All Freight Forwarder Articles – Page 130
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Kerry Logistics JV in Indonesia
Kerry Logistics has formed a joint venture in Indonesia as a platform for expansion.The new JV sees Kerry Logistics join forces with Puninar Logistics, one of Indonesia's largest companies in the sector.Kerry-Puninar Logistics will combine Kerry Logistics' global supply chain expertise and international freight forwarding network with Puninar Logistics’ local ...
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Panalpina goes into Africa again
Freight forwarder Panalpina has opened new bases in Morocco and Kenya as part of a drive to expand its presence in Africa, a continent in which it was once a dominant player in the oil and gas project sector.Offices in Casablanca in Morocco and Nairobi, Kenya, and will spearhead a ...
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AOG service takes off in Ireland
Norbert Dentressangle has launched a 24-hour Aircraft on Ground (AOG) desk in Ireland to support the time-critical movement of aircraft parts around the world.The Air & Sea freight forwarding division of the French-owned logistics group will provides a complete range of services including hand carry, taxi, baggage transfer and aircraft ...
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Airlines respond to price-fixing charges
Three of the seven airlines named in a US price-fixing lawsuit by forwarder DB Schenker have filed motions to dismiss the action.At the Eastern District of New York court on January 16, All Nippon Airways and Cargolux argued that the German-based forwarder had been ‘forum shopping’ – choosing the jurisdiction ...
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CEVA Chicago a grow-grow
CEVA Logistics has solved a US mid-west capacity shortage by opening a fourth site in Chicago, bringing the supply chain specialist’s total space near O’Hare International Airport to over 650,000 sq ft.The latest multi-user site, next to an existing CEVA location, is highly secure, with a 128-camera CCTV system, gate ...
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BIFA awards: winners step forward
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has revealed the winners of its Freight Service Awards 2014 at a ceremony in London.Robert Keen, BIFA’s director general, commented: “In a neat twist to celebrate the 26th staging of the awards, it was fitting that 26 different BIFA Member companies were in contention, ...
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1.45m tonne debut year for Hong Kong terminal
Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal (CPCT) handled 1.45m tonnes of cargo in 2014, its first full year, with transshipment traffic the main driver at 54 per cent of volume throughput.Import and export cargo tonnage throughput were 15 per cent and 31 per cent, respectively, said parent company Cathay Pacific Services Ltd ...
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Hellmann: How to fight back
There is a lot of talk these days about mode shift from air to seafreight, so it is good to hear a forwarder talking about double digit increases in airfreight volumes.This is the story for Hellmann Worldwide Logistics in Europe, where Jens Tarnowski, chief executive region Europe (air and sea ...
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Hellmann gains AEO status in the UK
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics UK has been awarded authorised economic operator (AEO) status by HM Revenue & Customs.The supply chain quality standard highlights businesses involved in the international supply chain.The two-year process began in December 2012 and involved Hellmann training over 500 staff to complete the process and achieve its goal ...
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Full year cargo rise at Athens
Athens airport saw a 3.3 per cent rise in full year 2014 cargo volumes at its four freight terminals to 77,327 tonnes.Alexis Sioris, manager cargo development at Athens International Airport, said: “We are once again showing our customers that Athens is a multi-modal cargo hub, which has been a major ...
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German shippers join cartel claims lawsuit
German carmaker BMW and car supplier Bosch are joining German railway Deutsche Bahn in a $2.4bn claim for damages against airlines involved in a global air cargo cartel between 1999 and 2006.Spokespeople for BMW and Bosch told Reuters that the companies had joined the lawsuits, announced by Deutsche Bahn’s DB ...
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Gatwick hails DHL congestion-buster
A consolidation hub set up to supply businesses at Gatwick airport and cut down on road congestion and pollution could be a prototype for crowded urban or airport cargo areas, says DHL.Ian Lovelock, vice president within the Specialist Services team at DHL Supply Chain, was commenting on the Gatwick Logistics ...
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Christmas overspend flattens UPS earnings
UPS reported “flat” fourth quarter earnings in the fourth quarter of 2014 compared with the same period in prior year. In fact, earnings per share, at $1.25, were identical to 2013, said the US-based express carrier.It blamed higher than expected peak operating expenses in its home market as the carrier ...
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Schiphol: Shippers, not freighters
In any industry, does it not make sense to study the strategies of the most successful players? Yet at a time when Amsterdam Schiphol airport is showing robust growth in cargo volumes, many of its major rivals are taking the opposite approach.They are dispensing with cargo managers and making cargo ...
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DHL Shanghai’s cool chain investment
DHL Global Forwarding has opened a RMB115m (€16m) expansion of its Shanghai air freight terminal, including a new warehouse and 1,600 sq m of cold storage for life sciences and healthcare customers.The logistics arm of Deutsche Post DHL says that its new Shanghai air freight centre has been developed on ...
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Dentressangle extends HK consolidations to the UK
Norbert Dentressangle is extending its Hong Kong air cargo consolidations to the UK, following the launch of a similar service to Paris.With cargo space on flights from China and Hong Kong at a premium in the weeks and months leading up to the Chinese New Year, the freight forwarder will ...
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Panalpina and Atlas Air extend freighter partnership
Logistics operator Panalpina and freighter lessor Atlas Air are strengthening their partnership with a new five-year agreement that sees the forwarder switch one of its wet-leased B747-8Fs to more than 200 scheduled charters per year.“The new long-term agreement with Atlas Air will intensify our cooperation and increase our joint business,” ...
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IAG Cargo to offer all-in freight rates
IAG Cargo is joining the all-in freight rates club, following the lead set by Emirates SkyCargo and Qatar Airways.A spokesman for the cargo arm of British Airways and Iberia said that it will remove the fuel surcharge and exceptional handling charges “to offer a simpler pricing structure”.He added that the ...
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Is that email really from IATA?
The problem of fraudulent IATA emails has resurfaced again, reports the British International Freight Association.Criminals send emails seeking payment for products, services, or other outstanding amounts due, often using names similar or identical to those of IATA officials.Worryingly, says BIFA, the fraudsters now seem to have mastered the art of ...
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Dachser keeps it in the family
European logistics company Dachser has become a Societas Europaea (SE) – a modern, pan-European company structure – but insists that it will remain a family-owned firm and is not planning to list on the stock market.Dachser spokesman Christian Weber said: “Dachser is and will be a 100 per cent family-owned ...