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NewsKuehne+Nagel Air enhances New York hub
K+N temperature controlled space at JFK facility. Photo: K+NSwiss-headquartered Kuehne+Nagel has expanded its John F. Kennedy International airport (JFK) facility in New York.The forwarder has added a 4,500 sq ft stand-alone, GxP-compliant, temperature-controlled area, and has also extended its existing 78,763sq ft of warehousing at the gateway by 10,000sq ft ...
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E-commerce continues to support air cargo growth
E-commerce was a boom vertical in the air cargo industry during the pandemic and demand has been a steady source of growth for airfreight companies since.Ahead of a more in-depth look at how the sector is evolving in our IATA WCS special issue, Air Cargo News spoke to FedEx and ...
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NewsAir Cargo News' most-read stories 2023
Photo: Khongtham/Shutterstock.The past 12 months have been another tough period for the air cargo market as a sluggish global economy transferred through to weak air cargo volumes.However, airfreight rates and revenues remained above pre-covid levels and e-commerce and other special product categories continued to support the market. There were also ...
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NewsK+N provides IDA Foundation with a Dubai healthcare hub
Source: K+NKuehne+Nagel (K+N) will operate social enterprise IDA Foundation’s healthcare hub for the Middle East and Africa region, located in Dubai.The new IDA Foundation hub is located at the K+N facility at Dubai South and will serve as a centralised kitting and global health logistics centre for the region and ...
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NewsKuehne+Nagel opens new Dallas/Fort Worth facility to support MRO firm
Source: Kuehne+NagelKuehne+Nagel (K+N) has opened a new facility near Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to support MRO firm MHI Aviation Group.The new location will support MHI's aerospace parts offering for both international and domestic shipments.A facility in Des Plaines Illinois was previously utilised for the operation. By moving closer to Dallas ...
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NewsK+N ships cargo on 100% SAF powered transatlantic flight
© 2023 Kuehne+Nagel. All rights reserved.A Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) shipment was onboard the first ever commercial transatlantic flight 100% powered by sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) earlier this week.The flight hit the headlines on November 29 when a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787 Dreamliner was filled with 50 tonnes of SAF for its ...
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NewsK+N buys Canadian customs broker
© 2023 Kuehne+Nagel. All rights reserved.Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) has purchased Canadian customs broker Farrow as it responds to "increasingly complex international trade regulations".Farrow employs 830 people at 41 locations across Canada and the US and in 2022 the firm managed more than 1.5m customs entries.Explaining the logic behind buying the firm, ...
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NewsKuehne+Nagel recertified for CEIV Pharma across its airfreight healthcare network
KN employee labelling a package for cooling. Image Source: Kuehne+Nagel Switzerland-headquartered Kuehne+Nagel has gained a third consecutive IATA CEIV Pharma certification for its entire airfreight healthcare network. CEIV Pharma is IATA’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators standard for pharmaceutical handling, designed as a quality control yardstick ...
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NewsKuehne+Nagel airfreight volumes drop again in Q3
Airfreight forwarder Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) suffered the impact of a difficult market as it reported a further decline in year on year volumes in the third quarter.K+N saw its airfreight volumes drop 9% year on year in the third quarter to 493,000 tonnes.Revenues and profits also declined. Air net turnover declined ...
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NewsK+N opens air logistics hub in Paris
Photo: Kuehne+NagelKuehne+Nagel (K+N) France has inaugurated a new air logistics hub within Cargo City at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport.K+N said the new facility increases its global airfreight capacities and strengthens its healthcare logistics solutions in the region.The hub has capacity to handle 300 airfreight pallets a week. Its processing ...
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NewsK+N and SATS collaborate on efficiency and sustainability initiatives
Yngve Ruud (left) with Kerry Mok. Photo: SATSKuehne+Nagel (K+N) and SATS have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enter into a strategic collaboration to drive value chain improvements and sustainability efforts within the air logistics industry.Together, the two companies have initially collaborated on several Proofs of Concept to optimise ...
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Cathay Cargo clicks with Kuehne+Nagel
Cathay Cargo and Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) have launched a pilot scheme allowing the airline to place its rates and capacity directly onto the forwarder's systems.Cathay said that by connecting systems through APIs, K+N users would be able to access space, rates, and secure instant confirmation from Cathay Cargo’s inventory.The pilot scheme ...
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NewsK+N expands pharma space in Chicago
Source: Kuehne+NagelKuehne+Nagel has opened an expanded pharma area at its facility in Chicago.The Switzerland-headquartered forwarder's new temperature-controlled unit measures 21,000 sq ft and can cater to products requiring storage at a temperature range of 2-25°C.The expansion follows the forwarder's move from Elk Grove Village to Bensenville earlier this year, which ...
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Lufthansa Cargo outlines projects to meet future airfreight requirements
Lufthansa Cargo has outlined some of the projects it is implementing to tackle three of the major developments that are shaping the future of air cargo.The freighter operator said that developing to meet the requirements of sustainability, digitalisation and e-commerce are some of the main challenges facing the industry today.The ...
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NewsKuehne+Nagel and DSV see airfreight volumes plummet
Leading airfreight forwarders Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) and DSV both saw their airfreight volumes, revenues and profits decline in the second quarter of the year.The world's leading air forwarder, K+N, saw its volumes decline 15.5% year on year to 482,000 tonnes, air net turnover fell 48% to Sfr1.6bn and earnings before interest ...
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NewsLufthansa Cargo and K+N launch paperless corridors
Source: Lufthansa CargoLufthansa Cargo and Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) have launched paperless corridors for shipments between Europe and Asia as part of efforts to digitalise cargo.In a pilot phase, the two partners achieved 100% paperless shipments for general cargo on the lane between Germany and Hong Kong.This includes the use of electronic ...
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Kuehne+Nagel partners with IAG Cargo on SAF purchase
Forwarder Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) and IAG Cargo are teaming up to purchase 6m litres of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF).The SAF, which is part-funded by K+N, will be certified by International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) and is produced from used cooking oil and food waste.IAG Cargo chief executive David Shepherd said: ...
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NewsTop 25 air forwarders: K+N extends its lead on DHL
Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) last year extended its lead over DHL as the world’s busiest airfreight forwarder while market conditions took their toll on overall forwarder volumes (see chart at end of article).The leading 25 airfreight forwarders saw total volumes decline 6.3% year on year in 2022 to 16.9m tonnes as lockdowns ...
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NewsKuehne+Nagel grows partnerships, freighter capacity and efficiency
Air Cargo News spoke to Kuehne+Nagel's global head of air logistics network & carrier management Holger Ketz about the freight forwarder's capacity plans, market challenges and digitalisation.What plans does Kuehne+Nagel have for freighter capacity? We expanded our dedicated charter network recently and entered into a long-term partnership agreement with Atlas ...
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Kuehne+Nagel expands in Africa with latest acquisition
Kuehne+Nagel has expanded its presence in Africa and the perishables market through the acquisition of Morgan Cargo.The acquired forwarder has a presence in South Africa, Kenya and the UK, employs around 450 people and in 2022 handled more than 40,000 tonnes of airfreight and 20,000 TEU of seafreight.The company also ...