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NewsLATAM Cargo extends pharma options
Latin American carrier LATAM Cargo has signed a deal with CSafe Global, a provider of active and passive temperature-controlled packaging solutions, to offer more options to customers shipping temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals.“CSafe containers offer cutting-edge technology that will continue to strengthen our Pharma Active product,” explains product development senior manager for LATAM ...
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NewsHong Kong targets high value cargo and e-commerce opportunities in 'Airport City' strategy
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has identified three strategic areas for future development: capturing cross-boundary e-commerce opportunities, targeting high-end, high-value cargo, and enhancing cargo services for the region.The plans are revealed in the airport authority’s “From City Airport to Airport City” report released today, which outlines “an ongoing transformation that ...
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NewsAirBridgeCargo adds Oslo flight for seafood exports
AirBridgeCargo has added a third weekly cargo departure from Avinor Oslo Airport, Norway to cater for seafood exports to South Korea.Martin Langaas, director cargo at Avinor, says: “AirBridgeCargo is an important part of our aim to facilitate more capacity for the Norwegian seafood industry to our largest trading partners in ...
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NewsDSV: 'a complex operation' for generator move
Global transport and logistics company DSV has moved a generator component on behalf of Siemens from Germany to Australia.The piece, which was 6 m long and had a diameter of 3 m, weighed 40 tonnes, so DSV chartered an IL-76 freighter from Volga-Dnepr Airlines for the job.The component was loaded ...
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NewsQatar Airways adds Izmir link
Qatar Airways has introduced thrice-weekly Airbus A320 flights from Doha to Izmir, its seventh destination in Turkey.The airline’s freighter-carrying division also benefits from belly capacity to Adana, Ankara, Sabiha Gökçen and Istanbul. In addition, it operates three weekly Boeing 777 Freighter services to Istanbul.Qatar Airways said: “With the launch of ...
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NewsLATAM Cargo's flying felines
LATAM Cargo has transported five big cats from Argentina to South Africa in a move coordinated by freight forwarder Newport Cargo.The two lions, one lioness and two tigresses had been living in a decommissioned zoo in Santiago del Estero; their 70-hour journey took them to Ubuntu Wildlife Sanctuary and Drakenstein ...
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NewsTigers provides global B2B and B2C solutions for Rapha
Shahar Ayash, TigersHong Kong-headquartered Tigers has expanded its partnership with Rapha, providing fulfilment services for the cycling sportswear brand from Tigers’ new facility in Thurrock.Those services include distribution within the UK, the European Union and Korea; other markets in Asia are to be served from Tigers’ Hong Kong warehouse.Rapha is ...
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NewsDHL Supply Chain rolls out latest version of ‘smart glasses’
DHL Supply Chain, the arm of the Deutsche Post DHL Group that handles contract logistics, is rolling out the latest smart glasses technology across its worldwide facilities.DHL staff will use the second-generation of Glass Enterprise Edition smart glasses.The glasses ‘virtually support’ the vision picking process in warehouses. According to DHL, ...
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NewsUPS adds new connections to Saturday pick-ups
Last week (mid-May), UPS announced that it had expanded the number of countries that are available to its US customers using the company’s Saturday pick-up export shipment service.An additional 122 countries that are to be found across the world have been added to the pre-existing 57-nation coverage.Twenty new markets in ...
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NewsDHL Express collaborates with EHang on last-mile drone delivery
DHL Express has agreed a strategic partnership with EHang in an effort to jointly operate a fully automated and intelligent smart drone that can undertake last-mile delivery in urban areas of China.The launch ceremony was held last week (mid-May) at the EHang Command and Control Center in Guangzhou.The EHang drone ...
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NewsTigers supports K&N Filters’ operations in China
Laura Crow of TigersTigers is working with K&N Filters, a high-performance automotive air filter and air filtration manufacturer that is expanding its operations in China.China is, Tigers noted, the world’s largest automotive market and Hong Kong-based Tigers is providing logistical support through its Chinese network of offices and facilities to ...
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NewsUPS finishes Louisville Centennial expansion project
Express services giant UPS has completed a multi-phase expansion of its Louisville Centennial ground package sortation and distribution facility.“Tripling the size of our Centennial hub provides companies with distribution centers and operations in Kentucky and the surrounding areas with more opportunities to better serve their customers,” stated Joe Boyle, president ...
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NewsAtran teams up with Cainiao to link Hangzhou and Riga
Atran Airlines, the Russian express services carrier within the Volga-Dnepr Group, has introduced a new route into its network that links Hangzhou in China with Riga in Latvia.Hangzhou is an emerging technology hub and an important gateway in China’s burgeoning e-commerce industry.A weekly flight is being operated every Thursday by ...
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NewsSea-Tac welcomes season’s first Copper River salmon
Alaska’s Salmon-Thirty-Salmon plane delivers the first Copper River salmonOn 17 May, about 18,000 pounds of fresh Copper River salmon arrived at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) aboard an Alaska Airlines aircraft.That day represented the official start of the salmon season and Alaska Air Cargo will be flying large quantities of Copper ...
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NewsDHL Express confirms continuing presence at Bahrain Airport
DHL Express has inked a contract that extends the lease on its facility at Bahrain International Airport (BIA) for another 10 years.The chief executive of the gateway’s operator, Bahrain Airport Company (BAC), Mohamed Yousif Al Binfalah, signed the lease extension along with DHL Express chief executive for the Middle East ...
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NewsFinnair Cargo appoints Swissport for Helsinki's COOL Nordic Cargo Hub
Finnair Cargo has appointed Swissport as the terminal operator for its €80m COOL Nordic Cargo Hub at Helsinki Airport, taking over operations from June 1.The 31,000 sq m facility opened in 2018, focused on temperature-sensitive and high-value cargo shipments between Europe and Asia.In addition to its operations at the COOL ...
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NewsSF Airlines plans transpacific expansion with New York freighter
Photo: SF AirlinesFast-growing express carrier SF Airlines has applied to the US Department of Transportation to launch a scheduled freighter service between its Hangzhou hub and New York.The Chinese carrier hopes to launch the three-times per week service in September 2019 utilising one of its two Boeing 747-400F freightersThe service ...
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NewsNew Oslo-Beijing service targets seafood
Oslo Airport hopes its first non-stop service to Beijing will be a welcome boost for the local seafood market following the collapse of a deal for the development of a new perishables centre.Earlier today a Hainan Airlines A330-300 took off from Oslo on its way to Beijing. Airport operator Avinor ...
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NewsAmazon reveals first CGI video of planned Kentucky air hub
Impression of Amazon's Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport air hubAmazon yesterday broke ground on its new $1.5bn Air Hub located at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.The facility will open in 2021 as part of the company's drive to speed up delivery times for customers.The 1,100 acre site centre will have parking ...
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NewsThey're off: Champion horses check-in to Emirates Equine
Emirates SkyCargo flew 90 horses from Belgium to China on a Boeing 777 freighter for the Shanghai leg of the Longines Global Champions Tour.They were the latest to experience the Middle East carrier's specialised Emirates Equine product, described as equine business class for the "calm and comfortable" transportation of horses.The ...