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42 Events maltatoday, SUNDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2016 Emirates SkyCargo clinches top recognition at Global Freight Awards 2016 EMIRATES SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, has been named Air Cargo Carrier of the Year at the 20th edition of the Global Freight Awards ceremony held in London. The Global Freight Awards, supported by the 164 year old freight publication Lloyd's Load- ing list, is held annually to recog- nise and reward innovative ideas and achievements that have set a benchmark for excellence in the freight industry. Emirates Sky- Cargo was awarded the much coveted Air cargo Carrier of the Year title for 2016 at the end of a two stage voting process open to readers of Lloyd's Loading List. Emirates SkyCargo is the larg- est international airline cargo operator with a fleet of over 250 wide bodied aircraft, includ- ing 15 dedicated freighters- 13 Boeing 777-Fs and two B747- 400ERFs. The carrier connects cargo customers in 154 desti- nations across 82 countries in six continents through its hub in Dubai. A global facilitator of trade and commerce, Emirates SkyCargo operates dedicated freighter services to over 50 glob- al destinations in addition to of- fering cargo capacity on board its passenger flights. Most recently, the carrier launched a weekly freighter service from Oslo to Dubai to facilitate the increasing exports of fresh sea food from the Scandinavian country to the rest of the world. The Air Cargo Carrier of the year accolade is an immense achievement for Emirates Sky- Cargo. The carrier has constant- ly strived to create new bench- marks in the air freight industry by offering customers excellence in service delivery through state of the art infrastructure and in- novative products. Leading the industry, Emirates SkyCargo launched Emirates SkyPhar- ma- a purpose built facility for handling temperature sensitive pharmaceutical shipments earli- er this year. Emirates SkyCargo's facilities for transporting phar- maceuticals through its hubs in Dubai are not only state of the art but also certified as complying to the highest industry standards (EU GDP Guidelines) by Bureau Veritas, Germany. Emirates SkyCargo has been at the forefront of the air cargo industry receiving a number of industry recognitions this year including the award for Overall Carrier of the Year at the Payload Asia Awards held in Hong Kong, the 'Best Air Cargo Carrier- Middle East' at the 2016 Asian Freight, Logistics and Supply Chain (AFLAS) Awards held in Shanghai, the 'Best Cargo Airline Middle East 2016' at the World Air Cargo Awards in London and the 'Diamond Award' at the Air Cargo Excellence Awards 2016 in Berlin. Emirates operates daily sched- uled flights between Malta and Dubai on a Boeing 777-300 air- craft. Emirates SkyCargo is lo- cated on the First Floor at MIA Departures and can be contacted on tel. no 2557 7255 ext 4, or at skycargomla@emirates.com Emirates SkyCargo wins Air Cargo Carrier of the Year award at Global Freight Awards 2016 Pitch22 and Atlas hold second football festival IT was all fun and games for eight football nurseries at the second edition of the Atlas-Pitch22 foot- ball festival. The participating teams, which included Luqa St. Andrew's FC, Mqabba FC, Zeb- bug Rangers FC, Hamrun Spar- tans FC, Melita FC, Sliema Wan- derers FC, St. Andrew's Academy and Valletta FC, have all experi- enced the Pitch22 club manage- ment software. Following a 'round robin' of 12 games for the Under 9s teams, the participating teams were present- ed with trophies to remember the occasion. The festival was held at Melita FC Football Ground. In 2015, Atlas Insurance signed an agreement to sponsor Pitch22 for all local football clubs for three consecutive years, up to May 2018, giving these clubs the ability to use this solution with- out incurring any costs. Pitch22 is a football club man- agement software that gives clubs the opportunity to improve their administration and communica- tion. It aims to make life easier for club administrators and coaches, but also facilitates the lives of par- ents and players. CVO Street Glide leaving onlookers breathless THE CVO Street Glide is decked out fender to fender with custom details and with the most powerful Harley engine and sound system to date. The CVO Street Glide is everything you thought could never roll out of a factory. It's about plenty of mus- cle in the engine and the stereo; an all-new black granite Twin-Cooled Milwaukee-Eight 114 engine and a 6.5" BOOM! Stage II speakers pow- ered by a 300-watt amplifier. Together with the Milwaukee- Eight 107 engine, the Milwaukee- Eight 114 engine is the most power- ful cooler running motor ever built. At the centre of every CVO motor- cycle are 114 cubic inches of Harley- Davidson Milwaukee-Eight V-Twin. It gives you bigger power and cooler running temperatures under all operating conditions. Wherever there's a bit of space it got filled with pre-amps, amps and speakers. And it's all built to work the way riders work, with features like voice activa- tion, a big full-colour touchscreen and switches you can reach without taking your hands off the grips. It's all about explosive power and ex- plosive looks. This one is truly a re- markable Harley! One Candy Cobalt/ Ingido Ink CVO Street Glide is now in Malta and it's blowing away all those who happen to stand in its way. Fapi Mo- tors are the official distributors of Harley-Davidson motor cycles in Malta. Visit our showroom in Im- dina Road, Attard, or send an e-mail to info@FapiMotors.com for fur- ther details. Mcast students get real-world lesson at Palumbo Shipyard FOURTEEN Mcast students got the chance to witness first-hand the operations of Palumbo Mal- ta Superyachts in a collabora- tion intended to help them draw experience from the working world. This was the first time that the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology organised such a visit and the students from the welding and fabrication course, accompanied by their lecturer, got a real-world lesson at the shipyard. "The shipyards have always held a central place in the coun- try's economic, political and so- cial history. It was considered to be the best 'school ' in Malta where skills could be learnt from experienced masters involved in shipbuilding and repair. We hope to be able to continue pass- ing on this expertise to today's students," shipyard CEO Anto- nio Palumbo said. The students were taken around Dock 3 where the bene- fits of a covered dock, the opera- tions carried out within and the way the dock gate functioned were explained. They were then taken around the pumping sta- tion and shown how the machin- ery operates, before moving on to Dock 2 where students could the chance to put all their tech- nical questions to the experts. "This was the first time we have had students visit the ship- yard and their interest was pal- pable; we hope to have many more," Palumbo said.