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Air cargo told to step up its perishables performance
Air cargo must improve its performance if it wants to take advantage of the growing perishables market and avoid losing out to disruptors and other modes of transport.At the IATA World Cargo Symposium, forwarder Adelantex business development manager perishables Frank Van Gelder outlined how consumers were changing their expectations for ...
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Schiphol data sharing platform blooms
As part of its Smart Cargo Mainport Program (SCMP), Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is now linking critical flower shipment data to air waybills at source, the Dutch gateway announced at the IATA World Cargo Symposium currently under way in Dallas, Texas.The SCMP aims to increase efficiencies at Schiphol through increased data ...
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CITES calls for continued effort from air cargo to reduce illegal wildlife trade
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) has called on the air cargo industry to continue its efforts to help reduce the illegal trafficking of wildlife.Speaking at the IATA World Cargo Symposium, CITES secretary general John Scanlon highlighted the plight of many species ...
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SF and HAVI launch China cold chain JV
Supply chain services provider HAVI and SF Holding are joining forces to establish a new cold chain logistics company in China.The joint venture will leverage SF’s leading position in China’s express logistics market and its growth in the cold chain segment there, alongside HAVI’s expertise in cold chain and multi-temperature ...
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time:matters expands Sameday Air to US and Mexico
Express logistics provider time:matters has added 15 destinations in the US and one in Mexico to its Sameday Air network as it continues to expand the service.Shipments weighing up to 200kg can now leave Europe from Frankfurt, Paris, London, Munich and Vienna and reach their recipient in the US and ...
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Tigers opens temperature-controlled Dallas facility
Hong Kong-headquartered e-commerce specialist Tigers has expanded into a new 86,000 sq ft facility, which includes a temperature-controlled area, at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in Texas.The new facility is headed by Jodi Flynn, branch manager, Dallas, Tigers, specialising in health supplements and cosmetics. It offers the full range of ...
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DHL to amalgamate Vienna operations
DHL Global Forwarding and DHL Freight, part of Deutsche Post DHL Group, have signed a contract to purchase land near Vienna Airport in order to develop a 60,000 sq m freight hub for Eastern Europe.The DHL Campus Vienna Airport will bring together land, air and ocean freight capabilities that were ...
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Cargojet: strong Q4 financial performance
Canadian overnight all-cargo carrier Cargojet has posted revenues of $118.2m for the fourth quarter ended December 31 2017 – an impressive rise of 25.6% over the same period of the previous year.The gross margin for the quarter was $37.4m, representing an increase of 36% compared to the previous reporting period.For ...
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E-commerce helps Budapest reach new high
Budapest Airport saw its cargo throughput reach a record high of 127,145 tonnes in 2017.The figure represents a rise of 13.4% in comparison to the previous year’s total – and 2018 is off to a similarly encouraging start, with January and February volumes up 17.4% over the same two months ...
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Geodis expands pharma logistics role with Biosystems
French freight forwarder Geodis has expanded its contract with Biosystems, the Spain-based pharma and healthcare specialist, to send temperature-controlled reagents and lab instruments to over 35 countries across the world.The two companies have been cooperating for more than 10 years, and this new contract incorporates all new destinations across the ...
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Deutsche Post DHL sees 2017 profits climb 7.2% to €3.7bn
Deutsche Post DHL Group (DP-DHLG) saw operating profit climb by 7.2% to €3.7bn in the 2017 financial year, revenues were up by 5.4% to €60.4bn, with all four divisions contributing to the increase.The German logistics giant and the world’s largest purchaser of airfreight capacity said that its DHL Express division ...
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Panalpina expects Asia and e-commerce to shape perishables supply chains
Panalpina expects Asia’s growing middle class and digital natives to drive the development of perishable demand in the coming years.Speaking at Fruit Logistica 2018, Panalpina global head of perishables Colin Wells said that the perishables industry was undergoing massive change in terms of trade flows and buying behaviour.Wells said the ...
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ABC in Superbike freighter flight
AirBridgeCargo (ABC) has completed a Boeing 747 freighter charter flight for Universal Global Logistics S.A.U. delivering 66 motorcycles on their way to the first round of the 2018 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship in Australia.The palletized motorcycles were part of a 110 tonnes payload transported from Barcelona, Spain, to Melbourne’s ...
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Supply chains failing to reap digitisation benefits
Nearly 95% of supply chain and operations professionals are not fully capitalising on the potential benefits of digitalization, according to a DHL survey.The research report on digitalization in the supply chain found that new technologies and solutions are developing at a fast-pace and disrupting industries on multiple fronts, with supply ...
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HKIA achieves IATA cargo pharma certification
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has been recognised as a Partner Airport of IATA’s CEIV Pharma programme.HKIA said it is one of the few airports to achieve this airport-wide certification, meaning it has "demonstrated expertise in handling the entire airside pharmaceutical transportation process end-to-end, from the time an aircraft lands ...
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Strong 2017 revenues for West Atlantic
Swedish cargo airline West Atlantic saw strong revenue growth in full year 2017, mainly generated from the contract with Royal Mail and the rise in e-commerce traffic.Revenues of SKr1.6bn were up 20.4 % year-on-year, but there were “significant sub-charter costs”, caused by aircraft delivery delays of Boeing 737-400 aircraft, maintenance ...
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Qatar Airways adds to pharma container offering
Qatar Airways Cargo has begun offering pharma container firm CSafe’s newest RAP container.The active RAP unit caters for large volume pharma shipments and has been approved by the cargo carrier for use across its pharma network.The CSafe RAP utilises heating and compressor-driven cooling technologies together with insulation to eliminate the ...
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UPS sues EC for €1.7bn over blocked TNT takeover
UPS is suing the European Commission for €1.7bn over its decision to block the takeover of TNT in 2013, a decision that was later overturned.In court documents seen by Air Cargo News, the express giant claims the European Commission should compensate it for damages incurred by the decision to block ...
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Airfreight's 'outstanding' 2017 for Kuehne+Nagel
Global freight forwarder Kuehne+Nage (K+N) reported an "outstanding" 2017 for airfreight as it saw tonnages surge by 20.4%, growing twice as fast as the overall market which was already at the highest peak since 2010.Announcing its 2017 full year results, the Switzerland-based logistics giant stated: "K+N’s industry-specific airfreight solutions, for ...
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SF Express airport plan gains government approval
The Chinese government has approved SF Express’ plan to build a 2.4m tonne capacity airport in the country’s Hubei province.The State Council and the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China has now approved construction of the yuan37.3bn airport in Ezhou, according to a circular issued on February ...