Freight forwarders – Page 108
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Five firms take space at Shanghai logistics park
Goodman Group says it has secured five new customers for its Pudong Airport Logistics Park in Shanghai.China Postal Express and Logistics, freight forwarder DSV, Chinese-owned NTS Logistics Management, Shi Hao Vehicle Logistics Solutions and automotive inspection company Success Master Consultancy have made commitments totalling 98,120 sq m.The international property group ...
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DB Schenker combines air, sea and land board divisions
The management board of Schenker is being reorganised from the start of next year, with the air and ocean freight division being combined with its land transport division.The transport company said the new board division will be called freight and it hopes the combination will "improve integrated transport products and ...
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Panalpina donates UNICEF relief flight to Chad
A Panalpina-chartered freighter has landed in Chad with more than 80 tons of life-saving goods for water treatment, sanitation and nutrition programmes.It is the fourth consecutive year that the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and logistics giant Panalpina have joined forces to fly relief goods into Africa. Previous flights went ...
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Forwarder WFS set for growth after IATA accreditation
UK forwarder WFS International has become an IATA Accredited Cargo Agent, an achievement it hopes will help propel future growth.Based near London Stansted Airport, the company’s airfreight manager, Andy Lee, told Air Cargo News the application process to become an accredited agent had taken around 10 weeks.The whole process had ...
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Pangea holds annual networking event for forwarders
This year's Pangea Logistics Network annual conference was extended to include members of sister network Connecta Airfreight Network, for the first time.Under its new "Freightcamp", the event was attended by over 120 representatives of the two networks' freight forwarder members, now collectively known as Pangea Group.The three-day Freightcamp programme included ...
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B&H wins Logix Aero Heathrow contract
Aerospace logistics specialist B&H Worldwide has been appointed to operate a new Heathrow parts facility for aircraft parts provider Logix Aero.The deal will see B&H provide inventory management at a dedicated facility located close to London Heathrow airport using its specialist inventory management tool, which provides greater control of stock ...
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Cyber Freight receives IATA CEIV Pharma-certificate
Cyber Freight Amsterdam has received its IATA Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators’ Pharma (CEIV Pharma) certificate.The Hoofddorp-based subsidiary of family-owned Cyber Freight International is a member of Pharma Gateway Amsterdam (PGA) at Schiphol Airport.PGA, launched by the Netherlands airport, is a community-based cool chain logistics programme for the niche ...
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WCA builds dedicated e-commerce network
WCA, the independent freight forwarder alliance, is developing what it says is the world’s first dedicated e-commerce logistics network, open to all those involved in the cross-border e-commerce supply chain.The new network was created, WCA said, “in response to the changing global economy and a marked shift towards online consumerism”.David ...
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AMI celebrates its 40th birthday
AMI is celebrating its 40th birthday this month after being launched in 1976 and growing to become the world's largest airfreight wholesaler.The company was originally launched as part of the Air Marketing International group in 1976 but two years later split away under founder and managing director Tony Realff.AMI’s trade-only ...
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CEVA sees airfreight improvement but stays in the red
CEVA Logistics recorded double-digit airfreight growth during the third quarter of the year but revenues declined on currency effects and it reported another loss.The world’s twelfth largest airfreight forwarder recorded a 1.2% year-on-year decline in revenues during the period to $1.7bn and its net loss for the period stood at ...
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BDA Logistics adds new hub at Birmingham airport
BDA Logistics Innovation, which operates its own freighter flight, has moved into a new, larger base at Birmingham Airport in the UK from its previous base further away from the airport.The time critical logistics firm’s new facility will act as a base for its national through-the-night delivery service and its ...
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NewsDP DHL: More work to be done on airfreight despite volume improvement
Deutsche Post DHL (DP DHL) has said there is more work to be done for its airfreight business despite the segment recording its first improvement in demand since the first quarter of last year.Speaking on an investor call shortly after the company’s third quarter results were announced, DP DHL chief ...
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NewsDHL Global Forwarding sees first pick-up in airfreight demand since Q1 2015
DHL Global Forwarding has managed to record its first quarterly year on year improvement in airfreight volumes since the start of 2015 but revenues and earnings continued to come under pressure.The world’s leading airfreight forwarder recorded a 2% year-on-year increase in export tonnage during the third quarter of the year ...
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CHAMP has a solution for forwarders sending pre-arrival data to Canadian Customs
Air cargo IT provider CHAMP Cargosystems has extended the scope of its Traxon Global Customs (TGC) solution to freight forwarders in response to a change in freight filing regulations by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).The third phase of the CBSA’s Advance Commercial Information program (ACI) — eManifest — makes ...
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K+N expands San Juan pharma hub
Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) has expanded its KN PharmaChain logistics network with temperature-controlled warehousing space at the growing pharma hub of San Juan in Puerto Rico.“With the new facility, we expand our KN PharmaChain footprint to now over 150 global fully GXP compliant stations,” said Bob Mihok, president and chief ...
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Gateway supply chain strategy 'under siege' from growing belly capacity at secondary hubs
The gateway airport supply chain strategy for air cargo is “under siege” as increasing belly capacity flying to secondary airports has allowed forwarders to switch to a point-to-point operation.During a debate at last week’s Air Cargo Forum, speakers looked at how excess belly capacity and a rise in the number ...
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GEFCO lands €8bn logistics contract with car maker PSA
Car maker PSA of France has signed a new €8bn "exclusivity" agreement with fourth party logistics (4PL) provider GEFCO to manage and optimise the automaker’s entire global manufacturing supply chain.The five year agreement, which includes airfreight in a multimodal supply chain solution, will take effect from January 2017.GEFCO will design ...
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Logistics Plus expands in East Africa
Logistics Plus has expanded its presence in east Africa with four new locations in Nairobi and Mombasa in Kenya, Kampala in Uganda and Juba in South Sudan.The expansion will allow the US-headquartered supply chain specialist to provide additional logistics and warehousing throughout the entire east Africa corridor, including Burundi, Tanzania, ...
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DSV continues to see double-digit airfreight growth after UTi purchase
DSV Continued to see growth in its airfreight volumes, revenues and gross profits following the acquisition of UTi at the start of this year.The Denmark-based forwarder saw overall airfreight volumes for the third quarter increase by 84.5% year on year to 147,744 tonnes on the back of the UTi purchase, ...
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Dachser organises for growth in Asia
German forwarder Dachser has opened a branch office in Hanoi to support its other Vietnamese location in Ho Chi Minh City.Many manufacturers, particularly of textiles, shoes, and electronics have established production sites in northern Vietnam. The new branch office will provide air and sea freight to Europe, Central Asia, and ...