All Europe articles – Page 61
-
News
FJ Miller leaps aboard Carousel Logistics
Carousel Logistics Group has appointed Franz-Joseph Miller as board chairman. He was co-founder of German same-day delivery specialist and former chief executive of Lufthansa’s time:mattersIn his new role, he will position Carousel Logistics group – which incorporates Carousel Logistics Ltd and LSi Logistik - as a key European player.He will ...
-
News
Finlogistics acquisition doubles Leman’s Finland footprint
Danish-based logistics company Leman has acquired Finland-based FL Services Finlogistics, doubling its presence in the country.Based in Kerava, 35km north of Helsinki as well as in Kotka, Finlogistics offers airfreight, sea freight and logistics solutions. It has ten employees and a turnover of €9m.Leman Group chief executive Thomas Krøyer said ...
-
News
Cargo helps Air Charter Service make a record start to the year
Air Charter Service (ACS) made a record start to the year in its financial first quarter, with cargo charter numbers increasing by 33%.ACS group cargo director Dan Morgan-Evans said that during its first quarter the company arranged 1,048 cargo contracts, compared to 790 during the same period last year, while ...
-
News
Chinese cities Wuhan and Sanya added to Heathrow network
London’s Heathrow airport today welcomed the launch of two new direct routes to the Chinese cities of Wuhan and Sanya by China Southern.Both destinations are a first for direct routes into Heathrow, while the connection to Sanya is a first for Europe. These routes, said an airport spokesperson, will allow ...
-
News
Air France-KLM is launch customer for CSafe Global's RAP e-container
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AF-KLMP) has joined hands with CSafe Global to launch the ULD pharma specialists' new RAP e-container.A spokesperson for the Franco-Netherlands carrier said: "As the most robust operational container, this new electrical container will allow us to offer state-of-the-art service to our customers in the pharmaceutical ...
-
News
Schiphol tests digital tool to maximise bellyhold cargo
Amsterdam Schiphol airport, faced by a constraint on freighter aircraft slots, is offering airline planners the chance to test a digital tool that will maximise bellyhold cargo capacity on intercontinental routes.It is claimed that there is “significant unused belly capacity” on North American routes and that utilising a percentage of ...
-
News
Turkish Cargo broadens its QEP accreditation
Turkish Cargo has received Qualified Envirotrainer Providers (QEP) accreditation for 14 new stations within its network.The stations added are Basel, Paris, London, Milan, Berlin, Zurich, Dubai, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, New York, Miami, Toronto and Johannesburg.The accreditation from specialist pharma-chain ULD provider Envirotrainer brings the total number of Turkish Cargo’s ...
-
News
MABkargo B747F charter for the oil and gas sector
Malaysia Airlines’ freight arm, MABkargo, has organised a charter flight from Germany to Malaysia with almost 72 tonnes of oil and gas bulk cargo.The charter, which used a Silk Way West Boeing 747-400F, originated from Leipzig and arrived in Bintulu Airport (BTU), Sarawak of East Malaysia, after a quick transit ...
-
News
Pharma freighter from Amsterdam by China Southern Cargo
A China Southern Cargo B777 freighter has transported 17 tons of temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals valued at yuan 140m from Amsterdam to Guangzhou.Said a spokesperson for the carrier: “Since last year China Southern Cargo has transported a total of about 2,600 tonnes of temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals through cooperation with shipment enterprises and world-renowned ...
-
News
Geodis re-organises regional structure
Logistics giant Geodis is re-organising its business into four key regions to improve client’s access to services.The company will now be built around these four regions: Western Europe, Middle East and Africa, led by Laurent Parat; Northern and Central Europe with Thomas Kraus leading the region, Americas headed by Randy ...
-
News
Emirates SkyCargo appoints David Harman for Swiss role
Emirates SkyCargo has appointed David Harman as cargo manager for Switzerland, based in Zurich.Harman, with over 30 years of international aviation and cargo experience, will be responsible for overseeing all operational and commercial aspects for the freight division of Emirates in the country.Harman has previously worked as vice president for ...
-
News
DHL Supply Chain buys Colombian logistics provider Suppla
DHL Supply Chain, the contract logistics specialist within Deutsche Post DHL Group, has acquired Suppla Group, a Colombian logistics provider.Suppla’s product portfolio includes warehousing and packaging services across life sciences and healthcare, retail, consumer, and technology sectors.A longstanding national logistics provider, Suppla has a local presence in five regions and ...
-
News
Volga-Dnepr MRO unit opens in Liege
Volga-Dnepr Technics Moscow (VDTM) has completed the certification of a line maintenance station in Liege, Belgium, for aircraft registered in Bermuda.As one of the largest Russian MRO providers, the Volga-Dnepr Group business unit is now able to carry out scheduled line maintenance for Boeing 737-300/400/500, Boeing 747-400 and Boeing 747-8 ...
-
News
Speakers line up for Farnborough Airshow cargo conference
The future of air cargo and cargo technology will be the themes of a two-day airfreight conference to be hosted within the cargo village at the UK’s Farnborough International Airshow 2018 (FIA18) which takes place between 16-18 July.The 1,000 sq m Cargo Village will serve as an important hub for ...
-
News
Lufthansa Cargo introduces twice weekly B777Fs to Chengdu
Lufthansa Cargo has confirmed its latest capacity increase into the Chinese cargo market by adding twice weekly B777 freighter services to the city of Chengdu.Chengdu in western China has joined Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou and Hong Kong as Lufthansa Cargo freighter connections to the country.Speaking at Air Cargo China in Shanghai, ...
-
News
Cargolux swoops on freighters as it looks to build flexible capacity
Cargolux is in the process of purchasing second-hand freighter aircraft as it looks to build extra flexibility into its ability to expand capacity.Speaking to Air Cargo News at the Air Cargo China event held this week in Shanghai, Cargolux chief executive Richard Forson said that the airline had this year ...
-
News
Antonov Airlines flies power plant rotor into Pakistan
Antonov Airlines has transported a power plant rotor from Genoa in Italy to Karachi, Pakistan, on one of its seven An-124-100 freighter aircraft.The rotor and associated equipment carried weighed in at a total of 108 tonnes.“Careful planning was necessary to guarantee the safe loading and unloading of the rotor,” commented ...
-
News
Regional airports look to capitalise on congestion at major hubs
Europe’s regional airports are hoping to capitalise on congestion at their larger rivals by winning cargo traffic from operators looking to avoid delays.Speaking at the Air Cargo China event in Shanghai today, Budapest Airport cargo managing director Rene Droese said that shippers were taking an increasingly active role in their ...
-
News
AP Moller-Maersk reports ‘unsatisfactory earnings’ in first quarter
AP Moller-Maersk saw its revenue rise by 30% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2018 to reach $9.3bn.That year-on-year revenue improvement figure would be 10% if shipping line Hamburg Süd – which was acquired at the end of 2017 – was taken out of the figures, but there was growth ...
-
News
WiseTech Global acquires Turkey’s Ulukom
WiseTech Global, a logistics industry software provider, has acquired Ulukom, based in Turkey.Headquartered in Istanbul, Ulukom offers a range of logistics, customs, freight forwarding and warehouse support software in its Logistics Information Management System, designed to carry out financial and operational transactions on an integrated platform.Ulukom’s customers include Çelebi Ground ...