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DB Schenker to launch European-wide express service through GLS partnership
DB Schenker Logistics will enter the European-wide express market through a partnership with a parcel service provider as forwarders continue counter express operator incursions into their market.The German logistics giant this morning announced it had struck up a European-wide partnership with the GLS Group, which will allow it to expand ...
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Mystery lessee for B777 freighter
Aircraft lessor FLY Leasing has acquired a new Boeing 777-200LR freighter in a sale and leaseback transaction with an unnamed “leading flag carrier” on a 12-year lease.Colm Barrington, chief executive of Dublin-based FLY, said: “The B777-200LRF is the leader in its class with no competitor that provides similar operational or ...
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e-AWBs made easier for Connecta forwarders
CHAMP Forwarding Systems has signed a partnership agreement with UK-based Connecta Airfreight Network to accelerate electronic air waybill (e-AWB) adoption among small and medium size forwarders.Connecta’s members will access the CHAMP Cargosystems subsidiary’s web-based freight forwarding system Logitude, enabling them to manage quotes, shipments, bookings and consolidations "more efficiently and ...
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Finnair Cargo expects no major disruption from nationwide strike
Nationwide industrial action in Finland on Friday is not expected to have a major impact on Finnair’s cargo operations despite the airline having to cancel flights.The Finnish airline today issued a statement saying that a total of 16 flights would be cancelled on Friday due to industrial action by Finnish ...
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FedEx Express sees revenues slide but profits increase
FedEx Express saw its first-quarter revenues decline as a result of lower fuel surcharges and exchange rate effects, but operating profits did improve.The Memphis-based company’s express division, which is currently in takeover talks with TNT, recorded a 4% year-on-year decrease in its fiscal year first-quarter revenues to $6.59bn, while operating ...
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Virgin Atlantic nets an environmental goal
Virgin Atlantic Cargo is to use lightweight air cargo nets to contribute towards the airline’s target of a 30% reduction in aircraft CO2 emissions by 2020.The UK-based airline has initially ordered 600 of the nine kilo nets, made with strong but lightweight Dyneema fibres, each representing a four kilos saving ...
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DHL Express: air cargo volumes lost to express won't come back
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Airfreight forwarders should not expect to be able to win back the market share they have lost to integrators over recent years because of fundamental differences in their offering.Speaking at a media event at its European regional hub in Leipzig, DHL Express Europe chief executive John Pearson told ...
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AF KLM sign cargo partnership with China Southern
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo and China Southern Cargo have signed a freight partnership agreement.The new pairing will give customers access to “an extensive cargo network in the Asia Pacific region – via China Southern Cargo – and in Europe, Africa and the transatlantic regions, where AF KLM Martinair Cargo ...
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Double-digit demand growth for ABC
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has recorded double-digit demand growth in the first eight months of the year as a result of its entry into new markets.The Volga-Dnepr Group-owned all-cargo carrier saw tonnage increase by 17% year-on-year to 300,000 tonnes during the first eight months.In August, tonnage increased by 14% compared with ...
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Birth of a B777F: What’s it all about ALFE?
A Lufthansa Cargo Boeing 777 freighter is the subject of a new film that covers its production line manufacture, collection and transfer from Seattle to Frankfurt.The plane, registration code D-ALFE and subsequently named Hallo Germany by Lufthansa, was accompanied for three months by film team of director Thomas Aigner.The PilotsEYE.tv ...
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Hungry XPO to buy US trucker Con-way for $3bn
Fast growing XPO Logistics is to buy US trucking and logistics company Con-way for $3bn, including debt, making it the second largest provider of less-than-truckload services in North America.Deep-pocketed XPO said that its latest logistics takeover - it acquired Europe’s Norbert Dentressangle for $3.2bn in June - will expand the ...
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TAPA's global campaign for warehouse security
The Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) is launching a global campaign to double the number of TAPA-certified warehouse facilities to over 2,000 in Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific over the next three years.The association wants to make a ‘quantum leap’ in the number of trucking companies – including air ...
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European airlines record August declines in air cargo demand and load factors
The tough times continued for the major European airfreight carriers in August as they recorded declines in demand and load factors.The latest monthly statistics from European airlines revealed that Lufthansa, IAG Cargo, Air France KLM and Finnair all recorded demand declines during August.Load factors were also down at Lufthansa, AF ...
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TNT upgrades Nordic links
TNT is strengthening its international express delivery services to Europe’s Nordic countries with improved Boeing 737 freighter connections to Sweden and Finland, plus additional last-mile delivery capacity in large business centres.The Netherlands-based express and logistics carrier has reintroduced flights from its Liege air hub in Belgium to Stockholm Arlanda (ARN) ...
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Atlas to operate B767 converts for DHL
US aircraft lessor Atlas Air will operate two Boeing 767Fs leased by its Titan Aviation arm to DHL Express.Atlas Air will operate the aircraft, which are being converted from passenger to freighter configuration, through sister company Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, linking the flights with Polar’s existing services for DHL and ...
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Hong Kong cargo dip in August
A decline in transhipment traffic during August saw Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA)'s monthly cargo volume drop by 1.2% to 361,000 tonnes compared with the same month last year.It is the sixth month in a row for 2015 that the world’s number one cargo hub, handling 4.4m tonnes in 2014, ...
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Kerry adds robots to Hong Kong warehouse
Kerry Logistics has introduced six robotic butlers at its flagship facility in Hong Kong to speed up the picking process in line with trends in e-commerce.The robots operate 24/7 and can pick 280 items per hour compared to 50 items normally, and the pick rate is four times faster.Kerry said ...
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Stowaway's body found on freighter at Schiphol
Dutch police are investigating an incident at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport over the weekend when a body, believed to be that of a dead stowaway, was found in the landing gear of an Emirates Boeing 777-200 freighter aircraft.An Emirates spokesperson said: "Emirates can confirm that on September 12 a body was ...
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CAAC 'fully supports' Hong Kong's third runway
Beijing’s Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) “fully supports” Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA)'s plan to expand into a three-runway system.The CAAC will also “proactively implement various initiatives” concerning airspace management in the Pearl River Delta region around Hong Kong, which is home to the world’s number one air cargo ...
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Texas supply chain mass car airlift at Hahn
Frankfurt-Hahn Airport was the starting grid for 31 racing cars, three safety cars, equipment and supplies for the next FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in Texas.The German hub handled more than 400 tonnes of cargo, loaded onto four B747-400 freighter flights to the US.The vehicles will be needed for the ...