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DHL/Euromonitor identify last mile challenges for e-commerce
Increasing urbanisation is making the last mile of delivery "more complex and critical" for e-commerce companies, according to new a new study by DHL and market research company Euromonitor.Online retailers and their logistics partners are being challenged to embrace “bold new approaches in order to survive and compete”.E-commerce last mile ...
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Air cargo returns to growth in October with business boosted by pre-tariff rush
Air cargo volumes recorded an increase in October following on from the first decline in demand since 2016 in September.The latest figures from analyst WorldACD show that volumes increased by 2% year on year in October, with three regions recording improvements for imports and exports.This follows a decrease in demand ...
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Turkish Cargo website has updated interface
Turkish Cargo has updated its corporate website, which is designed to be less complicated but more functional, with a new interface.A spokesperson for the carrier said: "All users will be able to not only perform all frequently-used processes such as flight schedule, cargo tracking, terminal charges, flight network, fleet and ...
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Tigers' enhanced platform helps customers adopt a dual hub Brexit strategy
Logistics firm Tigers’ recently upgraded supply chain portal is helping companies prepare for Brexit by enabling them to implement a dual-hub strategy in the European region.The Hong Kong-headquartered company has recently added freight management capabilities (air and ocean) to its SmartHub:Connect customer portal, which already offered logistics and e-commerce visibility.Speaking ...
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NEES PIC: Philadelphia International Airport to expand freight facilities
Philadelphia International Airport will purchase land adjacent to the airport as part of plans to develop a 546,000 sq m air cargo complex.The purchase of the 61,000 sq m plot will cost $5.5m and requires city approval.The Investment comes as the airport hopes to capitalise on the growing e-commerce market ...
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Kuehne+Nagel reveals new customer portal
Kuehne+Nagel has launched a new booking portal that will allow customers to get quotes, book and track shipments.The myKN service offers customers a single point of access to all online services, replacing the current Control Center.myKN allows to explore, quote, book and track as well as managing shipments and user ...
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Panalpina targets growth in Kenya as it expands Nairobi cold storage
Panalpina has doubled its cold storage space at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport as it looks to grow perishable volumes from Kenya.The facility has been expanded by 1,500 sq m and offers Jomo Kenyatta International Airport's only dedicated loading bays for skidded or palletised cargo and with separate cold rooms ...
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National Airlines opts for Descartes system for mail and e-commerce tracking
Cargo carrier National Airlines has opted to use Descartes Velocity Mail system for its mail and e-commerce transportation tracking activities.The cloud-based Descartes vMail solution automates the air mail shipment tracking process, from route generation to account reconciliation.Ryan Dereska, business development manager - government & defense at National Airlines, said: “With ...
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DHL to ramp up technology deployment in North America to meet the need for speed
DHL Supply Chain will invest $300m in deploying new technology and transportation control towers in 350 of its 430 North American facilities as it looks to improve productivity.The logistics giant said that deployment of the technologies, such as robotics, augmented reality, robotics process automation, IoT and DHL’s proprietary end-to-end visibility ...
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Swissport consolidates regional structures as it looks to create efficiencies
Groundhandler Swissport International will consolidate its existing regional structure from nine to three management regions.These will be EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa), Americas (US, Canada, Latin America) and APAC (Asia-Pacific).The new structure, effective from January 1, will reduce overheads across the organisation and support faster decision making, Swissport said.The new ...
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Airfreight rates reach high for the year in October
Airfreight rates reached their highest level of the year in October and are expected to climb further as the peak season gets underway.The latest figures from consultant Drewry in its Sea & Air Shipper Insight report show that average rates on 57 key trades reached $3.02 per kg in October ...
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Airlines call on EU governments to tackle air traffic management problems
Airlines for Europe (A4E) is urging the EU and national governments to take swift and decisive action to reform Europe’s Air Traffic Management (ATM) system as 2018 is shaping up to be the worst year for ATC delays and flight cancellations in nearly a decade.“Europe’s Transport Ministers are meeting on ...
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Schenker revamps board of directors
Schenker AG says it is looking to the future, with three new top managers who will make the Management Board “younger, more international and even more customer focused”.New Board Member for Air and Ocean Freight is Thorsten Meincke, 49. With a degree in economics, he most recently served as the ...
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FedEx launches 4x week Singapore – Sydney service
FedEx Express (FedEx) has launched a new dedicated four times a week service between Sydney, Australia, and Singapore.The company says new flight is designed to meet customer demand for increased capacity, particularly for heavyweight shipments. Customers in Singapore and Australia will benefit from the increased capacity and reliability to transport ...
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Global trade will continue to grow, but at slower pace
The latest DHL Global Trade Barometer (GTB) predicts that global trade will continue to grow over the next three months but more slowly, especially in the UK which is at stagnation level.The barometer, which looks at seven major trading countries representing 75% of global trade, indicates that India will continue ...
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DHL forwarding to assess options for leased freighter network in the New Year
DHL Global Forwarding will assess whether to launch a third round the world freighter service or to cut back on the existing uplift after the Chinese New Year, which falls early in 2019.No decision has been taken either way on the leased Boeing 747 maindeck network, but Tim Scharwath, chief ...
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Big business prepares for US-China trade tariff battle
Big business is preparing for the impact of the escalating US-China trade tariff battle, but small and medium enterprises may find it harder to recoup the additional costs generated.Greg Hewitt, chief executive for DHL Express US, believes that there is still a “big question mark” over the longer term impact ...
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Hactl wins Technovation award for Smart Cargo Locating project
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd (Hactl) has won the Operational Excellence category in this year’s Smart Airport Technovation Awards organised by Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA).The award was given to Hactl, Hong Kong’s largest independent cargo handler, in recognition of its Smart Cargo Locating project, which has recently gone ...
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cargo-partner fine-tunes orchestra shipments
Logistics company cargo-partner ensured that all the instruments and equipment were delivered on-time and in prime condition for an Austrian symphonic orchestra’s tour of Japan.This was especially challenging since the return transport had to be prepared before the final concert tour route was fully decided and there was a very ...
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Cathay Pacific Group cargo increased in October
Cathay Pacific Group saw cargo increase 6.5% in October compared to the same month last year. Together Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon carried 192,522 tonnes of cargo and mail, a load factor increase of 1.1% percentage points to 70.4%.Capacity, measured in available freight tonne kilometres (ATFKs), was increased by 3.8% ...