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DHL Express extends Air Hong Kong BSA for 15 more years
DHL Express has extended its partnership with Air Hong Kong (AHK) with a new 15-year block-space agreement (BSA).The partners said the BSA arrangement will provide a stable revenue stream to Air Hong Kong and a predictable cost base for DHL."The new agreement will initially provide DHL with the same service ...
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KLM launches Shipping Blue global package delivery product for SMEs
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has launched a small package delivery service for its BlueBiz customers.Shipping Blue is described by the carrier as a new worldwide package delivery service developed specifically for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).All members of the Air France KLM’s BlueBiz loyalty programme are now able to ship ...
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UPS beefs up trade services with Sandler & Travis buy
UPS has acquired Sandler & Travis Trade Advisory Services (STTAS).Described by the logistics firm as the world’s largest independent provider of global trade management services, SSTAS is US-based but almost 70% of its employees work outside of the US, in locations including Shanghai, Bengaluru, Aberdeen, Warsaw, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, ...
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FedEx ready for the Christmas rush
FedEx expects says it expects to handle 380-400million packages on its global network between Black Friday (24 November) and Christmas Eve.It also predicts that it will more than double its average daily volume of 13 million shipments on three Mondays over the Christmas period.It attributes the surge to e-commerce-savvy consumers ...
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NewsDHL’s A330-300 freighter conversion takes to the skies
DHL Express expects to boost capacity and cut operating costs as the first of a new generation freighters takes to the skies.The parcel carrier has taken delivery of the the first-ever A330-300 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) aircraft from the ST Aerospace-Airbus joint venture, Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), at its Dresden base following completion ...
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DHL charters B747 freighters ahead of US holiday record rush
Tightening freight capacity between Asia and the US in the third quarter is a clear indication that major retailers are ramping up their imports and expect strong e-commerce demand over the holiday period, says a senior DHL official.DHL Global Forwarding's vice president of sales and marketing, Paul McMillan, reports that ...
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DHL offers online airfreight quotes
Deutsche Post’s DHL Global Forwarding arm has introduced an online quotation and booking service for international airfreight, based on door-to-door all-in rates and transit information.It connects to the DHL Interactive customer portal, where it also provides shipment tracking and customised shipment reports.The service is available in over 40 countries — ...
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DHL to test ten Tesla trucks in the US
DHL Supply Chain is to be a launch customer for ten Tesla Electric Class 8 articulated semi trucks in the US.The Deutsche Post DHL Group subsidiary will be using the vehicles, billed as the first ever commercial all-electric heavy trucks, for shuttle deliveries and same-day customer deliveries in ten cities ...
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FedEx to be launch customer for new Cessna turboprop
FedEx Express is to be the launch customer for a new Cessna twin-engine turboprop aircraft.The express giant has signed a deal with Cessna parent company, Textron Aviation, for 50 SkyCourier 408 aircraft, with options for a further 50.The new aircraft, described as a development of the single-engined Cessna Caravan, is ...
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Christmas comes early for San Bernardino as UPS increases flights
San Bernardino International Airport has signed an agreement with UPS to increase the number of seasonal cargo flights from four per week in 2016 to up to 18 each week for this year’s holiday season.They will include services to the main UPS hub at Louisville, Kentucky, along with its regional ...
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Boeing, Boeing, gone! SF Express buys B747Fs online
Two Boeing 747-400 freighters have finally been sold on the Alibaba-owned auction website, Taobao, with SF Express the buyer.According to the South China Morning Post, the aircraft, which were owned by insolvent Chinese carrier Jade Cargo, were bought by fast expanding SF Express for Yuan160.8m and Yuan162mThe opening bid prices ...
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DHL Express to expand in Hong Kong on e-commerce demand
DHL Express has announced a €335m expansion plan for its Central Asia Hub (CAH), in partnership with the Airport Authority Hong Kong.The expanded CAH will be equipped with an enhanced material handling system that will improve productivity and increase the hub’s throughput capacity – from the current 75,000 pieces of ...
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UPS joins BiTA for blockchain logistics
US integrator UPS has joined the Blockchain in Trucking Alliance (BiTA) for the development of blockchain technology standards and education in airfreight.Blockchain is a digital database that encrypts information in secure, linked ‘blocks’. According to Linda Weakland, UPS director of enterprise architecture and innovation, it “has multiple applications in the ...
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West Atlantic flies through choppy air
Swedish cargo airline West Atlantic confirmed that it has suffered financially this year, largely as a result of high start-up costs caused by delayed deliveries of aircraft needed to fulfil its new Royal Mail contract.In a statement on its website, the Gothenburg-headquartered airline said: "As a consequence, the company does ...
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UPS reveals ‘solid’ third-quarter results
UPS saw revenues rise by 7% in the third quarter reach $16bn, while international operating profit increased by 8.9% to $627m.Operating profit as a whole at the US based parcels and logistics giant stayed pretty much static at $2bn.The Supply Chain & Freight part of the business enjoyed a 13% ...
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DHL facility at O’Hare opens its doors
DHL has opened a $10m global gateway facility at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.The integrator selected Chicago’s new northeast cargo campus at O’Hare because the site is “on track to be the largest cargo development built at a US airport in more than a decade when completed in the next few ...
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Three little words help Aramex deliver more quickly
A study by Middle East based logistic company Aramex has found that using a three word address system for deliveries in Dubai was 42% faster than using traditional street addresses.The study also found that, over 100 deliveries, using the what3words system reduced by 22% the total distance travelled by drivers.What3words ...
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FedEx expands Barcelona hub
FedEx Express has opened a new ground operations centre in Barcelona’s Zona Franca.FedEx says Spain is a key part in its development of a European leading logistics network. Following its acquisition of TNT last year, FedEx Express is adding a European ground network to its existing air operations.It will process ...
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UPS starts talks with the Teamsters union
UPS has confirmed that it has started talks on a new contract with Teamsters union. The current five-year contract with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters runs out at the end of July next year.The relationship goes back to the 1930s, and over 250,000 UPS employees are members of the union ...
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FedEx to double size of air cargo facilities at Incheon airport
FedEx Express has revealed it will double the size of its air cargo handling facility at Incheon International Airport as it looks to cater for rising volumes in South Korea.Establishing a new cargo facility at Incheon International Airport is a strategic move for FedEx — the airport has seen the ...