All Europe Articles – Page 70
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Lufthansa Cargo introduces twice weekly B777Fs to Chengdu
Lufthansa Cargo has confirmed its latest capacity increase into the Chinese cargo market by adding twice weekly B777 freighter services to the city of Chengdu.Chengdu in western China has joined Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou and Hong Kong as Lufthansa Cargo freighter connections to the country.Speaking at Air Cargo China in Shanghai, ...
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Cargolux swoops on freighters as it looks to build flexible capacity
Cargolux is in the process of purchasing second-hand freighter aircraft as it looks to build extra flexibility into its ability to expand capacity.Speaking to Air Cargo News at the Air Cargo China event held this week in Shanghai, Cargolux chief executive Richard Forson said that the airline had this year ...
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Antonov Airlines flies power plant rotor into Pakistan
Antonov Airlines has transported a power plant rotor from Genoa in Italy to Karachi, Pakistan, on one of its seven An-124-100 freighter aircraft.The rotor and associated equipment carried weighed in at a total of 108 tonnes.“Careful planning was necessary to guarantee the safe loading and unloading of the rotor,” commented ...
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Regional airports look to capitalise on congestion at major hubs
Europe’s regional airports are hoping to capitalise on congestion at their larger rivals by winning cargo traffic from operators looking to avoid delays.Speaking at the Air Cargo China event in Shanghai today, Budapest Airport cargo managing director Rene Droese said that shippers were taking an increasingly active role in their ...
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AP Moller-Maersk reports ‘unsatisfactory earnings’ in first quarter
AP Moller-Maersk saw its revenue rise by 30% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2018 to reach $9.3bn.That year-on-year revenue improvement figure would be 10% if shipping line Hamburg Süd – which was acquired at the end of 2017 – was taken out of the figures, but there was growth ...
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WiseTech Global acquires Turkey’s Ulukom
WiseTech Global, a logistics industry software provider, has acquired Ulukom, based in Turkey.Headquartered in Istanbul, Ulukom offers a range of logistics, customs, freight forwarding and warehouse support software in its Logistics Information Management System, designed to carry out financial and operational transactions on an integrated platform.Ulukom’s customers include Çelebi Ground ...
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Jettainer think-a-thon in Shanghai
Outsourced ULD manager Jettainer has launched a three-day Think-A-Thon at the start of Transport Logistic China in Shanghai.Together with 25 logistics students from Tongji University, the Lufthansa Cargo subsidiary is going about a thinking marathon. The aim is to search directly on the international industry platform for new approaches for ...
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AirBridgeCargo and PACTL sign MoU aimed at pharma customers in China
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) and Shanghai Pudong International Airport Cargo Terminal Co Ltd (PACTL) have signed up for closer cooperation on time & temperature sensitive shipments, primarily pharmaceutical and healthcare products.The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will serve as a commitment by both parties to develop, expand, and promote ...
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Trade compliance software for airlines
Airlines handling millions of shipments every year have to negotiate a complex web of global security rules, to make sure the goods they transport do not fall foul of trade compliance regulators.There have been a number of high profile cases involving illegal shipments of dual-use goods -for either civilian or ...
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Uniserve names Overman as group chief operating officer
UK-based Uniserve has appointed Kim Overman as its new group chief operating officer.The new position was created to support the company’s “ongoing growth and [to] build on the success of the UK’s largest independent logistics and global trade management provider”.Overman has worked in the logistics industry for 34 years, and ...
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Aer Lingus prepares for Seattle launch
Irish flag-carrier Aer Lingus and parent company IAG are gearing up for the launch of a new Dublin to Seattle service that will inaugurate on Friday (18 May).An Airbus A330-200 operated by Aer Lingus will fly the intercontinental service four times a week, and the aircraft will offer up to ...
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BACA: airfreight traffic through London airports being hit by noise-related restrictions
The closure and severe reduction to overnight movements at the majority of London’s airports this summer will "have a major impact on flights in and out of London,” says BACA – The Air Charter Association.BACA, the trade association for the global air charter industry, is calling for a “more pragmatic ...
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Air France-KLM, Delta and Virgin expand transatlantic collaboration
Air France-KLM, Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic have signed a joint venture (JV) agreement on expanding their existing transatlantic co-operation.The new deal sets out the terms of governance as well as the commercial and operational terms of the expanded JV.Air France-KLM is to acquire a 31% stake in Virgin ...
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AEI gains EASA approval for CRJ200 SF conversion
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc (AEI) has received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approval for its CRJ200 SF passenger-to-freighter conversion.The EASA approval permits the operation of European-registered CRJ200 SFs.Miami-based AEI received the original Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval for the CRJ200 SF from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) at the end ...
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K+N launches SwiftLOG warehouse management system
Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) has launched a new global warehouse management system (WMS).Called KN SwiftLOG, it is said to be a scalable platform with global reach, powered by JDA Warehouse Management.The first implementation of KN SwiftLOG took place in China with the creation of an omni-channel distribution centre for a ...
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Frankfurt Airport reports steady performance in April
Fraport, operator of Frankfurt Airport, Germany’s busiest airfreight gateway, has reported that the gateway handled a total of 189,634 tonnes of cargo (airfreight and air mail) in April.This figure represented an improvement of 2.3% over the same month of 2017.Over the first four months of this year, Frankfurt handled a ...
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CEVA reports solid first quarter
Supply chain services giant CEVA Logistics reported a 2018 first quarter revenue improvement of 5.4% (at constant currency) to $1.79bn, while also seeing strong improvements in earnings in both its Freight Management and Contract Logistics segments.The January to March reporting period also saw Switzerland-headquartered CEVA complete an Initial Public Offering ...
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Schiphol has tough first quarter for cargo
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol saw its airfreight volumes fall in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period of 2017.Cargo volumes for the January to March period saw 411,539 tonnes handled, a decline of 2.1% versus same period in 2017.A spokesperson for the Dutch cargo hub, Europe's third ...
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Europa enjoys record year
Logistics service provider Europa Worldwide Group has reported annual financial results for the 2017 calendar year, and declared that it is now in “the strongest and most profitable position in its 50-year history”.Europa is a specialist road, air and sea, and warehouse operator which employs more than 650 staff across ...
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Silk Way West launches B747F to Liege
Baku-headquartered freighter operator Silk Way West Airlines has launched a new regular Boeing 747F link between Belgium’s Liege Airport and its cargo hub in the capital of Azerbaijan.Twice-weekly flights into Liege were launched at the end of April.Silk Way West Airlines president and chief executive Wolfgang Meier commented: “The aim ...