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Germany and Netherlands are next steps in Panalpina perishables empire (updated)
Freight forwarder Panalpina has reached agreement to acquire two more perishables logistics companies, the Cool Chain Group in Germany (CCG) and Interfresh Airfreight Handling, for undisclosed sums.CCG currently has 100 customers and handles around 14,000 tonnes of air freight per year. It parent company, Rungis Express, is to concentrate on ...
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KLM Cargo brings Dutch heritage home
KLM Cargo is bringing works by Dutch masters back home to Amsterdam for a short time, after an absence of 300 years. The Netherlands flag carrier flew a number of works from St Petersburg, including Rembrandt’s ‘Young Woman with Earrings’ for the Dutch Masters from the Hermitage. Treasures of the ...
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Singapore links up with Lufthansa Group
Singapore Airlines and Lufthansa Group have confirmed 1 October as the official launch date for their joint venture for passenger flights between Singapore, Australia and Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Belgium.The two carriers have been stepping up their cooperation since 2015, introducing new services between Singapore and Dusseldorf in July 2016. ...
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Qatar takes stake in Italy’s Meridiana
Qatar Airways has bought a 49% share on AQA Holding, the new parent company of Meridiana fly, Italy’s second largest carrier. Alisarda has retained its 51% share in the carrier.The Middle East carrier said the move would strengthen its presence in Italy where it currently flies from Doha to Rome, ...
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New players and platform solutions will bring far-reaching change to air cargo
Leading minds from industry and science have come together at the second Frankfurt Air Cargo Innovation Lab conference to discuss the future of logistics.Following last year’s success, some 100 participants from the air cargo industry are attending the two-day event, hosted at Frankfurt Airport by Fraport and the DVV Media ...
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LUG owner Dettmer takes over Hamburg handler
Bremen-based Dettmer Group has taken over LHU Luft Hafen Umschlag, Hamburg airport’s largest air cargo handler, following the insolvency of its former owner, the Carl Tiedemann Group.On a statement, Dettmer, which already owns the LUG air cargo handling companies at Frankfurt and Munich, handling around 300,000 tonnes a year, said ...
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They’re listening to us at last on Brexit, says UK freight body
The UK’s Freight Transport Association (FTA) has welcomed moves by Prime Minister Teresa May to persuade the European Union to grant a transition period for the country’s exit from the European Union, scheduled to take place in March 2019.With the latest round of ‘Brexit’ negotiations now underway, FTA says that ...
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Forwarder Leman continues UK expansion with Maru deal
Denmark-based freight forwarder Leman has continued to expand its presence in the UK with the acquisition of Maru International for an undisclosed sum.Maru provides air and sea logistics solutions and also has a strong presence in the European road transport market from its offices in Dewsbury, Braintree and just outside ...
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Panalpina's new airfreight booking platform offers instant rate quotations
Logistics giant Panalpina has successfully piloted its new, fully automated online quotation and booking platform for ad hoc cargo with selected airfreight customers.Panalpina chief executive Stefan Karlen said: “We have recently reached a significant milestone in modernising the company’s systems landscape by successfully rolling out our new state-of-the-art operational platform ...
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Jettainer launches new service for temperature controlled ULDs
ULD management firm Jettainer has launched a new service for temperature-controlled ULDs, including the lease, management and positioning as well as monitoring of boxes during the whole transport process.Jettainer said the new Cool Management service increases efficiency between all involved parties of the supply chain. In addition, it reduces the ...
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Frankfurt Air Cargo Community welcomes new members
The Frankfurt Air Cargo Community has added six new members to its ranks as they look to shape the future of the hub's cargo operation.At the group's latest general meeting, it welcomed freight forwarders a. hartrodt, AF Logistik, Bolloré and Hermes, while BDA Logistics Innovation, specialising in transport between Europe, ...
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Intrepid delivers second B747-8 freighter to AirBridgeCargo
US lessor Intrepid Aviation has placed a new B747-8 freighter on a long-term lease with AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), the second of two factory-fresh B747-8Fs acquired from Boeing and leased by Intrepid to ABC this year.The first freighter was delivered in April on a "very long term lease" and came shortly ...
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Freight group BIFA updates trading conditions
UK freight forwarder association BIFA has announced that it will launch updated Standard Trading Conditions (STC) for the first time since 2005.The new STC will be launched on October 1 and follows an extensive review of the existing conditions by the BIFA Legal and Insurance Policy Group, taking advice from ...
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Pharma.Aero adds trio to membership
Pharma.Aero has seen three more companies join the worldwide platform which aims to foster strong collaboration among its membership of airport communities, pharma shippers, and other pharma logistics stakeholders.Logistics company Expeditors and specialist cool-chain ULD provider Envirotainer have joined the organisation, along with Pharma.Aero's seventh airport member, Montevideo Free Airport, ...
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Schiphol Airport braces for loss of 10.5% of freighter slots
Schiphol Airport is bracing itself to lose as much as 10.5% of its freighter slots next year unless a limit on the number of aircraft takeoffs and landings is changed.Under a covenant agreed on in 2008, the airport is limited to a maximum of 500,000 air traffic movements per year ...
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NxtPort and Air Cargo Belgium investigate multimodal platform
Ocean platform NxtPort and Air Cargo Belgium have announced a new partnership to investigate the possibility of developing multimodal cargo solutions.The two groups pointed out that companies that transport freight by sea, frequently use airfreight as well, and much of the logistics – such as customs formalities – are the ...
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DHL opens new Budapest express facilities
DHL Express has opened new facilities at Budapest Airport as part of the €160m BUD:2020 Development Programme.The new warehouse and office complexes offer automated sorting systems and a total land development area of more than 60,000 sq m.DHL Express is the latest company to launch operations at the new facility. ...
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Budapest Airport sees cargo demand reach a new high
Budapest Airport has had a record first seven months of the year for cargo as a result of growth in the central European region.In total, the airport handled 72,161 tonnes of cargo over the first seven months, up 19.6% on the same period last year.The airport registered 49,420 tonnes of ...
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Frankfurt freight boost in August
Frankfurt airport's cargo throughput (airfreight + airmail) in August rose by 5.4% year-on-year to 181,102 tonnes or up by 4.8% year to date to nearly 1.5m tonnes.August was a busy month at Frankfurt, with LUG air cargo handling expanding its Health Care Center (HCC) in a 650 sq m first ...
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DHL launches twice a week B747 freighter from Oslo to Seoul and Shanghai
Norway’s Oslo Airport has teamed up with DHL Global Forwarding to establish a twice a week chartered Boeing 747-400 freighter link to Seoul and Shanghai, with the ambition of establishing a scheduled service.The Norwegian seafood gateway, with a 32% general cargo growth so far this year, said that it is ...