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Africa: The view of UPS
Q: How have UPS’ operations changed on the African continent over the past two years?A: Connecting with African-domiciled customers is a key to growth, so [we] have been focusing more on the needs of the African customer, both from an export and import perspective. Approaching the African mar-ketplace in this ...
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Africa: The rising stars of airfreight look to expansion
While Ethiopian Airlines is likely to dominate Africa’s future cargo industry for a while, that does not rule out smaller operators staking their own claim.In northern Africa, Air Algerie is planning to replace its Lockheed freighter with two 737-700 combis, and possibly spinning off its cargo division into a wholly-owned ...
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Silk Way upgrades Budapest freighter
Azerbaijan carrier Silk Way West has upgraded the freighter aircraft on its twice weekly flights between Budapest and Baku.Silk Way West launched a twice weekly B767-300F service between the Hungarian and Azerbaijan capital cities in March 2014, offering around 53 tonnes of cargo capacity, but also substituting with B747-400F aircraft ...
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DHL refines risk management system
DHL's Resilience360 risk management tool can now be integrated with customer's transport management systems, allowing them to view shipments affected by disruptive incidents.Customers can then scan the latest position and status of all their shipments worldwide and identify corrective actions.Recent incidents monitored by Resilience 360 included the ash cloud from ...
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Etihad: Expanding on all fronts
To talk to Etihad is to be taken back to the golden age of air cargo - a time of double digit growth, expanding freighter fleets and new belly cargo routes. Once, all air cargo was like this.Full year figures were not yet published at time of writing, but based ...
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Spotlight on African air cargo
Trade opportunities in Africa and its contribution to economic growth will again come under the spotlight at this year’s Air Cargo Africa conference and exhibition, co-hosted by South African Airways Cargo (SAA Cargo).The conference and exhibition will take place at Emperor’s Palace in Kempton Park from 25-27 February 2015. Air ...
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Pharma helps K+N airfreight outpace the market
Kuehne+Nagel beat 2014 airfreight market growth with a 5.3 per cent increase in volumes to 1.2m tonnes for the full year.The Switzerland-based logistics giant’s air cargo increase is more than twice last year’s global market benchmark average of between three and four per cent.K+N, the world’s second largest airfreight forwarder ...
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Losses mount at dampened Damco
Damco, the global logistics arm of Danish shipping group AP Moller Maersk, more than doubled its annual losses to $293m for the full year 2014.The ocean giant parent said that Damco's losses were due to “significant” impairment hits in 2014 and “reduced profitability” in its ocean and airfreight segments.Netherlands- headquartered ...
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Minister praises Singapore streamlining
Initiatives by Singapore ground handler SATS to streamline cargo pallet handling, and a warehouse reorganisation to reduce processing time were among projects singled out for praise by Singapore’s transport minister Josephine Teo.There was also ministerial praise for a cargo track and trace scheme by forwarder DB Schenker.The Aviation Productivity Conference, ...
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Plugging the airfreight information gap
London-based charter specialist chartersphere and software company WebCargoNet aim to plug the gaps in existing airline schedules and rates with a new partnership.Existing information sources do not fully cover the needs of shippers of outsized or urgent goods, or a shipment to a remote destination not covered by scheduled services, ...
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Panalpina predicts 3%-4% air cargo market growth in 2015
Panalpina expects the airfreight market to grow by between three and four per cent in 2015, driven by the technology, perishables and industrial consumables sectors.The Switzerland-headquartered multi-modal logistics company predicts that airline rates will “stay the same or even increase in selected trade lanes”, even though there is pressure on ...
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Lieb to quit DB Schenker Logistics
Thomas Lieb, management board chairman of Schenker AG, will leave the German logistics company at the end of this month “by best mutual agreement”.The 56 year-old will take on new responsibilities outside the German railway parent company, Deutsche Bahn Group.Dr Lieb has resigned “immediately” as head of business unit at ...
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DB Schenker to open Heathrow temperature-controlled site
DB Schenker Logistics will open a new perishables handling facility at London Heathrow at the end of March.The 11,000 sq ft facility will have cross-dock capability to eliminate contamination exposure and will allow for reduced manual handling.Schenker UK chief executive Helgi Ingolfsson said: “I have high hopes for this ultra-modern ...
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Time to rethink UK air links
Access from the UK's regions must be considered in deciding future runway capacity in the south-east of England, said chair of the National Connectivity Task Force, Lord John Shipley, in a new report.For the past 20 years, the Department for Transport had effectively prioritised international air access over domestic services ...
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Hong Kong will be a three-runway airport by 2023
Hong Kong's government has approved a third runway for the city’s international airport.Expected to open by 2023, it will help the island maintain its status as the world’s busiest air cargo hub and help Hong Kong maintain its position against other Asian rivals in China and Singapore.The HK$141.5bn (US$18.2bn) scheme ...
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India's Jet Airways to wet-lease Etihad freighter
India’s Jet Airways is to launch dedicated freighter operations using an A330-200F aircraft wet-leased from its strategic-partner, Etihad Airways.Subject to regulatory approvals, the aircraft will fly from an operating base in New Delhi from April 2015 to a number of international and domestic destinations, including Bangalore, Hong Kong, Hanoi and ...
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FedEx sees peak season bounce
US parcels giant FedEx saw third quarter revenues up four per cent to $11.7bn.“We had a very successful peak season as volumes grew across all transportation segments, and our profit improvement programs are moving ahead as scheduled,” said Fred Smith, FedEx Corp chairman, president and chief executive officer.Operating results for ...
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Shanghai’s new perishables centre to open in July
Shanghai Pudong International Airport Cargo Terminal (PACTL) says its new perishable centre is nearing completion and should go into operation in July 2015, once it has gained IATA certification.The 3,500 sq m site will include a deep freeze area (-18 degrees Celsius), several cool storage facilities (+4 to +8 degrees ...
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Unions call for halt to Cargolux outsourcing plan
The Luxembourg Confederation of Christian Trade Unions (LCGB) has called for a written assurance that Cargolux will not press ahead with a controversial outsourcing plan as the Luxembourg freighter operator seeks to return to profit.The demand came as the LCGB and the OGBL union continued their negotiations on a new ...
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IAG out in front with e-AWBs
IAG Cargo claims that it has the highest e-air waybill (e-AWB) penetration in Europe.As of January, its e-AWB penetration was 34 per cent, well above the industry average of 25 per cent, said the freight arm of British Airways and Iberia.IAG Cargo has made e-AWBs available in more than 160 ...