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Dallas adds to cool chain capabilities
Dallas Fort Worth International (DFW) airport is adding to its cold chain storage facilities in response to the growth in pharma and perishables traffic.The Texan hub soon will begin installing equipment at the facility, which will be operated by AirLogistix USA.Expected to be operational this summer, the transfer facility will ...
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American Airlines gets stuck into the New Zealand market
American Airlines Cargo was recently called upon to carry out a short-notice shipment of world renowned honey from New Zealand.Manuka honey is normally moved by seafreight but last week, on short notice, the airline was called on to carry the product for the first time in order to meet deadlines ...
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Volga-Dnepr steppes up with endangered horse project
The Volga-Dnepr Group has transported 14 Przewalski horses from Hortobágy National Park in Hungary to the Ural steppe of Russia as part of efforts to re-introduce the breed to the area.The horses each travelled from Hungary in their own special horse stall onboard a Boeing 737-400SF freighter operated by Atran ...
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Mumbai airport joins the Pharma.Aero initiative
Mumbai International Airport (MIAL) has joined the Pharma.Aero initiative, becoming the first Indian airport to embark on a community approach for IATA’s Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) Pharma certification.Brussels Airport and MIAL announced their partnership in Pharma.Aero at the Pharma Logistics Summit in Mumbai, inking a Memorandum of ...
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K+N gains CEIV Pharma certification for specialist network
Global forwarder Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) has gained IATA's Center of Excellence for Independent Validators for pharmaceutical handling (CEIV Pharma) certification covering its entire KN PharmaChain GxP air network, currently including 86 locations on all continents.The IATA CEIV Pharma standard ensures the integrity of every pharmaceutical and healthcare product in the airfreight ...
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UPS launches new labelling system to speed up shipments
UPS has added a new labelling system to help speed up air and ocean shipments by bypassing distribution centers.The UPS Trade Direct Solution allows importers and manufacturers to bypass distribution centers by adding the final destination label to individual packages for immediate last mile delivery.“Origin labeling provides greater flexibility to ...
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CHEP gets a new name and image
ULD firm CHEP Aerospace Solutions will in the future go under the name Unilode Aviation Solutions following the company's acquisition by EQT Infrastructure in November 2016.The name Unilode was created from the first letters of 'unit load device'. Coincidentally, the company said, 'lode' is an old English word meaning rich ...
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Rhenus looks to grow in airfreight after IATA accreditation
Rhenus Logistics' French division has been awarded IATA cargo agent accreditation as it looks to expand its airfreight operation.IATA Cargo Agents are able to contact the airlines directly for rates and cargo space availability, and book shipments.IATA accreditation provides agents with industry recognition of their financial and professional competence and ...
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Qatar Cargo opts for Siginon for Nairobi ground handling
Qatar Airways Cargo has awarded Siginon Aviation with a contract to provide ground and ramp handling services at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).Siginon said the deal would see it handle perishable products such as flowers, fruits, vegetables and meat that are the top exports from Nairobi destined mainly for ...
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Pharma firms continue drive to seafreight
Pharma shippers are likely to continue to try to move away from a reliance on airfreight but will also look to outsource more of their supply chain operations.Speaking at the Temperature Controlled Logistics event in London, pharmaceutical company Teva’s senior director, logistics Europe, Val Petursson, said that he viewed using ...
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Cargo waiting in the wings as Lufthansa and Etihad partnership focuses on catering and MRO
Lufthansa and UAE national carrier Etihad have signed a non-equity partnership with an initial focus on in-flight catering and aircraft maintenance, although cargo is not on the menu at this stage.Etihad Aviation Group president and chief executive officer James Hogan, and Carsten Spohr, Lufthansa Group chairman and chief executive, signed ...
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Peli Bio Thermal launches new re-useable large volume container
Passive air cargo container firm Peli Bio Thermal has launched Credo Cargo, a new re-usable passive product that allows entire pallets of temperature sensitive cargo to be loaded.Speaking on the side lines of the Temperature Controlled Logistics event, director of worldwide marketing Adam Tetz explained that the company already had ...
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American Airlines: New Network Possibilities
It’s been a tough period for the air cargo industry, so you would forgive an airline that has been adding one aircraft a week as part of its fleet expansion for wanting to see the back of 2016.However, American Airlines Cargo president Jim Butler is looking on the positive side: ...
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Cargo demand at Schiphol reaches record levels in 2016
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport saw cargo volumes reach record levels in 2016, with demand to Asia and e-commerce volumes leading the way.The airport, which is the third busiest in Europe by cargo volumes, saw demand increase by 2.5% on 2015 levels to reach 1.7m tonnes.In December, demand improved by 10.4% on ...
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Take part: State of the air cargo industry annual survey
Every year Air Cargo News carries out a survey of logistics and airfreight professionals to understand how they think the air cargo industry will develop over the coming years.The survey provides the air cargo industry with an opportunity to tell us how you think the industry is changing.The survey takes ...
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OIA acquires American Cargo Express as it looks to Canada
Supply chain firm OIA Global has swooped on freight forwarder American Cargo Express (ACE) as it looks to expand its footprint into Canada.Terms of the acquisition of the New Jersey-based forwarder were not disclosed, but OIA said that the company's Toronto office would add another country to its network.OIA Global ...
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Rhenus group continues push in South Korea
Freight forwarder the Rhenus group has opened another office in Busan today following the launch of services in South Korea in November.The company said it would provide air and seafreight services from the new office, which will also handle project business for the oil and gas industry, provide third-party logistics ...
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Etihad and Lufthansa to announce "new commercial partnership"
Etihad and Lufthansa will this morning details of a "new commercial partnership" at a press conference in Abu Dhabi.Etihad Aviation Group President and chief executive officer James Hogan and Carsten Spohr, Lufthansa Group chairman and chief executive, will host the conference.On January 18, Etihad has denied press speculation that it ...
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Second half surge pushes growth in Hactl cargo traffic
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd saw 2016 cargo volumes beat the previous year's level thanks to a late spike in demand.Hong Kong airport's largest independent cargo handler saw total cargo volumes increase by 1.7% compared with 2015 to 1.65m tonnes.Transhipment traffic was up by "a massive" 29.6% on 2015, ...
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Pharma first for Bolloré Logistics
Bolloré Logistics has become the first transport and logistics company in France to gain IATA's CEIV Pharma certification for its Paris Roissy CDG platform.The French logistics giant has already received similar certification for its sites in Brussels (Belgium), Frankfurt (Germany) and Lisbon (Portugal).Bolloré Logistics has IATA Pharma certification in progress ...