All Europe Articles – Page 75
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Lufthansa Cargo sets out a strategy for growth
Lufthansa Cargo boss Peter Gerber admits that the airline’s management did not foresee the air cargo boom of 2017: “We were wrong”.To be fair to the chief executive and chairman of the executive board of Lufthansa Cargo, he was not alone in failing to appreciate that surge of cargo volumes ...
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Timber! cardboard cuts out weighty wooden pallets
Germany-based Trilatec has introduced a lightweight, 100% recycled cardboard alternative to traditional heavy timber pallets.“This is a revolution in the airfreight sector“, said Andreas Langemann from Trilatec, inventor and manufacturer of the novel transport system, adding that "initial experiences" with airlines have shown that 1,200 tons can be saved annually.Trilatec ...
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WFS gains Cathay Pacific Cargo handling in Brussels and Copenhagen
Cathay Pacific Cargo has awarded Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) new cargo handling contracts at Brussels and Copenhagen airports.Hong Kong’s home airline has signed a three-year contract for WFS to provide cargo handling for its new Brussels-Hong Kong direct service, which commenced this week.Cathay Pacific will begin four flights a week ...
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IAG Cargo trials self-driving CargoPod on Heathrow airside
IAG Cargo has undertaken the first airside trial of a self-driving vehicle at a UK airport.In partnership with Oxbotica – an Oxford based company specialising in self-driving software - and London Heathrow Airport, the trial is designed to help the carrier understand how autonomous vehicles could work in an airside ...
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Celebi renews with BluJay in Frankfurt
Turkey-based ground handler Celebi has renewed its deal with software provider BluJay solutions for its operations at Frankfurt airport.Celebi has used BluJay Solutions’ Customs Management application for its customs clearing at the hub.The certified and proven solution enables secure data exchange with the customs authorities and efficient electronic customs clearance.“BluJay’s ...
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Transport Committee backs Heathrow plans but wants charge clarity and night flight ban
A UK Transport Committee has backed plans to develop a third runway at Heathrow but has recommended several changes to proposals to offset the impact on local communities and users of the hub.The major recommendations made by the Transport Committee include a ban on night flights – currently there is ...
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DHL breaks ground on Eaton facility
DHL Supply Chain, the contract logistics segment of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has broken ground on the construction of a new distribution centre for its customer Eaton, the global specialist in power management.The new facility at Rheinbach, near Bonn, will consist of a 35,000 square metre, highly automated storage facility. ...
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Panalpina management report stresses positive development of airfreight
Panalpina handled 995,900 tons of airfreight in 2017, the highest in the company’s history.The global supply chain services provider gave the figure in its second Integrated Management Report, summarising the company’s activities during 2017 in terms of business performance and sustainability.Plus, both profitability and earnings before interest and taxation (EBIT) ...
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Damco to streamline cross-border e-commerce
Damco has revealed plans to streamline cross-border e-commerce for its clients, with an initial priority of tackling the lack of a proven returns solution in China.The Netherlands-based forwarder and supply chain solutions specialist noted that domestic e-commerce sales rates are expected to flatten in the coming years, while the cross-border ...
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EU rules aim to boost e-commerce uptake in Europe
On March 13 Members of the European Parliament adopted a proposal to make the cross-border parcel delivery market more transparent and competitive and to reduce the barriers consumers and e-retailers encounter when purchasing products online in the EU.Rates for parcels sent from one EU country to another can be up ...
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Heathrow to benefit from new cargo links to China
Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) hopes to benefit from new links to China being established in the summer of this year, including by way of the increased cargo capacity that will be made available.Hainan Airlines is to inaugurate a direct service from Heathrow to Changsha and Tianjin Airlines will fly from ...
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AF KLM Cargo confirms summer schedule plans
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo has announced its summer schedule.Air France KLM Martinair Cargo will be offering freight capacity on approximately 1,115 weekly services to 116 destinations across the joint network, and this summer will see the addition of a number of new connections on which cargo capacity will be ...
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Lufthansa Cargo: We want to collect e-AWBs, not fees
Lufthansa Cargo’s introduction of a fee for paper-based air waybills (AWB) is a surcharge that the German carrier does not want to collect.“We don't want to make money on this, we don't want to collect this fee. We want to collect e-AWBs,” said Dr Alexis von Hoensbroech, Lufthansa Cargo member ...
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Smart choice as boss of East Midlands Airport
Karen Smart, currently director of landside operations at London Stansted Airport, has been appointed managing director of East Midlands Airport.Smart will take up her role at the UK’s largest pure cargo airport in April 2018 and will lead a team of over 500 employees.She joined MAG, parent group of Manchester, ...
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FTA welcomes news of Brexit transitional period
The UK's Freight Transport Association (FTA) has welcomed news of a Brexit transitional period, describing it as a "welcome relief".Earlier today, the European Union (EU) and UK government announced that a transitional period has been agreed to run from March 2019 to December 2020 with the aim of smoothing the ...
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Smart Border 2.0 report: ‘sensible and positive progress’ on Brexit
A study entitled ‘Smart Border 2.0: Avoiding a hard border on the island of Ireland for Customs control and the free movement of persons’ was published by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs in February and could offer solutions that would apply to all cross-border ...
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TAPA EMEA certifications at record high, says Gruentjes
The Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) has confirmed “record take-up” of its supply chain security standards across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) in the face of the growing threat of cargo crime throughout the region.TAPA’s Incident Information Service reported a rise of 10.3% rise in recorded cargo crimes ...
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BACA: UK membership of EASA after Brexit “welcomed”
BACA – the Air Charter Associaion – has welcomed UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s speech on March 2 in which she referred to plans for Britain’s continued membership of EU agencies, including the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), after Brexit.Richard Mumford, BACA chairman (pictured), said: “BACA’s members include a number ...
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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 Vienna Airport in order to develop a 60,000 sq m freight hub for Eastern Europe.The DHL Campus Vienna Airport will bring together land, air and ocean freight capabilities that were ...
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Brussels Airport reveals €100m investment in cargo facilities
Brussels Airport has revealed plans to invest €100m in new logistics facilities as it looks to ensure it can meet future demand.The investments include a building of no less than 50,000 sq m on the west side of Brucargo - the hub's cargo area - with direct apron connection for ...