March 2018

Geodis offers online quotes and bookings

French freight forwarder Geodis has begun offering online quotations and bookings for air and ocean shipments via its Intelligent Real-time…

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CHAMP joins Air Cargo Belgium

IT solutions provider CHAMP Cargosystems has joined Brussels-based airfreight community Air Cargo Belgium, the organisation that aims to advance all…

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dnata selects iCargo suite

Ground handler dnata is to implement IBS Software’s iCargo terminal operation suite throughout its network. The rollout across dnata’s network…

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Frankfurt cargo traffic improves

Cargo throughput at Frankfurt Airport totalled 163,121 tonnes in February, up by 2.2% over the same month of last year….

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Everts Air orders two AEI MD-83SF conversions

Alaska-based Everts Air Cargo has engaged Aeronautical Engineers, Inc (AEI) to provide two MD-83SF freighter conversions for delivery in August…

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CCI fines three airlines for fixing fuel surcharges

On March 7, the Competition Commission of India penalised three airlines for fixing fuel surcharges on air cargo transport. Jet…

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Blockchain has “exciting potential”, says DHL

DHL and technology consultant Accenture have produced a report regarding the potential of blockchain technology in logistics – including initial…

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Qatar signs up for more WFS services in Paris

Qatar Airways has extended its contract with Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), which already provides cargo handling services to the airline…

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Transport logistic China’s twin focus

This year’s transport logistic China exhibition (which includes the air cargo China event) is looking busy already, with more international…

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IATA highlights “robust” pace of air cargo growth

IATA has released its latest Cargo Chartbook, which indicates that during the quarter ended January 31 air freight tonne-km (FTK)…

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Freight growth uptick in Europe

Freight traffic growth at European airports picked up in January, improving by 8.4% year on year according to ACI Europe….

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DHL to amalgamate Vienna operations

DHL Global Forwarding and DHL Freight, part of Deutsche Post DHL Group, have signed a contract to purchase land near…

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Cargojet: strong Q4 financial performance

Canadian overnight all-cargo carrier Cargojet has posted revenues of $118.2m for the fourth quarter ended December 31 2017 – an…

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E-commerce helps Budapest reach new high

Budapest Airport saw its cargo throughput reach a record high of 127,145 tonnes in 2017. The figure represents a rise…

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Benschop to replace Nijhuis as CEO of Schiphol

Royal Schiphol Group has appointed Dick Benschop as its new chief executive effective May 1, when Jos Nijhuis will retire…

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Panalpina’s Boehringer moves to customer development

Panalpina’s chief executive for Europe, Volker Boehringer, will become the freight forwarder’s global head of strategic customer development on June…

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Growth continues at UK gateways

The UK’s busiest airport, London Heathrow, saw its cargo performance soar in February. Up by 5% year on year, the…

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Protek Pharma expands into Europe

Passive temperature protection solutions provider Protek Pharma Worldwide has opened a new production facility in Verona, Italy in order to…

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Peli BioThermal launches flexible solution

Temperature-controlled packaging manufacturer Peli BioThermal is to launch its new CoolPall Flex bulk shipper product at the Clinical Trial Supply…

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Lufthansa scrapes slight growth in cargo load factor

The Lufthansa Group saw the cargo load factor across all its airlines increase by 0.2 percentage points year on year…

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