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Royal Air Maroc and Etihad sign cargo MoU
On 29 May in Casablanca, Royal Air Maroc (RAM) and Etihad Airways signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the joint development of their cargo activities.A RAM statement described the two airlines’ networks as “complementary” and, as such, offering potential for commercial synergies. Through its partnership with Etihad Airways Cargo, ...
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Alibaba and SF Express in data-sharing standoff
SF Express, one of the biggest delivery firms for Alibaba, says it has been dropped by the online retail giant for refusing to share its customers’ data.According to a report in the Financial Times, Alibaba’s Cainiao logistics arm told Alibaba sellers on 30 May to use other couriers in response ...
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Rates continued to track ahead of a year ago in May
Airfreight rates on key trade lanes continued to track ahead of last year’s levels in May, according to the latest figures from TacIndex.Numbers from the data provider show that on services between Hong Kong and the US, the average airfreight rate paid to carriers increased 38% year on year to ...
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Rhenus adds to Indonesia network
Freight forwarder the Rhenus Group says it plans to open an office in Surabaya, Indonesia’s second-largest city, in early August following the opening of an office in Semarang in February. It adds that its local has also gained IATA certification since May.Rhenus now has operations at four sites in Indonesia ...
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Purolator goes coast to coast in the US
Purolator International - Canada’s largest integrated freight, parcel and logistics solutions provider - has launched an expedited forwarding service for domestic US shipments for next day, two-day, or 3-5 day delivery. There is also an Elite service for shipments that require a specialised delivery window.The courier says it will offer ...
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Business blooms in the desert for UPS
UPS is to open a new package processing hub in the town of Goodyear, near Phoenix, Arizona. The first phase is expected to begin operating later this to provide additional capacity for lightweight small e-commerce packages - a growing business in Arizona and the southwest, says UPS.Full completion is planned ...
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AirBridgeCargo records 17% volume growth in Q1
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) recorded a volume improvement of 17% during the first quarter of the year as the carrier continued to expand its network and benefited from market growth.The carrier saw volumes for the three month period reach 158,000 tonnes, while its load factor touched 70%.ABC has been busy expanding ...
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Etihad extends Dreamliner network
Etihad Airways is to deploy Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft on its routes from its Abu Dhabi hub to Amsterdam and Madrid.The Dreamliners, which offer 11 pallet positions, will be introduced on year-round scheduled services to Amsterdam from 1 September, and to Madrid on 1 October, joining Düsseldorf and Zurich as ...
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We’re staying in Singapore, says Cargolux
Cargolux has denied that it is to move one of its key Asian hubs from Singapore’s Changi airport to Batam Hang Nadim in Indonesia.Reports in the local press had suggested that a move to Batam, which lies just across the Straits of Singapore, was imminent, after the finalising of a ...
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Kung Fu Panda-fighting
Is a dogfight about to break out over the skies of Asia? No sooner had Air Cargo News broken the news of the Hainan Airlines ‘Kung Fu Panda’ Dreamliner than Eva Air retaliated by unveiling its latest Hello Kitty-themed 777-300ER.Not to be outdone by Hainan’s Kung Fu Panda-emblazoned fuselage (Story ...
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YTO to build Zhejiang hub
Chinese parcels carrier YTO Express is to build a 5 billion yuan ($735 million) logistics hub in Zhejiang, according to a report in the China Economic Review.The carrier, which aims to become the largest international courier in mainland China by 2020, recently acquired a majority stake in Hong Kong-based On ...
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Growth continues but outlook uncertain, says WorldACD
The airfreight market continued to grow overall in April, but the outlook has become much less clear, say analysts WorldACD. Following March’s strong across-the-board increase, worldwide growth in April was still a respectable 7.7%in terms of volume year on year, but different parts of the industry showed very different performances.The ...
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We want to be in pharma top five says Turkish Cargo chief
Chief cargo officer Turhan Özen says he wants Turkish Cargo to become one of the top five pharma carriers by 2023. Speaking at a Pharma Day panel of industry representatives in Frankfurt organized by the carrier’s cargo sales team in late May, he said pharma was an important part of ...
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Manston: Public consultations to be held
As part of proposals to reopen the UK’s Manston Airport as an airfreight hub, RiverOak Strategic Partners (RSP) is to hold seven public consultations between June 14 and June 24.RSP believes Manston could provide thousands of jobs for Thanet and the wider regional economy if it were reopened and developed ...
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APAC forwarding market on the uptick
A survey conducted by consultants Mike King and Cathy Roberson for the new APAC Forwarding Index indicates that airfreight volumes on major East-West trade lanes are expected to continue to grow in the coming months, with only nine percent of respondents expecting lower volumes in August than in May across ...
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ACS moves cargo with ‘extreme dimensions’
Charter broker Air Charter Service (ACS) recently transported two high cube containers filled with oil and gas industry equipment from Italy to Saudi Arabia on board an Ilyushin IL-76 freighter that only just accommodated them.ACS Group cargo director, Dan Morgan-Evans, commented: “Weeks of planning went into the operation as the ...
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April throughput rises at DXB
Dubai International Airport handled 217,881 tonnes of airfreight during April, a rise of 1.9% over the same month of last year when 213,790 tonnes passed through the Middle Eastern gateway.For the year to date, volumes rose by 3.9 percent compared to the same four months of 2016, from 828.934 to ...
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Hainan’s third Kung Fu Panda Dreamliner takes to the sky
A third Hainan Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner has received a Kung Fu Panda “makeover” as the carrier continues its collaboration with DreamWorks Animation.The aircraft’s inaugural flight – launching a new daily service from Haikou to Beijing – took place on May 29, in celebration of the carrier’s 24th anniversary. Among ...
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Volga-Dnepr keeps Baffinland iron ore production on track
Russia-based all-cargo carrier Voga-Dnepr Airlines carried out 20 Ilyushin IL-76TD-90VD freighter flights over four weeks beginning at the start of April, moving heavy-duty trucks and trailers from North Bay to Mary River in North Baffin, Nunavut, Canada on behalf of Baffinland Iron Mines.Baffinland had ordered extra trucks and trailers in ...
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Neutral freight alliances join forces
Two neutral freight alliances, Cargo World Network (CWN) and Neutral Air Partner (NAP), have entered into a strategic partnership that will aim to provide “first-class neutral air and ocean consolidation solutions to the global logistics community”, a NAP statement has said.CWN brings together regional operators in over 50 markets to ...