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CEVA achieves CEIV certification in Singapore
CEVA Logistics has been awarded IATA's CEIV Pharma status at its facility in Singapore.The logistics operators's staff in Singapore have undertaken a comprehensive training programme conducted jointly by IATA and Changi Airport Group, in readiness for certification in the safe handling of pharmaceutical products.A quality team was established at the ...
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Van de Stadt lands DVB Bank's global head of aviation role
DVB Bank, the specialist in international transport finance, has appointed Eelco van de Stadt as global head of aviation, with effect from the beginning of August 2017.Van de Stadt, currently DVB's head of aviation finance North & South America, replaces David Goring-Thomas who was recently appointed to join DVB's board ...
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DHL opens new pharma facility in Dublin
DHL Supply Chain has opened a new pharmaceutical grade facility in Ireland, located at Horizon Logistics Park by Dublin Airport.The secure facility, fully approved by the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA), will provide pharma companies manufacturing in Ireland fully compliant temperature controlled end-to-end supply chain management.DHL said that plans are ...
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Indian government approves New Delhi airport plan
India’s capital city, New Delhi, is to get a second international airport after the national government approved of construction of the hub, with an estimated cost of $1.6bn for the first phase.According to local newspaper reports, Noida International Airport will be built on a 3,000 ha green field site at ...
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GLS wins 25 year cargo concession in Liberia
Global Logistics Services Inc. (GLS) has secured a 25-year concession for air cargo operations at Liberia’s sole international airport, Roberts International (ROB).The agreement, passed into law by the country’s legislature, makes GLS the first Liberian company to own an operating concession in the country’s 169-year history.GLS, which currently handles up ...
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Ethiopian signs up for two more B777Fs at Paris
Ethiopian Airlines has announced a deal to purchase two Boeing 777 freighter aircraft as it continues to expand rapidly its cargo operations.The deal is valued at $651.4m at list prices and follows on from an order for ten B737 Max 8 passenger aircraft announced yesterday.The freighter order is just ahead ...
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Flower freighter win for Yorkshire's Doncaster Sheffield Airport
Doncaster Sheffield Airport has won a weekly MD-11 freighter service bringing flowers and vegetables into the UK for some of the country’s largest retailers.The northern UK gateway has secured a deal with Network Airline Management which will operate the flight from Nairobi to Yorkshire. It will be the airport’s first ...
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ACP to be Antonov GSA in Australia
Antonov Airlines — operator of the An-124, An-225 and An-22 freighter aircraft — has appointed Air Cargo Partners Worldwide (ACP) as its general sales agent (GSA) in Australia.The GSA representation, part of ongoing expansion for the project cargo specialist, will be managed by Ken Lyons, sales and development manager for ...
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Kuehne + Nagel begins work on Switzerland pharma hub
Kuehne + Nagel has begun building its new “Pharma Hub Switzerland” that aims to strengthen the forwarder's position in the pharma and healthcare industry.The Pharma Hub will be part of the KN PharmaChain network, providing multimodal temperature-controlled door-to-door shipping, visibility and traceability of deliveries, as well as intensive and proactive ...
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SAS Cargo set for CEIV Pharma at three hubs
Scandinavian carrier SAS Cargo has commenced the CEIV Pharma certification process of its cool chain and expects the first hub – Oslo – to be certified this summer, with the Copenhagen and Stockholm facilities to follow soon after.SAS Cargo, with its head office near Medicon Valley, one of Europe’s strongest ...
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Venema takes over as chairman of the Cargo iQ board
Henk Venema, senior vice president and global head of network carrier management at DHL Global Forwarding, has been named the new chairman of the Cargo iQ Membership Board.Venema, who has over 15 years of experience in air cargo, takes over from Max Sauberschwarz, vice president and global head of carrier ...
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Forwarders to face margin challenge after year of volume growth
The global freight forwarding market is estimated to have grown by 2.7% last year, but revenues were down and margin pressure is expected to intensify over the next five years.Analyst Transport Intelligence’s (Ti) Global Freight Forwarding 2017 report found that the global forwarding market is estimated to have grown by ...
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Qatar Airways set to move on a 10% stake in American Airlines
Qatar Airways could be set to invest more than $800m in a 10% stake in American, an airline that has accused the Middle Eastern carrier of benefitting from state handouts.In a stock exchange filing, the US carrier said it had received an “unsolicited notice” from Qatar Airways of its intention ...
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Singapore's Changi Airport sees double-digit cargo surge in May
Singapore's Changi Airport saw strong year-on-year in May with an increase of 12.6% to 177,340 tonnes.A spokesperson for the Asian hub said: "Cargo shipments increased by double digits for the second month this year, with improvements broad-based across exports, imports and transhipments."With stable recovery of industrial activity in the US, ...
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Air France KLM: Dancing to a new beat
Air France KLM Martinair (AF-KLMP) Cargo has finished its freighter diet and is now ready to “rock ‘n’ roll” after investing in IT systems and terminals.Marcel de Nooijer was appointed executive vice president of the Franco-Dutch airline’s cargo arm in December 2016. He is a personable Dutchman who wants to ...
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Regulatory headache for European road feeder operators
European Commission regulations on drivers’ pay and rest breaks are causing significant cost and network capacity problems for air cargo’s road feeder services (RFS) sector, say two major truck operators.The regulations mean that drivers resting overnight in certain European Union (EU) countries have to stay in a hotel rather than ...
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Delta continues to expand partnerships with Korean tie-up
Delta Air Lines has announced another partnership - signing a new deal with Korean Air covering the transpacific trade - as it looks to continue to expand its network.The two airlines said the joint venture agreement, which includes belly cargo, will create a combined network serving more than 290 destinations ...
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CEVA adds to growing rail links from China to Europe
Another new rail link from China to Europe has opened, with CEVA Logistics launching a service from Shilong in southern China's Guangdong province to Hamburg in Germany.In conjunction with the Chinese state railway company, the new regular block trains will route Shilong, Manzhouli (China), Zabakalsky (Russia), Brest (Belarus), Malaszewicze (Poland) ...
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Airfreight rates continue to climb in May
Airfreight rates continued to track ahead of last year’s levels in May, although there was a decline compared with April levels.The latest figures from consultant Drewry’s Sea & Air Shipper Insight report shows that the average all-in airfreight buy rate across 21 major east-west routes increased by 5.3% year on ...
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NewsEuropean cargo monthly: Demand growth picks up in May
Major European airlines saw cargo growth pick up again in May following on from a slight slowdown in April.The latest freight figures from Air France KLM, Finnair, IAG and Lufthansa also show an improvement in year-on-year percent growth compared with the level achieved in April.At Lufthansa Cargo there was a ...