All articles by Rebecca Jeffrey – Page 63
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NewsUPS plumps supply chain operations with new US and UK facilities
UPS has invested in new facilities in the UK and US to support its logistics supply chain operations.The logistics company will lease a new 40,000 sq ft cargo building currently being built at Tampa International Airport in Florida.The Hillsborough County Aviation Authority-owned building will be a purpose-built sorting facility for ...
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Cathay Cargo teams up with Tower Cold Chain to improve pharma services
Cathay Cargo has signed a global long-term rental agreement with Tower Cold Chain that will provide access to a wider range of temperature-controlled containers.Designed for the transportation of pharmaceutical, biotech and life-science products, Tower’s containers offer Cathay customers more choices in terms of size and payload volume, in both Euro ...
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NewsAir Menzies International expands in Canada
Sam Wangpeng, country manager for Canada. Photo: Air Menzies InternationalAirfreight wholesaler Air Menzies International (AMI) has opened a new branch near Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada.The new branch is AMI’s second in Canada and will offer a variety of wholesale airfreight services, including door-to-door services on global import and ...
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NewsAero Africa appointed cargo GSSA for Salam Air in Kenya
Aero Africa has been appointed cargo General Sales & Services Agent (GSSA) for Salam Air in Kenya, effective March 30.Salam Air's freighter service from Nairobi to Oman is due to start from April 9, utilising an Airbus A321-200 passenger to freighter (P2F) conversion aircraft once a week.The frequency will be ...
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NewsAGI Global Logistics hires group operations director
Alex Kelly. Photo: AGI Global LogisticsUK-based AGI Global Logistics has appointed Alex Kelly as group operations director.Kelly has 20 years’ experience of senior management positions within logistics and freight forwarding sectors.His new role will oversee a broad range of elements within the business, and will include focus on areas such ...
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NewsMaersk Air Cargo launches new US-China flights
Photo: MaerskMaersk Air Cargo has introduced two new US-China routes as it continues to expand its global operations.The airline will operate two weekly flights between Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport and Shenyang Taoxian International Airport, and two weekly flights between Chicago Rockford International Airport and Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport.Both services will be ...
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NewsCainiao partners with Shenzhen Airport and Atlas Air to advance air cargo
Photo: AlibabaCainiao Network has partnered with Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport to establish an air cargo centre and expanded its partnership with Atlas Air to launch more international chartered cargo flights from Shenzhen.The new flights from Shenzhen, China to São Paulo, Brazil, will operate twice a week, with a loading capacity ...
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China's first cargo-focused airport launches international flights
China's first cargo-focused airport has launched its inaugural international route with a Belgium-bound flight.The all-cargo aircraft, loaded with some 100 tonnes of freight, departed Ezhou Huahu Airport in Hubei Province on April 1, according to China's state press agency Xinhua.This route is scheduled to provide two round-trip cargo flights each ...
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NewsSATS completes acquisition of WFS
Photo: WFSSingapore-based aviation services company SATS has completed the acquisition of cargo handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) for €1.3bn.SATS struck a deal last September to buy WFS from an affiliate of asset investor Cerberus Capital Management. The transaction has an enterprise value of €2.25bn.WFS is now a fully owned subsidiary ...
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CargoAi helps customers to go paperless
CargoAi has launched a new feature to support its users with the transition to the electronic Air Waybill (eAWB).The digital company said that from April 3 the 9,000 freight forwarders using CargoMART will be able to send FWB and FHL, once the booking is made, to more than 80 airlines.The ...
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NewsK&N begins weekly cargo flights from Stuttgart to Alabama
Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) has begun operating weekly international cargo flights from Germany into Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Alabama.The logistics company said its first charter cargo flight into Birmingham-Shuttlesworth from Stuttgart, Germany took place on April 2, using a Boeing B747-8F operated by Atlas Air.This milestone flight follows an agreement in February ...
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Logistics UK: Sustainability takes flight
Air cargo is a vital part of the logistics sector, providing fast and efficient transportation of goods around the world to meet increasing online consumer demand, but is arguably one of the most difficult modes to decarbonise.As the economy faces rising fuel costs, it is crucial that both government and ...
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Putzger perspective: Freighters lose altitude
Since late spring last year, truckers and ocean carriers have been wondering where the bottom of the market is as demand and rates continued to spiral downward.Now a growing number of players in the freighter market are concluding that it’s time to cut back.Management of shipping line NYK no longer ...
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InsightsLufthansa holds hope for a “good year”
Lufthansa Cargo is optimistic about its business prospects for this year with fleet and digitalisation investments continuing to shore up its growth goals.“Lufthansa is back” declared chief executive Carsten Spohr as the German airline announced record group operating profits of €1.5bn for 2022, the biggest financial turnaround in the carrier’s ...
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NewsTexel Air freighter begins operations in New Zealand for Parceline Express
Photo: Texel AirTexel Air Bahrain has deployed a Boeing B737-300 freighter to Auckland, New Zealand to operate charter services for Parceline Express, a subsidiary of Freightways and New Zealand Post.The freighter arrived in Auckland on Friday March 31 and will fly on a Auckland - Christchurch - Auckland route.Texel Air ...
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PT Rusky Aero Indonesia signs AerCap lease for 737-800BCFs ahead of launch
Lessor AerCap has signed lease agreements for two 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighters (BCF) with new cargo airline, PT Rusky Aero Indonesia, operating as Raindo United Services.The first passenger-to-freighter conversion will be completed by Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services Co. Ltd. (BSAS), and the second by Taikoo (Shandong) Aircraft Engineering Co. Ltd. ...
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China Southern Airlines to spin off logistics business
China Southern Airlines plans to spin off and list its logistics subsidiary on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE).The airline’s plan for China Southern Air Logistics was confirmed in an announcement on the SSE website on March 29.In the announcement, China Southern Airlines said the “spin-off still needs to meet a ...
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NewsLufthansa Cargo's Ashwin Bhat to be new chief executive
Ashwin Bhat. Photo: Lufthansa CargoLufthansa Cargo has selected chief commercial officer Ashwin Bhat to be its new chief executive.He is due to take up the chief executive position on April 15, and in his new role he will will continue to be responsible for product and sales.This follows current chief ...
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AviaAM Leasing delivers fourth 737-800BCF to Bluebird
AviaAM Leasing has delivered another 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) to Icelandic ACMI leasing and cargo airline Bluebird Nordic.This is the fourth aircraft in the Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) conversion programme for sister company and lessee Bluebird, and was originally due to be delivered in January.AviaAM said in a LinkedIn post: "AviaAM ...
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NewsIncheon Airport to benefit from e-commerce boom and invest in cargo
Photo: Incheon International AirportIncheon International Airport expects to benefit from a large-scale global distribution centre (GDC) for e-commerce that is due to be built in the Incheon Airport Free Economic Zone in August.When the GDC is completed, it is expected to generate approximately 8,000 tons of cargo and about 240 ...