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CEVA joins the e-AWB 20% club
CEVA Logistics has joined the elite group of industry players to break through 20% penetration for e-air waybills (e-AWB) across its global business, with its September performance showing the fastest e-AWB growth of any logistics company.CEVA has now reached 20.4% penetration and is “well on target to meet the IATA ...
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DHL Supply Chain boosts Chinese logistics investment
DHL Supply Chain (DSC) has more than doubled its commitment to infrastructure investment in China, with a further Euro113m added to the Euro105m committed by the German-owned logistics operator last year.The total Euro218m investment will support the development of DHL’s Chinese network and, in particular, six new logistics facilities scheduled ...
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DB Schenker seeks $2.5bn in cargo cartel compensation
German logistics giant DB Schenker is seeking estimated damages of $2.5bn after filing lawsuits in US and Germany against airlines involved in a global air cargo cartel between 1999 and 2006.It has warned that the total damages could add up to more than $3.3bn.The parent company, German rail operator Deutsche ...
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SDV Belgium gains pharma handling certification
SDV Belgium is now fully certificated to handle and transport all pharmaceutical products that require an unbroken cold chain.The logistics operator completed the pharma certification programme organised by Brussels Airport and IATA that means it can handle all pharmaceutical air freight shipments in accordance with the European Union’s Good Distribution ...
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Chinese economic growth slows and sustainability pressures mount
Economic and environmental pressures are coming to bear on the Chinese economy, and the logistics industry has a key role to play in responding to the challenge.That was the message delivered by Lv Jijian, deputy director of trade in services for the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, to the Sino International ...
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Dentressangle appoints US manager for air and sea
French logistics operator Norbert Dentressangle has appointed Christophe Bigot to head up its US air and sea business, boosted in August with the acquisition of major US logistics player Jacobson.Bigot will build on Dentressangle’s air and sea forwarding expertise in the hi-tech, luxury and fashion goods, aerospace, chemicals and project ...
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FedEx: shake, rattle and roll for the perfect package
THERE’S a whole lot of shaking going on at Federal Express, plus a whole lot of heating, chilling and dropping.But it is all in the name of supply chain science, to design the best packaging for fragile and sensitive goods.FedEx TechConnect has opened a 30,000 sq ft package laboratory in ...
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Hactl helps e-AWB uptake
Two major forwarders have completed a successful trial to produce electronic air waybills using Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited’s web-based e-AWB generation module, COSAC-AWB.BEL International Logistics and Rhenus Logistics Hong Kong are now ready to generate IATA-standard e-AWBs for any carrier handled by Hactl that accepts electronic bookings.The two ...
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Kirchner resigns at UTi Worldwide
Eric Kirchner has resigned as chief executive of US-based logistics provider UTi Worldwide. Edward Feitzinger was voted by the UTi board as Kirchner’s successor.The move comes a few days after Scandinavia-based logistics company DSV confirmed that it had ended talks about a potential acquisition of UTi.Feitzinger has been ...
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Panalpina and Luxair combine for UNICEF Relief Flight
Panalpina has joined forces with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to support the ongoing fight against the Ebola crisis, donating a charter flight from Luxembourg to Freetown in Sierra Leone to bring almost 80 tons of vital supplies and equipment destined for community care centres in the Ebola-affected region.Adding ...
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Costly Cartels
Lawyers rarely go hungry and they may be about to feast on a billion dollar lawsuit relating to the airlines’ air cargo cartel, writes Roger Hailey, Air Cargo News Editor.German rail and logistics giant Deutsche Bahn (DB) made a great media fanfare of its minimum $2.2bn claim in the US ...
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Exelsius launches pharma programme
Exelsius has launched a pharmaceutical qualification programme (PQP) for companies involved in the handling and transportation of pharmaceutical & life science products.The UK-based international cold chain management consultancy says that its programme allows airports, freight forwarders and logistics service providers to become certified to Good Distribution Practice (GDP) standards.The PQP ...
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US port chaos boosts ex-Asia Pacific air cargo revenues
Inbound US west coast container port congestion provided a November boost for transpacific air cargo revenues out of Asia to North America, although ex-US revenues fell.WorldACD’s latest monthly market data found that the transpacific was the best of the large markets in November.The Netherlands-based research house posed the question: “Did ...
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Thumbs up for Emirates' all-in freight rates
Shippers and forwarders have welcomed Emirates SkyCargo’s move to introduce an all-inclusive freight rate that does away with separate pricing components based on weight/volume plus fuel and security surcharges.“It is the best start to 2015 that I could imagine,” said Joost van Doesburg, airfreight policy manager with the European Shippers’ ...
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French forwarders slam fuel surcharges
French freight forwarders have called on airlines to end separate fuel surcharges, which they argue are no longer relevant.TLF Overseas, the French freight forwarders organisation representing 95 per cent of general air cargo transactions, expressed its “incomprehension” of a situation that requires “more transparency and real positive economic signals from ...
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Monster challenge
Some 13 teams from carriers and the air cargo industry vied for Hactl’s 2015 International Forklift and Pallet Building Competition, the best in its eight-year history said the Hong Kong handler.The 300 spectators included under-secretary for transport and housing Yau Shing-mu, chief occupational safety officer of the Labour Department, Wu ...
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New US security rules will be a squeeze, says TIACA chief
The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) is urging its members to pay close attention to the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA)’s new freighter security plans and to make their views known if they feel there could be any problems.With the TSA’s updated Security Programs for all-cargo/freighter aircraft not published until ...
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Huntsville ready for Panalpina’s 747-8Fs
Huntsville International Airport (HSV) has reopened its east runway following completion of a nine-month, $16.6m upgrade to handle freight forwarder Panalpina’s dedicated 747-8 freighter operation.Both runways at the US airport are now capable of handling Group VI aircraft such as the 747-8. It follows a similar programme to upgrade the ...
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IAG’s Cargo Connector is going to San Francisco
IAG Cargo has extended its Cargo Connector service to San Francisco, the tenth city for the local pick-up service.It offers freight forwarders at or near the airport a free collection for consignments up to 300 kilos and IAG Cargo estimates that 95 per cent of its customers are based within ...
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FIATA welcomes all-in freight rates
FIATA has joined the air cargo industry chorus calling for the elimination of fuel and security surcharges in airline freight rates.The International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations said: “The simplification of rate structures will be a significant benefit to forwarders and shippers alike."Forwarders have for a very long time desired ...