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Geodis builds on French e-commerce with e-tailer Cdiscount
Geodis and Cdiscount are expanding their logistics partnership by opening an 80,000 sq m storage facility in Moissy-Cramayel to manage products weighing less than 30 kg sold by the French e-commerce leader.As part of its development strategy, Cdiscount entrusted Geodis with the operation of its new logistics platform in the ...
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East Midlands Airport's annual volumes up 9.7% to 358,000 tonnes
East Midlands Airport, the major UK express hub owned by MAG Group, saw tonnage increase by 9.7% to 358,000 tonnes in the financial year ended March 2018.The country’s busiest airport for freighter aircraft continues to play a key role in the thriving “Midlands Engine” said MAG, announcing its year-end results.MAG, ...
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Nippon Cargo Airlines flights set to restart
Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) will begin to restart services on July 5 after it grounded all its freighters while checks were carried on aircraft records.The airline said that the investigation into JA18KZ - a Boeing B747-8F - would be completed on July 4 and flights using the aircraft would resume ...
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HNA Group co-founder Wang dies after an accident in France
Wang Jian, co-founder and chairman of Chinese conglomerate HNA Group, has died in an accident while on a business trip in Provence, France.Bloomberg, quoting a police source in France, said that Wang, aged 57, died on Tuesday morning after falling from a 15-meter high cliff while having his photograph taken ...
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Swissport chief executive Eric Born to step down in December 2018
Eric Born is to step down as group president and chief executive of Swissport International at the end of this year.Born informed the board of directors at the ground and air cargo handling group of his decision which will see him leave the company in December 2018.He has held the ...
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Air cargo demand growth slows while capacity additions continue
Air cargo capacity increases outstripped demand growth for the fourth month in a row in May, with traffic expected to grow at a slower pace for the rest of 2018.The latest figures from IATA show that freight tonne kms (FTKs) increased by 4.2% year on year in May, compared with ...
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NAM and Astral add a B747 to their managed freighter fleet
Network Airline Management (NAM) and Kenya-based freighter operator Astral Aviation have expanded their managed fleet by adding a B747-400BCF.The freighter is wet leased from Air Atlanta Icelandic and joins the B747-400F nose loader also supplied by the Icelandic carrier to the partners from November 2017. This further complements the two ...
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Etihad announces new organisational structure as it strives for profitability
Etihad Aviation Group has announced a new organisational structure for Etihad Airways as it looks to return the airline to profitability.Under the new structure, the group will be reorganised into seven business divisions – operations, commercial, maintenance, repair & overhaul (MRO), human resources, finance, support services and transformation.The group will ...
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Circle adds value to KN contract
GLASGOW-based Circle Express has added Kuehne + Nagel to its list of customers. Circle’s Scottish operations cover central Scotland, including the borders, Dumfries and Galloway, and as far north as Dyce Airport in Aberdeen.In addition to its Scotland-based operations, Circle also provides an overnight delivery and collection service throughout mainland ...
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More seminars planned as UK braces for new Customs system
A series of new seminars are being planned to prepare the UK's supply chains for a new Customs system that will come into force over the coming months.The new Customs Declaration Service (CDS) will replace the current system, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)’s Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight ...
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NewsEx-Jade B747 freighter preparing for duty with CAL
A Boeing 747-400ERF once operated by German-Chinese carrier Jade Cargo is on course to be operated by Liege airport-based CAL Cargo Airlines, which is headquartered in Israel and owned by entrepreneur Offer Gilboa.Meanwhile, ACE Belgium Freighters (ACE) is taxiing for take-off with its first service, scheduled to begin in October ...
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CEVA renews and expands $100m logistics contract with tech customer
CEVA Logistics has renewed a global freight management contract with an unnamed technology customer and has been awarded important additional services in air and ocean freight. The Switzerland-headquartered logistics provider estimates that existing and new business will "exceed $100m of revenue" over the next twelve months, depending on actual volumes ...
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NewsGulf parr for success with live salmon shipments to Dubai
The first successful shipments of live salmon parr fingerlings (Salmo salar) have flown from Scotland to Dubai.FloatPac, owners of FishPac live seafood transportation systems, said that process involved a total of 38,500 fish transported in 42 bin (pictured below) movements over a five month period on Emirates passenger aircraft under ...
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Cebu signs up for ATR conversions from IPR
IPR Conversions and Cebu Pacific signed an agreement to convert two of its ATR 72-500 passenger aircraft into freighters.The ATR's, which will be equipped with Large Cargo Door (LCD) and Structural Tube together with an Ancra Cargo Loading System (CLS), will be converted at Sabena Technics facility in France.IPR said ...
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SF Airlines takes delivery of latest Boeing 757 freighter
Chinese express operator SF Airlines has taken delivery of its 45th freighter, with the B757-200F put quickly into service after arriving at Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport.It is the fourth new aircraft of that type to enter the fleet in 2018, seeing the number of SF Airlines' B757-200F freighters grow to ...
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Bolloré Group signs partnership deal e-commerce giant Alibaba
Conglomerate Bolloré Group has signed an agreement with e-commerce firm Alibaba Group covering logistics and several other areas.The companies signed an extensive Memorandum of Understanding outlining the areas in which their respective business units and subsidiaries, including Alibaba Cloud, Cainiao Smart Logistic Network, Bolloré Logistics and Blue Solutions, have agreed ...
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Work gets underway on Chicago Rockford cargo upgrades
Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD) has started work on a 120,000 sq ft building expansion at its cargo area and a new $3.5m cargo aircraft parking ramp.The ramp expansion project is expected to be completed by October 2018. The new cargo building is projected to be completed by July 2019.“We ...
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Airfreight rates slip in May but bounceback expected for June
Airfreight rates declined in May compared with April levels, but are expected to pick up again in June.The latest figures from consultant Drewry’s monthly Sea and Air Shipper Insight report show that all-in buy rates across 28 east-west routes decreased by 1% compared with April to $2.70 per kg.The month-on-month ...
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Virgin Atlantic expects e-commerce to fuel Hong Kong-Sydney service
Virgin Atlantic Cargo is expecting e-commerce demand to help fill the bellies of new Virgin Australia flights between Hong Kong and Sydney.The flights launched today utilising A330 aircraft offering 15-20 tonnes of capacity. Virgin Atlantic will market the space under the international long-haul sales and management agreement between the two ...
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Asiana Airlines logs into its iCargo airfreight system
Asiana Airlines has officially logged in to its iCargo airfreight system, just 20 months after signing the original implementation agreement with technology supplier IBS Software.The iCargo system handles cargo booking, sales, transportation and import management for the freight operation of the South Korean carrier. It went live after system switching ...