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AIR CARGO

CargoAi brings its digital ecosystem

expertise to CargoTech Matthieu

Petot

argoAi has joined CargoTech, President of CargoTech, explains.
Cadding its innovative, cloud-native CargoTech's goal is to bring cargo
web platform to the firm. It joins business experts together with technol- Cedric
Millet
forces with ECS Group's Cargo Digital ogy experts to fast track the air cargo
Factory and Wiremind Cargo under the industry's digitalisation efforts. With
CargoTech umbrella, with the same CargoAi on board, CargoTech not only
goal of digitising the air cargo business. gains a unique and rapidly expanding
"What CargoTech was missing in marketplace provider, but also benefits
its portfolio until now, was an online from more innovation capabilities.
distribution platform. CargoAi not only "CargoAi has a number of interesting
fills that gap as the world's only cloud- developments in the pipeline, and
native based, neutral, SaaS market- this is key if we want to accelerate the
place, but also brings the benefit of an digital transformation of our industry."
expanded customer base" Cedric Millet, Cedric Millet concludes.

Kuehne+Nagel opens fourth warehouse Vancouver Airport, Kale sign

for the healthcare sector in Ireland deal for cargo operations

o meet the growing Kuehne+Nagel's commitment
Tdemands of the country's to remaining a market leader in o support increased cargo
thriving healthcare industry, healthcare logistics in the coun- Tthroughput, Kale Info
Kuehne+Nagel Ireland will try. It encourages long-term Solutions, the US subsidiary of
open a temperature-controlled collaborative partnerships with Kale Logistics Solutions, will
facility. The site, which is major industry players, allowing implement its Airport Cargo
expected to open in late July them to focus on core produc- Community System (ACCS)
2022, is strategically located tion and R&D activities. at Vancouver International
near Dublin's airport and port. All storage, distribution, and Airport (YVR) in Canada.
It brings Kuehne+Nagel's quality activities have been "A proof of concept of Kale's
healthcare footprint in Ireland optimised at the new HPRA-ap- ACCS will take place ahead of
Amar More, Kale Info Solutions
to 40,000 square metres, adding proved facility. The warehouse full implementation of the so-
to three existing healthcare will be kept at a controlled lution, with the aim of improv-
warehouses. temperature of 15-25 degrees ing efficiency for all stakehold-
With over 50 FDA-approved Celsius by energy-efficient ers, streamlining cargo flows,
manufacturing plants, Ireland equipment, and it will house and addressing airport truck
is one of the world's larg- 34,000 Euro-pallet positions congestion challenges, which
est exporters of healthcare with segregated loading and continue to affect many North
products. The investment in unloading gates. American airports as cargo
this new facility demonstrates volumes swell," says a state-
ment from Kale.
According to the statement, Jason Tse, Vancouver
International Airport
YVR is investing in its cargo
operations to guarantee that to send advance ship-
it can continue to satisfy rising ment notifications to cargo
demand while also develop- handlers and airlines at the
ing new solutions that will airport, providing real-time
boost efficiency with trucking updates and transparency
and transportation, particu- on estimated arrival times,
larly during peak hours. as well as details on actual
Kale's system will allow cargo on board, according to
shippers, agents, and truckers the statement.
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