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FedEx and ParcelHero: ‘Brexmas’ crisis averted…
With Brexit having been delayed – again – shippers and supply chains operating between the UK and Europe are expressing relief at the avoidance of a no-deal crash-out in the run-up to Christmas.Air Cargo Netherlands (the Dutch air freight industry association) commented: “The last few weeks have been turbulent with ...
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NewsDrewry: airfreight rates continue to decline
Drewry’s East West Airfreight Price Index climbed 8.36% between August and September to reach a reading of 90.8 – but airfreight rates fell 6% compared to the same month last year, to average $2.67 per kilo.This contrasted with Drewry Sea & Air Shipper Insight’s prediction that rates would increase in ...
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NewsPeople, profit, planet: cool chain sustainability
Nicola Caristo, director general, Cool Chain Association and Stavros Evangelakakis, chairman, Cool Chain Association, will host sessions in Los AngelesThe Cool Chain Association (CCA) is to hold its third Americas Conference, Sustainability Matters, in Los Angeles on 18-20 November.The event will bring together members of the entire supply chain, including ...
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IAG Cargo announces Q3 decline
IAG Cargo saw its third-quarter revenues slide by 9% compared to the July–September period of last year, to €269mn ($300mn).Tonnage dropped by 5.7%, yield by 4.2%, FTKs by 4.9% – and capacity was cut by 0.1% year on year.Lynne Embleton, IAG Cargo chief executive, said: “Revenue for the quarter reflected ...
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Cathay carries contender cars
Cathay Pacific Cargo’s Amsterdam team has flown three cars from the Netherlands to the 31st Bridgestone World Solar Challenge.The race across Australia from Darwin to Adelaide, which this year took place on 13-20 October, features solar-powered vehicles driven by more than 45 teams from around the world – including three ...
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Cathay Pacific expects positive peak
Following the release of its September traffic figures earlier this month, which showed a slight improvement on August, Cathay Pacific has hailed a ‘positive start’ to the peak season.Tracey Ma, who took up the post of cargo sales manager Hong Kong at Cathay during the summer, observed: “The major challenge ...
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NewsAir Cargo Americas: Airlines take on the e-commerce challenge
Air Cargo Americas e-commerce panelAirlines are increasingly targeting the e-commerce market with door-to-door services similar to those traditionally offered by integrators.Speaking at the Air Cargo Americas event this week, International Bonded Courier (IBC) vice president of business development Latin America Jaime Silva pointed out that several airlines are offering door-to-door ...
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Air Cargo Americas: Miami hopes to expand e-commerce pre-clearance programme
Miami International Airport (MIA) is hoping to expand the e-commerce pre-clearance programme it has set up with Brazil to other countries in Latin America.Speaking at the Air Cargo Americas event taking place in Miami this week, Miami-Dade Aviation Department manager for the aviation, trade & logistics marketing Emir Pineda said ...
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Atlas Air Worldwide releases third-quarter figures
Atlas Air Worldwide has revealed its third-quarter results for this year.From January to September, the airline reported an income of $60m – less than its $71.1m income from the first nine months of 2018.In the third quarter of this year, the company's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) ...
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NewsPoster campaign for consumers: how air cargo delivers the goods
IATA has launched its ‘Air cargo makes it happen’ campaign that aims to raise awareness of air cargo’s important role for e-commerce, economies and the global community as a whole.The campaign provides eye-catching posters that can be shared easily and printed to “show the world all that cargo does,” said ...
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NewsDHL Express expands its Canadian footprint in Hamilton
DHL is investing C$100 in a new cargo facility at Canada’s John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport to meet double-digit growth in shipment volumes.The new facility, which will be four times the size of the current one at 200,000 square feet, will feature a fully-automated sort system with a capacity ...
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NewsFlexport partners with SF Express for smarter logistics in China
Henry Ko of Flexport Asia (left), and Keith Ip of SF Express GroupFreight forwarder Flexport is partnering with Chinese logistics specialist SF Express to offer a one-stop-shop for freight services, including full container load (FCL) ocean shipping and air cargo.Flexport and SF Express will connect data and platforms to provide ...
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NewsFAIR@Link goes live at Hamburg Airport
The FAIR@Link portal has gone live for air cargo handling at Hamburg Airport Cargo Center after a six-month test phase.Hamburg Airport head of cargo Alexander Müller said: "The new platform is an important step into the digital future for us. With FAIR@Link, we can significantly improve handling processes and manage ...
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Newsdnata to expand at Manchester Airport with £30m cargo handling facility
Air services provider dnata is to expand its presence at Manchester Airport in the UK after committing to a new £30m cargo handling facility.The ‘build to suit’ dnata City North premises, with ease of airfield access, are being developed by MAG Property, the property and development arm of Manchester Airports ...
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NewsRay Crane promoted to vice president of operations at Peli BioThermal
Ray CranePeli BioThermal has promoted Ray Crane to vice president of operations at the temperature-controlled packaging specialist.Until this appointment, Crane served as director of operations, EMEA, at Peli Biothermal.He brings many years of manufacturing operations, supply chain and engineering experience to his new role within the company.David Williams, president of ...
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NewsCargo bosses fear reputational risk from trade sanctions as US imposes $1.3bn in penalites for 2019
Around 80% of cargo businesses named reputational risk as driving their trade sanctions and export risk compliance programmes as the US authorities have already imposed a record $1.3bn in penalties this year.Accuity, the provider of financial crime screening and payments solutions, said that its survey made it clear that “the ...
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NewsKerry Logistics wins contract to execute Smiffys' international growth
Kerry Logistics has been chosen by UK-based fancy dress company Smiffys to help it carry out its international expansion plans.Kerry Logistics will provide global freight forwarding services and supply chain solutions from Smiffys' central distrubition centre in Ningbo, China, to the UK, Germany, Australia and the USA.Kerry Logistics will use ...
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LATAM Airlines Brazil boosts São Paulo-Mount Pleasant cargo link
LATAM Airlines Brazil’s new weekly flight from São Paulo to Mount Pleasant Airport on the Falkland Islands will launch on November 20 with a Boeing 767 aircraft passenger aircraft, increasing the freight transport offer by more than seven times.Initially, the carrier plans to transport perishable products to and from the ...
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NewsJim Forbes in Atlas Air Worldwide promotion
Jim ForbesAtlas Air Worldwide Holdings (AAWW) has promoted Jim Forbes to executive vice president and chief operating officer of US-based freighter lessor Atlas Air Worldwide, effective January 1, 2020.Forbes will succeed John Dietrich as chief operating officer when Dietrich assumes the role of AAWW chief executive, also effective January 1, ...
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NewsGeodis promotes Stéphane Cassagne
GEODIS has appointed Stéphane Cassagne as executive vice president of the distribution and express business line.He is a member of the group’s management committee, which is chaired by Marie-Christine Lombard, chief executive of GEODIS.Cassagne began his career in the legal affairs department at Calberson in 1993, becoming department head in ...