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Hong Kong and Taiwan boost Kerry interims
Hong Kong-based logistics firm Kerry Logistics Network showed little sign of the Chinese financial crisis in its interim results for the six months ended 30 June.However, group managing director William Ma warned that the global economy “continued to be plagued with volatility in the first half of 2015” although its ...
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Small fry take wing with Volga-Dnepr
Volga-Dnepr has delivered a shipment of 1.2m Muksun fish to help repopulate the freshwater Ob River basin in northern Russia.The whitefish, mostly found in the Siberian Arctic waters, were transported in four 2.5 ton water containers with oxygen tanks from St. Petersburg to Salekhard onboard one of the Boeing 737 ...
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Asia slowdown impacts Schiphol’s cargo first half
Asian and European volume declines saw Amsterdam Airport Schiphol handle 784,567 cargo tonnes in the first six months of 2015, down 2.1% on 2014. The figures were mainly impacted by declines in Asia traffic (down 3.8% at 293,293 tonnes) and Europe (down 16.2% to 64,198 tonnes). Other regions held up ...
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Laser lights...action...charter
Delicate laser technology cargo has flown by freighter from Sweden to Japan after six months of detailed planning and preparation.The high value industrial laser equipment was carried from Orebro in Sweden by Volga-Dnepr Airlines on one of its IL-76TD-90VD aircraft.The cargo required a non-standard engineering solution and a temperature-controlled environment ...
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Nigeria looks to set up new national carrier
The Nigerian Government has set up a committee to look into re-establishing a national airline.It will be chaired by former Discovery Airlines chairman, Captain Mohammed Abdulsalam, and is tasked with reviewing reports by previous consultants and the collapse of the now defunct Nigeria Airways, along with other failed private carriers.The ...
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Saudia Cargo resumes freighter operations to JFK
Saudi Airlines Cargo will start operating weekly freighter flights between Jeddah and New York’s JFK airport from September 4 “in response to the size of the growing demand for shipping operations”.The airline's acting VP Commercial, Rainer Mueller, said: "This step will enhance the activity of air cargo operations to and ...
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Leipzig/Halle airport hits record volumes in July
Freight volumes at Leipzig/Halle Airport, Germany’s second-largest cargo hub, set a new record in July with throughput totaling 84,397 tonnes, an increase of 7.7% over like month 2014.July was the third record-setting month in 2015, said the airport authority, which added that the volume of cargo between January and July ...
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Vienna bids to raise Malta stake
Flughafen Wien (Vienna Airport) is to make a €3 per share offer for Canadian-based SNC Lavalin’s stake in Malta International Airport.Since the Mediterranean island airport was privatised in 2002, 40% of it has been held by Malta Mediterranean Link Consortium, in which Flughafen Wien AG has a 57.1% holding via ...
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Korean keeps up a 747 tradition
Korean Air has taken delivery of the first of a fleet of ten 747-8 Intercontinental passenger planes. The carrier is the first airline in the world to operate both the passenger and freighter versions of the 747-8.Korean Air currently operates seven 747-8 freighters. Its 28-strong cargo fleet also includes 747-400, ...
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Cochin is India’s first all-solar powered airport
Cochin International Airport in India says it has become the first in the country to operate completely on solar power.Chief minister Oommen Chandy has inaugurated a 12 MWp solar power plant, comprising 46,150 solar panels laid across 45 acres near the cargo complex. The plant is now producing 50,000 to ...
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Ask before you ship, FedEx chief tells aerospace exporters
Aircraft part manufacturers should get proper advice and provide customs brokers with information well in advance, says FedEx Europe managing director, David Poole.With a growing market, particularly in Asia, UK aerospace companies need more support and assistance he argues. One of the largest stumbling blocks to the transport of aerospace ...
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Saudia appoints ACP as GSA in South Africa
ACP Worldwide has been appointed South African cargo general sales agent (GSA) for Saudia Cargo.The carrier currently operates three times weekly B747 freighter flights from Johannesburg to Jeddah and Amsterdam, shared with Nairobi, and ACP will also sell belly space on the carrier’s three times weekly B777-200 wide-body flights between ...
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Now we’re getting rally cross
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering and logistics partner GAC transported 19 Rallycross cars from Canada to Norway on a chartered Kalitta Air B747-200F for the FIA World Rallycross Championship.It is the first time cars for the competition have been transported by air.The occasion was attended by Norwegian rally drivers Petter Solberg and ...
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South Africans ready to click to ship
AMI has extended its click2ship service to its South African operations. The system allows bona fide freight agents to obtain online, all-inclusive quotations for shipments, including collection and delivery, which can subsequently be converted to bookings. Additional services such as insurance can also be booked online.The service was first launched ...
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NetDespatch smooths AMI service
Airfreight and express wholesaler Air Menzies International (AMI) is using NetDespatch’s data management platform to improve its customers’ international deliveries.AMI provides neutral airfreight and express wholesale services exclusively to freight forwarders and couriers, using its buying power to purchase large volumes of capacity and passing the benefits on to its ...
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Dubai half year boost for Virgin Atlantic
Virgin Atlantic Cargo carried over 30% more cargo from Dubai in the first half of 2015, boosted by additional US routes and frequencies, and traffic generated as a result of the US port disruptions.For the six months ended June 2015, the airline carried 2,400 tonnes ex Dubai, compared with ...
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SPECIAL REPORT: How long will Japanese air cargo growth last?
Last year, major Japanese airports recorded strong air cargo volume increases after years of stagnation.It has been suggested that a weakening in the value of the yen and increasing costs for producing in China resulted in some manufacturing moving back to Japan.Japanese companies also increasingly developing highly complex components, which ...
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Five join Frankfurt cargo club
Air Cargo Community Frankfurt, the association of companies, institutions and organisations promoting the German freight hub, has welcomed five new members.The arrival of Swissport Cargo Services Deutschland, Dachser, Thermotraffic, Sovereign Speed and my Logistics means that the number of members in the association is now 33.“We are delighted about the ...
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Emirates adds flights to second Iranian city
Emirates SkyCargo will increase its airfreight capacity to Iran next month, when the Dubai-based carrier’s passenger arm begins a five times a week non-stop A330-200 flight to Mashhad from September 1.Mashhad, in north east Iran, will become Emirates’ second Iranian destination after the capital city Tehran, which Emirates has been ...
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Tex Gunning to leave TNT CEO role if FedEx succeeds in takeover bid
TNT Express chief executive Tex Gunning will be replaced by David Binks if FedEx’s $4.8bn takeover, due to be launched on Monday, is successful.The two companies today announced that, on Monday, FedEx will make its recommended public cash offer for all the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of TNT Express.The ...