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Ethiopian launches Oslo–Guangzhou freighter service and ups Addis Ababa frequency
Ethiopian Airlines is expanding its presence in Oslo, having launched a dedicated B777 freighter service to Guangzhou in China, and increasing its Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner frequency between Addis Ababa and the Norwegian capital to six times a week in December.The twice-weekly freighter departure to Guangzhou was launched last week to ...
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Airfreight capacity outstrips demand for sixth month in a row
Airline freight capacity growth continues to outstrip demand, according to the final Q2 2018 financial data released by IATA.“Available freight tonne kilometres (AFTKs) grew by 4.5% year-on-year in August, up from 3.9% in July and faster than the corresponding annual demand growth rate for the sixth month in a row.”The ...
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Qatar adds direct flights to Macau and then across the Pacific
Qatar Airways Cargo has launched twice-weekly freighter services from Doha to Macau, adding the destination to its Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Shanghai portfolio.The Boeing 777 freighter, offering 100 tonnes cargo capacity, will continue from Macau to Los Angeles and Mexico City, before flying on to Liege, Belgium and then back ...
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Panalpina boss on peak season: “airfreight capacity alone will not save the day”
Panalpina chief executive Stefan Karlen has warned that “airfreight capacity alone will not save the day” in air cargo's looming peak season, adding that “smooth operations on the ground will be equally important”.Karlen said that this year’s airfreight market is “not quite as strong” as in 2017, although rates remain ...
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Boeing: Demand for 2,600 new or converted freighters over next 20 years
Boeing projects that air cargo operators will need more than 2,600 new or converted freighters over the next two decades to keep up with increasing global freight traffic, which is expected to double with 4.2% growth annually.Some of the factors driving the growth in air cargo include a growing express ...
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WiseTech Global acquisitions continue as it bags SmartFreight
Expansion-minded WiseTech Global has announced its second acquisition in less than three days after buying Australia-based parcel shipping and less than truckload (LTL) software provider SmartFreight.Earlier this week, WiseTech Global continued its worldwide buying spree with the acquisition of LSI Sigma Software (DataFreight), a provider of Customs, freight forwarding and ...
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WiseTech Global adds Datafreight to its portfolio of acquisitions
WiseTech Global has continued its worldwide buying spree with the acquisition of LSI Sigma Software (DataFreight), a leading provider of customs, freight forwarding and warehouse management software solutions in the UK.Headquartered in Southampton, DataFreight provides integrated logistics solutions, including HMRC customs software, specialist consultancy for UK customs compliance and freight ...
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CMA CGM ups share stake in CEVA Logistics to 33% after rejected DSV bid
Container shipping line CMA CGM has raised its stake in CEVA Logistics from 24.99% to 33% of company shares following the failed takeover approach for CEVA by Danish logistics giant DSV.CMA CGM, the world's third largest container shipping group, has also announced an “additional economic exposure of 4.56%” in CEVA ...
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Silk Way West Airlines launches Baku–Tianjin freighter link
Silk Way West Airlines (SWW) is to start a twice weekly freighter service to Tianjin connecting its global hub in Baku, Azerbijan, with one of the leading industrial centres in northern China.The service will close the strategic gap in the carrier’s network by offering full freighter services to booming Northern ...
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Speedy boarding on Volga-Dnepr
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has organised the delivery of a 38-ton crankshaft from Mexico to India.The flight from Apodaca to Mumbai was chartered by DHL Global Forwarding, with the shipment packaged in a 7-metre long box alongside some support equipment required for loading.Within 12 hours of receiving the request, Volga-Dnepr’s logistics specialists ...
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UPS adds sortation capacity to cope with peak season rush
UPS has opened a new Atlanta sortation and delivery centre which can process 100,000 pieces per hour. The 1.2m sq ft facility is the integrator’s second largest ground package processing facility in the US and fourth largest package operation in its worldwide network.The hub serves primarily the southeastern US and ...
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CEVA appoints shareholder CMA CGM executive to top finance role
CEVA Logistics has appointed shareholder CMA CGM's Serge Corbel as its new chief financial officer (CFO), replacing Peter Waller who will pursue other career opportunities outside of the company.Corbel has been in the logistics industry for more than 30 years and has worked for current employer CMA CGM for more ...
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Atran Airlines to lease two Boeing 737-800 freighters from GECAS
Atran Airlines, the scheduled express cargo carrier within the Volga-Dnepr Group, has signed a deal with GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) for the lease of two Boeing 737-800 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversions.The aircraft are scheduled to be phased in during the remainder of 2018 and the first half of 2019. They ...
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Thai Airways extends partnership with WFS in France
Thai Airways has extended its long-standing cargo handling contract with Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) in France.The new agreement covers cargo, mail and express handling at airports across France and extends the business relationship between the two companies to 35 years.WFS will also provide cargo security services and trucking operations between ...
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B&H Worldwide strengthens European aerospace logistics offering
Aerospace logistics provider B&H Worldwide has launched a pan-European road transport network “to enable the provision of a reliable alternative to airfreight across the continent” and has opened new offices in Frankfurt and Prague.The company says the new offices “will also be used to assist customers to navigate and plan ...
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Geodis seeks ‘dataviz’ experts for warehouse innovation
Geodis is running a ‘hackathon’ in Paris next month in collaboration with BeMyApp, a digital transformation agency, to help it meet the challenge of data prediction and data visualisation.The November 8 event will welcome “talented IT and selected dataviz professionals” together with experts in artificial intelligence during an intense one-day ...
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Anchorage plans Quick Cargo Center for transit cargo
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) is seeking a public-private partnership to provide a storage facility for transit cargo at the Alaskan hub.The Quick Cargo Center (QCC) will be a secure, climate controlled facility next to the main cargo ramp, providing airfreight carriers the perfect opportunity to perform hub-and-spoke operations ...
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Bidders circling Swissport, according to Bloomberg
Rival bidders are circling Swissport International and Brookfield Asset Management Inc is the likely buyer in what could be a $3bn sale, according to reports by Bloomberg News.Bloomberg's unnamed sources close to the matter said that talks are at an "advanced stage" but that they could still break down as ...
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Typhoon Mangkhut hits Hong Kong's airfreight volumes
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has blamed weather conditions for a slight fall in cargo and passenger volumes in September at the world's number one airfreight hub.It said that the decrease is “due primarily to Typhoon Mangkhut, which resulted in no flight movement for more than 20 hours”.Cargo and airmail ...
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Jolly green Hactl to install large-scale solar panels
Hong Kong cargo handler Hactl has taken the next step in its 'Green Terminal' project by installing 1,300 sq m of solar panels on the roof of its SuperTerminal 1 facility in Hong Kong.Hactl’s new solar power installation will feature 518 panels with the electricity generation capacity of 160 kWp, ...