing is performed, and the official registration of the transaction took place.”
The Frankfurt-headquartered company is not the only firm to have sold its Russian business following the outbreak of war.
Earlier this year, Kuehne+Nagel announced it would also sell its Russian business.
The company will be run under the name Noytech Supply Chain Solutions after being acquired as part of a management buyout.
DHL Global Forwarding has opened a new transshipment hub and head office in Johannesburg, South Africa, close to OR Tambo International Airport.
The €7m facility includes offices, 10,000 sq. m of warehouse space and temperature-controlled chambers.
It will serve as a hub for transport, logistics, warehouse solutions, as well as freight forwarding.
Clement Blanc, chief executive of DHL Global Forwarding for South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, said, “A new facility in Johannesburg is a natural next step in our efforts to support economic growth and accelerate the pace of supply chain transformation undergoing in South Africa.
“This facility expands global connections to Africa, ensuring that sectors like life sciences and healthcare can operate smoothly, access an efficient and reliable logistics network, and continue to grow.
“The strategic location of our new facility at ‘OR Tambo’ will enable us to enhance our service offering to clients. We are excited to be able to transport both time- and temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical goods and health products, among other services.”
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