July 2017

FedEx adds Bangladesh security surcharge

FedEx Trade Networks will add a surcharge on shipments from Bangladesh to the European Union (EU) after stricter security standards…

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Volga-Dnepr in the fast lane for Nippon Express’ urgent automotive machinery

Volga-Dnepr Airlines‘ load planners responded to an urgent request from Nippon Express to transport 197 tonnes of sensitive automotive machinery…

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Tigers speeds Rapha Racing deliveries in APAC

Hong Kong-headquartered supply chain specialist Tigers is handling Asia Pacific B2C distribution for cycling clothing brand Rapha Racing from its…

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Frankfurt cargo volumes rise in June

Frankfurt Airport saw its June cargo throughput (airfreight + airmail) increase by 4.7% to 188,256 tonnes, "supported by ongoing economic…

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DHL robot: Take me to your loader (VIDEO)

Technology group Wärtsilä and DHL have completed a successful pilot to test mobile robots in a warehouse environment. The pilot…

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Amerijet awarded CEIV Pharma certification

Amerijet has become the first US-based all-cargo airline to be awarded IATA’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical…

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Heathrow cargo volumes up 13.4% in June

London’s Heathrow airport saw monthly airfreight volumes in June increase by 13.4% on last year to 142,349 tonnes, with cargo going…

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E-commerce: UPS boxing clever

Thinking outside of the box has never been truer when it comes to e-commerce and the social media trend of…

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VIDEO: Prime Air fuelled and ready to go for Amazon’s US e-commerce bonanza

E-tailer Amazon’s Prime Air cargo planes are “fuelled and ready to support” Prime Day in the US in an air…

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Delta Cargo awarded IATA’s CEIV Pharma certification

Delta Cargo has been awarded IATA’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) Pharma and is the first US Global…

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Cathay to buy partner DHL’s stake in Air Hong Kong

Asian airline Cathay Pacific is to buy the 40% stake held in freighter carrier Air Hong Kong (AHK) by joint…

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Interjet and Swissport Canada sign ground handling contract

Swissport Canada has signed a contract with Mexican low cost carrier Interjet to provide ground handling services for the airline’s…

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Approval for underground warehousing near Heathrow

An underground warehousing project near Heathrow Airport has taken a major step forward after councilors at local authority Hounslow approved…

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Logistics sector can prove Barnier wrong, says FTA

The UK’s logistics industry has issued a "wake-up call" as Britain’s chief Brexit negotiator David Davis met today (July 7)…

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UK freight forwarders welcome Customs fallback system

UK freight forwarders have welcomed the setting up of a new Customs declaration fallback system to prevent an airfreight meltdown if…

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Gartner: Worldwide device shipments will decline 0.3% in 2017

Worldwide shipments of PCs, tablets and smartphones are expected to decline 0.3% from 2016 to around 2.3bn units in 2017,…

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Boeing and FedEx Express test green technologies on B777F

Boeing and FedEx Express will use a new B777 freighter to test emerging technologies, such as propulsion advancements and flight…

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Belly enhancer as Norwegian opts for Telair cargo loading system

Low cost carrier Norwegian has taken delivery of the first Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft equipped with the Telair Sliding Carpet…

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Pemco inks Asia Pacific freighter conversion alliance with Gameco

Asia-Pacific’s booming market for passenger to freighter aircraft conversions, fueled by e-commerce demand for parcel delivery networks, has another strategic…

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Ein Prosit: Record half year cargo tonnages for Munich airport

Over the first six months of 2017, Munich Airport’s airfreight segment posted a new all-time high, with a nine percent…

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