March 2017

DP DHL sets 2050 as net zero emissions target for logistics

Deutsche Post DHL Group (DP DHL) will reduce all logistics-related emissions to net zero by the year 2050, including that…

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Supply chain firm Tigers launches e-commerce offering for customers

Supply chain company Tigers has launched an online shopping portal that allows companies to sell their products in China and…

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Strauss to replace retiring Turpin at Air Canada

Tim Strauss is about to swap his Hawaiian shirts for warm winter gear. The genial American will relinquish his role…

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Emirates SkyCargo appoints Ross Barnett as UK Cargo Manager

Emirates SkyCargo has appointed Ross Barnett as UK cargo manager. With over 30 years’ experience in the industry, he joined…

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ICAO agrees new aircraft CO2 emissions standard

The council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has adopted a new aircraft CO2 emissions standard which will reduce the…

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ATSG full-year profits down due to Amazon start-up costs

Aircraft lessor ATSG reported a double-digit percentage improvement in revenues last year but profits took a hit as it was…

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Oz funding to develop advanced data analytics

Information technology company Unisys and Data61, Australia’s largest data innovation group, are to develop an advanced data analytics solution for…

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Kewill and LeanLogistics become BluJay Solutions

Kewill and LeanLogistics have rebranded as BluJay Solutions following the completion of an integration process put in place after Kewill…

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Air Astana extends handling contract with Frankfurt’s FCS

Kazakhstan’ Air Astana has extend its handling contract with FCS Frankfurt Cargo Services. Hans-Georg Emmert, managing director of FCS, said:…

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Cargo iQ: Air cargo should focus on reliability not speed

Cargo iQ has called on the air cargo industry to stop focusing on speeding up transport times and to instead concentrate…

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Vallair orders three B737 freighter conversions from AEI

US-based Aeronautical Engineers Inc. (AEI) has signed a contract with Luxembourg based Vallair to provide three B737-400SF passenger to freighter conversions….

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Forwarder Crane reshapes European team

Freight forwarder Crane Worldwide has appointed Chris Lee, formerly global account manager, as UK managing director based at the firm’s…

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American breaks another Heathrow cargo record

American Airlines Cargo has broken its fourth daily volume record since August 2016 at London Heathrow airport (LHR). The team…

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Bolloré chooses CHAMP for Canadian advanced filing

Bolloré Logistics has selected CHAMP Cargosystems in order to comply with the latest Canadian Customs requirements for e-manifest Advance Commercial…

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IATA memo to Trump: cut aviation taxes and return to the principles of deregulation

In a Washington policy speech aimed primarily at the new US administration of President Trump, IATA’s top boss has urged…

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West Atlantic revenue fall in 2016 but gains Royal Mail contract

Sweden’s West Atlantic cargo airline saw 2016 full year revenues down by 6.3% to SKr1.3bn ($145.6m), due partly to the loss of…

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Double-digit airfreight growth for Panalpina but profits take a hit

Panalpina recorded a double-digit improvement in air cargo volumes last year but rate hikes in the second half of the…

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Cargolux looks to add new African destinations

Cargolux is looking to add new destinations to its network in Africa and is hoping that demand to and from…

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Majority stake in Hahn airport sold to HNA of China

Germany’s Rheinland-Pfalz state has confirmed that its majority shareholding in Frankfurt-Hahn airport will be sold to HNA Airport Group of China….

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Volumes up in January despite Chinese New Year effects

Chinese New Year affected airfreight demand in January, but nonetheless volumes improved during the month compared with a year earlier….

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