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US agriculture exporters hit by coronavirus related air cargo shortage
US agriculture exporters are being affected by a lack of airfreight capacity due to the coronavirus outbreak.The US Department of Agriculture said that the industry is suffering from systematic delays to shipping and air cargo as airlines cut capacity and shipping line services are disrupted by quarantine measures in certain ...
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NewsAmazon to expand presence at Leipzig/Halle Airport
Leipzig Halle Airport aerial viewE-commerce giant Amazon is expanding its operations at Leipzig/Halle Airport with the addition of a new facility at the airport.For this purpose, a cargo hall of around 20,000 sq m is to be built in the southern part of the airport site next to the existing ...
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Air cargo still assessing the impact of coronavirus
The impact of the coronavirus on the air cargo industry is still uncertain, with demand under pressure but some expectations of an eventual surge in volumes.The coronavirus has now killed more than 560 in China, while there have been more than 28,000 confirmed cases.Many of China’s provinces have extended the ...
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Leipzig/Halle bucks the trend with fifteenth year of cargo growth
Leipzig/Halle Airport has increased its cargo volumes for the fifteenth consecutive year and more than tenfold since 2007.In 2019, Europe’s fifth-largest and Germany's second-largest air cargo hub handled 1.2m tonnes, representing a year-on-year growth of 1.4%.Overall, airports in Europe are expected to record a decline in cargo volumes last year.In ...
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Blue Dart 'rightsizing' pushes company to Q3 loss
Indian express firm Blue Dart reported a loss in its financial third quarter after it implemented a "rightsizing" programme in light of a tougher trading outlook.The aircraft operator said that during the quarter ended December 31, it reported a loss of R330.8m compared with a profit of R313.5m in the ...
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'Only a matter of time' before Amazon Air comes to Europe
A report by finance bank KFW IPEX-Bank has concluded it is only a matter of time before Amazon launches its own airline in Europe.Although reports suggests the e-commerce giant does contract operators to fly on its behalf in Europe, it has yet to go as far as launching its own-branded ...
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NewsDHL Express Asia Pacific announces new appointments
Tony Khan, president and representative director, DHL Express JapanDHL Express Japan has appointed Tony Khan as president and representative director. With his new appointment, Khan also becomes a member of the management board of DHL Express Asia Pacific.Khan succeeds Taketo Yamakawa, who retired in December last year. Previously, Khan served ...
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Cargo airports fly with e-commerce
Montreal’s Mirabel airport is gearing up for some infrastructure improvements.Canada’s federal government and the local airport authority have pledged to contribute altogether C$107m ($81.24m) to the project, which will go towards the construction of a 20,000 sq m cargo terminal, new parking positions for 13 freighters and improvements in road ...
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NewsDHL Global Trade Barometer depicts weak three-month outlook
Global air trade has been reduced by three points to a new index volume of 45, the DHL Global Trade Barometer (GTB) has reported. It also predicted a further contraction in overall global trade for the next three months."Global trade continues to lose momentum, albeit mildly," the report stated. "Against ...
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DHL adds New York to its list of active foreign trade zones
DHL Global Forwarding, the freight division of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has added a new foreign trade zone (FTZ) location in the US – at JFK Airport in New York.FTZs are secure areas, in which shipping goods are handled, that are supervised according to US Customers and Border Protection regulations. ...
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NewsDHL Express opens emissions-free hub to support e-commerce growth
Yesterday (November 19) DHL launched its Strategy 2025, an initiative that focuses on the company's digitalization and sustainability efforts to drive and support the e-commerce market. As part of the Strategy, DHL Express hosted the official opening of its new, emissions-free logistics centre at Cologne-Bonn Airport.The new hub, which cost ...
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DHL set to build new cargo-handling facility at Riga Airport
DHL Latvia is planning to build a new shipment processing and logistics centre at Riga Airport.On November 6, DHL Latvia and real estate development company Castor Construction signed contracts with the airport and agreed to build the new facility within a year.According to the agreement, the new DHL shipment processing ...
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DHL Hong Kong Air Trade Leading Index publishes Q4 results
The fourth quarter DHL Hong Kong Air Trade Leading Index (DTI) recorded a drop of 7.7 points from last quarter, down to 26 points.Sales volumes dropped by 9 points in the fourth quarter, from 32 points last quarter to 23 points this quarter.Meanwhile, product variety index fell from 40 points ...
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DHL Express to boost productivity with new Pittsburgh facility
DHL Express has invested $2.85m into upgrading and relocating its Canonsburg service centre to Pittsburgh.The new facility will process shipments ranging from documents and small parcels to palletized freight.At 30,000 sq ft, it will be 10,000 sq ft larger than the former location.Run by 60 staff, the new centre will ...
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DHL and Ethiopian Airlines scale up their joint venture
DHL and Ethiopian Airlines have appointed Berhanu Kassa as general manager to lead their joint venture as it scales up its operations with three established stations, and a fourth by end of the year.Kassa, previously director of logistics services at Ethiopian Airlines, takes over the leadership of DHL-Ethiopian Airlines Logistics ...
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NewsDHL opens new freight hub near Hanover airport
Today (September 13) DHL Freight opened a new transhipment hub in the Airport Business Park in Langenhagen, near Hanover, Germany.The 8,700 sq m hub has 86 loading bays where freight for 'Euroconnect' (an all-in-one groupage service) and 'Eurarapid' (a premium one day service) is sorted and dispatched by approximately 290 ...
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NewsDHL celebrates 50 year anniversary with new Americas Innovation Center
DHL has marked its 50th anniversary with the opening of a new Americas Innovation Center in Chicago, US.The grand opening of the Center drew more than 300 guests including technology and logistics industry leaders, customers from across the region, local officials and DHL senior leadership.The 28,000 sq ft Americas Innovation ...
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DHL signs multi-year airfreight deal with Komatsu
DHL Express and DHL Global Forwarding have signed a new multi-year agreement with leading construction and mining business Komatsu.DHL – the largest freight and logistics company in the world – will import more than 1m kgs of Komatsu machinery and spare parts to Australia and New Zealand each year.The company ...
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DHL expands and upgrades Connecticut service centre
DHL has completed a $4m expansion of its Hartford service center in Connecticut, US, which will enable the company to meet its customers' growing international shipping needs.The facility now has a coverage of 38,000 sq ft after 16,000 sq ft of warehouse space was added to it during the upgrade. ...
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NewsDHL and Austrian Post strengthen collaboration
DHL Post HQ Tower in BonnFollowing on from their partnership in the Austrian market announced in March, Deutsche Post DHL Group and Austrian Post will also collaborate on last-mile parcel delivery in Slovakia and the Czech Republic, starting in September 2019.In Time (a subsidiary of Austrian Post) will deliver parcels ...