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Helping hand for German posties
Deutsche Post has put its 1,000th e-bike from its StreetScooter subsidiary into service today in Osnabrück. The German postal giant, owner of DHL, says that the electrically assisted cargo bikes can hit 25 km/h and can carry up to 50kg, “a tremendous help for letter carriers in urban areas.”The StreetScooter ...
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New funds to make Heathrow more resilient
Heathrow Airport shareholders have announced plans to invest an additional £650m in the UK gateway during 2019.Billed by the airport as a vote of confidence in post-Brexit Britain, it will be used to improve operational resilience and will include enabling works for the expansion of Terminal 2 and planning works ...
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Kuehne + Nagel to reinvigorate pharma firm’s global logistics
Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) is to become the air, sea and land logistics partner of pharmaceutical research company Grünenthal and will help the German group reorganise its worldwide transportation network.Grünenthal has production sites in Europe and Latin America and is represented in 32 countries through subsidiaries, while its products are ...
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Nairobi cargo terminal for perishables and dry cargo
A new cargo terminal for perishables and dry cargo is soon set to open at Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, East Africa.Logistics provider Mitchell Cotts commissioned the terminal, opening in September 2018, which will have an annual throughput capacity of 80,000 tons. There are already plans to expand ...
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Siemens to equip air cargo facility at Heathrow
International Airlines Group (IAG) has asked sorting technology provider Siemens Postal, Parcel & Airport Logistics (SPPAL) to equip an air cargo centre at London Heathrow with the latest in handling systems.The facility will be used by IAG subsidiary British Airways.Siemens is to equip the terminal with what it describes as ...
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Two new trustees for TIACA
KLM Cargo and Icelandair Cargo have been appointed as trustee members of TIACA (The International Air Cargo Organisation).Both are long-standing TIACA members, and they will help elect the board of directors that manages the Association's affairs and establishes its policy.Icelandair Cargo serves 54 destinations in Europe and North America, including ...
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UPS upgrades China/Europe rail service
UPS has added six more stations to its China/Europe rail service, offered as an alternative to airfreight.Changsha, Chongqing, Suzhou and Wuhan Stations have been added in China – as well as the existing stations of Zhengzhou and Chengdu – while in Europe additional stops are made in Duisburg, Germany and ...
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Alicante route is ray of sunshine for Finnair Cargo
Finnair’s four times a week summer season service to Alicante on Spain’s Costa Blanca may be aimed mainly at the passenger trade but the cargo department has high hopes of lucrative business too.According to a recent Finnair newsletter, the city is still a major centre for footwear manufacturing and the ...
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Yusen Logistics has a customised solution
Japanese-owned forwarder Yusen Logistics has formed a Transportation Solutions Group (TSG) to create customised services for its customers.Offerings will include cargo consolidation and de-consolidation, value-added product handling, forward inventory positioning and customs house brokerage. Managed transportation services will be available including centralised execution and account management, purchase order and vendor ...
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Two GSA wins for Network Airline Service
Network Airline Service (NAS) has gained two new airline clients. Air Malta Cargo has appointed NAS Belgium as cargo general sales agent for the country from April.The carrier is increasing its flights to the Belgian capital from the summer. It operates a fleet of Airbus narrow body aircraft to over ...
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Eight thousand miles for iced tea
The Turkish office of forwarder QualitAir&Sea – a member of the X2 network of logistics companies – recently operated one of the longest ever charter routes with perishable cargo when it moved 40 tons of frozen peaches from China to Mexico, a distance of 7,982 miles.It hired a B777-200F cargo ...
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Drone deliveries take off for DHL
Express delivery firms may still be exploring the potential of unmanned aerial vehicles for their own purposes, but they can also be a lucrative source of business in themselves.DHL’s Global Forwarding air and ocean freight specialist has signed a contract with Chinese consumer electronics exporter, Shenzhen Youkeshu Technologies to transport ...
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Internet drives surge in transport start-ups
There has been a 22% rise transport and distribution small and medium sized companies in the UK since 2010 according to a study by Hampshire Trust Bank.The research, conducted in partnership with the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR), found only three sectors with higher growth (technical and professional, ...
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Brazil booster
The Brazilian Association of Airline Companies (ABEAR) says in an unpublished study that the air cargo and passenger industry makes a much higher contribution to the economy than official government figures suggest.In a statement released on the eve of the International Brazil Air Show in Rio de Janeiro, it said ...
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Delta and Korean sign Transpac deal
Delta and Korean Air have signed a joint venture for the trans-Pacific. The two airlines will share costs and revenues and coordinate their schedules to improve connections. The new combined network will serve over 290 destinations in the Americas and more than 80 in Asia.Codesharing will be extended and the ...
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Former Cargolux chief Dirk Reich to join Panalpina
Panalpina is to appoint former Cargolux chief executive Dirk Reich as a new board member at its Annual General Meeting on May 3. He will succeed Roger Schmid, who will not stand for re-election.Reich, a dual Swiss and German national, sat on the management board of Kuehne + Nagel and, ...
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Nippon Cargo cancels order for two 747-8 freighters
Nippon Cargo Airlines has cancelled an order for two Boeing 747-8 freighter aircraft following an agreement with the US manufacturer, according to press reports. The two aircraft were the last of a ten-strong order, of which eight have already been delivered.The Japanese all-cargo carrier has recently launched a review of ...
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Cargolux goes full throttle with GEnx engines
Cargolux has became the first operator in the world to fly a million hours with GE’s new GEnx engine. The Luxembourg-all cargo has the engines fitted to its 747-8F freights, which went into service five and a half years ago.Described as “a giant leap forward in propulsion technology, using the ...
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Virgin overcomes headwinds
Virgin Atlantic Cargo saw 2016 freight volumes rise 1.8% in a challenging market, carrying 218,000 tonnes across its international network.It was helped by a 2016 strong second half and high peak season demand, although volume growth was offset by price pressure, in turn driven by overcapacity and the weak Pound.December’s ...
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Dubai International freight falls in February
Dubai International airport saw a 1.9% fall in freight in February, to 192,704 tonnes from 196,460 tonnes recorded in February 2016. However, year to date freight volumes, at 400,976 tonnes, grew 0.8% compared with 397,942 tonnes handled during the corresponding period in 2016.Passengers continued to grow steadily in February, rising ...