MIDDLE EAST-based logistics company Aramex has entered the Australian e-commerce market with the acquisition of Mail Call Couriers, a supplier…
March 2015
Jan de Rijk’s PACCAR China truck deal
20 / 03 / 2015
JAN DE RIJK Logistics (JDR) has signed a cooperation agreement with Chinese logistics firm Shanghai Origin Supply Chain Management Co…
CAL: Still room for a niche freighter specialist
20 / 03 / 2015
YOU MAY think that the era of all-cargo airlines with a couple of B747 freighters is now past, but at least…
One Question
20 / 03 / 2015
Ben Dinsdale, assistant director, London Cargo, Air Charter Service (ACS), answers: "I BELIEVE there is a real role for the specialist freight…
Schenker’s Belgium hub gets TAPA
20 / 03 / 2015
DB SCHENKER’S new hub at Zwevegem is the global logistics company’s first facility in Belgium to be awarded Transported Asset…
FPS New Zealand certified to handle consumables
20 / 03 / 2015
FAMOUS Pacific Shipping (FPS) has won official approval to handle and transport imports and exports of dairy and non-dairy products…
DB Schenker strengthens African network
20 / 03 / 2015
DB SCHENKER is expanding its presence in Africa, by fully integrating Bochimar Lda Luanda (Angola) into its network, following a…
DHL lands Airbus contract for aircraft parts
20 / 03 / 2015
DHL has won a multimodal contract to transport Airbus A320-family aircraft parts from Germany to the US. Air cargo will…
Extend use of sniffer dogs say US forwarders
20 / 03 / 2015
THE US Airforwarders Association (AfA) has urged a congressional panel in Washington to allow privately trained dogs to screen air cargo at…
FPS appoints business development head
20 / 03 / 2015
FPS SRI LANKA – a founder member of the Famous Pacific Shipping Group of independent forwarders and consolidators – has…
Schenker expands rail service to Turkey
20 / 03 / 2015
GLOBAL logistics company DB Schenker has expanded its rail transport services to Turkey, with a weekly train connection between Cologne,…
Global Shippers Forum: Change or lose market share, shippers warn
20 / 03 / 2015
THERE is bad news and good news for the airfreight industry from Chris Welsh, secretary general of the Global Shippers…
One Question
20 / 03 / 2015
Mike Pereira, senior director of airfreight, Greater China, at Agility Global Integrated Logistics, answers: ‘WE see demand for high-end telecoms products moving…
Air cargo cyber crime warning
20 / 03 / 2015
THE number of cyber crime-related incidents where spyware has been installed within an air cargo operator’s IT system and release…
DSV in Swift move for Africa
20 / 03 / 2015
European logistics group DSV has strengthened its air and sea freight presence in Africa after completing the purchase of DSV Swift. In…
Allport Cargo Services appoints new cargo chief
20 / 03 / 2015
GLOBAL forwarder Allport Cargo Services (ACS) has appointed Steve Williams as its managing director of airfreight. The former DB Schenker…
CEVA appoints Bissell as logistics chief
20 / 03 / 2015
CEVA LOGISTICS has appointed Brett Bissell as chief operating officer, contract logistics. He will report to Xavier Urbain, the global supply…
AF-KLM-Martinair Cargo returns lions to the wild
20 / 03 / 2015
AIR FRANCE-KLM-Martinair Cargo has transported six lions from Amsterdam to Johannesburg, South Africa. The animals received VIP treatment at the…
Geodis Wilson goes back to basics
20 / 03 / 2015
FRENCH-owned global forwarder Geodis Wilson is streamlining its airfreight products as it continues to expand in emerging markets. The company,…
WACO members fly crocs to Dubai
20 / 03 / 2015
TWO saltwater crocodiles have been airfreighted from Queensland, Australia to Dubai. It took 10 animal handlers to capture 40-year-old King…
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