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Lufthansa Cargo to go nine times a week to Shanghai
Increased frequencies to Shanghai and Guangzhou are among the recent timetable changes announced by Lufthansa Cargo.The Shanghai service goes up from seven to nine times a week from September and the route will exclusively be operated by Boeing 777F cargo aircraft with capacity of around 103 tonnes. Some services were ...
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UPS satisfies the need for speed
UPS has launched an Express Critical service in Europe for shipments such as parts for grounded aircraft parts or urgently required surgical tools.A UPS team will assess the shipping request through a round-the-clock contact center, identify transportation alternatives and implement a delivery solution that meets time and cost requirements.These include ...
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New routes for bmi regional
Short-haul UK airline bmi regional has launched new routes from Birmingham to Gothenburg and Nuremberg. Both be operated six times per week, and are the latest in a series of new services for the carrier, which also launched London Stansted to Derry in Northern Ireland and Birmingham – Graz in ...
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Airfreight industry rallies round to help Yemen kids
Customers of Coyne Airways and Air Charter Service are helping life-saving support from War Child UK get through to the children of Yemen.Money raised goes towards the charity’s vital work, for example providing some of the most vulnerable households with food vouchers."The funds contributed by Coyne Airways and ACS are ...
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Cargospot is the champ in Austria
Champ Cargosystems has signed Linz Airport in Austria for its ‘out-of-the-box’ Cargospot Handling IT solution.Currently handling 46,000 tonnes per year, Linz is the second airport in Austria in terms of cargo throughput.The country’s busiest gateway, Vienna International Airport, is already a user of the Cargospot system, which offers cargo management, ...
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DHL has vision of a shared future
The ‘Sharing Economy’ is shaking up logistics and the latter will in turn play a major role in shaping it, says a new Trend Report by express carrier DHL.It predicts a future built around digital platforms and business models built on sharing rather than owning assets, which could a significant ...
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Airline taps into pharma demand with va-Q-tec containers
Portuguese airline TAP Cargo has signed a global rental agreement with temperature-controlled container rental specialist va-Q-tec.TAP said the partnership would be particularly important on its Europe to Brazil trade lane. Rita Costa Silva, responsible for business development at TAP Cargo, explained: “Brazil is a big pharma consumer market, importing high ...
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Kerry takes stake in Italy’s Tuvia
Asian forwarder Kerry Logistics is to buy a majority stake in Italy’s Tuvia Group.Tuvia Italia is active in air, maritime, land, multimodal shipments, and integrated logistics in Italy. Headquartered in Milan with offices in Verona, Venice, Trieste, and Nerviano, the company manages over 25,000sq m of logistics space.As ISO9001 certified ...
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Tehran firm aims to beat the jams
A new courier firm aims to tap into Tehran’s 400,000 parcels per day market, drawing inspiration from the Uber taxi system.Peykyab’s app “hails” a courier, tracks the parcel’s progress, and notifies the sender/receiver when the order is delivered. The company says it has seen rapid growth since its launch in ...
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Chapman Freeborn takes main stake in Magma Aviation
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has increased its stake in UK-based aircraft management firm Magma Aviation to 75%.Chapman Freeborn held a minority holding in Magma since it was launched in 2010 to commercially and operationally manage wide-body cargo aircraft, contracted on an exclusive basis from airline partners.At the same time Magma has ...
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Boring!
A firm that calls itself ‘The Boring Company’ has been dubbed “amazing and impossible” by commentators – at least according to their own publicity. Elon Musk is convinced he has the answer to the constant gridlock that grips cities like Los Angeles - an underground transport system.But, according to a ...
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Airfreight industry calls for data pipeline
Participants called for a “data pipeline” for air cargo at a recent workshop organised by the Trade&Cargo Facilitation Association (TCF).However the concept is challenging, although over 80% of companies attending the event said they were willing to get involved in its implementation.The event at Kista, Sweden on 24-25 April and ...
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CargoCloud to clear the air at Heathrow
A new load consolidation app, part of the new Heathrow CargoCloud, could help Heathrow trucking companies and freight forwarders reduce their emissions.Claimed as the first of its kind, it allows cargo operators to consolidate loads coming into and out of the airport to improve efficiency and reduce the number of ...
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New system set to fix broken supply chains
Software firm Gelnius has launched a new technology platform that it says could reinvent the way global supply chains work, by linking up previously disjointed systems.The Gelnius system was originally developed from SEKO Logistics technology which manages 150,000 outbound finished goods inventory movements a year and has a proven in ...
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Dachser doubles in Shanghai
Dachser has doubled its space at Shanghai Pudong Airport Bonded Zone from 32,300 to 64,600sq ft.The German-owned forwarder said the extra space would, together with its existing facility at Beijing International Airport, improve service and increase flexibility. Having gateway operations at two airports also increases the flexibility to move cargo ...
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Aeroméxico and Delta tie the knot
Aeroméxico and Delta Air Lines have begun their cooperation on trans-border flights after they confirmed to the Department of Transportation (DOT) and Mexico’s Federal Economic Competition Commission (COFECE) that they have completed the necessary steps required to launch their joint agreement.The two carriers said the alliance would expand competition and ...
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The mac that’s lighter than air
Posh mac-maker Burberry is paying tribute to one of the pioneers of flight with a life-size hot air balloon at its Heathrow pop-up store.Standing over 15 metres tall, the Burberry Balloon is inspired by the achievements of Air Commodore Edward Maitland, who, with fellow balloonists Auguste Gaudron and Charles Turner, ...
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Vietnam Airlines recommits to monkey ban
Cruelty Free International says that Vietnam Airlines has reaffirmed its ban on the transport of monkeys after the airline revealed last year breached its own embargo.The carrier originally announced in 2013 that it would ban the shipment of monkeys for experimental purposes, but the pressure group revealed last year that ...
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DHL refines China-Europe rail service
DHL’s Global Forwarding arm has opened a central competence centre in Stuttgart, Germany to improve efficiency of its rail services between Germany and China.Experts will primarily support German customers in the automotive, technology, mechanical engineering and retail sectors, developing multi-modal transport solutions and coordinating end-to-end transport processes, from collection, export ...
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Frankfurt-Hahn sees first-quarter cargo surge
Frankfurt-Hahn Airport enjoyed a surge in cargo in the first quarter nof the year, handling 23,700 tonnes - a 41% rise compared with the first three months of last year. Some of the increase came from existing customers, but the airport said that new clients had also contributed – and ...