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Nova Systems introduces new air tariff cloud software
Nova Systems will introduce its new BeOne Cloud Forwarding Suite software solution at this year’s Transport Logistics show.Nova, which will be exhibiting in hall B2, stand 436, said the software offers automatic updates of air company tariffs and has been created for those involved in forwarding, customs, and logistics.Silvano Forapan, ...
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Geodis to reveal new branding at Transport Logistics
Geodis will present its new branding at this year’s Transport Logistics exhibition, which will run alongside Air Cargo Europe.The logistics giant, which will be located in hall B5 on stand 303/402, decided to launch its new brand after bringing together all its business lines.The move will see existing brands, Geodis ...
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Industry set for air conference debates
The Air Cargo Europe Conference will this year take place on the Wednesday morning.Opening the event at 10am , will be Lufthansa Cargo’s board member products & sales Alexis von Hoensbroech who will offer an outlook on the future of air cargo.At 10.15am, a group discussion will take place that ...
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Data and e-commerce on the menu in Munich
DATA security and e-commerce will be among the topics under debate when the world’s airfreight industry descends on Munich for the Air Cargo Europe exhibition and conference.The air cargo industry - transporting goods worth $6.4trn each year - will be a major modal component of the biennial Transport Logistics freight-fest, ...
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Envirotainer achieves 500th QEP accredited station
Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) in Amsterdam has become the 500th participating station in the Qualified Envirotainer Provider Training and Quality Programme (QEP).Coolchain container company Envirotainer launched the QEP programme eight years ago as a way to recognise its partner airlines, logistics providers, and integrators that are capable of properly managing Envirotainer container ...
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March volumes hit by late Chinese New Year
Global air cargo volumes registered only a small increase in March compared with a year earlier as a result of the late Chinese New Year holiday.The latest figures from Netherlands-based analyst WorldACD show that global air cargo volumes increased by just 0.3 per cent year on year.However, this year the ...
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FedEx and TNT deal on track but clearance could take a year
TNT Express has provided an update on its planned $4.8bn takeover by FedEx, stating that the two companies are making timely progress on preparations for the offer but reiterated that it could take a year to gain regulatory clearance.TNT said that FedEx expects to submit a request for review and ...
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Zurich cool chain expansion
Swiss WorldCargo’s ground handling partner, Cargologic, has expanded its cold storage facilities at Zurich Airport to provide more capacity for the storage of temperature-sensitive shipments.After receiving its Good Distribution Practice (GDP) certification from Swissmedic, Cargologic opened an expanded temperature-controlled storage facility at the airport earlier this month (April).The new facility ...
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Cargolux reports 2014 profit decline
Cargolux recorded a decline in profits in 2014, despite an improvement in revenues, as impairment charges and antitrust actions took their toll on Europe’s biggest all-cargo airline.The Luxembourg-based company saw net profits slip to $3m in 2014 from $8.4m a year earlier, while revenues increased to $2.1bn last year from ...
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IAG Cargo Q1 revenues down, but load factors up
IAG Cargo reported a 2015 first-quarter decline in revenues of just over one per cent on the back of a capacity reduction programme and a resultant volume decrease.During the first three months of the year, the British Airways and Iberia cargo division saw revenues decline by 1.6 per cent on ...
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Heathrow not structured to cope with future airfreight growth
A cargo specialist at London-Heathrow has admitted that the airport is not structured to cope with future airfreight growth, writes Martin Roebuck.Nick Platts, Heathrow’s Head of Ground Handling, told an airfreight seminar at the Multimodal Exhibition in Birmingham: “Our capacity shortage won’t change in a two-runway world. We don’t have ...
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Lufthansa delays the construction of new Frankfurt cargo centre
Lufthansa has delayed its planned investment in a new cargo centre at Frankfurt airport for at least two years as the group scrutinises its investment plan.At this week's Lufthansa Group general meeting the supervisory board of the Deutsche Lufthansa was informed of the decision to delay construction of the LCCneo ...
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Volga-Dnepr validates first seven airports for ACC3 compliance
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has validated the first seven airports in compliance with the European Union's ACC3 (air cargo or mail carrier operating into the European Union from a third-country airport) regime.The Russia-based carrier organised for an independent auditor trained by IATA and accredited by the EU to confirm the ACC3 validation ...
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XPO launches Norbert Dentressangle takeover bid
Fast-growing XPO Logistics has launched a €3.2bn takeover one of Europe’s largest logistics firms, Norbert Dentressangle, that will push the company into the top ten global logistics players.The two companies have entered into a definitive agreement that will see XPO acquire the majority of shares in Lyon-based Norbert Dentressangle through ...
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ACS sees 2014 cargo recovery as revenues surge
Air Charter Service (ACS) reports an “extremely successful 2014” for all three of its divisions.Chris Leach, chairman of the UK-headquartered broker, observed: “The figures across the board are extremely pleasing. Every department – private jets, commercial airliners, group travel and cargo – grew in terms of revenue and number of ...
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American Airlines is Cargo Airline of the Year 2015
American Airlines is the 2015 Cargo Airline of the Year.The presentation was made to Jim Butler, president, American Airlines Cargo, at a sparkling Air Cargo News gala event in London. Butler was presented with the award by Mark Whitehead, chief executive of Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd (Hactl), the ...
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Delhi and Schiphol sign MoU to promote cargo trade lane
Delhi Airport and Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on and promote cargo business between the two hubs.The agreement’s scope includes business promotion, product development, knowledge sharing, training, performance benchmarking and regulatory agency cooperation.Schiphol handled a record 1.6m tonnes of cargo in 2014, up 6.7 ...
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AN-124 paint job to save $100,000 in fuel per year
A fresh lick of paint for an An-124-100 will give Volga-Dnepr Airlines an expected fuel saving of over $100,000 a year.The freighter will be painted using a leading durable coating technology to increase the aircraft’s aerodynamic qualities.Vladimir Drebnev, senior engineer, continuing airworthiness at Russian-based Volga-Dnepr, stated: “The base coat/clear coat ...
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Airnautic opens Nantes office
French general sales agent Airnautic has opened an office at Nantes airport, located in western France.Airnautic's new French office will join three others, located in Mulhouse, Lyon and Paris.It will be led by Elodie Ligot, whose role will be "to extend the GSA local presence, including the sales of premium ...
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Schiphol tonnages impacted by slowing Chinese output
A decline in airfreight between Asia and Europe saw Schiphol airport’s cargo volumes fall 1.8 per cent in the first three months of 2015 over like quarter 2014 to nearly 386,800 tonnes.It was the Amsterdam hub’s first quarterly fall in cargo volumes for almost two years.The Dutch airport’s senior VP ...