All Express articles – Page 39
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FedEx: shake, rattle and roll for the perfect package
THERE’S a whole lot of shaking going on at Federal Express, plus a whole lot of heating, chilling and dropping.But it is all in the name of supply chain science, to design the best packaging for fragile and sensitive goods.FedEx TechConnect has opened a 30,000 sq ft package laboratory in ...
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AOG service takes off in Ireland
Norbert Dentressangle has launched a 24-hour Aircraft on Ground (AOG) desk in Ireland to support the time-critical movement of aircraft parts around the world.The Air & Sea freight forwarding division of the French-owned logistics group will provides a complete range of services including hand carry, taxi, baggage transfer and aircraft ...
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Gatwick hails DHL congestion-buster
A consolidation hub set up to supply businesses at Gatwick airport and cut down on road congestion and pollution could be a prototype for crowded urban or airport cargo areas, says DHL.Ian Lovelock, vice president within the Specialist Services team at DHL Supply Chain, was commenting on the Gatwick Logistics ...
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FedEx swaps sides in Illinois
Federal Express officially started operations at Central Illinois Regional Airport (CIRA) in Bloomington on February 2. It follows an announcement in May 2014 that it was pulling out of its operation at nearby Peoria airport, on the west bank of the Illinois River.The express carrier said the move would allow ...
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Christmas overspend flattens UPS earnings
UPS reported “flat” fourth quarter earnings in the fourth quarter of 2014 compared with the same period in prior year. In fact, earnings per share, at $1.25, were identical to 2013, said the US-based express carrier.It blamed higher than expected peak operating expenses in its home market as the carrier ...
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DHL Shanghai’s cool chain investment
DHL Global Forwarding has opened a RMB115m (€16m) expansion of its Shanghai air freight terminal, including a new warehouse and 1,600 sq m of cold storage for life sciences and healthcare customers.The logistics arm of Deutsche Post DHL says that its new Shanghai air freight centre has been developed on ...
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DHL to expand Brussels hub capacity
DHL is investing €114m in a new hub at Brussels Airport that will triple the express giant’s handling capacity from 12,000 to 39,500 shipments per hour.The original Brussels facility was set up in 1985 – prior to DHL’s purchase by the German post office - as a regional hub. In ...
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East Midlands hits all-time high
The UK’s East Midlands Airport handled 309,000 tonnes of flown cargo in 2014, the best ever throughput in its 49-year history. Traffic was up 3.6 per cent on 2013’s volume.The airport also beat its 2010 figure, its previous best year, by nearly 2,000 tonnes.EMA is a main UK hub for ...
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Africa: The view of UPS
Q: How have UPS’ operations changed on the African continent over the past two years?A: Connecting with African-domiciled customers is a key to growth, so [we] have been focusing more on the needs of the African customer, both from an export and import perspective. Approaching the African mar-ketplace in this ...
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DHL refines risk management system
DHL's Resilience360 risk management tool can now be integrated with customer's transport management systems, allowing them to view shipments affected by disruptive incidents.Customers can then scan the latest position and status of all their shipments worldwide and identify corrective actions.Recent incidents monitored by Resilience 360 included the ash cloud from ...
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FedEx sees peak season bounce
US parcels giant FedEx saw third quarter revenues up four per cent to $11.7bn.“We had a very successful peak season as volumes grew across all transportation segments, and our profit improvement programs are moving ahead as scheduled,” said Fred Smith, FedEx Corp chairman, president and chief executive officer.Operating results for ...
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DHL right in the heart of Texas
DHL has opened a service centre facility in Houston, Texas, mainly to serve the oil and gas sector.The $2.5m, 28,000 sq ft facility can process more than 2,500 shipments per hour, nearly double the existing capacity and will allow for earlier delivery times and later drop off times.DHL Express says ...
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Southern Air gets a stablemate
Worldwide Air Logistics Group – owner of Kentucky-based all-cargo carrier Southern Air – is to buy a second freighter operator, Florida West International Airways.It said that acquiring the Miami-based carrier heralded a push into the ACMI (aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance) sector of the US air cargo market.Florida West is ...
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TNT launches Tel Aviv freighter links
TNT has launched a Monday to Friday B737-400F service between Israeli capital Tel Aviv and the express operator's European hub in Liege, Belgium.The new service "answers increasing demand" and allows TNT to shorten transit times for express shipments to and from Tel Aviv by one day.The flight arrives in Tel ...
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Singapore is automatic choice for DHL south Asia hub
DHL Express has unveiled plans for a new South Asia Hub at Singapore’s Changi Airport. The S$140m investment is its largest ever infrastructure project in the country and is due for completion by the first quarter of 2016.With a total floor area of 23,600 sq m, the hub will have ...
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International trade stifled by protectionism, says Fred Smith
FEDEX founder Fred Smith has warned that 'the golden age' of double-digit air cargo growth is unlikely to return due to trade protectionism, higher fuel costs and the rapid growth in bellyhold capacity.Smith told the IATA World Cargo Symposium in Los Angeles: "The big reason why international trade is not ...
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Video game technology boosts air cargo monitoring
TECHNOLOGIES originally designed for video games and smartphones are now being used in the goods distribution industry.A study conducted by DHL has found that this marks a complete reversal of past practices in which new technologies were initially first applied in business – and then migrated to private users later.According ...
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Amazon fined for Hazmat breach
AMAZON has paid a US$91,000 civil penalty, handed down by the US Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), for violating hazardous materials regulations.Amazon employees improperly shipped a package containing flammable liquid adhesive on a FedEx service to Boulder, Colorado.FedEx employees in Boulder discovered a gallon container of the hazardous ...
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'Misdeclared' toxic cargo handed to FedEx
NEW YORK shipper Alfa Chemistry has been hit by a massive possible US$325,000 fine after it allegedly sent two separate shipments of toxic, flammable cargo by air.The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing the civil penalty after the company shipped approximately one pint of Acrolein on ...
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AEI delivers B737-400SF conversion to Southern Air
AERONAUTICAL Engineers Inc (AEI) has delivered the first of five converted B737-400SF freighters to Southern Air, which will operate them for DHL Express in the Americas.The aircraft is a standard gross weight B737-400SF built in 1999, and was converted at Commercial Jet’s Dothan facility, one of five authorised AEI conversion ...