Cargo Pulse

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From pets to race horses to fish to endangered species traveling to support animal conservation programs, air cargo’s ViP travellers are the millions of live animals who fly every year.

7000 horses made their way through the Horse Inn at Liège Airport in 2022, and onto carefully planned charters flying to the world’s equestrian events at destinations such as Doha, Mexico, Miami, New York, or Shanghai.

What comes to mind when you think about a first-class airport experience? Maybe a swift journey through security, an excellent retail offer, or a luxurious lounge to relax in pre-flight. How about fresh hay and warm, clean water to swim in?
For the UK’s hub airport, catering to millions of passengers every month doesn’t just mean keeping people happy and on the move, it means offering quality service to over four million animals every year too.

Unlike the majority of air cargo handling facilities around the world, Hactl’s SuperTerminal 1 has always embodied comprehensive resources for handling every conceivable kind of live animal cargo; and Hactl has accordingly built up a long track record of successful live animal movements. The company is frequently called upon to handle imports and exports of zoo animals, conservation animals, livestock and bloodstock.

In recent years, modern warehouse technologies have progressed substantially, altering how warehouses function and enhancing overall efficiency, accuracy, and production.

In the complex world of air cargo operations, the cargo terminal stands as the nucleus, serving as the first or last point of the entire process. It is not an exaggeration to say that a strong and efficient cargo terminal is the backbone of the air cargo industry.

At Brussels Airport, we interpret the progress within the Brucargo logistics ecosystem as exceptionally positive and dynamic. Brucargo’s logistics environment has been adapting to worldwide trends, for instance, the swift surge of business-to-business (b2b) e-commerce and the escalating necessity for proficient international trade.

We most often write about air cargo’s greatest challenge is to balance supply and demand but there is a third component in this equation equally as important, namely infrastructure and capability. If the demand is there for temperature sensitive or valuable or any form of specialized cargo yet no corresponding infrastructure is in place then the cargo has to move by alternative means. So we need ground infrastructure to lead the cycle in readiness for demand to materialize in order for supply to be procured and successful transport can ensue.