All Europe articles – Page 39
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NewsDnata expands into Belgium with Brussels Airport cargo hub
Dnata has launched operations in Belgium by opening a cargo centre at Brussels Airport that represents an investment of €8m and creates up to 100 local jobs with the company.The Dubai-based global cargo handler’s first customer in Brussels is Singapore Airlines, which operates eight weekly flights with an annual capacity ...
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Sebastiaan Scholte to leave Jan de Rijk in July
Jan de Rijk Logistics chief executive Sebastiaan Scholte is to leave the European trucker in July, to pursue new opportunities."We appreciate Sebastiaan's contributions in helping to grow the company in a profitable way during his nine-year tenure”, said Jan and Jacqueline de Rijk, owners of the Netherlands-based air cargo road ...
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BIFA welcomes UK Customs' decision to extend Transitional Simplified Procedures
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has welcomed UK Customs’ (HMRC ) decision to extend the declaration and import payments for its Transitional Simplified Procedures (TSP) in the event of a no deal Brexit.The extension to October 4 provides more time to make the necessary preparations, fully test the systems, ...
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European air cargo demand growth sluggish in February
Cargo volumes at European airlines remained weak in February as the industry braces itself for a tough year.Europe’s largest combination cargo carrier group, Lufthansa, saw cargo volumes for the month decrease by 3.5% year on year to 802m revenue cargo tonne kms, despite capacity increasing by 7.7%.However, this was an ...
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A weak start to the year for Europe's leading cargo airports
January was another tough month for airports around Europe as freight volumes continued to decline on a year ago.Figures from Airports Council International (ACI) Europe show that cargo volumes decreased by 2.4% year on year during the month, with losses concentrated at European Union (EU) airports (-3.2%) while non-EU facilities ...
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Senior job role changes at Lufthansa Cargo
Florian Pfaff, currently vice president Germany with Lufthansa Cargo, will move to Asia with effect from June 2019.Based in Singapore, he will assume the role of vice president Asia Pacific. Pfaff will continue to report directly to Dorothea von Boxberg, member of the executive board and chief commercial officer.A successor ...
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NewsRhenus acquires World Net Logistics in South Africa
Germany’s Rhenus Group has continued its 2019 takeover spree by acquiring Johannesburg-headquartered freight forwarding and logistics specialist World Net Logistics (WNL).The takeover of WNL is still subject to approval by the relevant cartel authorities.In January this year, Rhenus acquired Italian Logistics company Cesped and only last week announced that it ...
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Dallas Fort Worth looks to India for pharma flows
Dallas Fort Worth International airport (DFW) is working with India’s Hyderabad airport to develop pharma product flows after the US hub’s cargo community gained IATA’s CEIV Pharma certification.John Ackerman, executive vice president of global strategy and development at DFW Airport, said: “We have been spending time in Hyderabad and Mumbai ...
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NewsTurkish Cargo flies historical artifacts to Japan
Turkish Cargo carried 186 historical artifacts to Tokyo for display at the Ottoman Empire and Tulip Culture exhibition.The artifacts, owned by the Dolmabahçe and Topkapı Palaces, will be displayed as part of events organised to celebrate 2019 as the "Year of Turkish Culture" across Japan.Before the Boeing 777F flight from ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo set to debut in South America
Virgin Atlantic Cargo will launch daily Boeing 787 passenger flights between London Heathrow and São Paulo, Brazil, in 2020, its first foray into South America.The new route will give customers direct access into the continent’s largest import and export market. The airline expects to carry regular shipments of car parts, ...
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NewsShippers rally to protect freighter slots
The Global Shippers’ Alliance (GSA) will put pressure on IATA to end its “detrimental to freighters” airport slots policy, one of a series of initiatives to speed up the airfreight supply chain, address growing e-commerce volumes and promote a “positive image” for air cargo.The GSA wants to “further strengthen” global ...
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NewsAirBridgeCargo reconfirms compliance with Cargo iQ’s quality standards
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has passed its second audit, reconfirming its compliance with the quality standards of IATA interest group Cargo iQ.During a two-day inspection of its operations in Moscow, the Russian airline was measured against a series of KPIs to guarantee that its services conform to the highest industry quality ...
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NewsUPDATE Lufthansa Cargo: airfreight boom comes to an end
Lufthansa Cargo has warned that the airfreight boom of the last two years has come to an end after reporting an increase in profits last year.The carrier generated over €2.7bn in revenue and a profit of €268m (adjusted EBIT) in 2018, the second-highest result in the German flag-carrier‘s history, on ...
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NewsEnvirotainer's Mumbai station is open for business
Specialist pharma-chain ULD provider Envirotainer has added a Mumbai station to its network in support of its RKN e1 and RAP e2 containers.Mumbai (BOM) is the 32nd station in the Envirotainer network to carry its flagship RAP e2 solution, an advanced temperature-controlled air cargo container.Suat Toh, Envirotainer head of sales ...
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CMA CGM nears 90% of voting rights in CEVA Logistics
CEVA Logistics is likely to de-list from the SIX Swiss Exchange later this year after confirming media reports that French shipping group CMA CGM is on course to control almost 90% of the voting rights in the supply chain company.Switzerland-based CEVA said that a SFr30 per share public tender offer ...
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NewsE-commerce and specialist products can 'cushion' air cargo in economic downturns
Glyn HughesGrowing e-commerce volumes and specialist high value products such as pharma and perishables provide a “cushion” and “in-built resilience” for air cargo in times of global economic downturns.IATA Cargo boss Glyn Hughes, speaking after the three-day World Cargo Symposium (WCS) in Singapore, said that there was a mood of ...
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NewsLufthansa Cargo: airfreight boom comes to an end
Lufthansa Cargo has warned that the airfreight boom of the last two years has come to an end after reporting an increase in profits last year.The carrier generated over €2.7bn in revenue and a profit of €268m (adjusted EBIT) in 2018, the second-highest result in the German flag-carrier‘s history, on ...
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Rhenus buys Canada's Rodair
Germany’s Rhenus Group has acquired Canadian logistics provider Rodair. The acquisition, terms were not disclosed, is subject to approval by the relevant authorities.The core business activities at Toronto-headquarter Rodair involve international freight forwarding, project logistics, courier, warehousing and distribution, 3PL services, and e-commerce solutions.The company, founded in 1996, has business ...
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NewsAir Cargo Europe: Airfreight getting data to really take off
Artificial intelligence (AI) is one solution for the air cargo industry as it addresses the growth of e-commerce and a workforce skills shortage.Other solutions include further automation in the supply chain and greater use of data from the Internet of Things.These are among the topics that will be discussed during ...
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BIFA continues to prepare for a no-deal Brexit
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is advising its members to continue preparing for a no-deal Brexit departure on March 29, "until further clarity is obtained".BIFA offered this advice “while the UK government keeps working, pushing and grinding on to try again to make the case for its Brexit compromise, ...