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JAL's cool delivery to Paris
Japan Airlines (JAL) and Japan Post are to extend their Cool EMS Service to France from April.The two partners hope to tap into the country’s restaurant trade, as well as serve the many Japanese restaurants that have opened in Paris.Following its launch in Europe’s premier foodie market, the plan is ...
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UPS extends pharma network
UPS customers can now ship biological substances, dangerous goods in excepted quantities and shipments using dry ice to more than 20 additional international destinations.The US-based global express and logistics’ operator says that the expansion is a direct response to a growing demand from biopharmaceutical manufacturers, diagnostics companies, laboratories and distributors.“The ...
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Fedex expands its cool chain service
MORE FedEx healthcare and life-science customers in Europe can now keep cool about their temperature-sensitive shipments.The US delivery company has expanded its SenseAware service into 14 new countries across Europe, so that Belgium, Italy, France, Spain, Switzerland, Netherlands, Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Czech Republic, Poland and Germany can now ...
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Two-driver service cuts UK-Scandinavia times
DSV Road UK has launched an express trucking service between the UK and Scandinavia for time-sensitive shipments.The Daily Flyer service – operated by vehicles with two drivers –reduces transit times between the UK and Scandinavian destinations by between 24 and 48 hours.The premium product will eventually be rolled out across ...
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Norbert Dentressangle’s express Russia service
NORBERT DENTRESSANGLE’S freight forwarding division Norbert Dentressangle Overseas, has launched new express services from the UK to Russia, to assist companies trying to break into the Russian market.From June, the company will operate a consolidated airfreight service (daily and weekly), along with an ocean freight/road service option, says a statement. ...
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Polar's Thomas Murphy to retire
THOMAS MURPHY is to retire as executive vice president and chief operating officer of Polar Air Cargo Worldwide.Murphy joined Polar, in which Atlas Air Worldwide is the majority shareholder, in July 2009. He will retire in August this year. A replacement for Murphy will be named shortly.Prior to joining Polar, ...
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UPS names Abney as chief executive
UPS has named David Abney as its new chief executive officer.Abney, currently the company's chief operating officer, replaces Scott Davis who is retiring after serving as the company's board chairman and ceo since 2008. Both moves are effective September 1, 2014.Prior to becoming chief operating officer, Abney served as president ...
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Aramex acquires Australian e-commerce business
MIDDLE EAST-based logistics company Aramex has entered the Australian e-commerce market with the acquisition of Mail Call Couriers, a supplier of metro express deliveries in Australia.The acquisition strengthens Aramex’s Asia-Pacific proposition and provides it with important, technology-driven delivery capabilities in Australia, says a statement “The acquisition is part of the ...
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Cargojet: Postal deal delivers
IT IS gratifying in this era of increased belly capacity to report that a freighter airline is not just thriving but planning a major boost to its fleet.In November, Canadian carrier Cargojet will be adding two B767-200Fs and four B767-300Fs to bring its fleet up to 22 aircraft. By January ...
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IAG Cargo: Making the tough decisions
With air cargo growth still sluggish, with the passenger business continuing to grow, and freighter operations being cut back, one could forgive mainstream airlines for attaching rather less importance to the cargo business than they used to.But is that in fact the case? One person well placed to answer that ...
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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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DHL adds China to Thermonet network
DHL Global Forwarding is expanding its services for the life sciences and healthcare industry in China.It has added Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Shenzhen to the company's worldwide DHL Thermonet network of certified life sciences stations.The 2,000 sq m facilities in Shanghai and Beijing are owned by DHL Global ...
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BidAir acquires Imperial Air Cargo
Johannesburg based BidAir Cargo has acquired the business of Imperial Air Cargo (IAC) in a deal approved by the South African Competition Commission.IAC’s network links Johannesburg, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Durban with overnight services using a trio of contracted Boeing 737-200 freighters.The cargo flights are integrated with land based ...
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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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Eastward push for global trade
A substantial shift to emerging economies is pushing eastward the world’s economic centre of gravity, says global logistics giant DHL in its latest study.The third edition of DHL’s Global Connectedness Index (GCI) indicates that emerging countries are now involved in the majority of "international interactions".This is in contrast to pre-2010, ...
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DHL expands Asia air network
DHL is expanding its Asia air network by adding a five times per week B737-400SF flight connecting the economies of Thailand, Vietnam and Hong Kong.The new service, operated for the parcels and logistics giant by Thailand’s K-Mile Air, connects Bangkok, Hanoi and Hong Kong, using a newly converted freighter with ...
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DP DHL: air freight in Q3 surge
New business helped logistics giant Deutsche Post DHL record a 2.3 per cent growth in air freight volumes to 2.97m tonnes in the first nine months of 2014 versus prior year, outpacing sector revenues that edged ahead 0.6 per cent to E3.7bn.However, third-quarter air cargo volumes climbed “significantly” by 4.8 ...
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First phase of DHL Leipzig hub expansion opens for business
DHL’s major expansion of its Leipzig air hub has seen the first phase of an expanded warehouse facility open today.Announced a year ago, the €150m investment will see the freight processing capacity increase by 50% to more than 15,000 shipments per hour at Germany's second largest airport by cargo volume.Hand ...
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DHL Supply Chain boosts Chinese logistics investment
DHL Supply Chain (DSC) has more than doubled its commitment to infrastructure investment in China, with a further Euro113m added to the Euro105m committed by the German-owned logistics operator last year.The total Euro218m investment will support the development of DHL’s Chinese network and, in particular, six new logistics facilities scheduled ...
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Cologne-Bonn provides air cargo support to fight Ebola virus
Cologne-Bonn Airport has allocated a staging area free of charge to facilitate the consolidation of air shipments in support of humanitarian organisations fighting the Ebola virus outbreak in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.The Logistics Cluster, a group of humanitarian organisations led by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), will ...