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Qatar Cargo moves 100 tonnes of medications in charter operation
Qatar Airways Cargo has transported more than 100 tonnes of medications from Mumbai to Brasilia for customer Hermes Travel and Cargo Private Limited.The airline said the Boeing 777F charter flight was one of the largest shipments of medicines that is has transported on a single flight."Through integrated planning and excellent ...
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Kerry Logistics expands in Pakistan with new office
Kerry Logistics has formed a new Pakistan subsidiary to tap into the increasing trade in South Asia as well as the new business opportunities along the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (‘CPEC’), a major pilot scheme of the Belt and Road initiative.The new subsidiary provides air and ocean freight, cross-border road freight ...
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SpiceJet takes delivery of first freighter as it prepares for cargo flights
Low-cost Indian airline SpiceJet has received its first freighter aircraft as it prepares to launch operations on September 18, according to local reports.According to The Hindu Business Line, the carrier will launch with two Boeing 737-700 freighters, eventually adding two B737-800Fs.Services will operate between Delhi and Bengaluru, with the carrier ...
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LATAM Cargo adds Brussels-Montevideo freighter flight
LATAM Cargo has launched a new freighter service between Brussels and Uruguay’s Montevideo (MVD) Airport to cater for pharma demand.The weekly flight will utilise a Boeing 767-300F and is “designed to attend the growing needs of the pharmaceutical industry”.Bruno Guella, managing director at MVD, said: “MVD Free Airport counts today ...
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CargoLogicGermany set for take-off with B737s
CargoLogicGermany (CLG) is taxiing for take-off but has already sourced three Boeing 737 freighters destined for the German register and will serve a German market “ripe” for an additional express operator.The start-up project, a partner carrier of the Volga-Dnepr Group (VDG), has plans for up to nine B737Fs and is ...
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Forwarders brace for a busy peak season and capacity constraints
Freight forwarders are expecting another busy peak season with airfreight supply chains coming under strain, despite demand growth weakening.Panalpina global head of air freight Lucas Kuehner told Air Cargo News that the market is seeing lower year-on-year growth on the Asia-Europe and transpacific trade lanes, but added 2017 was an ...
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Istanbul New Airport goes live on October 31
Istanbul New Airport has confirmed that the new Turkish gateway will open for passenger flights on 31 October, with the existing main city gateway, Atatürk closing on the same day.Istanbul New Airport said that an official opening ceremony would take place on October 29, the 95th anniversary of the Republic ...
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DHL to expand in Vienna with new airport facility
DHL Global Forwarding and DHL Freight have started construction of the new DHL Campus Vienna Airport.DHL Global Forwarding and DHL Freight are each building an advanced freight terminal and an office building with a total of around 12,000m² of warehouse space and around 3,500m² of office space on the property ...
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SEKO Logistics takes majority stake in Omni-Channel Logistics
SEKO Logistics has expanded its e-commerce capabilities with the purchase of a majority stake in strategic partner Omni-Channel Logistics.The two companies said they had “enjoyed a highly successful and growing partnership” since Omni-Channel Logistics was launched in Australia in early 2014.Kai Lincoln, who will continue to lead the company for ...
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Chinese carrier Uni-top adds Liege freighter service
Uni-top Airlines has added a new all-cargo route from Liege to Wuhan utilising a Boeing 747-400F.This is the latest European cargo route opened by the airline after the introduction of its route from Luxembourg to Wuhan on January 26, 2018.The new route has three flights per week, every Monday, Wednesday, ...
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Agility raises warehousing game in Mozambique
Forwarding and logistics firm Agility has started work on a 29ha warehouse park at Marracuene, near Maputo in Mozambique, laying the foundation stone in the presence of provincial governor, Raimundo Maico Diomba.The new park, on the city’s ring road, will provide 175,000sq m of space and is part of a ...
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Vienna centre brings about a supply chain revolution for Engel
International machine manufacturer Engel has centralised and optimised its spare parts logistics with the help of logistics firm cargo-partner and its new facility close to Vienna Airport.The operation is now based on cargo-partner’s new 12,250sq m iLogistics Center which provides 24,500 pallet spaces as well as a small parts store ...
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DHL Express hails ten years in Leipzig
DHL Express celebrated the tenth anniversary of its Leipzig airfreight hub on the weekend of 1-2 September, with a family celebration for employees and an exclusive festival concert for invited citizens from all over central Germany.The final event on Sunday was an official ceremony in the Leipzig Gewandhaus, attended by ...
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Czaszar leads Lufthansa Cargo in Brussels with François departing
Brussels Airlines vice president cargo Alban François has left the airline to take up a position at fruit supplier Green Yard.François’ move comes shortly after the Lufthansa Cargo took over the marketing of Brussels Airline’s cargo capacity.However, it is understood that he changed roles of his own accord and the ...
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NewsPanalpina brings airfreight to the top table with board expansion
Panalpina is enlarging its executive board to reflect its growth targets for its core airfreight, ocean freight and logistics products.The forwarder has confirmed that Swiss-born Lucas Kuehner, an 18-year Panalpina veteran, will be promoted to executive vice president, air freight from January 1, 2019. He has worked at Panalpina since ...
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New tanks to fuel Edmonton’s cargo growth
Edmonton International Airport (EIA) and Shell Aviation broke ground on September 5 on two new 2m litre refuelling tanks to cope with an upsurge in freight business.The new tanks at the airport’s cargo village will be purpose-built for handling full freighters and will improve turn-around times for flights.EIA president and ...
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Kansai Airport set to re-open to domestic flights after devastating typhoon
Osaka Kansai International Airport is expected to reopen to domestic flights on Friday (September 7) despite the severe damage caused by Typhoon Jebi earlier in the week , according to Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.At the height of the storm, the most severe to hit the region in a quarter ...
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Air France KLM the latest to expand cargo tracking services
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP) is the latest carrier to expand its cargo tracking capabilities, offering optional active tracking devices on its flights.The devices can send data through telecom or other networks and provide GPS location and sensor data including information on temperature, humidity, shock/tilt and light exposure.Customers place ...
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Brasporto adds textile and chemical know-how with Soft Green
Brazilian pharmaceuticals and project logistics specialist Brasporto has acquired Soft Green Logistics, a São Paulo-based forwarder that focuses on the textile and chemicals markets, as part of its continuing expansion in the South American country.Brasporto Group chief executive Keiler Amaral said: "Among some aspects that have boosted interest in this ...
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United Cargo adds to pharma capabilities
United Cargo is enhancing its TempControl and LifeGuard services by utilising the evo Cold Chain 2.0 system developed by Savsu Technologies.TempControl is United Cargo’s leading service for pharmaceuticals and other health care and life science material requiring temperature-controlled transport, and LifeGuard provides the carrier’s highest-priority same-day service for critically important ...