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NewsAMI moves to new Brisbane facility ahead of airport expansion
Airfreight wholesaler Air Menzies International (AMI) has moved its Brisbane operation to a new purpose-built facility within the Brisbane Airport Industrial Park development as it prepares for the opening of the airport's new runway.Compared with AMI's previous building, the new facility offers an increase in warehouse space, improved docking space, ...
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NewsIBS and PayCargo announce new partnership
Ashok Rajan, IBS Software (left) and Lionel van der Walt, PayCargoAir cargo platform IBS Software and digital payment system PayCargo have announced a partnership in which their API-based services will be integrated.IBS Software's iCargo airfreight management platform will be integrated with PayCargo's digital payment network to enable airfreight carriers and ...
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NewsDHL turns to charter flights and rail to avoid capacity crunch
DHL Global Forwarding is utilising charter flights and rail services from China to keep coronavirus-related supply chains moving in light of capacity shortages.In a market update, the forwarder said that supply chains are facing bottlenecks in supplying medical equipment, stricter controls at international borders, and a lack of airfreight capacity."Despite ...
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NewsPriority Freight expands Europe network with new Frankfurt office
Logistics provider Priority Freight has expanded its presence in Europe with a new office located at Frankfurt Airport.The company named Marco Sauer as general manager of the new facility, which opened early this year.In his new role, Sauer will use his experience to drive and grow Priority Freight’s German and ...
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NewsReddington heads to Europe for FedEx Express
Karen ReddingtonFedEx Express has appointed Karen Reddington as regional president, FedEx Express Europe and chief executive of TNT.The appointment of Reddington, a 23-year veteran of FedEx Express who most recently served as regional president of its Asia Pacific region, is effective as of June 1.Reddington succeeds Bert Nappier, who served ...
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NewsCLIVE Data Services: Calculating the positives
Is a passenger aircraft bellyhold half empty or half full? Does the airfreight industry need another way to measure capacity utilisation, rather than the long-established weight-based load factor?Niall van de Wouw, managing director of CLIVE Data Services, believes so — and that the global utilisation of air cargo capacity is ...
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NewsVolga-Dnepr transports ICUs to the Caribbean
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has recently delivered eight oversized intensive care units (ICU) supplies to the remote Dutch Caribbean islands of St Maarten and St Eustatius.Flown on behalf of mobile hospital manufacturer Hospitainer, the programme of four charter flights utilised two IL76-TD-90VD aircraft, which departed over a period of one week.Loading from ...
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Court denies Volga-Dnepr's restraining order request against Boeing
A US district court has rejected Volga-Dnepr UK's attempt to gain a temporary restraining order to stop Boeing selling four freighters that it had originally ordered.The dispute centres around the delivery of three B777Fs and a single B747-8F, some of which Boeing is the process of selling to another party, ...
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Amazon expands fleet with 12 leased freighters from ATSG
Amazon Air has announced the expansion of its freighter fleet as it continues to meet customer requirements for the quick delivery of packages.The e-commerce giant will expand its cargo capacity by leasing 12 Boeing 767-300 converted cargo aircraft from aviation leasing firm Air Transport Services Group (ATSG).When delivered, the 12 ...
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NewsBrussels Airport opens new animal facility
Brussels Airport animal centreBrussels Airport has opened a new Animal Care & Inspection Center capable of adjusting light and temperature levels depending on the needs of animals.The dnata-operated facility opened on June 1 and each animal accommodation has a central system which adjusts the light colour, the temperature and the ...
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NewsAir cargo market improves in May but volatility remains
The month of May 2020 was not as bad for the global air cargo industry as April 2020, CLIVE Data Services has reported in its latest airfreight load factor analysis.CLIVE explained that there was a "slight upward curve" in airfreight volumes, due to the reported -31% year-on-year decline in May ...
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NewsNallian swoops of pharma logistics consultant
Air cargo data platform Nallian has acquired pharma logistics consultant 4Advice as it looks to expand the range of services it can offer.Nallian said that the acquisition meant the Belgium-based consultant would be able to provide its clients with tools to "continuously monitor the chain once process improvements have been ...
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NewsSBD partners with Dutch logistics organisation
San Bernardino International Airport (SBD) has signed a strategic alliance with the supply chain membership organsiation Holland International Distribution Council (HIDC) that they hope will help boost traffic at the Southern California airport.The two companies said that the strategic alliance is intended to promote supply chain development, facilitate introductions to ...
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NewsTop 25 air forwarders 2019: DHL leads the pack in a tough year
In a year marked by an ongoing trade war between China and the US, DHL Global Forwarding extended its lead as the world’s busiest airfreight forwarder in 2019 ahead of Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) and DB Schenker, while DSV Panalpina pushed into the top four (full table at the end of article).According ...
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DSV Panalpina details sustainability targets
Following the release of its Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), released in 2019, DSV Panalpina has specified how much and how quickly it will aim to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.The company said its ambitious targets set "a clear direction for its sustainability efforts".DSV Panalpina explained that 'scope 1' ...
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Chicago RFD set on continued cargo growth
Chicago Rockford International Airport has revealed that it is pushing to climb the ranks of the US's largest cargo airport after having increased its airfreight handling capabilities in recent months.On the the Federal Aviation Administration's 2019 list of All-Cargo Data for US Airports, Chicago Rockford International Airport sat in 19th ...
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NewsIATA: Air cargo demand records steepest ever decline in April
Air cargo recorded its steepest ever decline in air cargo volumes in April, but a greater reduction in capacity resulted in load factors jumping by the highest amount on record.The latest figures from IATA highlight the volatility experienced in the air cargo market in recent months, with demand in cargo ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo increases cargo-only PAX flights by 33%
This month, following the success of its cargo-only passenger aircraft flights programme in May, Virgin Atlantic Cargo has announced that it is increasing the frequency of its PAX flights by 33%.Virgin Atlantic said the extra cargo-only passenger flights — bringing the total to 587 in June — would "support demand ...
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BIFA defends forwarders "tarred as being technology laggards"
British International Freight Association (BIFA) has defended forwarders "tarred as having a reputation as technology laggards".The defence follows yesterday's news that digital freight forwarder Beacon had secured $15m in fundraising from investors including Jeff Bezos, the founder and chief executive of Amazon, and US venture capital firm 8VC.In a press ...
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Parcel shippers continue to face transatlantic capacity crunch
US package shippers continue to face disruption on the transatlantic trade lane as the US Postal Service (USPS) battles against the air cargo capacity shortage.One shipper told Air Cargo News that USPS distribution times between the US and Europe have increased from around two weeks to between five-10 weeks since ...