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NewsPoor supply chain visibility a challenge to growing e-commerce market
A survey carried out by freight forwarder Geodis and analyst Accenture Interactive has found that a lack of supply chain visibility is one of the key challenges faced by retailers looking to capitalise on growing e-commerce demand.The survey of 200 retailers in Europe and North America showed that 76% of ...
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NewsCLIVE: Gradual recovery in air cargo market that could turn toxic for shippers
Air cargo continued to make a gradual recovery in September, but the situation could be about to turn toxic for buyers of airfreight capacity, according to CLIVE Data Services.According to CLIVE, September saw chargeable weight transported decrease by 15% year on year, which is better than the 24% decline registered ...
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NewsForwarding demand set for improvement but overall picture remains bleak
The freight forwarding market is expected to improve in the rest of this year but the overall picture "remains bleak", according to a new report from consultant Transport Intelligence (Ti).Ti said that in the first half of the year the global freight forwarding market contracted by 11.6% year-over-year in real ...
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John Menzies looks to expand in cargo despite volume decline
Ground handler John Menzies saw its cargo volumes decline in the first half of the year but is looking to expand in the sector.The company reported a "resilient" performance in its cargo business as volumes dropped by 22% year on year as a result of reduced bellyhold operations due to ...
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NewsHellmann appoints Thielemann-Hald to automotive top job
Monika Thielemann-HaldHellmann Worldwide Logistics has appointed Monika Thielemann-Hald as global head of automotive logistics.Thielemann-Hald succeeds Martin Wehner, who has now assumed the role of chief commercial officer, Europe.She worked almost 20 years at Schenker in various management positions in the automotive sector, before moving to Panalpina in 2014, where she ...
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NewsShipping group CMA CGM invests in air cargo
French shipping group CMA CGM has acquired a 30% stake in Groupe DUBREUIL Aéro as it looks to gain access to air cargo capacity.CMA CGM, which also owns logistics company Ceva, injected €50m into the airline group, which owns the Air Caraïbes and French Bee companies, for its stake.This deal ...
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GEFCO hit by cyber attack
Freight forwarder GEFCO has confirmed that it came under an external cyberattack last Sunday “designed to disrupt our business” but that its air business has not been affected.Few details have been released by the France-based logistics company about the attack although Luc Nadal, GEFCO chief executive and chairman of the ...
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More forwarders expand airfreight operations as capacity outlook remains uncertain
Geodis and DSV are the latest freight forwarders to secure air cargo capacity as they note an uncertain supply outlook.Geodis said that as a result of a short supply of both freighter and passenger bellyhold space, it had taken the decision to announce a permanent weekly freighter charter operation on ...
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NewsDB Schenker adds charter flights while high-tech firms turn to airfreight
DB Schenker has expanded its air charter operation as it responds to a tightening of capacity.The German freight forwarder said that its new "global flight operations programme" will connect Beijing, Shanghai, Zhengzhou and Hong Kong to Chicago and Frankfurt ten times a week with exclusive full charter flights."While scheduled air ...
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NewsCarousel Logistics co-founder and CEO hands over the reins
Carousel Logistics co-founder and chief executive Graham Martin has announced that he will be handing over the reins of the company and moving to a non-executive director position on the firm's strategic board.Former Cardtronics International and WLT Europe chief executive Jonathan Simpson-Dent joins Carousel in September and will take over ...
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Forwarder a. hartrodt to roll out CargoWise platform
Freight forwarder a. hartrodt will roll out the CargoWise platform across its network of more than 100 locations and more than 2,000 logistics team members.The CargoWise system will be implemented to support freight forwarding, customs, warehousing and order management operations. The global rollout in Asia, South and North America, Oceania ...
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CCS-UK trials IATA One Record technology
London Heathrow Airport’s air cargo community has ompleted its first trial of IATA’s ONE Record technologies, which aim to replace the legacy Cargo-Imp and XML standards.US application development and data management specialist Nexshore built a ONE Record server based in the UK, to control the storage and transmission of the ...
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NewsDHL launches airfreight charter covering three continents
DHL Global Forwarding (GF) has introduced an airfreight charter service, which connects Asia Pacific to Europe and the US.Managed by StarBroker, DHL GF’s in-house charter team, the twice-weekly charter originates from Chongqing and flies to Amsterdam, Chicago and Incheon before returning to China.DHL GF said the service was launched in ...
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Airforwarders Association: Is the forwarding industry ready for a Covid-19 vaccine?
In the second article of a new column series from the Airforwarders Association, executive director Brandon Fried outlines outlines how the forwarding industry can get ready for widespread distribution of Covid-19 vaccines in the future. Throughout history the symbolic white horse has been an indication of hope, prosperity and good ...
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CEVA expands in Latin America with new offices
Freight forwarder CEVA Logistics has opened its own offices in Ecuador and Uruguay as part of a "strategic expansion".The company said that is has been established for many years in both countries through network partnerships and decided to open its own offices in each location to offer customers a "full ...
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NewsGROUP7 audited to GDP standards
The GDP team of GROUP7 from left to right: Jasmin Jahres, Radoslaw Kowalczyk, Fabian Lechner, Michael Wehner, Thomas WiederspahnLogistics firm GROUP7's pharma services have been audited to GDP levels on the back of customer demand.The company said that German testing company DEKRA certified the company's international transport, logistics and e-commerce ...
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NewsForwarder groups from Hong Kong and China team up
The Hong Kong Association of Freight Forwarding and Logistics (HAFFA) and the China International Freight Forwarders Association (CIFA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will see them work more closely.The partners said that they would cooperate on a range of issues, increasing commercial opportunities for its respective members ...
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Airfreight rates on the up in August
Air cargo rates on some of the world’s busiest routes began to pick up again in August while the outlook remains uncertain.The latest figures from Tac Index show that prices on services from Hong Kong to both North America and Europe increased in August compared with both a month earlier ...
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NewsDigital forwarder Beacon sheds light on its finance USP
Fraser Robinson, BeaconIn June this year, UK-based digital freight forwarder Beacon made logistics headlines when it secured $15m in its Series A fundraising round, from investors including, and most notably, Jeff Bezos, the founder and chief executive of Amazon.Beacon’s other high-profile investors included Uber founders Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp, ...
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Damco brand to be axed as part of re-organisation
Damco parent AP Moller Maersk has announced that it will integrate the forwarder into its own logistics business.The shipping giant said that as a result, the Damco brand will disappear from the market by the end of 2020.The move will see Damco's air and less than container load (LCL) offering ...