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Singapore's SATS mints Kiwi lamb trade transhipments
Singapore ground handler SATS has received European Union (EU) approval as an authorised establishment for meat transhipment services between New Zealand and the EU.With this new trade flow, SATS is looking at an estimated 10% increase in lamb shipments over the next two years.Meat shipments from New Zealand destined for ...
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UPS expands dangerous goods network
UPS has expanded its global dangerous goods shipping programme by adding more than 400 commodities that can be accepted in its global air network and more than 300 products across its ground network in Europe.The company also increased the allowable quantity of select dangerous goods accepted for shipment.A UPS spokesperson ...
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DHL Express expedites Bahrain-Jeddah operation with new flight
DHL Express has added a new flight between Bahrain and Jeddah as it looks to speed up connection times between the two locations.The express operator said the flight will fly seven times a week utilising a B757 freighter, which is capable of carrying around 22 tonnes of cargo.The new flight ...
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Another CEIV station for DHL
DHL Global Forwarding's Shanghai station is the latest to achieve IATA's CEIV pharma certification.The certification of Shanghai comes shortly after the forwarder's stations in Dublin and Leipzig achieved the quality award.DHL started to certify its global stations according to the IATA CEIV Pharma Standard in the third quarter of 2016."Following ...
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New Peli president looks to grow BioThermal business
New Pelican Products group president Phil Gyori will target growth in the company’s BioThermal temperature controlled packaging division.Gyori was appointed to the role late last year and will report into chief executive Lyndon Faulkner, while leading all Pelican divisions – commercial/government; consumer; and Pelican BioThermal/Peli Bio Thermal.Prior to joining Pelican ...
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DHL’s Dublin station receives IATA CEIV Pharma certification
DHL Global Forwarding, the air, ocean and road freight specialist within the Deutsche Post DHL Group, has received Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV) certification for its DHL Air Thermonet airfreight station in Dublin.CEIV Pharma certification attests to “the highest service and quality standards for life ...
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Tigers sign new deal with Pos Malaysia to support e-commerce
Tigers Ltd, a Hong Kong-headquartered supply chain specialist, has inked a new deal with Malaysia’s national postal service provider Pos Malaysia, covering management of Pos Malaysia’s e-commerce facility in Kuala Lumpur.Tigers will manage Pos Malaysia’s e-commerce fulfilment out of the latter’s Cargo Centre at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) using ...
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UPS to expand DFW presence with $200m package facility
UPS has unveiled plans to build a new $200m package operations facility in Arlington, Texas, to cater for growth in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.UPS said the facility would span more than 1.1m sq ft on more than 110 acres and is scheduled for completion in 2018.UPS’s Red River District president ...
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UPS offers improved tracking technology to improve transparency
Global express services provider UPS has released an improved Flex Global View, a ‘management and visibility tool’ for air, ocean and surface freight shipping, including warehouse inventory, purchase orders and customs entry.UPS supply chain customers who log into Flex™ Global View will now benefit from upgrades including:Detailed shipping alerts – ...
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DHL Leipzig station receives IATA CEIV Pharma certification
The airfreight station in Leipzig of DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist within the Deutsche Post DHL Group, has been granted Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV) certification by IATA.IATA’s CEIV Pharma certification “attests the highest service and quality standards for life sciences ...
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Swiss drones on track for hospital deliveries
Swiss Post is to begin regular drone flights of laboratory samples between two hospitals in Lugano, Switzerland, from 2018.Switzerland’s Federal Office for Civil Aviation (FOCA) has given the project the green light after assessing 70 autonomous test flights undertaken by Swiss Post, the Ticino EOC hospital group and US-based drone ...
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Nairobi cargo terminal for perishables and dry cargo
A new cargo terminal for perishables and dry cargo is soon set to open at Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, East Africa.Logistics provider Mitchell Cotts commissioned the terminal, opening in September 2018, which will have an annual throughput capacity of 80,000 tons. There are already plans to expand ...
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UPS upgrades China/Europe rail service
UPS has added six more stations to its China/Europe rail service, offered as an alternative to airfreight.Changsha, Chongqing, Suzhou and Wuhan Stations have been added in China – as well as the existing stations of Zhengzhou and Chengdu – while in Europe additional stops are made in Duisburg, Germany and ...
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DHL adds US to Singapore e-commerce offering
DHL’s eCommerce division has launched a new service for Singapore-based online merchants, manufacturers and traditional retailers to ship their products to US consumers, for shipments up to 6.5kg.Parcel International Direct US offers an international shipping option with end-to-end tracking and a transit time of 4-6 business days. Inline retailers can ...
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Schiphol’s pharma efforts rewarded
IATA presented a certificate of recognition for the airport community’s pharma efforts at the World Cargo Symposium in Abu Dhabi.IATA senior vice president, airport, passenger, cargo and security, Nick Careen, handed over the certificate to Schiphol cargo director to Jonas van Stekelenburg in recognition of Schiphol’s support for its Center ...
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DHL eCommerce expands in South China
DHL eCommerce is increasing its presence in South China through the introduction of e-commerce logistics services in the Fujian province.The company also announced the expansion of its Shenzhen Distribution Center and Hong Kong Distribution Center to manage a capacity of 81m shipments a year.According to research, China's booming cross-border e-commerce ...
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Dig-it-isation for Lufthansa Cargo's new Cool Center
Lufthansa Cargo has started construction work on a new Cool Center at its Frankfurt hub. Sören Stark, board member operations, said during the ground-breaking ceremony: “We’ve gained a great deal of experience in the worldwide transport of sensitive medications. CEIV certification from IATA has recently highlighted this. “The excellent collaboration ...
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Couriers hit the ground running at ACS
Air Charter Service says its 2015 investment in its onboard courier division is paying dividends, with over 1,000 jobs last year.Global time critical manager, Oliver Weigelt, commented: “All credit must go to my team for the hard work that they have all put in. Our expansion in Asia in August ...
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DHL seeks CEIV status across the Americas
DHL’s Global Forwarding, arm is to certify a further seven of its 11 Americas stations to IATA’s CEIV Pharma Standard. It has already achieved CEIV status at Bogota, Colombia and the seven remaining stations – Atlanta, Chicago, Cincinnati, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia and San Juan - are expected to follow ...
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UPS scores top marks in healthcare survey
UPS and its specialist pharmaceutical supply chain arm, Marken have been recognised as top providers of temperature data collection and management services for clinical trial materials by an industry survey.New York-based Nice Insight’s 2017 Clinical Supply Chain Logistics Survey quizzed 320 healthcare decision-makers at large and midsize organizations in North ...