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Medicine men use supply chain to stay healthy, says FedEx
More healthcare customers are using supply chains to stay competitive, according to a Frost & Sullivan report published on behalf of US parcels and logistics giant FedEx.Improving Profitability, Improving Customer Loyalty, Improving Lives found that the supply chain was “a growing and important differentiator for companies in the fast changing ...
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CAL joins pharma programme
CAL Group has joined IATA's Center of Excellence for Independent Validators Pharmaceutical Logistics programme (CEIV Pharma).Once completed, CAL states that it will be the first group to have a certified pharmaceutical logistics programme.Israel-headquartered CAL Group – specialising in temperature-controlled and pharma goods - includes freighter carrier CAL Cargo Airlines, LACHS ...
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FedEx and TNT confident that any regulatory issues can be overcome
Express parcel players FedEx and TNT Express are “confident” that any anti-trust issues around the $4.8bn acquisition of TNT by FedEx can be "addressed adequately in a timely fashion”.In January 2013, US parcels company UPS withdrew its takeover bid for TNT Express after the deal was blocked by European Commission ...
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FedEx set to buy TNT Express for $4.8bn
US parcels and logistics giant FedEx has made a $4.8bn bid to acquire rival operator TNT Express of the Netherlands, with both sides reaching a conditional agreement on the deal.The agreement recommends an all-cash offer by FedEx for all issued and outstanding ordinary shares, including shares represented by American Depositary ...
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Cargojet completes Canada Post switch
Overnight airfreight operator Cargojet has completed the transfer of the Canada Post group business to its network.A new domestic air cargo network services contract for the Canada Post and Purolator brands across Canada came into full effect from April, initially for seven years but with options to extend for a ...
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Etihad launches service for cool customers
Etihad Cargo has unveiled a TempCheck solution for sensitive pharmaceutical and healthcare products, including blood plasma, pills, medicines and anaesthetics.The UAE-based carrier has already upgraded the temperature-controlled storage facilities at its Abu Dhabi hub, and refurbished its existing cool rooms to meet pharmaceutical-safe specifications, but new purpose-built facilities are scheduled ...
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Copenhagen tops for FedEx
FedEx is expanding its presence in Europe with a new gateway facility at Denmark's Copenhagen Airport that has undergone its 'roof-topping' and completion of the external structure.The 8,000 sq m sortation hub will process 11,500 packages per day, incorporating areas for dangerous goods and cold storage when it opens at ...
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Growth is in the air for Thermotraffic
Temperature-controlled logistics specialist Thermotraffic is to open a branch office at Frankfurt Airport’s Perishable Center in April.The on-airport location, says Thermotraffic, will guarantee rapid handling of all temperature-controlled cargo with cross docking between flights and ground transportation. An on-site IATA agent will support the operation.Thermotraffic says that more and more ...
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TNT opens healthcare hub in Europe
TNT has opened a healthcare hub in the Netherlands that allows next day deliveries of medical devices to 96 per cent of Europe’s 16,000 hospitals.The 2,000 sq m transport hub in Heerlen is located near the European distribution centres of 80 major medical device manufacturers.In service 24 hours a day, ...
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Cargolux and DB Schenker, a decade of US pharma
Cargolux has celebrated a decade of healthcare shipment flights to Indianapolis in cooperation with German logistics operator DB Schenker.Cargolux and DB Schenker started the first Indianapolis service in 2005 with a weekly flight and added a second weekly flight the year after.Ten years on, the Luxembourg-based all-cargo carrier has now ...
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DHL's Ly makes a Singapore comeback
DHL Global Forwarding has appointed Stephen Ly as managing director for Singapore. The former managing director for DHL Global Forwarding Philippines is returning to Singapore after nearly four years during which he was the head of customs brokerage services, Asia Pacific and Africa.A 12-year career with the logistics giant, starting ...
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JAL's cool delivery to Paris
Japan Airlines (JAL) and Japan Post are to extend their Cool EMS Service to France from April.The two partners hope to tap into the country’s restaurant trade, as well as serve the many Japanese restaurants that have opened in Paris.Following its launch in Europe’s premier foodie market, the plan is ...
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An-124 takes Siemens rotor for a spin
One of Volga-Dnepr’s An-124-100 freighters moved a 50-ton rotor from Germany to Mumbai, India, for engineering and technology firm Siemens.The air carrier’s Engineering and Logistics Centre (ELC) assessed and approved a specially-designed transport skid to get the piece from Siemens' manufacturing plant in Muelheim, Germany, to Leipzig/Halle Airport, taking care ...
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Qatar freighter is LA bound
Qatar Airways Cargo will launch a new freighter service to Los Angeles Airport (LAX) from April.The twice-weekly B777F to Los Angeles will become Qatar Airways Cargo’s fourth US freighter destination, alongside Houston, Chicago and Atlanta.Qatar Airways uplifted over 49,000 tonnes of airfreight from the US market in 2014 and it ...
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DHL's supply chain medicine for pharma firm STADA
DHL will integrate the German logistics activity of pharmaceuticals company STADA into its own business from June. Its supply chain arm will manage the logistics activities and sites of the pharmaceutical company in Florstadt and Bad Vilbel, near Frankfurt/Main.The deal includes the transfer of 155 employees working in STADA’s warehouse ...
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UPS extends pharma network
UPS customers can now ship biological substances, dangerous goods in excepted quantities and shipments using dry ice to more than 20 additional international destinations.The US-based global express and logistics’ operator says that the expansion is a direct response to a growing demand from biopharmaceutical manufacturers, diagnostics companies, laboratories and distributors.“The ...
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Hamilton Airport to build US$11m air cargo facility
JOHN C MUNRO Hamilton International Airport has released details of this US$11million new Air Cargo Logistics Facility, which is due to open in 2015.It will have direct airside access on a redeveloped parcel of land at the Canadian airport.The project is being funded through a joint partnership between the federal ...
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Volga-Dnepr completes 1,100th flight for oil and gas industry
VOLGA-DNEPR Airlines has completed its 1,100th flight for customers in the oil and gas industry with this delivery of 45 tonnes of equipment from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil to Prestwick, Scotland.The cargo consisted of specialist equipment for a water-driven excavation system and auxiliary equipment for use in drilling operations ...
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IAG Cargo boosts capacity to Singapore with A380 super jumbo service
CARGO customers in Singapore will benefit from additional capacity on IAG Cargo’s new A380 super jumbo service which is planned to operate to and from Changi International Airport later this year.IAG Cargo, the merged freight business of British Airways and Iberia, believes the new aircraft will prove particularly beneficial to ...
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IAG Cargo's Valentine's Day flower shipments blossom
AS THE world’s economy shows tentative signs of recovery, data from IAG Cargo has shown that when it comes to Valentine’s Day this translates to a blooming trade in flowers for key Latin American producers.Preliminary figures from the merged freight business of British Airways and Iberia, show that flower volumes ...