August 2018

Nepal Airlines signs ULD management agreement with Unilode

Nepal Airlines Corporation has agreed a five-year deal with Switzerland-based Unilode Aviation Solutions for the latter to supply and manage…

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AAPA reports on encouraging airfreight demand in Asia-Pacific region

The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) has released preliminary traffic figures for the month of July showing that demand…

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BIFA calls for further clarification on possible ‘no deal’ Brexit

On 23 August the UK Government offered some thoughts on how British companies might continue to do business with Europe…

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Panalpina Bogotá gains GDP certification

Panalpina Bogotá has been certified to the World Health Organization’s Good Distribution Practice (GDP) health care standard. GDP is an…

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Asian cargo monthly: Mixed bag for airlines in July

Asian air cargo carriers reported mixed performance in July, with the majority of airlines seeing volumes track lower than earlier…

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Conrady to take over cargo role at Frankfurt Airport

Frankfurt Airport (Fraport) will have a new senior vice president, cargo development and management, from November this year, when Max…

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DHL Express attains the company’s 300th TAPA certification

DHL Express UK’s Birmingham Service Centre has become the 300th company facility worldwide to be awarded with the Transported Asset…

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K+N in Chinese automotive logistics joint venture

Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) is linking up with Sincero, a Chinese automotive logistics group,  to form a joint venture focused on contract…

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Centurion Air Cargo closes its doors

Centurion Air Cargo has surrendered its air carrier operating certificate (AOC) and has decided against continuing to pursue the resumption…

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Rhenus opens new New Zealand subsidiary as it continues expansion

Freight forwarder Rhenus Logistics has continued its network expansion with the launch of a subsidiary based in Auckland, New Zealand….

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Dachser USA targets US automotive with new Detroit office

Logistics firm Dachser USA has expanded its Midwestern footprint, opening a new location in Detroit as it targets the automotive…

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Handled with care, LUG awarded CEIV Pharma at Frankfurt

Cargo ground handler LUG has received IATA’s CEIV Pharma certification for its recently upgraded Health Care Center (HCC) in Frankfurt airport’s CargoCity…

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UK production company to make airfreight TV show

A UK production company is making an eight part TV show about air cargo for channel UKTV. Production company Back2Back…

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Top 25 airfreight forwarders 2017: DHL still at the top but Kuhne+Nagel closes the gap

DHL Global Forwarding remained the world’s largest airfreight forwarder in 2017, (see chart below) but second placed Kuhne+Nagel continued to…

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Marken gains Brazilian approval for UPS airline pharma shipments

Marken, the UPS pharma supply chain arm, has gained approval from Brazil’s health regulator ANVISA to ship biological samples from…

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Vekshin takes on charter operations role at Volga-Dnepr

Volga-Dnepr Group has appointed Konstantin Vekshin as executive president, charter cargo operations (CCO) for Volga-Dnepr Airlines, effective August 15. Vekshin…

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Cargolux in Jakarta race horse charter flight

Cargolux has flown race horses from Luxembourg to Jakarta, Indonesia, where they participated in the Asian games.   The part-charter…

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Panalpina warns of peak season bottlenecks on the ground

Panalpina has moved to secure airfreight capacity for the peak season, but has warned that supply chains could be equally…

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SIA and Cainiao linking up for cargo services

Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Cainiao Network, the logistics arm of Chinese e-tailing giant Alibaba Group, will work closely to "enhance…

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LATAM cargo revenues rise 16.8% in the second quarter

LATAM Airlines saw 2018 second quarter cargo revenues increase 16.8%, driven by a recovery in both imports and exports in…

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