FedEx Trade Networks will add a surcharge on shipments from Bangladesh to the European Union (EU) after stricter security standards…
July 2017
Volga-Dnepr in the fast lane for Nippon Express’ urgent automotive machinery
12 / 07 / 2017
Volga-Dnepr Airlines‘ load planners responded to an urgent request from Nippon Express to transport 197 tonnes of sensitive automotive machinery…
Tigers speeds Rapha Racing deliveries in APAC
12 / 07 / 2017
Hong Kong-headquartered supply chain specialist Tigers is handling Asia Pacific B2C distribution for cycling clothing brand Rapha Racing from its…
Frankfurt cargo volumes rise in June
12 / 07 / 2017
Frankfurt Airport saw its June cargo throughput (airfreight + airmail) increase by 4.7% to 188,256 tonnes, "supported by ongoing economic…
DHL robot: Take me to your loader (VIDEO)
11 / 07 / 2017
Technology group Wärtsilä and DHL have completed a successful pilot to test mobile robots in a warehouse environment. The pilot…
Amerijet awarded CEIV Pharma certification
11 / 07 / 2017
Amerijet has become the first US-based all-cargo airline to be awarded IATA’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical…
Heathrow cargo volumes up 13.4% in June
11 / 07 / 2017
London’s Heathrow airport saw monthly airfreight volumes in June increase by 13.4% on last year to 142,349 tonnes, with cargo going…
E-commerce: UPS boxing clever
11 / 07 / 2017
Thinking outside of the box has never been truer when it comes to e-commerce and the social media trend of…
VIDEO: Prime Air fuelled and ready to go for Amazon’s US e-commerce bonanza
10 / 07 / 2017
E-tailer Amazon’s Prime Air cargo planes are “fuelled and ready to support” Prime Day in the US in an air…
Delta Cargo awarded IATA’s CEIV Pharma certification
10 / 07 / 2017
Delta Cargo has been awarded IATA’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) Pharma and is the first US Global…
Cathay to buy partner DHL’s stake in Air Hong Kong
10 / 07 / 2017
Asian airline Cathay Pacific is to buy the 40% stake held in freighter carrier Air Hong Kong (AHK) by joint…
Interjet and Swissport Canada sign ground handling contract
10 / 07 / 2017
Swissport Canada has signed a contract with Mexican low cost carrier Interjet to provide ground handling services for the airline’s…
Approval for underground warehousing near Heathrow
10 / 07 / 2017
An underground warehousing project near Heathrow Airport has taken a major step forward after councilors at local authority Hounslow approved…
Logistics sector can prove Barnier wrong, says FTA
07 / 07 / 2017
The UK’s logistics industry has issued a "wake-up call" as Britain’s chief Brexit negotiator David Davis met today (July 7)…
UK freight forwarders welcome Customs fallback system
07 / 07 / 2017
UK freight forwarders have welcomed the setting up of a new Customs declaration fallback system to prevent an airfreight meltdown if…
Gartner: Worldwide device shipments will decline 0.3% in 2017
07 / 07 / 2017
Worldwide shipments of PCs, tablets and smartphones are expected to decline 0.3% from 2016 to around 2.3bn units in 2017,…
Boeing and FedEx Express test green technologies on B777F
07 / 07 / 2017
Boeing and FedEx Express will use a new B777 freighter to test emerging technologies, such as propulsion advancements and flight…
Belly enhancer as Norwegian opts for Telair cargo loading system
06 / 07 / 2017
Low cost carrier Norwegian has taken delivery of the first Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft equipped with the Telair Sliding Carpet…
Pemco inks Asia Pacific freighter conversion alliance with Gameco
06 / 07 / 2017
Asia-Pacific’s booming market for passenger to freighter aircraft conversions, fueled by e-commerce demand for parcel delivery networks, has another strategic…
Ein Prosit: Record half year cargo tonnages for Munich airport
06 / 07 / 2017
Over the first six months of 2017, Munich Airport’s airfreight segment posted a new all-time high, with a nine percent…