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CargoLogicGermany set for take-off with B737s
CargoLogicGermany (CLG) is taxiing for take-off but has already sourced three Boeing 737 freighters destined for the German register and will serve a German market “ripe” for an additional express operator.The start-up project, a partner carrier of the Volga-Dnepr Group (VDG), has plans for up to nine B737Fs and is ...
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DHL to expand in Vienna with new airport facility
DHL Global Forwarding and DHL Freight have started construction of the new DHL Campus Vienna Airport.DHL Global Forwarding and DHL Freight are each building an advanced freight terminal and an office building with a total of around 12,000m² of warehouse space and around 3,500m² of office space on the property ...
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DHL Express hails ten years in Leipzig
DHL Express celebrated the tenth anniversary of its Leipzig airfreight hub on the weekend of 1-2 September, with a family celebration for employees and an exclusive festival concert for invited citizens from all over central Germany.The final event on Sunday was an official ceremony in the Leipzig Gewandhaus, attended by ...
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Room at the Inn: Liege hosts elite horses ahead of WEG
Hard on the heels of Emirates SkyCargo’s announcement of its involvement in the transportation of horses to the US ahead of the FEI World Equestrian Games, Liege Airport has confirmed its own role in getting the competition under way.Over 500 horses will depart from the Belgian gateway this month (September), ...
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BARIG calls for joint action on capacity
The Board of Airline Representatives in Germany (BARIG) has highlighted a need to address capacity issues in the European country as recent months have seen numerous flight cancellations and delays.“Now all players in the industry as well as authorities and politics have to work on joint solutions," said BARIG secretary ...
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DSV wins multimodal contract from GEO Specialty Chemicals
The UK business of Denmark-headquartered logistics operator DSV recently inked a two-year contract with GEO Specialty Chemicals to provide domestic and multi-market export fulfilment services for chemicals manufactured at the company’s facility in Hythe, Southampton.The contract, which extends up to April 2020, with the possibility to extend by a further ...
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Hermes Germany takes over SEKO Logistics GmbH
On 1 September 2018, Hermes Germany will formally take over SEKO Logistics GmbH.SEKO Logistics GmbH has offices in Bremen and Frankfurt and all employees of both these offices in Germany will be incorporated into the new Hermes structure.Hermes provides international logistics services to the retail industry. Headquartered in Hamburg, it ...
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B777F boom continues as AeroLogic adds another freighter
AeroLogic, the freighter operator jointly owned by Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Deutsche Post AG through their subsidiaries Lufthansa Cargo and DHL Express (each with 50% shares), is to add another Boeing B777 freighter to its fleet in January.This latest addition will take the carrier’s all-cargo inventory to 11 aircraft.Lufthansa Cargo ...
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Finnair plans development of Asian links for summer 2019
Finnair has announced that it will be adding frequencies on many of its Asian routes next summer.The expansion of its Asian links continues what Finnair says has been recent “strong growth” in key markets on the continent. Finnair markets itself as “a network airline specialised in flying between Europe and ...
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Mark Rollinson to head up Dachser UK
Germany-headquartered logistics giant Dachser has announced that Mark Rollinson will take over as managing director of Dachser UK at the end of September.After more than 17 years in the position of MD for Dachser UK, Nick Lowe is taking early retirement from the company, and he will be succeeded by ...
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BIFA calls for further clarification on possible ‘no deal’ Brexit
On 23 August the UK Government offered some thoughts on how British companies might continue to do business with Europe should do deal be Brexit deal be reached by the European Union and British Government before the country’s exit from the EU scheduled for 29 March next year.The British International ...
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Conrady to take over cargo role at Frankfurt Airport
Frankfurt Airport (Fraport) will have a new senior vice president, cargo development and management, from November this year, when Max Phillip Conrady takes over from Felix Kreutel.Conrady is currently Fraport's head of operations planning terminal management at Frankfurt.Kreutel, who is to take up a new position within the Germany airport ...
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DHL Express attains the company's 300th TAPA certification
DHL Express UK's Birmingham Service Centre has become the 300th company facility worldwide to be awarded with the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) security certification.This independent recognition confirms that DHL Express has met the highest TAPA Freight Security Requirements (FSR) worldwide.DHL Express' 300 certified TAPA Level A and B certificated ...
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K+N in Chinese automotive logistics joint venture
Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) is linking up with Sincero, a Chinese automotive logistics group, to form a joint venture focused on contract logistics for the automotive sector.Switzerland-headquartered K+N will hold a majority share in the new entity, which will increase its automotive logistics footprint in China for European brands by 70%.Gianfranco Sgro, ...
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Handled with care, LUG awarded CEIV Pharma at Frankfurt
Cargo ground handler LUG has received IATA's CEIV Pharma certification for its recently upgraded Health Care Center (HCC) in Frankfurt airport's CargoCity South.LUG, part of Germany's Dettmer Group, modernised its HCC in 2017 and expanded the temperature-controlled area to 625 sq m in a first step. Due to rising demand, ...
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Cargolux in Jakarta race horse charter flight
Cargolux has flown race horses from Luxembourg to Jakarta, Indonesia, where they participated in the Asian games.The part-charter was operated in conjunction with horse transport specialist forwarder JIT-EX.This ad hoc shipment was routed directly from Luxembourg to Jakarta, which required additional preparation from the Cargolux Charter team because Jakarta is ...
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Panalpina warns of peak season bottlenecks on the ground
Panalpina has moved to secure airfreight capacity for the peak season, but has warned that supply chains could be equally affected by constraints on the ground.The Switzerland-based freight forwarder said that it had taken similar steps to last year to secure airfreight capacity for customers as it expects another busy ...
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UK businesses passing on Brexit supply chain costs
UK businesses are already passing on to consumers increased supply chain costs due to challenges posed by the country’s exit from the European Union (EU), known as Brexit.New research, The Brexit Storm, from the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) indicates that nearly a third (32%) of UK businesses ...
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Bloomberg: Cerberus considers Swissport deal following WFS takeover
Reports from news wire Bloomberg suggest that investment fund Cerberus is considering a move for ground handler Swissport following on from its takeover of WFS in June.The report, which can be found here, said that the current owner, Chinese conglomerate HNA, is considering selling a majority stake in the handler, ...
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Plans for a cargo airport at Manston receive a boost
Developers hoping to re-open Manston airport in the south east of the UK received a boost this week when the government planning inspectorate accepted an application for a development consent order (DCO).By accepting the application, the government inspectorate has agreed that the project meets the standards required to proceed with ...