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Hope Consortium adds forwarders to aid in Covid-19 vaccine distribution
A group of freight forwarders have been selected by the the Hope Consortium, a UAE-based public-private partnership, to support the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines across the globe.The latest consortium partners include Agility, Aramex, Hellmann and Kuehne+Nagel, which will help address the different steps of the logistical challenge, including last-mile distribution.The ...
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Kuehne+Nagel selected to handle vaccine distribution in Germany's most populous state
Kuehne+Nagel has been contracted by the German Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia to handle the logistical aspects of distributing Covid-19 vaccines in the state.As part of the contract, Kuehne+Nagel is operating the state's vaccine distribution centre.The logistics giant said vaccines are being ...
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Kuehne+Nagel launches freighter conversion logistics service
© 2020 KUEHNE + NAGEL All rights reservedFreight forwarder Kuehne+Nagel is targeting the growing passenger-to-freighter conversion market with a new logistics operation catering for the sector.The company said that it has developed an end-to-end logistics solution to support passenger aircraft into freighter aircraft in line with "changed cargo market requirements ...
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Kuehne+Nagel and Qatar Cargo team up for UNICEF charity flights
Forwarder Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) and Qatar Airways Cargo are donating airfreight services to UNICEF, supporting the United Nation’s children’s agency in its global efforts against the Covid-19 pandemic.The partnership is part of the ‘1 million kilos’ initiative, one aspect of the larger sustainability We Qare project from Qatar Airways Cargo. The ...
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K+N renews with NAM on Africa freighter deal
Freight forwarder Kuehne+Nagel has renewed its freighter deal with Network Airline Management covering the Africa-Europe trade.The deal has been extended by 12 months covering a minimum of four flights per week from Nairobi, Kenya, to both Liege, Belgium and Doncaster, UK.Network Airline Management provides Boeing 747 Freighter capacity with a ...
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K+N reports improved airfreight market in Q3
Kuehne+Nagel's airfreight operating profits and revenues were up in the third quarter of the year on the back of improved market and despite a decline in volumes.The Switzerland-headquartered forwarder saw third-quarter air cargo revenues increase by 8.7% year on year to Sfr1.2bn, gross profits were down 4.3% to SFr315m and ...
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ABC and K+N partner to carry out B747-8F pharma charter flight
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has teamed up with Kuehne+Nagel to carry out a pharma charter flight from Leipzig (Germany) to Guangzhou (China) via Novosibirsk (Russia).More than 500,000 vials of temperature-sensitive human albumin were packaged in Tyvek thermo covers and transported in 19 ULDs on the Boeing 747-8F flight.Nikolay Glushnev, general director, ...
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K+N opens Brussels and Johannesburg pharma hubs ahead of Covid vaccine
K+N PharmaChain cool dollies at Johannesburg AirportAhead of the anticipated widespread distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, which are being tested and trialed as part of various programmes around the globe, Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) has opened new pharma hubs in Brussels, Belgium, and Johannesburg, South Africa.Both facilities are GxP-certified and have dedicated areas ...
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Forwarders combat capacity crunch with expanded charter operations
Forwarders are strengthening their chartered freighter operations as bellyhold capacity continues to fall short of demand and the recovery timeframe for the passenger sector remains unclear.DSV expanded its airfreight charter network through its Panalpina operations and partnerships with air cargo carriers to offer cargo capacity and "reliable transit times" on ...
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K+N grabs market share from smaller forwarders
Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) has been grabbing market share from some of its smaller rivals as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak.Speaking following the announcement of its second-quarter results, K+N chief executive Detlef Trefzger said that its ability to maintain operations and connect with customers through technology had helped it to win ...
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K+N sees airfreight revenues and profits rise in H1
Kuehne + Nagel's air division experienced an increase in revenues and profits in the first half of the year despite the coronavirus outbreak.The forwarder recorded a 4.2% year-on-year increase in net turnover in the first half of this year to CHF2.5bn in 2020, while earnings before interest and tax (ebit) ...
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Kuehne+Nagel reports completion of sustainability goals
Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) has revealed in its Sustainability Report 2019 the "successful completion of our environmental goals" set out in its 2010 KN Green its sustainability strategy.K+N's Sustainability Report 2019 follows the 17 goals for sustainable development set out by the United Nations. In the report, K+N reveals that "all targets ...
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Top 25 air forwarders 2019: DHL leads the pack in a tough year
In a year marked by an ongoing trade war between China and the US, DHL Global Forwarding extended its lead as the world’s busiest airfreight forwarder in 2019 ahead of Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) and DB Schenker, while DSV Panalpina pushed into the top four (full table at the end of article).According ...
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K+N extends at Heathrow South to meet pharma requirements
AIPUT Heathrow South Cargo CentreGlobal forwarder Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) has signed a lease extension to 2030 for its Heathrow South Cargo Centre warehouse at Heathrow Airport.Landlord Aberdeen Standard Investments’ AIPUT fund (Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust) said that the agreement secures the site’s pivotal role as a nationally important facility for ...
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K+N controlling owner expects job losses
The controlling shareholder of Kuehne+Nagel expects the company to cut up to 25% of its workers as a result of the coronavirus' impact on supply chains.Reuters reports that Klaus-Michael Kuehne said in an interview with Die Welt that warehouse workers will be the most affected, while in terms of location ...
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DSV and K+N take differing approaches to job cuts during the Covid-19 crisis
In late April Copenhagen-headquartered DSV Panalpina announced that it would cut around 3,000 jobs as a result of the coronavirus outbreak and its impact on the market.The logic to the move could be seen in the volume declines reported by many of the major forwarders – if you aren’t selling ...
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K+N achieves IATA CEIV Pharma re-certification of entire cold chain network
Freight forwarder Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) has achieved IATA CEIV Pharma re-certification of its KN PharmaChain GxP Compliant Air Logistics network, which is present in 94 locations around the world.After conducting a thorough review, IATA CEIV Pharma auditors confirmed K+N the high standard of K+N PharmaChain network and granted re-certification ...
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K+N airfreight volumes slide in Q1 as Covid-19 takes its toll
Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) saw its airfreight volumes, revenues and operating profits decline in the first quarter of the year as the coronavirus outbreak took its toll on performance.The Switzerland-headquartered freight forwarder's airfreight business saw first-quarter revenues fall 6.8% to SFr1.1bn. Meanwhile, earnings before interest and tax (ebit) was down 5.8% to ...
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DSV sees German airfreight volumes take a hit
In 2019, the airfreight division of Denmark-headquartered freight forwarding DSV lost around one third of its German airfreight export cargo compared to the previous year, writes Oliver Link from Air Cargo News' sister title DVZ.The IATA CASS figures show that DSV Air & Sea suffered by far the greatest loss ...
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Luxembourg Airport to develop cargo community system
Participants in the Luxembourg CCS projectLuxembourg Airport has selected Nallian to implement a cargo community system (CCS) in order to offer a neutral data sharing platform for businesses based at the hub.The airport said that the CCS represented an important component of the Luxembourg Single Window for Logistics programme and ...