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NewsDHL opens new freight hub near Hanover airport
Today (September 13) DHL Freight opened a new transhipment hub in the Airport Business Park in Langenhagen, near Hanover, Germany.The 8,700 sq m hub has 86 loading bays where freight for 'Euroconnect' (an all-in-one groupage service) and 'Eurarapid' (a premium one day service) is sorted and dispatched by approximately 290 ...
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NewsDHL celebrates 50 year anniversary with new Americas Innovation Center
DHL has marked its 50th anniversary with the opening of a new Americas Innovation Center in Chicago, US.The grand opening of the Center drew more than 300 guests including technology and logistics industry leaders, customers from across the region, local officials and DHL senior leadership.The 28,000 sq ft Americas Innovation ...
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Sinotrans to offer shippers air cargo booking through Freightos
Chinese forwarder Sinotrans has launched a direct-to-customer air cargo booking platform through a partnership with Freightos.The platform, which is offered through Sinoair, will allow shippers to pull global contract rates, get dynamic pricing or request ad-hoc prices and receive instant booking confirmation from over 10 airlines integrated with Freightos."With this ...
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NewsCargolux transports its heaviest single piece of cargo to China
Cargolux has successfully transported a shaft measuring 10 m in length from Luxembourg to Zhengzhou, China.The shaft, which has a gross weight of 43 metric tonnes, is the largest item that Cargolux has transported to its Zhengzhou hub. It is also the heaviest single piece of cargo that the company ...
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NewsKerry Logistics announces new appointment and half-year figures
Kerry Logistics has revealed its new managing director for its Integrated Logistics (IL) division is John Parkes, who will be based in Hong Kong and will oversee the management of the company's global IL business.Parkes has previously held operational leadership positions in major logistics businesses, specialising in multi-country business development ...
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FedEx strengthens Latin America operations with Cargex acquisition
FexEx has announced that it will acquire Colombian freight forwarder Cargex.Cargex, a specialist in the transportation of perishable goods, has been established for more than 25 years. Headquartered in Bogotá, Colombia, the company operates in Bogotá, Medellin, Cartagena, Buenaventura and Santa Marta.The deal, which expected to close later this year, ...
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Zoetis joins Pharma.Aero as shipper member
Animal medicine manufacturer Zoetis has joined Pharma.Aero as a new strategic pharma shipper member, joining a group of pharma shippers including Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson and MSD.The addition of the new pharma shipper strengthens Pharma.Aero as a cross-industry collaboration and reinforces the strategic role that Pharma.Aero plays in the pharmaceuticals ...
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DHL expands and upgrades Connecticut service centre
DHL has completed a $4m expansion of its Hartford service center in Connecticut, US, which will enable the company to meet its customers' growing international shipping needs.The facility now has a coverage of 38,000 sq ft after 16,000 sq ft of warehouse space was added to it during the upgrade. ...
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Newscargo-partner's new iLogistics Center commences operations
Copyright: Miran Kambic. Source: cargo-partnercargo-partner's new warehouse complex – the iLogistics Center – located near Ljubljana Airport in Slovenia, has commenced operations ahead of its official opening in September.The warehouse, which has has 25,000 sq m storage space and 4,000 sq m of office space, will serve cargo-partner's clients in ...
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NewsFedEx exits ground shipping contract with Amazon
FedEx Sameday Bot making a deliveryFedEx has moved to distance itself further from Amazon, announcing that it will no longer deliver packages for the e-commerce giant in the US.Analysts suggest the move comes as FedEx increasingly sees Amazon as a competitor. It was only in June that the company ended ...
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NewsDHL sees airfreight volumes slide in Q2
DHL Global Forwarding saw its airfreight volumes decline in the second quarter of the year, but its air gross profit was on the rise.The world’s largest airfreight forwarder reported a 2.4% year-on-year decline in second-quarter airfreight revenues to €1.2bn, while volumes dropped by 5.8% on last year to 502,000 tonnes ...
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NewsDHL and Austrian Post strengthen collaboration
DHL Post HQ Tower in BonnFollowing on from their partnership in the Austrian market announced in March, Deutsche Post DHL Group and Austrian Post will also collaborate on last-mile parcel delivery in Slovakia and the Czech Republic, starting in September 2019.In Time (a subsidiary of Austrian Post) will deliver parcels ...
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NewsPrice increase for DHL Parcel business customers
DHL Parcel has cited increasing transport and personnel costs as well as its continuous investment in the network to justify a price increase from September 1 for business customers with list prices.Ole Nordhoff, chief marketing officer, post and parcel Germany, at Deutsche Post DHL Group, said: "In order to reliably ...
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Shipper turns to airfreight to avoid ocean tariff troubles
A Canadian apparel firm is upping its use of airfreight as it anticipates that there will congestion at Asian ports in the run up to expected US tariff hikes.While announcing its quarterly results, Lululemon chief financial officer PJ Guido said the company was expecting port congestion in mid to late ...
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Shippers turn to digital booking platforms
Shippers are increasing their use of digital forwarding platforms to book services, according to a new report from consultant Transport Intelligence (Ti).The Global Freight Forwarding 2019 report, which is based on a survey of shippers, found that 49% of those taking part have used an online forwarding platform and it ...
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NewsAdidas turns to airfreight to mitigate supply chain shortages
Sportswear giant Adidas is turning to airfreight as it looks to mitigate supply chain shortages caused by an unexpected increase in demand for certain products.In its first-quarter results, the Germany-headquartered multinational said that revenue growth during the first three months of the year was affected by product shortages.It warned investors ...
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US threatens further tariff hike on Chinese goods
US retailers are bracing themselves for increases in US tariffs on Chinese goods after president Donald Trump took to Twitter over the weekend to threaten further hikes in rates.On Sunday, president Trump said that the 10% tariff rate on $200bn worth of Chinese goods would good up to 25% on ...
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NewsSome 40% of shippers unaware of dangerous goods regulations
IATA head of cargo Glyn Hughes at the IATA World Cargo Symposium 2019 in SingaporeA large number of shippers, some 40%, admitted to being unaware of the dangerous goods regulations governing airfreight.That statistic, drawn from the latest IATA shipper survey, was described as “a very alarming figure” by IATA’s head ...
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NewsEmerging markets enthusiasm tempered by ‘crisis’ concern
Logistics industry executives worry about trade tensions, geopolitical threats Logistics industry executives see emerging markets growing at 5% in 2019, but a high number are bracing for a crisis amid US-China trade friction, interest rate and currency volatility, and Brexit uncertainty.The annual survey of more than 500 supply chain industry ...
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CHAMP Cargosystems launches EmissionsCalculator solution
CHAMP Cargosystems has launched ian EmissionsCalculator to help airlines, shippers and forwarders measure accurately their supply chain emissionsThe calculator leverages information flowing through CHAMP's IT solutions and from third-parties to provide a breakdown of emissions by flight or air waybill number. It reports on the key greenhouse gasses of carbon ...