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ABC achieves Cargo iQ certification
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has gained Cargo iQ, formerly Cargo 2000, certification for meeting the IATA organisation’s quality standards.Following a two-day inspection, ABC’s quality certificate is valid for two year and acknowledges the airline’s conformance to Cargo iQ’s quality requirements.The audit process reviewed ABC’s quality management programme, data analysis, customer service ...
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Precision receives new freighter conversion orders for express airlines
Precision Aircraft Solutions has had a busy start to the year after receiving an order for eight freighter conversions and delivering three aircraft to customers.The conversion firm confirmed it has received eight orders for Boeing 757-200 passenger-to-freighter conversions.Six of the orders came from China Postal Airlines, while new cargo airline ...
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NewsPanalpina sees air cargo volumes jump despite tough market conditions
UPDATED: Panalpina recorded a market-beating 5% increase in airfreight volumes during the first quarter of the year as it counteracted a tough oil and gas market but pre-tax earnings declined.The Switzerland-based freight forwarder recorded first-quarter air cargo volumes of 216,000 tons compared with 205,000 tons for the same period in ...
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dnata becomes a DWC millionaire
Air services provider dnata has reached a key air cargo milestone at its Dubai World Central (DWC) operation, handling over 1m tonnes at the Middle East hub during its first five years of operation.From a debut year throughput of 89,729 tonnes in 2011, DWC handled 170,260 tonnes in 2015, helped ...
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Temperature-sensitive cargo — Emirates has it covered
Emirates SkyCargo has launched White Cover Advanced, a next-generation version of its protection product for valuable temperature-sensitive cargo, including pharmaceuticals.Weighing no more than 3kg, the special sheet completely encloses the shipment and allows for cooling during transportation and cold storage. Application takes two people no more than eight minutes to ...
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Swiss WorldCargo signs deal to offer new range of temperature controlled containers
Swiss WorldCargo will offer a new range of temperature controlled containers after signing a deal to offer va-Q-tec’s devices directly to its customers.va-Q-tec offers five “passive” hard shell container sizes, taking up to two pallets inside, that can offer temperature ranges from -70°C to +25°C.Swiss head of cargo Ashwin Bhat ...
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Indian airlines have fines for alleged cargo cartel set aside
Jet Airways, SpiceJet and IndiGo have been given the opportunity to have fines levied against them by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for an alleged air cargo cartel overturned.Late last year, Jet Airways was fined R1.5bn, IndiGo received a R637.4m penalty and SpiceJet was hit with a R424.8m fine ...
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DHL opens advanced Singapore facility featuring robotic technology
DHL Supply Chain has opened an Advanced Regional Center (ARC) in Singapore featuring automation systems with advanced robotics.The 90,000sq m facility, which increases the logistics firm’s warehousing footprint on the island by 40%, uses 130 robotic shuttles to pick and store products from 72,000 locations spread across 26 levels.DHL believes ...
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Blue Dart benefits from rise of business to consumer demand in India
Indian express air cargo carrier Blue Dart posted a double-digit increase in profits for the quarter ended March 31.The airline, which is 70% owned by Deutsche Post, recorded a 17% year on year increase in profit after tax for the quarter ended March 31 to R404.9m. Profits for the full ...
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NewsKuehne + Nagel records small drop in Q1 airfreight demand
Kuehne + Nagel registered a slight decline in airfreight volumes during the first quarter of the year on the back of a slowdown in market demand.The Switzerland-based forwarder, which last year saw air cargo tonnage grow ahead of the market, reported a 0.3% year on year first-quarter demand decline to ...
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Brussels Airport sees official launch of Air Cargo Belgium
Air Cargo Belgium (ACB), the new air cargo community organisation at Brussels airport, had its official launch this week.The new organisation, whose formation was announced in December last year, groups all companies at BRUcargo, the airport’s airfreight cluster, as well as related stakeholders or official organisations.Said BRUCargo: “Traditionally, there have ...
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Pharma GDP for IJS Global GEFCO Netherlands
IJS Global GEFCO Netherlands (NL) has been awarded a Good Distribution Practice (GDP) certificate by the Dutch Ministry of Health.The internationally-recognised certificate shows that the company fulfils the requirements of the European Commission’s Guidelines on Good Distribution Practice of Medicinal Products for Human Use and of World Health Organization (WHO) ...
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Speculation grows around Amazon interest in Frankfurt-Hahn airport
Germany's up for sale Frankfurt-Hahn airport (HHN) is at the centre of industry rumours that e-tailer Amazon is considering taking a stake in the European cargo hub.A spokesperson for the airport said: "We cannot confirm that this speculation around Amazon/HHN is true."Loss-making Frankfurt-Hahn has been subject to a tender process ...
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Call for stricter drone regulations after incident near Heathrow
Experts are calling for stricter drone regulations after one of the devices is believed to have hit an aircraft approaching Heathrow airport.On Sunday afternoon the front of a British Airways Airbus-320 passenger aircraft approaching Heathrow is believed to have hit by a drone, sparking a police investigation.The incident was immediately ...
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Hong Kong cargo rise in March but Q1 still down 3.5%
Hong Kong, the world’s number one air cargo hub, experienced “mild growth” of 1.1% year on year in March to 398,000 tonnes but registered a first quarter 3.5% throughput decline over 2015 to 987,000 tonnes.The growth in cargo throughput in March was primarily due to a 5% growth in exports ...
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Saudia to add bellyhold links
Saudia will add bellyhold cargo services to new destinations Munich and Maldives in the coming weeks, with services to Ankara starting in the last quarter of 2016.Passenger bellyhold space of up to 30 tonnes will be available on Boeing 777 and Airbus A320/A330 passenger aircraft serving the new routes, said ...
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Microchip machines on the move via Moscow
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) moved some microchip production machines from Amsterdam to Dalian in China for forwarder, DB Schenker. They travelled on two ABC Boeing 747 freighter flights via the airline's hub in Moscow.The main machine systems were packed in specially-designed containers with internal climate control; additional parts were crated with ...
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TNT signs pharma duo for Medpak service
TNT has signed up two global customers for its new cold chain packaging and shipping solution, Medpak VI°C.The Europe-based express operator did not name the customers but said that one is “a leading clinical trial company” while the other is “a global biotech company”.Medpak VI°C, which guarantees a temperature variance ...
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Cargolux adds frequency to Ho Chi Minh service
Cargolux has added a third weekly frequency to its Ho Chi Minh operation in response to growing demand from the country.The extra frequency started today (April 14), with the outbound flight routed via Doha and the return leg via Singapore and Luxembourg.The airline said it had served the city since ...
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Kerry raises stake in Indian forwarder
Asia-based Kerry Logistics has signed a memorandum of understanding to increase its stake in Chennai, India-based Indev Logistics.The announcement was made at the re-branding ceremony held on 13 April in New Delhi in the presence of minister for commerce and industry, Ms Nirmala Sitharaman.Indev will be renamed as Kerry-Indev Logistics, ...