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Shanghai's PACTL sets new freight volume record
Shanghai Pudong International Airport Cargo Terminal (PACTL) has achieved record annual cargo throughput 2015 on the back of the growth of imports of consumer goods.The Sino-German joint venture saw annual cargo volumes jump by 6.5% year on year in 2015 to 1.6m tonnes.PACTL’s overall import cargo volumes increased by 9% ...
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Vigorous Brussels sees 7.8% cargo surge in 2015
Brussels Airport saw “vigorous” 2015 full year freight volumes grow 7.8% to just over 489,000 tonnes, helped by the arrival of four new cargo carriers in the full freighter segment and the development of express services at the Belgian hub.Arnaud Feist, chief executive of Brussels Airport Company, said: “The growth ...
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United opens temperature control facility at Newark
United Cargo has opened a TempControl centre at its Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) hub.It will serve TempControl, the US carrier's product for commodities requiring temperature-controlled transport.The new facility includes the features and innovations “most requested” by United’s TempControl customers, including +15C to +25C controlled room temperature, the capacity to ...
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DHL takes a stake in French e-commerce logistics specialist
Deutsche Post DHL Group is taking a 27.5% stake in Relais Colis, a French e-commerce logistics specialist serving Europe’s third largest internet retail market.The Germany based global logistics giant said that the minority holding will “support the further development of the French e-commerce logistics specialist’s network of pickup points and ...
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WFS to acquire Consolidated Aviation Services in the US
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), the Paris-based global air cargo handler, is continuing its expansion strategy with the acquisition of New York-headquartered Consolidated Aviation Services (CAS). CAS is one of the leading cargo handlers in the US, serving over 250 airlines.Financial terms were not disclosed and the transaction is subject to ...
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NewsAir cargo demand declines "bottom out" after November slide
Global airfreight volume declines may have “bottomed out” after another slide was recorded in November.The latest statistics from IATA show that air cargo demand in tonne km (FTK) terms declined by 1.2% in November compared with a year earlier, although November 2014 was a particularly strong month.Volumes were higher than ...
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Heathrow records 2015 demand decline
The UK’s busiest cargo airport, Heathrow, ended last year with a slight decline in cargo volumes compared with 2014 levels.The west London airport, which is hoping to add an extra runway, recorded total cargo volumes of 1.5m tonnes in 2015, a 0.2% decline compared with a year earlier.However, it was ...
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West Atlantic cargo plane crashes in Swedish mountains
A West Atlantic Sweden aircraft crashed last night (January 7) in Sweden whilst flying from Oslo to Tromsö.West Atlantic said the Bombardier CRJ200 PF aircraft, which was carrying post for Posten Norge, declared mayday at 23:31 at which point Swedish and Norwegian search and rescue teams were notified.The crash site ...
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NewsDifficult year for cargo demand on Latin American routes
The full impact of economic weakness in Latin American and Caribbean countries has been laid bare in the latest industry statistics.Figures from the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA), whose members represent 90% of the region’s commercial air traffic, show than demand for the first 11 months of ...
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European Commission approves Fedex's takeover of TNT
The European Commission has given official approval to FedEx’s $4.8bn acquisition of TNT Express.The two companies said that following an investigation, the European Commission concluded that the deal would not raise any competition concerns.The Commission said FedEx and TNT are not particularly close competitors and the merged entity will continue ...
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Polar Air Cargo agrees to payout $100m in US cartel lawsuit
Polar Air Cargo has reached a $100m settlement with plaintiffs in the ongoing air cargo cartel class action lawsuit in the US.In a statement, the airline said that it, along with Polar Air Cargo Worldwide and parent Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, will pay out $35m by January 15 this year, ...
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Saudi Arabia-Iran flights suspended as tensions rise
Saudi Arabia and Bahrain have halted all flights to and from Iran amid rising tension in the region following the Saudis’ execution on January 2 of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr and other prominent Shi'ite clerics and consequent severing of diplomatic relations.Saudia and Gulf Air have halted all flights, as has Iran ...
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Emirates' new LA flight takes aim at fruit and vegetable exports
Emirates hopes an increase in frequencies between Los Angeles and Dubai will cater for fruit and vegetable exports from the US city.The extra flight, which will be operated by an Airbus 380-800ULR, increases the airline’s daily frequencies between the airports to two per day.Emirates said it hoped the flight's cargo ...
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Qatar Airways takes delivery of two new freighters
Qatar Airways Cargo has taken delivery of two new freighter aircraft as it continues to expand its all-cargo fleet.The Doha-based airline has taken delivery of its seventh Airbus 330-200F and its first nose loading Boeing 747-8F.The aircraft will be used to increase frequencies to Bahrain, Brussels, Chennai, Hyderabad, London Stansted ...
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LAN Cargo gains environmental certification
LAN Cargo has become the first cargo airline operating at Miami International Airport to obtain ISO 14001:2004 certification for its Environmental Management System.The system consists of a series of processes and practices that allow the airline to identify, control, manage and reduce the environmental impact of all its ground operations, ...
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DHL agrees to $53m payout to settle US class action
On Tuesday December 22, Plaintiffs in Precision Associates Inc., et al. v. Panalpina World Transport (Holding) Ltd., et al. filed for preliminary approval of a settlement with DHL in which DHL agreed to pay $53m to settle claims that it participated in a price-fixing scheme with competitors.Gustafson Gluek PLLC, as ...
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NewsDifficult November for Asian cargo airlines
Asian air cargo carriers faced weak market conditions in November as demand declined compared with last year.Figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) show that demand declined by 2.4% in November compared with a year ago as key manufacturing economies experienced “soft market conditions as a result of ...
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NewsDisappointing November peak for Asian air cargo carriers
The November peak season was another tough month for Asian air cargo carriers as weak demand and capacity additions put pressure on air freight rates.The latest monthly statistics from Asian airlines show all but one of the carriers that report statistics saw load factors decline during November.The largest of the ...
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K+N opens new Singapore logistics hub
Freight forwarder Kuehne + Nagel has opened a new logistics hub in Singapore, its largest investment outside of Europe, located close to high tech and pharmaceutical manufacturing centres.The new facility in the west of Singapore measures 50,000sq m, with 46,000sq m of warehousing, and is part of K+N's regional expansion ...
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New warehouse truck management system for Swissport
Swissport Cargo Services has begun using a new Cargo Flash Infotech software system for doors and slot management at its Madrid warehouse ahead of its global implementation.The system manages planned truck movements at Swissport’s warehouse and will therefore help reduce congestion, the software provider said.The objective of the doors and ...