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CEVA credits high-speed fulfilment centres for business wins
CEVA Logistics believes its investment in high-speed e-commerce fulfilment centres and specific e-commerce transport solutions is helping it win new business around the world.“Our strong IT integration capabilities dovetail logistics with the online world in a way which really works for the customer," said Laurent Binetti, CEVA's chief commercial officer."Speed ...
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SAS Cargo and Unilode launch digitalisation programme
Unilode will begin digitalising SAS Cargo’s container fleet in the next few months as part of its digital transformation programme, which enables ULD tracking and the measurement of temperature, humidity, light and shock in air freight shipments.The two companies began working together in 2011 with the conversion of SAS Cargo's ...
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NewsUnisys calls for real time data to increase visibility and security
The air cargo industry needs to make three fundamental changes to modernise cargo management while increasing security of data and shipments, says Niranjan Navaratnarajah, cargo industry director for Unisys Asia Pacific.He will be presenting his case as a member of the panel in the Cargo Transformation Track at the IATA ...
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NewsAll the latest news from IATA's World Cargo Symposium 2019
As the global airfreight industry gathers in Singapore for IATA’s World Cargo Symposium 2019 (WCS19), the Air Cargo News editorial team of Damian Brett and Roger Hailey will be there to report from the must-attend event.Our refreshed, more user-friendly website, will have the latest news and analysis over the three ...
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Unilode to install digital Bluetooth pallet tags
Unilode, Safran and OnAsset have completed their joint development of digital Bluetooth pallet tags. The project provides a corner piece and attachment method for the digital enablement of aviation pallets.The three parties started their collaboration less than a year ago to develop a unique design for a Bluetooth 5 digital ...
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Sichuan Airlines Cargo expands into Europe with Brussels freighter
Chinese carrier Sichuan Airlines Cargo will launch a freighter service between China and Belgium at the end of April targeting e-commerce traffic.The three-times-per-week service will operate between Chengdu and Brussels using recently delivered A330F aircraft. It is the e-commerce specialist's first full-cargo destination in Europe.It is hoped the service will ...
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NewsNallian to launch new pharma tracking platform
Data sharing platform Nallian will launch its Global Pharma Tracker portal at next week’s World Cargo Symposium.The Global Pharma Tracker platform integrates logistics, temperature and quality data from across the supply chain into a single, real-time portal.Nallian said this would give all stakeholders access to “an enhanced data stream, providing ...
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DB Schenker to offer US-Aus freighter service
DB Schenker has launched a new freighter service between Chicago and Sydney as it looks to offer a faster route to market.The weekly Direct Express service will utilise B777F capacity, departing Chicago at 22:45 on Mondays and arriving in Sydney on Wednesdays at 12:05.The forwarder said the service is designed ...
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NewsDHL GF: 2018 airfreight volume decline predominantly down to strategy
The world’s largest air forwarder DHL Global Forwarding has said the decline in airfreight volumes recorded in 2018 was largely down to its own strategy and not caused by market conditions.Last year the forwarder saw its air cargo volumes decline by 4.4% year on year to 2.1m tonnes while the ...
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Air Partner: Houston, we have a new office
Global aviation services group Air Partner has opened new offices in Houston and Singapore, further extending its global reach.The company currently has US offices located in Fort Lauderdale, New York City, Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles, with the latter opened in 2018.A spokesperson for Air Partner said that the Port ...
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NewsFraport and 'logistics lab' hope to innovate air cargo
Rachid Touzani, CEO CargoSteps, and Max Philipp Conrady, SVP Cargo at FraportAirport operator Fraport is teaming up with logistics start-up lab HAUS61 to develop new technology for the airfreight industry.From April 2019, up to six recently launched logistics companies will come together in the HAUS61 lab, which will provide a ...
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B&H Worldwide launches FirstTrac
Logistics firm B&H Worldwide has launched FirstTrac, the fully web-based successor to its customer service system, OnTrack.FirstTrac comes with new AOG and critical monitors for customers and will also be used by its global control tower teams to provide "enhanced visibility of shipments".Designed by B&H's in-house IT development division, InTech, ...
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Airfreight rate growth plateaus in February
Airfreight rate growth on major east-west lanes appears to have plateaued in February as the cargo market has had a weak start to the year.Figures from data provider Tac Index show that rates on the transpacific and the transatlantic both declined on year ago in February, while on Asia-Europe there ...
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Air cargo demand at three year low in January
Air cargo suffered its worst January in three years as the industry continues to face “significant headwinds”.Figures from IATA show that January saw airfreight traffic declined by 1.8% year on year in freight tonne km terms, which the airline association said was the worst performance in the last three years, ...
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UK flights "protected in no deal Brexit scenario"
UK government sets out detailed plans confirming protection for flights in a no deal scenarioEU no deal aviation regulation also about to be finalised to ensure UK airlines can continue to operate to EuropeContingency measures provide industry and holidaymakers with the certainty they need and ensure flights will continue after ...
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NewsE-commerce boom and trade growth fuel DP DHL Group revenues in 2018
The boom in e-commerce and sustained growth in international trade flows saw Deutsche Post DHL Group’s (DPDHL) 2018 group revenue rise 1.8% to €61.6bn in a “challenging year” or a 6% rise after adjusting for currency effects and portfolio changes.The German logistics giant said that all four divisions – post, ...
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NewsJettainer celebrates 15th anniversary and 60 years of the ULD with a specially designed container
Howdy cupcake: This Jettainer ULD will travel the world to celebrate 60 years of airfreight containersOutsourced ULD management company Jettainer is sending a brightly illustrated container around the world for the 60th anniversary of the airfreight container.Standardized pallets and containers were introduced in 1959 to optimize the loading and unloading ...
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Shipco the latest to launch airfreight booking tool
Shipco Airfreight is the latest company to launch a rate quoting and booking portal as the sector continues to develop its digital offering.The air cargo consolidator said that its Air2Z platform allows customers to look up a rate from any US zip code, on any any airline, to any destination ...
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NewsCargolux bans the transport of lion bones
Cargolux has banned the transport of lion bones in an effort to curb and deter the new trend in wildlife trafficking.This type of traffic has been growing over the past decade and is closely linked to both poaching and lion breeding for trophy hunts, “practices that do not align with ...
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CH Robinson goes into Space with €42m Spanish forwarder acquisition
US freight forwarder CH Robinson acquired Spanish forwarder Space Cargo Group for €42m ($48m) in cash as part of a strategy to expand its global footprint.Space Cargo, headquartered in Madrid, provides international freight forwarding, customs brokerage, and other logistics services in Spain and Colombia.For the fiscal year ending December, 2018, ...