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MIA hosts life sciences workshop
Miami-Dade Aviation Department (MDAD), operator of Miami International Airport (MIA), has continued its efforts to support the local bio-medical industry by recently hosting an inaugural South Florida Life Sciences Showcase.The event was held at MIA on March 23, and was attended by more than 100 professionals working in medical technology, ...
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Silk Way West to fly new B747-8F on additional O’Hare frequency
The latest Boeing 747-8 freighter – the fifth such aircraft – to join the fleet of Baku-headquartered Silk Way West Airlines was only flown from the Boeing Plant in Everett, Washington state, to the Azerbaijani capital on April 2.But it will be quickly put into service. On April 20 in ...
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NewsIT Focus: The intelligent cargo ecosystem revolutionising freight forwarding
An End-to-End Cargo Management SolutionThe air cargo industry is a complex and operationally challenging environment with many stages and checkpoints across the globe, and with the industry’s rapid rate of growth, these challenges will only intensify.In short, digital transformation will be essential to managing such complexities.Last year, the air cargo ...
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Boeing continues to look to sales to Iran
Boeing has confirmed the signing of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Iran Aseman Airlines, expressing the airline’s intent to purchase 30 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.The agreement also provides the Iranian carrier with purchase rights for 30 more B737 MAXs.If executed, the deal would be worth $3bn at list prices ...
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An-124 delivers heavy load into Dube
On March 30, Dube Cargo Terminal welcomed an Antonov An-124 cargo aircraft, just part of the process of shipping 80 tonnes of highly specialised spools which will form part of the main furnace at the local oil refinery.The components, flown in on an Antonov Airlines freighter, ranged from 4 to ...
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Hybrid Airships to take to the air with Helium One
Hybrid Enterprises, the exclusive worldwide re-seller of Lockheed Martin’s Hybrid Airships, has agreed a strategic partnership with Helium One, an explorer, developer and producer of high value bulk liquid helium for the international market.Helium One will use the LMH-1 Hybrid Airship to safely transport helium out of Helium One’s deposit ...
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Lynne Embleton replaces Drew Crawley as IAG Cargo chief
IAG has appointed Lynne Embleton as the new chief executive of its cargo division with immediate effect, as incumbent Drew Crawley leaves the role after just over a year.IAG said it had appointed Embleton - current British Airways managing director at Gatwick - as Crawley will move on to the ...
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IATA implements CASS in Russia
IATA has confirmed the “successful implementation” of its Cargo Accounts Settlement Systems (CASS) in Russia, achieved in partnership with the Russian bank VTB and with the national flag-carrier Aeroflot.CASS is designed to simplify the billing and settlement of accounts between airlines and freight forwarders.It operates through CASSlink, which IATA describes ...
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DHL’s Dublin station receives IATA CEIV Pharma certification
DHL Global Forwarding, the air, ocean and road freight specialist within the Deutsche Post DHL Group, has received Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV) certification for its DHL Air Thermonet airfreight station in Dublin.CEIV Pharma certification attests to “the highest service and quality standards for life ...
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IATA reports on encouraging February
IATA has published statistics covering global air freight markets in February 2017 that reveal there was an 8.4% increase in demand, as measured in freight tonne-kilometres (FTKs), compared to the same period of last year.After adjusting for the impact of the leap year in 2016, global airfreight demand increased by ...
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Tigers sign new deal with Pos Malaysia to support e-commerce
Tigers Ltd, a Hong Kong-headquartered supply chain specialist, has inked a new deal with Malaysia’s national postal service provider Pos Malaysia, covering management of Pos Malaysia’s e-commerce facility in Kuala Lumpur.Tigers will manage Pos Malaysia’s e-commerce fulfilment out of the latter’s Cargo Centre at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) using ...
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March sees airfreight rates improve on last year
Airfreight rates on some of the world’s major trade lanes continued to track ahead of last year’s levels in March as shippers turned from ocean to air transport and fuel prices continued to rise.The latest figures from TAC Index show that net airfreight prices paid to carriers on Hong Kong-Europe ...
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Emirates to add second daily Bali connection
Dubai-based carrier Emirates has revealed that it will introduce a second daily service from its home hub to the island of Bali, Indonesia, on July 2.The frequency will be operated by Boeing 777-300ER (Extended Range) aircraft. Both inbound and outbound services on the route take in connections at Dili in ...
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UPS to expand DFW presence with $200m package facility
UPS has unveiled plans to build a new $200m package operations facility in Arlington, Texas, to cater for growth in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.UPS said the facility would span more than 1.1m sq ft on more than 110 acres and is scheduled for completion in 2018.UPS’s Red River District president ...
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Air Incheon signs up for B737-400 conversion
Air Incheon has contracted PEMCO World Air Servicesto convert a single B737-400 aircraft into a freighter configuration.Air Incheon’s B737-400 PEMCO-converted aircraft features a custom cargo loading system, up to 48,000 pounds of payload, and 4,600 cubic feet of total volume under PEMCO’s supplemental type certificate.“We chose PEMCO to expand our ...
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Leisure Cargo appoints GAC as Dutch GSA
Leisure Cargo has appointed ECS subsidiary Globe Air Cargo as its general sales agent in the Netherlands.Leisure Cargo, which offers cargo capacity on a network of 14 leisure airlines, said that through GAC it will offer TUI-flights to Dutch Antilles, Mexico, Florida and various destinations in Europe as well as ...
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Dachser forwarding business hit by low rates
Kempten, Germany-headquartered logistics services provider Dachser enjoyed a solid improvement in revenue in 2016, but its sea and airfreight business division performed less well.In the Dachser Air & Sea Logistics business area, revenue decreased by 3% year on year to €1.54bn, while the number of shipments handled remained constant.This decrease ...
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LATAM Airlines flies the A350XWB to France from Brazil
LATAM Airlines, Latin America’s biggest airline group, has become the first carrier to operate an Airbus A350XWB on the route to Paris Charles de Gaulle from Sao Paulo Guarulhos International Airport.Rodrigo Contreras, general director of LATAM Airlines in Europe, commented: “Paris is now the 3rd destination in Europe serviced by ...
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UPS offers improved tracking technology to improve transparency
Global express services provider UPS has released an improved Flex Global View, a ‘management and visibility tool’ for air, ocean and surface freight shipping, including warehouse inventory, purchase orders and customs entry.UPS supply chain customers who log into Flex™ Global View will now benefit from upgrades including:Detailed shipping alerts – ...
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Shipper body fears an ongoing boxship capacity crisis
The European Shippers’ Council (ESC) has revealed it will set up a temporary observer group composed of representatives of European exporters to monitor the ongoing ocean capacity shortage on services from Europe to Asia.Massive delays have arisen of late in maritime container shipping, in part because of the bankruptcy of ...