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AMI UK passes one million spot-rate milestone
Airfreight and express wholesaler AMI has provided its one millionth cargo spot-rate quote in the UK.AMI opened its Spot Rate desk — specialising in live market quotes — in 2007. The Spot Rate team originally comprised three members and has now grown to ten, based in both London and Manchester, ...
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Airfreight growth set to slow over summer months
Airfreight growth looks set to slow over the coming months after a bumper start to the year, according to one forwarder index.The latest APAC Forwarding Index shows that in June fewer Asia Pacific forwarders noted month-on-month growth than they did in May.The index showed that 41.4% of respondents registered higher ...
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NewsRates out of Asia surge in June
Airfreight rates on major routes out of Asia continued to climb in June as demand to and from the region surges.The latest statistics from Tac Index show that average airfreight prices from Hong Kong to the US reached $3.27 per kg in June, an increase of 38.6% compared with the ...
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Rhenus swoops on Australian forwarder
The Rhenus Group has signed an agreement to purchase Australian freight forwarder O’Brien Customs and Forwarding, giving it its own presence in the market for the first time.The O’Brien family business handles air and sea freight consignments and provides customs and warehouse services and is headquartered in northern Melbourne.Rhenus chief ...
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UK airfreight gets Customs declaration fallback service in case of a system collapse
The UK’s airfreight industry has implemented a new Customs declaration fallback system to prevent an airfreight meltdown like that experienced in the late 1980s when the Travicom system was put in place.The new CCS-UK capability is designed to prevent the catastrophic impact of a major system failure, which would cause ...
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NewsTop 25 air forwarders 2016 revealed: DHL maintains top spot
DHL Global Forwarding, Kuehne+Nagel (K+N), DB Schenker and UPS maintained their position as the leading four airfreight forwarders in 2016, while DSV’s acquisition of UTi propelled it up the list (scroll to end for full list).The latest top 25 Global Freight Forwarders list from consultant Armstrong & Associates, based on ...
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Forwarders unfazed by air cargo carriers’ e-tailer links
Are the "disrupters" from the e-commerce world, such as Amazon, about to derail the historical air cargo carrier-forwarder link by cutting out the cargo agent?For their part, some carriers appear confident they can venture into the airfreight retail space with offerings targeting e-commerce.Amazon, the 900-pound gorilla in on-line selling, if ...
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DHL: No problem with Atlas/Amazon deal
DHL says it has no problem with its aircraft lessor Atlas striking a deal with potential express customer Amazon to lease 20 freighters in the US.During a first quarter results conference call, Deutsche Post DHL Group chief executive Frank Appel said: “Atlas can work with other customers and [the deal] ...
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UK forwarders want more detail on Brexit plan
The British International Freight Association (Bifa) has said freight is "none the wiser" after the UK prime minister yesterday outlined the government's plan for leaving the European Union.Yesterday, UK prime minister Theresa May revealed that as part of exiting the European union it would also leave the single market, which ...
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BIFA urges caution amongst members on Brexit
The British International Freight Association (BIFA), the UK forwarder association, is encouraging members to “carefully consider the options when seeking advice on the likely implications to their business and services of the UK’s decision to leave the EU”.On the subject of Brexit, director general Robert Keen observed: “There has been ...
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Forwarders failing to click with online freight sales
A secret shipper survey of the twenty top forwarders found that it was “mostly talk, but also a little action” when it comes to developing online freight sales.Online booking portal Freightos repeated a mystery shopping survey in late 2016, comparing the results with the first one in 2015.The online freight ...
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Why automation alone won’t kill the freight forwarder says BIFA
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has reacted to speculation that Amazon and Uber may be about to launch their own global freight brokerage businesses.BIFA director general Robert Keen underlined “the vastly challenging and circuitous landscape” that traditional freight forwarders and brokers operate in on a daily basis.The trade association ...
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BIFA and ASM speak out on Brexit concerns
Robert Keen, director general of the British International Freight Association (BIFA), has told delegates at the ‘Brexit Briefing’, part of the ongoing 3-day Multimodal 2017 event in Birmingham, the UK, that no-one really knows what the effect on trade will be of Britain’s withdrawal from the EU and its economic ...
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Forwarders say stop procrastinating on aviation as UK heads to the polls
UK freight forwarder group the British International Freight Association (BIFA) has urged the winner of today's UK general election to "stop procrastinating" over the expansion of aviation capacity.In a statement issued as the UK heads to the polls, BIFA director general Robert Keen also said the group would highlight the ...
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Comment: Has Amazon really added flights to China? UPDATED
Reports circulating this morning [June 1] suggest that Amazon has launched “direct air cargo flights” between the US and China.The report, originating from the Xinhua news agency, suggests that the e-commerce giant has added flights from New York, Chicago and Los Angeles to Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport in the Henan ...
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FTA urges EU Customs Union exit re-think after UK election
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has called for the new UK government to review its decision to leave the EU Customs Union following yesterday's general election.The election result leaves no single political party with a majority, although it seems the Conservatives will form a coalition with the DUP.The snap election ...
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UK aerospace calls for "refresh" on Brexit strategy
Britain’s £32bn turnover aerospace industry, second in size only to the US, has called for a “refresh” of the UK government’s Brexit strategy as talks on terms for leaving the European Union (EU) begin in earnest next week.The UK’s Aerospace Defence Security (ADS) trade organisation has also repeated “serious doubts” ...
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FTA says seamless trade and logistics must be priorities as Brexit talks begin
Negotiations get underway this morning (Monday June 19 2017) as politicians meet in Brussels to begin setting the terms for Britain's leaving of the European Union (EU) or 'Brexit'.The UK's Freight Transport Association (FTA) has repeated its calls for the Westminster government in London to prioritise logistics and trade, and ...
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Air cargo industry needs to prepare for big data or face losing out to rivals and disruptors
Big data and digitisation are two of the big topics that the air cargo industry is currently grappling with.While the air cargo industry has been moving increasingly into the digital world over recent years, it is often accused of being too slow in adopting new technologies that can automate the ...
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BIFA joins calls for softer Brexit
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is calling for UK negotiators to push for a deal that keeps Britain in the European Union (EU) customs union.BIFA's call came on the day that representatives of the British government and the European Commission sat down in Brussels to begin complex negotiations over ...