June 2017

K+N to add to pharma offering with company acquisitions

Global logistics services provider Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) has said that it continues to prioritise its pharma and healthcare offerings…

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Avolon snaps up CIT Group’s aviation leasing business

Avolon Holdings, the Ireland-based international aircraft leasing company, has announced the completion of its acquisition of the aircraft leasing business…

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Dachser acquires majority interest in Irish partner, Johnston Logistics

Dachser has become the majority shareholder in its Irish partner, Johnston Logistics, allowing German supply chain operator Dachser to expand…

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DSV airfreight outpaces market on UTi acquisition

DSV recorded improvements in profits, revenues and airfreight demand during the first quarter of the year as it continued to…

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Panalpina snaps up Danish and Kenyan forwarders

Panalpina has announced two acquisitions: a Danish logistics operator with a seafreight focus and a Kenya-based perishables specialist in the…

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UPS to acquire Ireland-based Nightline Logistics

UPS has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Nightline Logistics Group, an express delivery and logistics companies in…

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Handler touches down in the US

Middle East-owned handler dnata has broken into the US market with its purchase from Lynx Holdings to acquire its AirLogistix…

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Qatar Airways comments on benefit of wildlife declaration

Qatar Airways was one of the 40 signatories to the United for Wildlife declaration who met on March 16 at…

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Lions’ rescue, a roaring success

The story of 33 lions that went from circus cages to freedom, is told in a new video by Animal…

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Hactl and Air Canada team up for Arctic Foxes

Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) has handled four Arctic foxes travelling from Hong Kong to Montreal, Canada. Chi…

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A charter operation with a real porpoise

Air Charter Service (ACS) has arranged a charter to help rehome two dolphins from Harderwijk Dolphinarium, just outside Amsterdam, to…

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Liege’s LACHS ‘inn’ the saddle for the Olympic Games

Liege Air Cargo Handling Services (LACHS) has been awarded a three-year contract to manage the Horse Inn at Liege Airport….

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ACS is a ‘Bear Charter Service’

Air Charter Service has arranged a charter to fly three orphaned bear cubs from Georgia to a specialist sanctuary in…

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Cargrrrrowl..lux flies endangered tigers to Vietnam

Cargolux has flown four tigers to Hanoi in support of an effort to ensure the survival of the endangered animals in…

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Lufthansa Cargo gets seal of approval from German Equestrian Federation

Lufthansa Cargo is to become a ‘Premium Partner’ of the German Equestrian Federation (known by its international name as Federation…

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Happy result for pathetic pooch’s online plea

A decision by Asian budget airline Nok Air to abandon its pet delivery service has had unintended consequences. A dog…

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IAG Cargo invests in animal capabilities at Madrid hub

IAG Cargo has enhanced its animal handling capabilities at Madrid-Barajas Airport with increased veterinarian support. From this month, every pet…

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Forwarder a.hartrodt steps in on rhino transport

The live animal department of freight forwarder a.hartrodt’s Belgian aifreight division helped organise the transport of a young 1,100kg rhino….

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Wild horses not holding Atran Airlines back

As part of an effort to recreate a population of a particularly rare breed of horse called Przewalski’s horse back…

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Royal seal of approval for Schiphol Joint Inspection Center

The Netherlands’ King Willem-Alexander has officially opened the Joint Inspection Center (JIC) at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The JIC is said…

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