All Freight Forwarder articles – Page 64
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NewsRhenus partners with Wings for Aid on relief drone operations
Rhenus Air & Ocean and drone charity Wings for Aid have signed an agreement to work together to explore the feasibility of a strategic alliance for the 'last mile' delivery of relief goods in disaster areas.The two companies currently work together with Wings for Aid providing unmanned small airplanes and ...
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NewsTime:matters expands into China
Time critical logistics firm time:matters has added seven stations in China to its sameday air transport network as it continues with its global expansion strategy.The move will allow the logistics firm to offer services to and from stations in Shanghai (PVG), Shenyang (SHE), Beijing (PEK), Nanjing (NKG), Qingdao (TAO), Chengdu ...
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Kuehne+Nagel signs up with Vienna Airport's pharma handling centre
Kuehne+Nagel has signed up to use the Vienna Pharma Handling Center at the city's airport.The freight forwarder said that as a result of the deal it would have access to its own, exclusive handling area, at the new 1,600 sq m centre.Julian Jäger, member of the Management Board (COO) of ...
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Forwarders sign up for IATA's new rate platform
DB Schenker, Agility Logistics and Hellmann Worldwide Logistics have signed up to IATA's new air cargo rates platform, IATA Net Rates.IATA Net Rates aims to digitise the process of airlines and GSAs distributing rate sheets to forwarders using Excel spreadsheets and email, which the airline group said is "labor-intensive and ...
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NewsAir Menzies International signs up for new supply chain software
Airfreight and express firm Air Menzies International has signed up to use BluJay Solutions' new supply chain software across its global operations.The new platform, comprised of BluJay’s Transportation Management, Customs Management, and Control Tower applications, will replace AMI’s current operating systems.Steven Ritchie, Vice President, Information Technology at AMI, said: “This ...
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Retailers hopeful as US holds back on plan for more tariffs on Chinese goods
US retailers have expressed hope that progress made during talks between President Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping at the G-20 summit in Japan will lead to the end of the two countries’ trade war.On Saturday, the US President said that he would hold off imposing 25% tariffs on ...
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NewsCargolux freighter flights a work of art
Cargolux Airlines has transported 230 tons of artwork from the US to Basel, Switzerland, ahead of the Art Basel Fair 2019.The priceless commodities, totalling 104 pallets, were spread out over eight flights, three originating from Los Angeles and five from New York.Upon arrival in Luxembourg, the precious cargo was loaded ...
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NewsSwedish forwarder to offer 'carbon free' airfreight
Sweden-based freight forwarder Scandinavian Logistics Partners (Scanlog) will cease selling traditional airfreight and is now launching Always Carbon Offset Airfreight programme as it becomes the latest transport firm to make an environmental pledge.The company will from now on offset for the CO2e* emissions caused by the airfreight, including pre- and ...
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NewsDigital platform FreightBro signs MoU with Middle East logistics group
NAFL MoU SigningIndia-based freight forwarder platform FreightBro has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with The National Association of Freight and Logistics, (NAFL), Dubai, to help its 400 members to digitise their services.With this partnership, the forwarders in the Middle East region will be able to access import rates for ...
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NewsDB Schenker’s tailor-made outfit for textile hub Bangladesh
DB Schenker has opened a new entity in textile hub Bangladesh, identified as a priority market for the global freight forwarder with headquarters in Germany.Said a spokesperson for the logistics player: “Whereas before, customers relied on the service of a partner, Schenker Logistics (Bangladesh) Limited will now be fully operational ...
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Seminars aim to tackle Heathrow truck congestion
CCS-UK User Group – the not-for-profit body which represents users of the UK’s air cargo community data system – is hosting a series of seminars to showcase its solution for streamlining collections and deliveries of airfreight at Heathrow’s cargo terminal.Advance Information System (AIS) is a bolt-on module for CCS-UK that ...
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NewsCrane Worldwide opens Guyana office
Crane Worldwide Logistics has opened a new office in Guyana on the back of the South American country's growing economy.The office is located in Georgetown and offers airfreight, ocean freight, project cargo, customs brokerage and warehousing solutions in addition to services such as storage, packing, transportation and distribution.The Guyana operations ...
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NewsKerry Logistics teams up with Spanish postal service to target Chinese e-commerce
(L) George Yeo, Senior Advisor and former Chairman of Kerry Logistics, and Juan Manuel Serrano Quintana, President of the Board of Directors of CorreosKerry Logistics has announced a new partnership with Spanish national postal service Sociedad Estatal de Correos y Telégrafos as the two target Chinese e-commerce demand.The two groups ...
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NewsPolmans and Gadhia to take the reins at TIACA
Source: TIACASteven Polmans, Director Cargo and Logistics at Brussels Airport Company will take over as Chairman of The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA), with Sanjeev Gadhia, Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Astral Aviation, as Vice Chairman from next month.Polmans, who joined the TIACA Board in 2016, and has ...
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NewsFreightos launches airfreight rate and booking portal
Freightos has today launched a new online pricing and booking portal for airfreight as the digitisation of the sector continues to gather pace.The free WebCargo Sky platform is available to IATA certified airfreight forwarders and as well as offering instant pricing from more than 370 airlines, will allow forwarders to ...
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Combined DSV-Panalpina to take 6% of forwarding market
The combined DSV-Panalpina business will hold a market share of 6% when the deal is completed, according to a report by consultant Transport Intelligence (Ti)The Global Freight Forwarding Report 2019 described DSV's takeover of Panalpina as the "most high-profile development in the forwarding sector in the past twelve months".The merging ...
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NewsTop 25 airfreight forwarders 2018: K+N continues to close in on DHL
The world’s largest airfreight forwarders had a bumpy landing in 2018 following on from a stellar 2017 (full chart at end of article).Based on figures from consultant Armstrong & Associates, the leading 25 airfreight forwarders recorded a 4.2% increase in volumes to 16.7m tonnes last year.In most years this would ...
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NewsRhenus Logistics UK targets Middle East market
Logistics UK HQ in Port SalfordRhenus Logistics UK is predicting further growth in its Middle East business on the back of year-on-year growth in its air and sea routes between the region and the UK.The German-owned freight forwarding operator attributes this expansion to an economic renaissance in the region, which ...
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NewsDSV continues IT drive with centralised service centre
One of DSV's global IT support centre teamsDSV has developed a centralised IT service centre as it continues its drive towards standardised systems across the whole company.The Danish freight forwarder last year hired Lasse Lundemark as director of global IT support with the task of developing a global IT support ...
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NewsLogistics firm EFL launches Doha-Pittsburgh freighter operation
The EFL team and B777F freighterSri Lanka-based Logistics firm EFL recently launched a weekly B777F charter flight between Pittsburgh in the US and Doha as it targets "global brands".The service will create efficiencies by sourcing cargo that needs to be transported to the US from various locations in the Indian ...