March 21, 2015

Panalpina expects airfreight market to grow by 2-3 per cent

AIR, ocean and logistics company Panalpina made steady progress in 2013 – and expects the airfreight market to grow by…

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Edging towards e-freight

IF you have the idea that targets for the IATA e-freight programme keep slipping, you are not wrong. At the…

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New cargo sales manager at Chartersphere

GLOBAL aircraft charter provider Chartersphere, has promoted Nacho Carretero as is its new cargo sales manager. Spanish-speaking broker Carretero, who…

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New senior vice-president of sales at Etihad

ETIHAD AIRWAYS has appointed James Mueller as senior vice-president of sales. Mueller, who has more than 20 years experience in…

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Asian e-commerce fuels UK firm’s growth

UK-BASED Europa Worldwide Logistics has seen its Asian air cargo operations soar, fuelled by the continuing boom in e-commerce, especially…

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New CEO at Dimerco

TAIWAN-BASED global logistics service provider Dimerco Express Group has promoted Edward Lin as its new chief executive officer. He replaces…

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New interim chief financial officer at Air Partner

CHARTER broker Air Partner has promoted Neil Morris to the role of interim chief financial officer. Morris, who replaces Gavin…

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‘Local hero’ forwarders can survive globalisation

Not so long ago, the orthodoxy was that medium-sized forwarders based in a single country – so-called ‘local heroes’ –…

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The cost of modal shift

MODAL SHIFT to ocean and other surface freight has cost the air cargo industry almost two percentage points of annual…

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How air cargo can be green

COMPANIES like to boast about what they are doing to combat climate change, but does it influence the way they design…

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Columbia excites Canadian exporters

THE NATION of Columbia is turning into a growing trade ally with Canada, with companies such as McCain Foods, Red…

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SEKO opens shop to e-tail forwarding

LIKE mid-sized forwarders, bricks-and-mortar retailers have been the subject of a host of obituaries, whose authors predict a world dominated…

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Van de Weg joins Volga-Dnepr Group

AIRBRIDGECARGO Airlines (ABC), Russia’s largest cargo carrier, has appointed former key Cargolux executives Robert van de Weg and Peter van de Pas…

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New CEO at Cargolux

CARGO airline Cargolux has appointed former Kuehne + Nagel management board member Dirk Reich as its new chief executive.  He…

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Agility’s profits up

AGILITY’s overall profits climbed 37 per cent to KD46.2m (US$164.09m) in 2013, despite revenue from its core Global Integrated Logistics…

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LH Cargo extends Jan de Rijk contract

LUFTHANSA Cargo has extended its road-feeder contract with ground transportation and distribution specialist Jan de Rijk Logistics. The extension is…

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IATA cargo boss Des Vertannes stepping down in June

DES VERTANNES, head of cargo at IATA, is retiring from his position in June. A universally popular and hard-working professional,…

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AEI launches B737-800 conversion

CARGO aircraft conversions specialist Aeronautical Engineers Inc (AEI) has formally launched a passenger-to-freighter (12-pallet) and passenger-to-combi (five) programme for the…

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DHL Global Forwarding to open Paris cargo warehouse

DHL Global Forwarding (GF) has strengthened its presence at Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport with the signing of a contract…

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DB Schenker: How air cargo can be green

COMPANIES like to boast about what they are doing to combat climate change, but does it influence the way they design…

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