European freighter airline Cargolux and airfreight container supplier Unilode Aviation Solutions have extended their partnership, adding Bluetooth technology to ULD monitoring.
In addition to the current provision of ULDs and related repair and maintenance services, Unilode is equipping its units with Bluetooth tracking tags and also installing Bluetooth readers at all warehouses operated by its customers.
A joint statement said: “Once these readers are installed, there will be digital visibility over ULDs offering further transparency and enhanced tracking for shipments through the interoperability of the reader infrastructure.”
According to Franco Nanna, Cargolux’s Director Global Logistics Services: “Cargolux has grown significantly since starting its partnership with Unilode over ten years ago, and Unilode has proven its ability to flexibly adjust our ULD requirements in line with our customers’ cargo demand.
“More importantly, Unilode’s investment into digitalization will benefit the value chain, and especially the cumbersome and time-consuming work done by ground handlers and freight forwarders to manually list and count single ULD references via numerous message and email exchanges will drastically be reduced. This is fundamental to further improve the efficiency of ULD processing.”
Benoît Dumont, Unilode CEO, said: “Cargolux is one of the largest cargo airlines in the world and we are proud that Unilode will continue to contribute to Cargolux’s growth and success with the supply of operation-critical containers and pallets during the term of our extended agreement.
“Digitalisation will add further value to our strategic ULD management partnership and Unilode’s digital ULDs will be able to provide significant benefits to Cargolux and its customers in the global supply chain, especially due to the location and temperature monitoring features of our digital assets. We look forward to our continued successful partnership.”
