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United adds Berlin and Hamburg to TempControl network
United Cargo has added German airport Berlin Tegel (TXL) and Hamburg (HAM) to its worldwide TempControl network for temperature-sensitive shipments.These additions bring the number of certified TempControl locations worldwide to 55.United services TXL via daily Boeing 767 widebody service to and from its hub at Newark Liberty (EWR). HAM is ...
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Detroit debut for DHL freighter
DHL has announced a new daily Boeing 767-200 freighter flight for Detroit Metropolitan Airport that upgrades the service for US importers and exporters based in Michigan.The flight enables the express parcel and logistics operator to provide earlier delivery times and later pick-up times by one hour on average.The freighter operates ...
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September stumble for Frankfurt and Heathrow
Frankfurt and London Heathrow airports both saw cargo throughputs drop by more than four percent in September.Frankfurt, the number one air cargo hub in Germany and Europe last year, saw September volumes fall 4.7% to 170,200 tonnes, due to “strong” declines in North America, Latin America and the Far East, ...
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AF KLM Cargo to add extra capacity for winter season
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo will add extra capacity to services over the coming weeks as it looks to capitalise on the busy winter season.The Franco-Dutch airline said that it will add capacity on services to South Africa, Thailand, Mauritius and the Caribbean from October 25.In Africa, the airline will ...
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Students take wing with Pegasus
Pegasus Airlines’ Cargo directorate and Bahcesehir University’s faculty of economics, administrative and social sciences co-hosted the ‘International Transport and Logistics Conference’ at the Besiktas Campus in Istanbul.Hosted by Pegasus Airlines Cargo vice president Aydin Alpa and Dr Yavuz Gunalay, vice dean of Bahcesehir University’s faculty of economics, administrative and social ...
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Maindeck outpaces belly at Brussels and Munich
European cargo airports Brussels and Munich have reported a rise in freighter-only volumes versus passenger bellyhold.Belgian hub Brussels, the ninth largest European cargo airport by volume in 2014, saw September’s airfreight traffic rise by 1.6% but highlighted “two opposing trends”.It stated: “The same as most other European airports, belly transport ...
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DSV's takeover of UTi to create world's eighth largest air forwarder
DSV’s takeover of UTi is set to push the Danish firm into the world’s top ten airfreight forwarders from its current position just inside the top 20.Based on 2014 volumes from consultancy Armstrong & Associates, the takeover will see DSV’s airfreight volumes increase to 655,662 metric tons from 287,662.This would ...
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American Airlines Cargo to offer temperature controlled ULD leasing to customers
American Airlines Cargo has announced it will begin leading its temperature controlled ULD to customers.From November 1, the US airline will make its CSafe Global RKN ULD, which is able to maintain a precise temperature of four to 25 degrees Celsius, available for lease to customers.It said the move would ...
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Finnair Cargo boss Kuusenmäki says goodbye
Finnair’s vice president head of cargo, Antti Kuusenmäki, is to leave Finnair Cargo in November to pursue other career opportunities. He has headed Finnair Cargo since December 2014.Juha Järvinen, Finnair's chief commercial officer and Finnair Cargo’s managing director, said: “Antti Kuusenmäki has been an important part of our Cargo team ...
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Indian pharma shippers and forwarders attend GDP academy
IAG Cargo and Exelsius Consultancy have continued their collaboration to improve standards for handling time- and temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical shipments.The partners’ Good Distribution Practice (GDP) Academy held a two-day course in Hyderabad, India, which was attended by 23 people from the shipper, forwarder, airline and ground handling community across India.The course ...
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DSV to buy UTi Worldwide for $1.35bn
DSV Group has signed an agreement to acquire US based UTi Worldwide, a global, supply chain services and logistics company with revenue of $3.9bn and 21,000 employees in 58 countries.DSV will pay $7.10 in cash per ordinary share. The total transaction implies an enterprise value of approximately $1.35bn.The combined company ...
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DSV in $1.35bn takeover bid for UTi
Consolidation in global freight forwarding continues, with the announcement that Danish forwarder DSV Group has signed an agreement to acquire US based UTi Worldwide in a deal worth $1.35bn.UTi is a global, supply chain services and logistics company with revenue of $3.9bn and 21,000 employees in 58 countries.“The combined company ...
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Chung Mak joins Atlas Air as VP APAC sales and marketing
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has appointed Chung Mak as vice president APAC sales and marketing for Atlas Air.Mak will lead the company's sales and marketing team in the Asia-Pacific region with responsibility for its commercial activities, customer relations and general management.He will be based in Hong Kong and will report ...
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Doug Braun to lead Kewill
Supply chain software company Kewill has announced that Bob Farrell will transition his role as chief executive to Doug Braun (pictured), effective immediately.Farrell will continue to support the transition through December.Braun, who previously served as chief executive of International Business Systems (IBS), said: “I am excited about the opportunity to ...
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Rail services a major challenge to air in central Asia
One of the major challenges that the air cargo industry in the CIS and central Asia regions faces is the growth of rail services from the Far East, according to DHL Global Forwarding’s chief executive eastern Europe.Speaking at the Caspian Air Cargo Summit, DHL’s Kerem Inanc said there were a ...
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AirBridgeCargo hopes to capitalise on domestic Russian market
AirBridgeCargo (ABC) hopes to capitalise on growth in the domestic Russian market as import demand to the country and the wider CIS region comes under pressure.Speaking at the Caspian Air Cargo Summit, ABC regional sales director Russia & CIS Oleg Makushkin told delegates that despite the difficult market conditions there ...
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How should air cargo companies react to the development of 3D printing?
Expected increases in the use of 3D printing should encourage air cargo companies to begin thinking about how their business should react to the development, according to one speaker at the Caspian Air Cargo Summit.PwC Strategy US vice president Andrew Schmahl told delegates at the conference that the use of ...
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CAL's double first for CEIV Pharma
CAL has become the first group to implement IATA's Center of Excellence for Independent Validators Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV) certification for both its freighter airline and cargo ground handling operations.The Liege-hubbed group’s road feeder services and other ground handlers are also validated by the CEIV, which means it provides “end-to-end pharma ...
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Improve perishable transport service quality to avoid losing share to ocean
Airfreight must improve service quality if it is to minimise the impact of customers with perishable goods switching to seafreight.Kuehne & Nagel's global business development manager for perishables logistics, Natasha Solano, said that over the last few years there had been a trend for perishable cargo to transfer over to ...
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FedEx to benefit from Malpensa cargo expansion
FedEx Express and SEA, the Milan airport management company, have started construction on a new €15m operations base for the US parcels giant at the Italian hub.At more than 35,000 sq m, the highly-automated structure will triple the size of the current FedEx Express facility in Malpensa to become FedEx's ...