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NewsAirBridgeCargo transports nine racehorses with minimal wait times
AirBridgeCargo (ABC) Airlines has successfully delivered nine racehorses from Moscow in Russia to Amsterdam in the Netherlands, onboard a Boeing 747-8F scheduled flight.A crucial contributor to successful animal transportation is a minimised waiting period – within warehousing premises, on the apron, and before and after loading/offloading. ABC specialists did their ...
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Kuehne+Nagel expands perishables network with acquisition of WWP Canada
Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) has acquired Worldwide Perishable Canada (WWP), which further expands the perishable division of the business.Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Nova Scotia, Canada, WWP is a leading freight forwarder that is particularly involved in the exporting of tuna.K+N already has a strong presence on the east coast of ...
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UPS up in Q2 thanks to rising demand for next-day air services
Express firm UPS saw revenues and profits increase during the second quarter of the year on the back of increasing demand for next-day air services.The company reported a 3.4% year-on-year increase in revenues to $18bn during the period, while net income increased by 13.5% on a year earlier to $1.5bn.UPS ...
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UPS to launch drone business and SME e-commerce delivery operation
UPS is launching an international delivery service for small and medium size retailers in order to capture a slice of surging cross-border e-commerce, forecast to total $1trn by 2020, while it has also announced the launch of a new drone business.The UPS Economy service will connect key e-commerce destinations across ...
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Lufthansa Cargo chills out with CSafe RAP
Lufthansa Cargo is the latest airline to qualify and approve the CSafe RAP temperature-controlled container for pharma shipments.The German carrier has approved the CSafe Global’s specialist ULD for use on the group’s network of airlines, serving over 300 destinations worldwide.Thorsten Braun, Lufthansa Cargo’s senior director of industry development and product ...
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Cargojet piles on the pounds for e-commerce peak demand
Canadian overnight freighter operator Cargojet said that it handled "record volumes" and added capacity to meet e-commerce demand for overnight deliveries driven by Amazon's Prime Day shopping holiday.Ajay Virmani, president and chief executive, said: "Cargojet handled in excess of 1,000,000 pounds [454 tonnes] more than an average week and operated ...
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Amazon to create 2,500 jobs and 'robotics opportunities' in Ohio hubs
Amazon is to open two new Ohio fulfillment centers, creating more than 2,500 full-time jobs and opportunities to work alongside robotics in an “industry-leading workplace”.Each centre, one in Akron and the other in Rossford, occupies more than 700,000 sq ft and will be used to pick, pack and ship small ...
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NewsPanalpina: Airlines to tighten capacity in a weaker 2019 peak season
Airfreight’s 2019 second half peak season will be weaker than 2018 and 2017, with airlines managing capacity more tightly in an attempt to lift rates.That is the view of Panalpina’s global head of airfreight, Lucas Kuehner, who was commenting on an estimated 5% second quarter fall in 2019’s global airfreight ...
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Atlas expects more shippers to add their own air cargo networks
Shippers are expected to increasingly create their own air cargo networks as they look to enhance the control they have over their supply chains.Speaking at the Air Cargo Europe event in early June, Atlas Air Worldwide executive vice president and chief commercial officer Michael Steen said that the rise of ...
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NewsAmazon's record breaking Prime Day puts supply chains under pressure
Prime Day was once again the largest shopping event in Amazon history with more than 175m items ordered.Over the two days of Prime Day, on July 15 and 16, sales surpassed the previous Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined.Prime members purchased more than 175m million items throughout the event with ...
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NewsTurkish Cargo steps in to transport exhausted griffon vulture
Turkish Cargo stepped in to transport from Turkey to Serbia an endangered griffon vulture which became unwell during its annual migration.The one-and-a-half year old vulture, named Dobrila, left its home in Serbia but became exhausted after flying 1,600 km east and was found in the Turkish city of Sanliurfa.After having ...
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NewsPilots supporting strikes less than ‘Prime’ for Amazon
Credit Teamsters Local 1224Pilots flying for carriers on behalf of Amazon Air have shown their solidarity for striking Amazon workers this week during the giant e-tailer’s Amazon Prime Day.Amazon Prime Day actually extends over two days this year: yesterday (15 July) and today (16 July). It is an important time ...
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NewsTeleport invests in e-commerce provider
From left to right: managing director Malaysia of Gobi Partners Jamaludin Bujang; chief executive of AirAsia Group Tony Fernandes; founder and CEO of EasyParcel Clarence Leong; and chief executive of Teleport Pete Chareonwongsak. They are flanked by AirAsia cabin crewTeleport, the cargo and logistics wing of AirAsia that was formerly ...
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Sichuan Airlines takes delivery of its first freighter
BOC Aviation Limited has delivered the first of three Airbus A330 freighter aircraft to passenger carrier Sichuan Airlines.The remaining two aircraft are scheduled for delivery to Sichuan Airlines in the second half of 2019.“We congratulate Sichuan Airlines on the occasion of its 31st anniversary and we are very pleased to ...
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NewsIATA and ATA team up on animal transportation programme
IATA has teamed up with the Animal Transport Association (ATA) to promote adoption of CEIV Live Animals certification to help raise the standard of animal transportation.As part of the tie up, the two organisations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). This will see ATA encourage adoption of CEIV Live ...
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Air cargo must invest to prepare for personalised medicines
A new report from DHL Global Forwarding and American Airlines Cargo has outlined the investments the logistics industry needs to make to prepare for the growth of personalised medicines in Latin America.The report “Patients, Processes and Partnerships: The Path to Personalized Medicine in Latin America” looks at the future of ...
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Swissport to expand in Brussels with new cargo centre
Swissport is investing in a new air cargo facility at Brussels Airport as it targets growth in the pharma sector.Swissport has signed a long-term lease and is investing several million euros in equipment and fittings for the new facility, which is being built by Brussels Airport Company.The building will consist ...
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NewsFedEx adds its first B767F to its European network
FedEx B767FFedEx has expanded capacity on its London-Paris-Dublin flight through the introduction of a Boeing 767-300 freighter - the first of the aircraft type to fly in Europe for FedEx.The express operator said the new aircraft can carry 41 tonnes, which is around 16% more than the A300F that it ...
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NewsUPS invests in Asian express operations
UPS ShenzhenExpress firm UPS has revealed a series of investments in Asia that it claimed would increase its service footprint and expedite delivery times.The company said that in the first half of the year it had invested in the following: Shenzhen Asia Pacific Air Hub upgrades that increased the hub’s ...
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NewsTime:matters expands into China
Time critical logistics firm time:matters has added seven stations in China to its sameday air transport network as it continues with its global expansion strategy.The move will allow the logistics firm to offer services to and from stations in Shanghai (PVG), Shenyang (SHE), Beijing (PEK), Nanjing (NKG), Qingdao (TAO), Chengdu ...