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Lightweight airfreight containers are on a roll, but that momentum does not extend to pallets.
Developments so far have failed to produce viable lighter units that can deliver gains comparable with those generated by lightweight containers.
CHEP Aerospace Solutions, which provides ULD management and MRO services to carriers, has taken strides to convert its pool of cargo containers into lightweight units. By the end 2015 it will have 17,000 LD-3s under its management.
“By the end of this year every single one of ...
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