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Thai Cargo seeks to widen EU security status
THAI CARGO is in the process of applying for European Union security accreditation to handle airfreight from customers in New Delhi and Madras.The regulations require air carriers flying air cargo and mail into the EU to be designated as an ‘Air Cargo or Mail Carrier operating into the Union from ...
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Cargo crime up 66 per cent
A SUPPLY chain watchdog is calling for greater collaboration between European law enforcers and businesses following an increase in air cargo crime.An annual report conducted by the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) reveals 1,145 individual crimes involving high value, high risk goods across Europe, the Middle East and African regions ...
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Coming soon: a global air cargo standard for pharma
MEDICAL authorities are devising a GDP-style global standard regulation covering the air transportation of pharmaceuticals and healthcare products.It will shake up the air cargo industry and weed out the bad operators.All 44 members of the Pharmaceutical Inspection Co-operation Scheme (PIC/S) are working on draft documentation inspired by the game-changing new ...
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Device designed to screen air cargo
THIS awkward-looking device is a metal detector, which has been designed specifically to screen air cargo shipments.It seeks out metal secreted in all types of paper, perishable foods and organic material, says manufacturer Mettler Toledo Safeline.The US company’s PowerPhasePRO Select digital metal detector automatically screens air cargo shipments for the ...
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IATA to facilitate a unified industry position on aircraft global tracking
IATA has called on governments and industry to focus on partnerships, data analysis and runway safety in the ongoing quest to make flying even safer.Tony Tyler, the association’s director general, speaking amid the ongoing search for MH370, also committed IATA to facilitating a unified industry position on global tracking of ...
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Lufthansa Cargo takes a strong lead on security
COUNTRIES in South America, the Middle East and Africa have been placed on a strictly confidential cargo-risk list.A map, drawn up by Lufthansa Cargo in combination with the German authorities and international bodies, including the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA), points the finger at those countries that are demonstrably less ...
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Lufthansa Cargo throws the book at security wastage
LUFTHANSA Cargo has demanded no double-screening of air cargo shipments, when stringent new international security regulations come into force in a matter of weeks.In a plea for a more efficient air cargo screening process, Karl-Rudolf Rupprecht, head of operations at the German airline, says the forthcoming implementation of the EU’s ...
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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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Air cargo ground handling profit margins squeezed
WITH margins ‘extremely tight and under constant pressure’ in the ground handling sector, businesses are facing mounting obstacles to delivering better quality.Carriers on the look-out for ever-lower prices has become a major bone of contention.Patrik Tschirch, managing director and chief operating officer at Germany’s LUG aircargo handling, argues: “Whilst our ...
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Is it time to ban these dangers?
I HAZARD no apologies for repeating here something we published on aircargonews.net only a few days ago.For readers who missed it, New York-based shipper Alfa Chemistry has been hit by a possible US$325,000 fine after it allegedly sent two separate shipments of toxic, flammable cargo by air.The US Department of ...
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Air cargo security starts at home
HARALD Zielinski, global head of security and environment management for Lufthansa Cargo, has just finished collaborating with professors Elmar Giemulla and Bastian Rothe on a new guide to air cargo security.To be published in June - so far only in German - and aimed at the non-specialist audience as well ...
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US food shipper faces hazmat fine
SHIPPER Uniliver BestFoods could be fined US$77,000 by the US Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for allegedly violating hazardous materials regulations.The FAA alleges the company sent a fibreboard box containing a pump bottle of flammable liquid styling spray and three aerosol cans of flammable gas hair spray for ...
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European regulations benefit Turkish air cargo operators
REGULATORY constraints on European airport expansion present a business opportunity for Turkish airlines and hubs, believes the head of Germany’s Dusseldorf Airport cargo division.Gerton Hulsman, Dusseldorf Airport Cargo managing director, told an audience of logistics students in Istanbul that carriers such as Turkish Airlines can take “a large chunk” of ...
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Air cargo to play a big role in Turkey's future
AIRFREIGHT has a key role in Turkey’s ambitious programme to be the world’s tenth largest economy by 2023, the 100th anniversary of the founding of the republic.Transportation, including the airport and aviation, is one of the six economic pillars supporting the 2023 Vision set out by Turkish Prime Minister Recep ...
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Shippers support Heathrow's cargo hub role
LONDON Heathrow's role as an air cargo hub for UK PLC needs to be safeguarded in the political debate over the country's plans for future airport capacity.The Multimodal conference audience in Birmingham heard from a shipper, freight forwarder and airline that the air cargo hub concept plays a vital part ...
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Emirates secures ACC3 validation
EMIRATES has successfully completed the validation process for the European Union-initiated ACC3 security regulation, becoming the Middle East region’s first air carrier to do so.The qualification ensures Emirates SkyCargo’s uninterrupted services into the EU.ACC3 is short for ‘air cargo or mail carrier operating into the EU from a third-country airport.’Failure ...
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Cargolux certified for simplified Customs access
CARGOLUX and sister company Cargolux Italia have become accredited European Commission Authorised Economic Operators (AEOs).It gives the all-cargo airlines simplified Customs access for shipments throughout the EU and beyond.The status was granted by the Luxembourg and Italian Customs administrations on behalf of the Directorate General for Taxation and Customs Union ...
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Runway rivals: Heathrow and Gatwick make their case
Heathrow and Gatwick airports have submitted rival proposals for new runway capacity in the UK.Heathrow wants a third runway, generating “at least £100 bn of UK economic benefits”, while Gatwick seeks to build a second runway, which its owners argue will produce an extra £40 bn of economic benefits to ...
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Emirates wins EU security validation for Dnata
DUBAI-based ground handler dnata has been validated as a Regulated Agent (RA3), enabling it to accept cargo on behalf of its airline customers for carriage to EU countries in accordance with the European Union’s new ACC3 security rules for incoming cargo and mail.The certification for its premises at Dubai International ...