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Outspoken shipper stalwart van Doesburg says farewell
Outspoken air cargo shipper representative Joost van Doesburg is leaving the sector but has a last message for airlines and forwarders.Van Doesburg, airfreight policy manager at the European Shippers’ Council (ESC), said: “We should not invest a lot of time in optimising the current situation, like e-freight, because it is ...
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Jettainer is on the button with relaunched ULD management software
Jettainer has relaunched its in-house IT solution, JettWare.New functions and a modernised user interface for JettWare 2.0 help pinpoint both serviceable and unserviceable units at airports and provide information “in a much clearer, intuitive way” said the outsourced ULD management specialist.Revised station overview screens show all the planned movements of ...
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On board courier service flying at ACS
Air Charter Service's on board courier (OBC) department, launched in the Spring, is currently averaging a booking every twelve hours and is already 40% ahead of budget.Oliver Weigelt, the company’s global time critical manager, commented: “We are doing 60-70 jobs a month and we’re expecting to do even more in ...
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K+N airfreight volumes up 5.1% in stagnant market
Kuehne + Nagel (K+N)outpaced a “stagnating airfreight market” to grow its own volumes by 5.1% in the first nine months of 2015.The Switzerland-based multimodal logistics giant said of its air cargo business: “The increasing demand for specialised services in the industry segments automotive, pharma, aerospace and perishables contributed to this ...
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Solar-powered car takes flight with TNT
TNT transported a solar-powered car called Stella Lux from the Netherlands to Australia. The four-seat prototype will compete at the World Solar Challenge (18-25 October), a 3,000km race between Darwin and Adelaide.The Netherlands-based express operator said: “TNT shipped the car from Eindhoven to Liege, Belgium, then flew it to Singapore ...
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United adds Berlin and Hamburg to TempControl network
United Cargo has added German airport Berlin Tegel (TXL) and Hamburg (HAM) to its worldwide TempControl network for temperature-sensitive shipments.These additions bring the number of certified TempControl locations worldwide to 55.United services TXL via daily Boeing 767 widebody service to and from its hub at Newark Liberty (EWR). HAM is ...
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September stumble for Frankfurt and Heathrow
Frankfurt and London Heathrow airports both saw cargo throughputs drop by more than four percent in September.Frankfurt, the number one air cargo hub in Germany and Europe last year, saw September volumes fall 4.7% to 170,200 tonnes, due to “strong” declines in North America, Latin America and the Far East, ...
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AF KLM Cargo to add extra capacity for winter season
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo will add extra capacity to services over the coming weeks as it looks to capitalise on the busy winter season.The Franco-Dutch airline said that it will add capacity on services to South Africa, Thailand, Mauritius and the Caribbean from October 25.In Africa, the airline will ...
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Students take wing with Pegasus
Pegasus Airlines’ Cargo directorate and Bahcesehir University’s faculty of economics, administrative and social sciences co-hosted the ‘International Transport and Logistics Conference’ at the Besiktas Campus in Istanbul.Hosted by Pegasus Airlines Cargo vice president Aydin Alpa and Dr Yavuz Gunalay, vice dean of Bahcesehir University’s faculty of economics, administrative and social ...
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Maindeck outpaces belly at Brussels and Munich
European cargo airports Brussels and Munich have reported a rise in freighter-only volumes versus passenger bellyhold.Belgian hub Brussels, the ninth largest European cargo airport by volume in 2014, saw September’s airfreight traffic rise by 1.6% but highlighted “two opposing trends”.It stated: “The same as most other European airports, belly transport ...
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DSV's takeover of UTi to create world's eighth largest air forwarder
DSV’s takeover of UTi is set to push the Danish firm into the world’s top ten airfreight forwarders from its current position just inside the top 20.Based on 2014 volumes from consultancy Armstrong & Associates, the takeover will see DSV’s airfreight volumes increase to 655,662 metric tons from 287,662.This would ...
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Finnair Cargo boss Kuusenmäki says goodbye
Finnair’s vice president head of cargo, Antti Kuusenmäki, is to leave Finnair Cargo in November to pursue other career opportunities. He has headed Finnair Cargo since December 2014.Juha Järvinen, Finnair's chief commercial officer and Finnair Cargo’s managing director, said: “Antti Kuusenmäki has been an important part of our Cargo team ...
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DSV to buy UTi Worldwide for $1.35bn
DSV Group has signed an agreement to acquire US based UTi Worldwide, a global, supply chain services and logistics company with revenue of $3.9bn and 21,000 employees in 58 countries.DSV will pay $7.10 in cash per ordinary share. The total transaction implies an enterprise value of approximately $1.35bn.The combined company ...
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DSV in $1.35bn takeover bid for UTi
Consolidation in global freight forwarding continues, with the announcement that Danish forwarder DSV Group has signed an agreement to acquire US based UTi Worldwide in a deal worth $1.35bn.UTi is a global, supply chain services and logistics company with revenue of $3.9bn and 21,000 employees in 58 countries.“The combined company ...
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Rail services a major challenge to air in central Asia
One of the major challenges that the air cargo industry in the CIS and central Asia regions faces is the growth of rail services from the Far East, according to DHL Global Forwarding’s chief executive eastern Europe.Speaking at the Caspian Air Cargo Summit, DHL’s Kerem Inanc said there were a ...
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AirBridgeCargo hopes to capitalise on domestic Russian market
AirBridgeCargo (ABC) hopes to capitalise on growth in the domestic Russian market as import demand to the country and the wider CIS region comes under pressure.Speaking at the Caspian Air Cargo Summit, ABC regional sales director Russia & CIS Oleg Makushkin told delegates that despite the difficult market conditions there ...
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CAL's double first for CEIV Pharma
CAL has become the first group to implement IATA's Center of Excellence for Independent Validators Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV) certification for both its freighter airline and cargo ground handling operations.The Liege-hubbed group’s road feeder services and other ground handlers are also validated by the CEIV, which means it provides “end-to-end pharma ...
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FedEx to benefit from Malpensa cargo expansion
FedEx Express and SEA, the Milan airport management company, have started construction on a new €15m operations base for the US parcels giant at the Italian hub.At more than 35,000 sq m, the highly-automated structure will triple the size of the current FedEx Express facility in Malpensa to become FedEx's ...
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Older ULDs can pose performance risk, warns CSafe White Paper
Temperature-controlled container manufacturer and supplier CSafe Global has released a white paper highlighting the problems and risk associated with using poorly maintained container stock.The paper, entitled “Maintenance of active ULDs and its positive impact on operational performance and longevity" is authored by Jonathan Neeld, CSafe director of certification & regulatory ...
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XPO Logistics bags Lynx contract
Helicopter maker AgustaWestland has appointed XPO Logistics to coordinate the handling, storage and transportation of eight Lynx Mk21A helicopters from Brazil to the UK.In an extension of a “longstanding” relationship with AgustaWestland, XPO Logistics global forwarding teams will be responsible for transporting the Lynx helicopters to the UK for a ...