All Freight Forwarder Articles – Page 98
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Time critical firm GBA expands into Germany
Time-critical logistics firm GBA Services has continued with its European expansion, adding a operations covering the German market.The company, which is already present in the UK, Poland and Austria, will add a new office in Bremen from where it will provide the full portfolio of GBA’s services – including time-critical, ...
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C.H. Robinson swoops on Milgram as forwarder M&A activity continues
Freight forwarder C.H. Robinson has expanded its network in Canada through the purchase of Milgram & Company for $50m in cash.Montreal-headquartered Milgram provides freight forwarding, customs brokerage, surface transportation and warehousing in Canada to 3,500 active customers. The company employees 330 people and has six offices in Canada and a ...
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Panalpina resumes operations in Houston
Panalpina's US business unit in Houston will resume operations today Thursday at 8:00 am local time, the Switzerland-based global forwarder has confirmed.A number of US airports have closed temporarily and logistics operations disrupted by the catastrophic flooding that followed Hurricane/Tropical Storm Harvey after it swept across Texas.Said Panalpina: "Our facilities ...
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Kerry Logistics eyes Singapore expansion as H1 revenues grow
Hong Kong-headquartered Kerry Logistics saw revenues “surge” in the first half of the year thanks to market growth and acquisitions.The fast-growing logistics firm saw first-half revenues increase by 31% year on year to HK$13.7bn, while core net profit was up 5% to HK$1bn.The revenue improvement came despite tough market conditions ...
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DB Schenker acquires SB Global to expand New Zealand presence
Freight forwarding giant DB Schenker will expand its presence in the New Zealand market through the purchase of SB Global Logistics.The two companies, which have been working together for more than 20 years, said that operations of SB Global Logistics Christchurch will continue "business as usual" under new owners, DB ...
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Dachser the latest forwarder to warn of airfreight capacity shortages
Dachser has become the latest freight forwarder to warn customers that the air cargo industry faces a capacity crunch in the upcoming peak season.In a note to customers, the Germany-based forwarder said that there would be capacity bottlenecks on the Asia-Europe trade and transatlantic trade during the peak.It added that ...
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Panalpina Luxembourg licensed to handle organic produce
Panalpina’s hub at Luxembourg Airport has been licensed to handle organic fruits and vegetables by Certysis, an inspection and certification body for organic products.This makes Switzerland-based logistics giant Panalpina the first and only licensed receiver of organic produce at the European hub.Quint Wilken, Panalpina’s regional head of Perishables Europe, said: ...
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Airfreight prices jump in July, but rate of improvement narrows
Airfreight rates climbed again in July as volumes continue to soar and forwarders anticipate a strong peak season, but the rate of growth has narrowed.The latest Sea and Air Shipper Insight report from consultant Drewry shows that the average all-in buy rate across 28 major east-west lanes reached $2.64 per ...
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Alderman-Davis promoted at Ligentia
Lee Alderman-Davis has been promoted to global air director at UK-based supply chain management company Ligentia.Three years ago, Ligentia made a significant investment in a 30,000 sq ft HM Customs approved ETSF warehouse at Heathrow airport.Ligentia’s customers include leading UK retailers, global manufacturers and providers within the defence and mining ...
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DHL forwarding achieves IATA CEIV in Frankfurt and Hamburg
DHL Global Forwarding's airfreight stations in Frankfurt and Hamburg have achieved IATA's CEIV pharma Standard.DHL started to certify its global stations according to the IATA CEIV Pharma Standard in the third quarter of 2016. Its Thermonet Station Leipzig hub was the first to achieve the certification in April this year.The ...
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CEVA adds new Dublin temp control facility
CEVA Logistics has added a new 15,000 sq ft temperature control facility at its airport industrial park warehouse.The new building has been constructed as an insulated building-within-a-building on the city's airport industrial park and will allow the forwarder to "better serve customers with medical products requiring to be kept within ...
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Kohnen replaces FJ Miller at time:matters
Alexander Kohnen has been appointed the new managing director strategy & sales at time:matters, effective November 15.The 40-year-old succeeds Franz-Joseph Miller, who left the company of his own accord on July 1.Kohnen has held various management positions at Lufthansa Cargo since October 2000, most recently senior director industry development and ...
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X2 Logistics Network members team up for AOG airfreight operation
Members of the X2 Logistics Network recently teamed up to urgently airfreight various aircraft parts from around the world to help get a stranded aircraft back in the air.The logistics network came together for the aircraft on the ground (AOG) operation when an Air Asia X aircraft became stuck in ...
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Maersk freight forwarding arm Damco sees $8m loss in 2017 first half
Damco, the freight forwarding and logistics arm of Danish container shipping giant Maersk, reported a $8m loss on turnover of $1.24bn in the first half of 2017, down from a profit of $12m last year, but broke even in the second quarter as airfreight volumes rose.Parent group AP Moller-Maersk (APMM) ...
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Freight forwarders want more detail on post-Brexit Customs proposal
UK freight forwarders would like to see more detail on the government's post-Brexit trade and customs arrangements.Earlier today, the government issued a position paper suggesting that the UK could ask Brussels to establish a “temporary customs union” after it leaves the EU in March 2019.The British International Freight Association (BIFA) ...
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New airline and forwarder air cargo program - IFACP - launches in Canada
Freight forwarder association FIATA and airlines' body IATA have launched their long-awaited Air Cargo Program (IFACP) in Canada.The programme, developed to meet the changing needs of the air cargo industry, will be rolled out globally following the Canadian pilot, and replaces the existing Cargo Agency Program. It will be managed ...
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DHL opens Delhi centre to tap e-commerce boom
Deutsche Post DHL’s eCommerce arm has opened a distribution centre in Delhi as part of a €250m investment in India to 2020.The new facility allows DHL eCommerce to provide online retailers services such as Packet and Packet Plus to enable economical shipments worldwide and DHL Parcel International Direct that offers ...
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More functions for Frankfurt freight system
The Dakosy FAIR@Link Cargo Community Platform at Frankfurt Airport has expanded its range of import and export services.For imports, freight forwarders can now receive flight manifest data from the airlines via the integrated FAIR@Link dashboard, including status reports on incoming flights and air waybills (AWBs), allowing the necessary resources to ...
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SEKO aims to cut supply chain costs using ocean
SEKO Logistics is helping Glasgow, UK-based Peak Scientific to optimise its supply chain with visibility, reporting and cost saving solutions, and by cutting out unnecessary airfreight costs.Peak Scientific, designs, manufactures and supports high performance gas generators for analytical laboratories, now serves customers in two of its major markets, China and ...
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DHL the latest freight forwarder to see margins come under pressure
DHL Global Forwarding is the latest freight forwarder to see airfreight demand and revenues surge during the second quarter, but margins were under pressure as a result of increasing airfreight rates.The Deutsche Post-owned forwarder saw second-quarter airfreight revenues increase by 5.7% year on year to €1.1bn on the back of ...