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Chapman sets new horse transport record
CHAPMAN Freeborn Airchartering, arranged a charter of a B747-200F with MK Airlines to transport 73 show-jumping horses from the Netherlands to a major showcase event in Doha, Qatar.The horses, valued at €320 million, made the return trip to Doha from Maastricht Aachen Airport, for whom the operation represented the single ...
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AIA delivers high standards
ATHENS International Airport will become the first European Airport to formally incorporate Minimum Service Delivery Standards in its freight & mail handling agreements.The finalised MSDS was agreed jointly with the freight & mail handlers and in collaboration with the airport’s cargo community committee, based on over two years of monitoring ...
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Circle takes carbon footprint seriously
CIRCLE express is taking its carbon footprint seriously ensuring its corporate fleet in excess of 100 vehicles, for the airfreight industry, are compliant with CO2 emissions control ahead of schedule.Its Heathrow-based fleet is 100 per cent compliant with new legislation – some of which is not effective until July of ...
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Schenker sees management switch
FROM 1 April 2008, Dr Lutz Freytag becomes the new chief financial officer of Schenker AG, Essen.In this role, he will be responsible for the finance and accounting, controlling, risk management and purchasing divisions. He is the successor to Dr Marco Schröter, who will be switching at the same date ...
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Swift teams up with Hexomatrixx
HEXOMATRIXX Corporate and Swift Freight International, recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a partnership to provide 3PL services specific to the oil and gas industry.Hexomatrixx specialises in the petroleum and petrochemical business, having years of experience dealing with big names in the O&G industry. According to Ms Meenakshi, general ...
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Rutges feeds Indian cargo into Europe
JET Airways has appointed Rutges Cargo to provide its road feeder services from Brussels.The airline currently operates six flights a day to Brussels from India, the USA and Canada and plans to add more daily services in 2008. Under the terms of the agreement, Rutges Cargo will provide trucking to ...
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Appel steps into Zumwinkels shoes
LOGISTICS head Frank Appel, will take over as Deutsche Post chief following Klaus Zumwinkel's departure. Zumwinkel is suspected of evading a €1 million tax bill, by using banks in Lichtenstein.Germany’s finance ministry is investigating hundreds of suspects believed to have defrauded tax authorities, however Zumwinkel is the only suspect to ...
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Unisys achieves C2K approval
CARGO 2000 has certified the Unisys’ Cargo 2000 Data Management Platform (CDMP) as compliant with its requirements to measure, manage and improve the quality of shipments between airlines and freight forwarders.Unisys supports the quality management programs of six of Cargo 2000’s airline members; Air Canada, American Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Delta ...