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News‘Hot ice’ discovered at Sydney airfreight depot
A handout photo made available by New South Wales Police on 31 October 2019 shows bottles of sriracha chilli sauce containing methylamphetamine that were seized in Sydney, Australia. A joint investigation led to the arrest of four men over the importation of 400kg of methylamphetamine concealed in the bottles.The Australian ...
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Air Cargo Americas: Miami hopes to expand e-commerce pre-clearance programme
Miami International Airport (MIA) is hoping to expand the e-commerce pre-clearance programme it has set up with Brazil to other countries in Latin America.Speaking at the Air Cargo Americas event taking place in Miami this week, Miami-Dade Aviation Department manager for the aviation, trade & logistics marketing Emir Pineda said ...
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NewsCargo bosses fear reputational risk from trade sanctions as US imposes $1.3bn in penalites for 2019
Around 80% of cargo businesses named reputational risk as driving their trade sanctions and export risk compliance programmes as the US authorities have already imposed a record $1.3bn in penalties this year.Accuity, the provider of financial crime screening and payments solutions, said that its survey made it clear that “the ...
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NewsAir Cargo Americas: Air cargo must be flexible in response to political turmoil
Air Cargo Americas conference sessionThe air cargo industry must be flexible in order to respond to the ongoing political unrest in South America, according to speakers at Air Cargo Americas.The last few years has seen several incidents of political unrest in South America leading to disruptions to trade with other ...
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DHL: Poor logistics infrastructure could hold back e-commerce growth in Latin America
A new report from DHL and the Panamanian Government suggests that poor logistics infrastructure could hold back the growth of e-commerce in Latin America.The white paper states that e-commerce is predicted to grow at an annual rate of 22% in Latin America through 2021 and that, between 2016 and 2018, ...
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Transport group welcomes extension to Brexit contingency for air
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has welcomed yesterday's news that the European Union (EU) has approved the extension of two contingency measures by another seven months to maintain road haulage and air connectivity in the event of a No Deal Brexit.Under the agreement, the road haulage contingency measure, which was ...
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Sheremetyevo Airport co-operates with customs to meet international cargo growth
Sheremetyevo International Airport has been ramping up its relationship with customs at the airport in order to meet international cargo volume growth.According to the Federal Air Transport Agency of the Russian Federation, over the first nine months of 2019, Sheremetyevo Airport handled more than 268,000 tons of cargo and mail, ...
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NewsDHL and TAPA team up on supply chain security intelligence
TAPA, the transport industry association that promotes supply chain security, is to work with DHL Resilience360, the integrator’s cloud-based supply chain risk management platform that helps businesses to predict, assess and mitigate the risk of supply chain disruptions, in a partnership on cargo crime intelligence.DHL said that the collaboration will ...
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NewsTwo WFS pharma centres in South Africa receive GDP certification
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has been awarded with Good Distribution Practice (GDP) certifications (ISO9001:2015) for its temperature-controlled pharma centres in Johannesburg and Cape Town in South Africa.The organisation – which currently handles more than 65,000 tonnes of air cargo a year, including pharmaceuticals, for airline customers in Johannesburg and Cape ...
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NewsBCUBE adopts IATA's DG Autocheck solution
Cargo handler BCUBE Air Cargo has adopted the IATA Dangerous Goods (DG) AutoCheck solution to improve procedures around the handling of DG.The digital tool allows companies to check compliance of the shipper’s DG declaration against all relevant rules and regulations contained in the IATA regulations.It will also enable electronic consignment ...
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FTA: We need more information to prepare for Brexit
The logistics industry has responded to the UK government's Brexit announcement yesterday (October 17).James Hookham, deputy chief executive of the Freight Transport Association (FTA), has urged the UK government to answer questions raised by his organisation.In a statement, Hookham commented: “The FTA has been very consistent in wanting to keep ...
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NewsVolga-Dnepr delivers bio medicines in fight against Ebola
Last week (October 8) Volga-Dnepr undertook an emergency cargo flight carrying mobile biomedical laboratories to assist the Mérieux Foundation in its fight against the Ebola virus.One of Volga-Dnepr's fleet of twelve An-124-100 aircraft was especially positioned in Lyon-Saint Exupery airport in France to respond to the urgent needs of the ...
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NewsCaspian Air Cargo Summit: Industry must prepare for future growth
IATA head of cargo Glyn Hughes has called on the air cargo industry to "apply equal vigour" to all the "challenges and opportunities" currently faced by the industry.Speaking at the Caspain Air Cargo Summit in a global market outlook session, Hughes gave an overview of the tough market conditions that ...
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FIATA World Congress: "Digitisation is key to reducing bottlenecks at hubs"
Dr Oliver Peltzer, partner and head practice group transport, aviation, logistics at law firm Arnecke Sibeth Dabelstein, has called for the digitisation of customs procedures to help reduce cargo bottlenecks at borders."Transport systems involving multiple carriers require a vast number of documents that have to be produced at customs every ...
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FTA urges members to continue preparing for no-deal despite latest proposal
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) is urging its members to continue preparing for a no-deal Brexit despite the UK government's latest proposal.Earlier this week UK prime minister Boris Johnson proposed that when the UK leaves the European Union (EU), Northern Ireland would stay in the single market for goods, but ...
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New software to speed up e-commerce customs clearance at Leipzig/Halle
New customs software at Leipzig/Halle Airport will ensure e-commerce shipments are processed more quickly and efficiently.The ZODIAK software, developed and operated by the Hamburg software specialist DAKOSY, has been approved for all ATLAS customs procedures and is now being used at Germany's second-largest air freight hub by ground handling service ...
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NewsReform of slot allocation rules vital for Virgin’s Heathrow expansion plans
Virgin Atlantic has called on the government to reform the way slots are allocated at London Heathrow airport as it unveils ambitious plans to add up to 84 new destinations once the third runway is completed.Dominic Kennedy, managing director, cargo at Virgin Atlantic, said: “Our volumes grew 6% in 2018 ...
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NewsNew technology is focus of FIATA congress in Cape Town
The influence of new technology will come under the spotlight at the FIATA World Congress 2019 being held in Cape Town, South Africa, this week.Babar Badat, president of FIATA (International Federation of Freight Forwarding Associations) says delegates will come together to “discuss the changes in the logistics and freight forwarding ...
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UPU rates vote still leaves issue of under-reporting of duties by Chinese retailers
President Trump’s success in winning higher rates for e-commerce packages entering the US postal delivery system still leaves open courier industry concerns about Chinese retailers using postal services to under-report duties.UK courier company ParcelHero welcomed the vote by the member countries of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) to approve a ...
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WestJet Cargo to temporarily embargo lithium battery shipments
Canada-based airline WestJet has placed a temporary embargo on all shipments containing lithium-ion and lithium-metal batteries until further notice.The airline said the embargo includes UN 3481 and UN3090 for both restricted and unrestricted batteries packed with or contained in equipment."No further bookings will be taken for lithium-ion or lithium-metal battery ...