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Brussels gives green light to FedEx-TNT deal
FedEx and TNT Express say that the European Commission will not object to their planned merger, ahead of the expiry of a deadline on 23 October. The announcement clears a significant hurdle for the deal. Although clearance from competition authorities in other countries is still needed, the European Commission’s assent ...
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Qatar heads to northern dynamo
QATAR Airways Cargo plans to launch a freighter service to Stavanger, Norway, effective 3 November. Stavanger is the European oil and gas capital, with many of the major oil and gas companies and supplier companies having their Norwegian headquarters located there.Another significant export around the world is fish, while imports ...
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Africa: Home-grown talent boosts all-cargo sector
To date, there have been few African freighter operators on the continent, and almost no all-cargo carriers. That has started to change with the arrival of Astral Aviation in Kenya and Khuphuka Kings Airways in South Africa.Khuphuka, operating out of Durban King Shaka airport, started cargo services in early 2014 ...
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Solar-powered car takes flight with TNT
TNT transported a solar-powered car called Stella Lux from the Netherlands to Australia. The four-seat prototype will compete at the World Solar Challenge (18-25 October), a 3,000km race between Darwin and Adelaide.The Netherlands-based express operator said: “TNT shipped the car from Eindhoven to Liege, Belgium, then flew it to Singapore ...
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United adds Berlin and Hamburg to TempControl network
United Cargo has added German airport Berlin Tegel (TXL) and Hamburg (HAM) to its worldwide TempControl network for temperature-sensitive shipments.These additions bring the number of certified TempControl locations worldwide to 55.United services TXL via daily Boeing 767 widebody service to and from its hub at Newark Liberty (EWR). HAM is ...
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Detroit debut for DHL freighter
DHL has announced a new daily Boeing 767-200 freighter flight for Detroit Metropolitan Airport that upgrades the service for US importers and exporters based in Michigan.The flight enables the express parcel and logistics operator to provide earlier delivery times and later pick-up times by one hour on average.The freighter operates ...
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Indian pharma shippers and forwarders attend GDP academy
IAG Cargo and Exelsius Consultancy have continued their collaboration to improve standards for handling time- and temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical shipments.The partners’ Good Distribution Practice (GDP) Academy held a two-day course in Hyderabad, India, which was attended by 23 people from the shipper, forwarder, airline and ground handling community across India.The course ...
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CAL's double first for CEIV Pharma
CAL has become the first group to implement IATA's Center of Excellence for Independent Validators Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV) certification for both its freighter airline and cargo ground handling operations.The Liege-hubbed group’s road feeder services and other ground handlers are also validated by the CEIV, which means it provides “end-to-end pharma ...
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Improve perishable transport service quality to avoid losing share to ocean
Airfreight must improve service quality if it is to minimise the impact of customers with perishable goods switching to seafreight.Kuehne & Nagel's global business development manager for perishables logistics, Natasha Solano, said that over the last few years there had been a trend for perishable cargo to transfer over to ...
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Older ULDs can pose performance risk, warns CSafe White Paper
Temperature-controlled container manufacturer and supplier CSafe Global has released a white paper highlighting the problems and risk associated with using poorly maintained container stock.The paper, entitled “Maintenance of active ULDs and its positive impact on operational performance and longevity" is authored by Jonathan Neeld, CSafe director of certification & regulatory ...
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Lange joins FedEx forwarding arm
FedEx Trade Networks, the freight forwarding and customs brokerage arm of the US parcels giant, has appointed Udo Lange as executive vice president and chief operating officer.Dr Lange is responsible for overseeing all global air and ocean freight forwarding and customs brokerage operations for the company.Lange has more than 20 ...
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American chills out with Envirotainer's e1 and e2 units
American Airlines Cargo has added the Envirotainer e1 and e2 containers to its fleet of temperature-controlled equipment for shipping healthcare products.From November, American will begin accepting both containers and is the first US passenger carrier to receive FAA carriage approval for the larger RAP e2 unit and offer the full ...
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Economic volatility rocks TNT's Q3
Europe-based parcel and logistics operator TNT said that “economic volatility” in Brazil, China and Australia weighed on the takeover target’s third quarter performance.TNT, which is the subject of a $4.8bn takeover bid by US parcels giant FedEx, said in its latest trading update that the management team “remains focused” on ...
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TNT wins Harding Safety air and road contract
TNT has been awarded a five-year contract covering air and road express services with supplier of lifesaving equipment, Harding Safety.TNT will become the exclusive carrier for all spares shipments for Harding Safety at global level and will provide a full range of express delivery services using its integrated road and ...
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BCUBE gains Malpensa CEIV for pharma
Italy-based airport handler BCUBE Air Cargo has received IATA’s CEIV certification (Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators) for pharmaceutical handling at its Malpensa Logistica Europa facility.The Malpensa airport certification follows CEIV accreditation for the company’s Fiumicino airport hub in July this year.BCUBE Air Cargo, part of the Italian logistics group ...
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Yusen opens Schiphol pharma hub
Yusen Logistics has opened a dedicated pharmaceuticals gateway at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport.It represents the official launch of the Japan-based logistic player’s global pharma airfreight service, which is compliant with the Good Distribution Practice (GDP) protocol.Hiromitsu Kuramoto, president of Yusen Logistics, speaking at the opening ceremony in the Netherlands, said: “This ...
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DB Schenker to launch European-wide express service through GLS partnership
DB Schenker Logistics will enter the European-wide express market through a partnership with a parcel service provider as forwarders continue counter express operator incursions into their market.The German logistics giant this morning announced it had struck up a European-wide partnership with the GLS Group, which will allow it to expand ...
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FedEx Express sees revenues slide but profits increase
FedEx Express saw its first-quarter revenues decline as a result of lower fuel surcharges and exchange rate effects, but operating profits did improve.The Memphis-based company’s express division, which is currently in takeover talks with TNT, recorded a 4% year-on-year decrease in its fiscal year first-quarter revenues to $6.59bn, while operating ...
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DHL Express: air cargo volumes lost to express won't come back
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Airfreight forwarders should not expect to be able to win back the market share they have lost to integrators over recent years because of fundamental differences in their offering.Speaking at a media event at its European regional hub in Leipzig, DHL Express Europe chief executive John Pearson told ...
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TNT upgrades Nordic links
TNT is strengthening its international express delivery services to Europe’s Nordic countries with improved Boeing 737 freighter connections to Sweden and Finland, plus additional last-mile delivery capacity in large business centres.The Netherlands-based express and logistics carrier has reintroduced flights from its Liege air hub in Belgium to Stockholm Arlanda (ARN) ...