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DB Schenker masterminds horses charter to Belgium
IN CLOSE cooperation with Qatar Airways Cargo, Overseas Horse Services (OHS) and Liége Airport, DB Schenker made sure that 53 showjumping horses traveled safely non-stop aboard a B777 freighter from Calgary in Canada to Belgium.The aircraft also carried eleven tonnes of equipment, nine animal care staff and three dogs.The horses ...
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DSV's half year air freight boost
Danish freight forwarder DSV saw an 11 per cent rise in air freight volumes in the first half of 2014 to 137,000 tonnes, well above an estimated market growth of between two and four per cent for the period.Acquisitions added around two per cent to the surge in air cargo ...
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DHL air cargo volumes rise but revenues fall
German logistics giant Deutsche Post DHL saw a half year 2014 uptick in air freight volumes despite lower demand from several large customers as revenues declined year on year.The largest global freight forwarding purchaser of air cargo volumes saw a 1.1 per cent rise in total bookings to just under ...
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DB Schenker completes Vietnam JV purchase
DB Schenker has strengthened its foothold in Vietnam’s logistics arena after taking a 100 per cent stake in its joint venture, Schenker Gemadept Logistics.The Germany-based logistics giant has bought the remaining shares in the company, formed in July 2007 to provide logistics and supply chain services through an agreement between ...
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Heathrow airfreight up 7.8 per cent
AIR cargo traffic grew 7.8 per cent at Heathrow Airport in July, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.Popular routes, such as Mexico, Russia and China contributed to the increase during the summer month, says a company statement.China’s performance is likely to strengthen further in the forthcoming months, with Air China set ...
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DHL wins Lufthansa supply chain contract
DHL Global Forwarding has won the transatlantic supply chain contract to distribute spare parts and tools for Lufthansa Technik Logistik Services (LTLS).The annual volume is estimated at 25,000 shipments per year with a total weight of 550 tonnes, including shipments from Germany to the US, as well as from Canada, ...
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Panalpina: A pharma star is born
Panalpina is expanding its own-controlled air freight network by launching a weekly B747-400F connection from San Juan to Europe, aimed at pharmaceutical shippers.The Switzerland-based logistics giant says that the Puerto Rico-originating freighter will fly directly into Luxembourg, in close collaboration with European all-cargo operator Cargolux.The service, called Caribbean Star, uses ...
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Europa splits air and sea into separate operating division
UK-based Europa Worldwide has split its air and sea business into a separate operating division headed up by board director Angus Hind.Previously, Europa’s sales and customer service teams within its branch network dealt with all operations including air and sea services. Hind joined the company in November 2013 with a ...
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Quick Cargo Service: Still going strong 40 years on
IS THIS A GOOD TIME to be setting up as an independent forwarder? Stephan Haltmayer, managing director of Germany’s Quick Cargo Service (QCS) wonders, writes Peter Conway.“There are now so many regulations that I am not sure I would recommend anyone to start a forwarding business these days,” he says. ...
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Thames estuary airport plan dropped
Plans for a new Thames estuary airport to the east of London – favoured by London mayor Boris Johnson - have been dropped from a shortlist of options for providing additional UK airport capacity by 2030.The so-called “Boris Island” proposal was rejected by the government-sponsored Airports Commission following a detailed ...
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UK forwarders oppose paper AWB surcharge
UK forwarders are opposing airline plans to implement a surcharge on paper air waybills that are not filed electronically.The British International Freight Association (BIFA), representing UK freight forwarders and logistics service providers, is encouraging its members to object to the surcharge via an online survey.The association’s director general, Robert Keen, ...
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Swiss WorldCargo and WCA link up
Swiss WorldCargo has entered into a partnership agreement with WCA, the freight forwarding network for independent logistics providers.Under a Memorandum of Understanding, the air cargo division of Swiss International Air Lines will undertake "cross-cooperation projects" with three of WCA’s specialty groups – WCA Pharma, WCA Time Critical and WCA Dangerous ...
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Emerging markets boost Heathrow’s cargo
ROBUST freight traffic, driven primarily by the emerging markets, made August Heathrow Airport’s busiest ever month, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.Cargo was up 7.5 per cent overall, increasing 58 per cent to Turkey, 33 per cent to Russia, 32 per cent to Brazil, 30 per cent to Mexico and 16 ...
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Otto leaves Lufthansa Cargo for Austrian Airlines
Andreas Otto is leaving Lufthansa Cargo after 14 years to become chief commercial officer of Austrian Airlines.Dr Otto, the board member for product & sales at Lufthansa Cargo in Frankfurt, will take up the new role in October 2014.Lufthansa Cargo’s supervisory board will decide on Dr Otto’s successor “promptly” the ...
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DHL opens Leipzig pharma hub
DHL Global Forwarding has marked the official opening of a €3.4 million logistics centre in Leipzig, Germany, for the pharmaceuticals industry.The air and ocean freight specialist of Germany’s Deutsche Post DHL said that the facility, located next to Leipzig/Halle airport, serves as a competence centre for the “transport, transport preparation, ...
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WFS: Still room for expansion
All new account wins are welcome, of course, but a series of deals signed by handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) in Brussels in recent months have been particularly gratifying to its president and chief executive (CEO) Olivier Bijaoui, writes Peter Conway.That’s because a bigger presence at the Belgian hub was ...
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Seko invests in UK ecommerce agency amid online sales boom
GLOBAL forwarder SEKO Logistics has acquired an equity stake in UK ecommerce agency, Metakinetic, to capitalise on the growing number of online retail sales, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.Metakinetic will operate in tandem with another SEKO-owned company, Red Hot Penny, which specialises in end-to-end services for online retailers.Both agencies boast ...
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Formula One arrives in Sochi
Three flights conveying Formula One racing cars and spare parts from Nagoya following the Japanese Grand Prix arrived at Sochi International Airport on October 7, as part of the preparations for the forthcoming Russian Grand Prix.Operated by the Basel Aero subsidiary of Russian industrial group Basic Element, the airport lies ...
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United Cargo: A dutchman in America
Jan Krems may have just taken over as president cargo at United Airlines after a 27-year career with KLM (Air France-KLM since 2005), but he is no stranger either to the US or to the weather in his new Chicago base.He was for four years based in the Windy City ...
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Panalpina airfreight sees stable growth
INTERNATIONAL freight forwarding and logistics company Panalpina maintained overall profitability in the first nine months of 2014. Undeterred by ongoing restructuring, airfreight volumes grew four percent year-to-date, but unit profitability decreased due to margin pressure and currency effects.“We have managed to keep up profitability in the first nine months of ...