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DHL points to the future of logistics: robots
Global express services provider Deutsche Post DHL (DPDHL) has focused in its latest Trend Report on the subject ‘Robotics in Logistics’. In its look to the future, DHL predicts that robots will revolutionise the global logistics industry, soon handling tasks such as picking, packing and moving goods to such an ...
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FedEx reaches first milestone on Malpensa development
Global express services giant FedEx has completed work on the external structure of its expanded base at Italy’s busiest air cargo gateway, Milan-Malpensa International Airport. The ongoing expansion of the FedEx infrastructure at Malpensa will triple the size of the current facility and allow the integrator to handle up to ...
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UPS to offer cryogenic airfreight service in Europe
Integrator UPS is now offering European customers a cryogenic shipping service through the use of specialist containers.The service, which is available on airfreight services as well as other modes of transport, uses cryogenic containers from Cryoport which use liquid nitrogen stored in dry vapour form to keep products frozen at ...
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DHL partnership to expand Nordics and Baltics parcel delivery
DHL is extending its European B2C parcel network across the Nordics and Baltics in collaboration with DHL Freight Sweden, Finnish postal operator Posti and Bring, a subsidiary of the Norwegian postal operator.It is claimed to be largest parcel network in northern Europe, offering a business to consumer infrastructure for parcel ...
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UPS promotes grassroots talent
UPS has appointed Nando Cesarone as president of its Europe region and Ross McCullough for Asia Pacific, while Cindy Miller becomes president of global freight forwarding.Cesarone, a 25-year UPS veteran who most recently served as president of UPS’s Asia Pacific Region, will now be responsible for operations in 56 countries ...
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Deutsche Post boss: DHL Global Forwarding is NOT up for sale
Deutsche Post DHL (DPDHL) chief executive Frank Appel has rejected outright any suggestions that his group’s forwarding arm is up for sale.In a statement to Air Cargo News, Appel said: “To clear up false rumours and to be unequivocal, DP DHL is not exploring the sale of our Global Forwarding ...
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FedEx-TNT deal faces regulatory appeal in Brazil
UPS has filed an appeal with the economic regulator in Brazil against FedEx's takeover of TNT Express.On February 2, the US parcel giant said Brazil’s Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica (CADE) had unconditionally approved its intended acquisition of TNT Express.Under Brazilian law, a decision may be appealed within 15 calendar ...
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DHL adds daily Tangier freighter
DHL has launched a daily B737 freighter between Tangier and the integrator’s global hub in Leipzig, Germany, connecting northern Morocco's high-growth economic zones to Europe.The service, from Tangier’s Ibn Battouta airport, provides customers in Morocco with a reduction in delivery time by four hours and an extended pickup time limit ...
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DHL to build Malpensa hub
DHL Express has signed an agreement to build a €90m logistics hub at Milan Malpensa airport. Work will begin at the end of 2016 and be completed by end of the second quarter of 2018.DHL is the second express parcel giant to expand at the Italian hub after FedEx started ...
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Thumbs up for Singapore drone tests
Singapore will be the launch pad for test trials of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), or drones, for last mile delivery.Airbus Helicopters and the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to conduct UAS proof-of-concept trials, named the Skyways Project.Skyways, said the project team, aims ...
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TNT returns to the black in the fourth quarter
Express delivery firm TNT returned to the black during the fourth quarter of last year on the back of revenue growth and cost cutting measures.The Amsterdam-headquartered company, which is the process of being taken over by FedEx, reported fourth-quarter revenues of €1.9bn, up 4.1% compared with the same period in ...
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Chinese express airlines looking to continue e-commerce fuelled expansion
Fast expanding Chinese express carriers YTO Express Airlines and SF Airlines have applied to add extra routes from the country’s capital as they look to capitalise on the growing domestic e-commerce market.Recently launched YTO has applied to the Civil Aviation Administration of China to operate a cargo service between its ...
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TPP trade deal signing welcomed by UPS
UPS has welcomed the eventual signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement but commentators have warned that there are years of negotiations ahead.Earlier today 12 nations - Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the US and Vietnam – signed up to the TPP ...
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UPS posts double-digit operating profit growth after strong peak
UPS posted “positive” fourth quarter results, with double-digit operating profit growth recorded across all three of its segments.The parcel giant announced a 1% increase in fourth-quarter revenues to $16bn, although it said performance at a top-line level was restricted by currency translations and lower fuel surcharges.At an operating profit level, ...
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Aramex 2015 revenues up but net profits dip due to staff incentive scheme
Dubai-based logistics operator Aramex saw its 2015 full Year revenues increase by 5% to AED3.8bn, while annual net profits fell by 2% to AED311m, due partly to a company incentive scheme to retain talented staff.Exposure to major currency fluctuations, primarily the Euro, South African Rand and Australian Dollar, had a ...
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FedEx takeover of TNT edges forward
FedEx’s takeover of TNT has taken another step forward after Brazil’s competition authority gave its go-ahead to the acquisition.The US parcel giant said Brazil’s Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica had yesterday unconditionally approved its intended acquisition of TNT Express.“We are very pleased with the unconditional approval from the Brazilian regulatory ...
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We’re in this together
MEANINGFUL partnerships may be the new way forward for competing air cargo companies.When there is too much capacity, when prices are at rock bottom and yields are in decline, when shippers are modal-shifting to sea, when economies of scale are desperately required – maybe that is the time to turn ...
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Aramex buys Fastway Couriers in New Zealand
Dubai-based logistics operator Aramex has expanded its footprint in the Asia-Pacific region with the 100% acquisition of Fastway Couriers in New Zealand for NZ$125m.Established in 1983, Fastway Couriers' global network includes 63 regional depots and 1,500 courier franchisees across Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Northern Ireland and South Africa. With more ...
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Algeria links gain from Marseille upgrade by DHL Express
An €8m investment at France’s Marseille Provence Airport by DHL Express has allowed the logistics giant to add direct links to Algeria in North Africa from the French Mediterranean hub.DHL’s warehousing capacity has more than doubled to 3,000 sq m at Marseille, and the workforce will also double to 84 ...
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DHL takes a stake in French e-commerce logistics specialist
Deutsche Post DHL Group is taking a 27.5% stake in Relais Colis, a French e-commerce logistics specialist serving Europe’s third largest internet retail market.The Germany based global logistics giant said that the minority holding will “support the further development of the French e-commerce logistics specialist’s network of pickup points and ...