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    Hong Kong overbalances and needs a new runway

    2015-03-20T16:41:10Z

    IT MAY be the world’s most prodigious airfreight nerve centre, but Hong Kong’s exports rose by only 0.1 per cent in the first four months of this year.For a hub of such historic weighty airfreight significance, that seems like a slump. Although imports increased by 2.1 per cent, the trade ...

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    Atlas Air: A strong future for wet-leasing

    2015-03-20T16:39:31Z

    ON THE face of it, this does not seem like a good time to be an ACMI operator.British Airways recently terminated wet-leases on three B747-8Fs and switched to a much smaller capacity-sharing arrangement on Qatar Airways freighters. Carriers as varied as Air France-KLM, EVA Air and Singapore Airlines have all ...

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    Tony Charaf to retire as cargo is downgraded

    2015-03-20T16:38:18Z

    TONY CHARAF is taking retirement and Delta Air Lines is downgrading its cargo division to align it more closely to the passenger side of Delta’s business, says the company.Cargo sales will now become part of the airline’s global sales team, and cargo operations will be aligned with its Airport Customer ...

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    Polar's Thomas Murphy to retire

    2015-03-20T16:37:55Z

    THOMAS MURPHY is to retire as executive vice president and chief operating officer of Polar Air Cargo Worldwide.Murphy joined Polar, in which Atlas Air Worldwide is the majority shareholder, in July 2009. He will retire in August this year. A replacement for Murphy will be named shortly.Prior to joining Polar, ...

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    US Airways and AA Cargo co-locate to Chicago

    2015-03-20T16:37:16Z

    US AIRWAYS has joined American Airlines Cargo’s operations at Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD), as part of the combined carrier’s plan to co-locate operations across their combined network.While the two carriers continue to operate independently, the co-located facility allows American and US Airways customers to tender and recover both 001 ...

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    US 'ignored' small forwarders on expanded security rules

    2015-03-20T16:35:57Z

    SMALL and medium-sized airfreight forwarders have been ignored by the US regulators planning to adopt an expanded air cargo data and security screening regulation.A group of airfreight forwarders has urged the federal US government to resolve a number of key issues before expanding the Air Cargo Advanced Screening (ACAS) programme.The ...

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    DB Schenker regroups in Hungary

    2015-03-20T16:35:27Z

    GLOBAL logistics company DB Schenker Logistics is grouping its services in Hungary into a new corporate office at Budapest, Hungary.The move to a new joint 30,000-sq m freight forwarding terminal will conclude integration of all corporate activities in Hungary so that, by the end of this year, all DB Schenker ...

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    Middle East booming says Agility

    2015-03-20T16:34:08Z

    THE Middle East region continues to offer extremely lucrative opportunities for those companies able to take advantage of its emergence as a global logistics hub, stresses Essa Al-Saleh, chief executive of Kuwait-based Agility Global Integrated Logistics.In an address to an emerging markets logistics conference in Dubai, Al-Saleh highlights the outstanding ...

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    UPS names Abney as chief executive

    2015-03-20T16:33:36Z

    UPS has named David Abney as its new chief executive officer.Abney, currently the company's chief operating officer, replaces Scott Davis who is retiring after serving as the company's board chairman and ceo since 2008. Both moves are effective September 1, 2014.Prior to becoming chief operating officer, Abney served as president ...

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    Glyn Hughes new IATA cargo chief

    2015-03-20T16:32:59Z

    IATA has appointed Glyn Hughes as its global head of cargo, replacing the retiring Des Vertannes.Hughes joined IATA in 1991 to enhance and expand the Cargo Accounts Settlement Service (CASS), growing it from 35 to nearly 100 operations, while maintaining very low levels of agency default and decreasing overall operating ...

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    Etihad Cargo and WIN boost e-AWBs from the US

    2015-03-20T16:32:05Z

    ETIHAD CARGO and the Worldwide Information Network (WIN) are working together to increase electronic airwaybill (e-AWB) adoption with independent freight forwarders.The UAE flag-carrier's first US export e-AWB shipment took place on a flight from Chicago to Abu Dhabi, using WIN's online platform.The forwarder involved, Worldwide Logistic Partners (WLP) in Chicago, ...

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    FPS Sri Lanka opens new office

    2015-03-20T16:30:00Z

    FPS SRI LANKA – a founder member of the FPS Group of independent forwarders and consolidators - has opened a new office in the ancient port town of Galle, south of the country’s capital city of Colombo.The new branch will act as a satellite of FPS’ Colombo-based operations centre, providing ...

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    Aramex acquires Australian e-commerce business

    2015-03-20T16:29:13Z

    MIDDLE EAST-based logistics company Aramex has entered the Australian e-commerce market with the acquisition of Mail Call Couriers, a supplier of metro express deliveries in Australia.The acquisition strengthens Aramex’s Asia-Pacific proposition and provides it with important, technology-driven delivery capabilities in Australia, says a statement “The acquisition is part of the ...

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    Jan de Rijk’s PACCAR China truck deal

    2015-03-20T16:28:25Z

    JAN DE RIJK Logistics (JDR) has signed a cooperation agreement with Chinese logistics firm Shanghai Origin Supply Chain Management Co Ltd (ORIGIN) to support PACCAR China’s DAF truck manufacturing operations in the Netherlands.“With the growing demand of global sourcing and increasing complexity of international supply chain management, this unique logistics ...

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    CAL: Still room for a niche freighter specialist

    2015-03-20T16:27:47Z

    YOU MAY think that the era of all-cargo airlines with a couple of B747 freighters is now past, but at least one longstanding player in the business is still thriving and looking to expand.Cargo Air Lines (CAL) was founded in 1976 to provide export lift for Israel’s agricultural producers and ...

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    One Question

    2015-03-20T16:26:26Z

    Ben Dinsdale, assistant director, London Cargo, Air Charter Service (ACS), answers: "I BELIEVE there is a real role for the specialist freight forwarder that only moves livestock, exotic animals, horses etc – because they are the people that put all the bits together and its where those links fall apart ...

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    Schenker’s Belgium hub gets TAPA

    2015-03-20T16:24:53Z

    DB SCHENKER’S new hub at Zwevegem is the global logistics company’s first facility in Belgium to be awarded Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) certification.The type 'A' certificate is the highest offered by the security standards organisation for activities related to the security of freight in transit.Accreditation involved rigorous auditing of ...

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    FPS New Zealand certified to handle consumables

    2015-03-20T16:24:04Z

    FAMOUS Pacific Shipping (FPS) has won official approval to handle and transport imports and exports of dairy and non-dairy products for human and animal consumption in New Zealand (NZ) and beyond.Awarded by the NZ Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), certification applies to every element of the supply chain.New Zealand has ...

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    DB Schenker strengthens African network

    2015-03-20T16:23:23Z

    DB SCHENKER is expanding its presence in Africa, by fully integrating Bochimar Lda Luanda (Angola) into its network, following a nine-year regional partnership.The global logistics company has also opened an office in Maputo, Mozambique.“In line with our growth strategy, we continue to intensify our own presence in interesting markets,” says ...

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    DHL lands Airbus contract for aircraft parts

    2015-03-20T16:22:53Z

    DHL has won a multimodal contract to transport Airbus A320-family aircraft parts from Germany to the US.Air cargo will form an important part of the supply chain deal, starting in early 2015, which sees a total of 80,000 tonnes moved by air, ocean and road freight from the Airbus production ...