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Uniserve names Overman as group chief operating officer
UK-based Uniserve has appointed Kim Overman as its new group chief operating officer.The new position was created to support the company’s “ongoing growth and [to] build on the success of the UK’s largest independent logistics and global trade management provider”.Overman has worked in the logistics industry for 34 years, and ...
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DSV opens Panama City office
Denmark-based logistics player DSV has opened an office in the Central American republic of Panama.“We open the doors to our new office in Panama City, an important hub for Central America and the Caribbean, not least due to [its] free zones,” informed Torge Koehnke, executive vice president LATAM region at ...
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Support for continuation of US-UAE Open Skies agreement
The Airlines for Open Skies coalition has welcomed decision by US and the UAE to retain the their Open Skies arrangements agreed in 2002.“This resolution is a clear victory for American workers, travellers, and exporters, and reaffirms the US commitment to Open Skies,” the US industry grouping declared.“We commend the ...
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GAC opens new facility at Dubai South
GAC Dubai has opened a new contract supply chain facility in the Logistics District of Dubai South.The facility supplements the company’s pre-existing contract logistics capacity and complements other facilities it operates in the Jebel Ali and Dubai Airport Free Zones.The new 45,900-pallet, dual-chamber, temperature- and humidity-controlled facility is designed to ...
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Aer Lingus prepares for Seattle launch
Irish flag-carrier Aer Lingus and parent company IAG are gearing up for the launch of a new Dublin to Seattle service that will inaugurate on Friday (18 May).An Airbus A330-200 operated by Aer Lingus will fly the intercontinental service four times a week, and the aircraft will offer up to ...
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BACA: airfreight traffic through London airports being hit by noise-related restrictions
The closure and severe reduction to overnight movements at the majority of London’s airports this summer will "have a major impact on flights in and out of London,” says BACA – The Air Charter Association.BACA, the trade association for the global air charter industry, is calling for a “more pragmatic ...
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Air France-KLM, Delta and Virgin expand transatlantic collaboration
Air France-KLM, Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic have signed a joint venture (JV) agreement on expanding their existing transatlantic co-operation.The new deal sets out the terms of governance as well as the commercial and operational terms of the expanded JV.Air France-KLM is to acquire a 31% stake in Virgin ...
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KLM freighter diverts to Shannon after false fire warning
A KLM Boeing 747-400 freighter with 52 horses on board was forced to divert to Ireland’s Shannon (SNN) airport at the weekend after a fire alarm, later found to be false, was activated.The Martinair-operated jet, flying from Miami to Amsterdam on Sunday, landed safely with a crew of six, including ...
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UPS opens package sorting facility at London Gateway
UPS has officially opened a 32,000 sq m package sorting and delivery facility at London Gateway Logistics Park in south east England.At £120m, the London hub represents one of UPS’s largest single infrastructure investments ever made outside of the US.The new building - located close to a major maritime container ...
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AEI gains EASA approval for CRJ200 SF conversion
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc (AEI) has received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approval for its CRJ200 SF passenger-to-freighter conversion.The EASA approval permits the operation of European-registered CRJ200 SFs.Miami-based AEI received the original Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval for the CRJ200 SF from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) at the end ...
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Tailor-made charter: Qatar Airways' fashion freighter from Dhaka to New York
Qatar Airways Cargo is providing Expo Freight Logistics (EFL) with a dedicated weekly Boeing 777 freighter service from Dhaka in Bangladesh to New York.The flights, arranged through the Middle East carrier's QR Charter services, can transport more than 100 tonnes of garments on each flight. The new freighter service commenced ...
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K+N launches SwiftLOG warehouse management system
Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) has launched a new global warehouse management system (WMS).Called KN SwiftLOG, it is said to be a scalable platform with global reach, powered by JDA Warehouse Management.The first implementation of KN SwiftLOG took place in China with the creation of an omni-channel distribution centre for a ...
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Frankfurt Airport reports steady performance in April
Fraport, operator of Frankfurt Airport, Germany’s busiest airfreight gateway, has reported that the gateway handled a total of 189,634 tonnes of cargo (airfreight and air mail) in April.This figure represented an improvement of 2.3% over the same month of 2017.Over the first four months of this year, Frankfurt handled a ...
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CEVA reports solid first quarter
Supply chain services giant CEVA Logistics reported a 2018 first quarter revenue improvement of 5.4% (at constant currency) to $1.79bn, while also seeing strong improvements in earnings in both its Freight Management and Contract Logistics segments.The January to March reporting period also saw Switzerland-headquartered CEVA complete an Initial Public Offering ...
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CargoLogicAir gets on its bike for Giro d’Italia
CargoLogicAir (CLA), the British all-cargo airline based at London Stansted, has supported the 101st Giro d’Italia bike race, which started recently in Israel.It was the first time that the race had begun outside Italy, with individual time trials taking place in Jerusalem.CLA flew a total of 1,263 individual pieces of ...
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Schiphol has tough first quarter for cargo
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol saw its airfreight volumes fall in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period of 2017.Cargo volumes for the January to March period saw 411,539 tonnes handled, a decline of 2.1% versus same period in 2017.A spokesperson for the Dutch cargo hub, Europe's third ...
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Hacis to push its influence into western Pearl River Delta region
Hong Kong Air Cargo Industry Services (Hacis), the logistics arm of Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl), has entered into a strategic partnership with Chu Kong Shipping (CKS) covering the development of joint logistics activity in the western part of the Pearl River Delta (PRD).The first project on which ...
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Europa enjoys record year
Logistics service provider Europa Worldwide Group has reported annual financial results for the 2017 calendar year, and declared that it is now in “the strongest and most profitable position in its 50-year history”.Europa is a specialist road, air and sea, and warehouse operator which employs more than 650 staff across ...
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Silk Way West launches B747F to Liege
Baku-headquartered freighter operator Silk Way West Airlines has launched a new regular Boeing 747F link between Belgium’s Liege Airport and its cargo hub in the capital of Azerbaijan.Twice-weekly flights into Liege were launched at the end of April.Silk Way West Airlines president and chief executive Wolfgang Meier commented: “The aim ...
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Air Italy takes delivery of its first Boeing 737 Max
Air Italy, the carrier formerly known as Meridiana, has taken delivery of its first Boeing 737 Max aircraft.Akbar Al Baker, group chief executive of Qatar Airways, which holds a 49% stake in Air Italy’s parent company, AQA Holding, was at Boeing’s Everett Delivery Centre in Seattle in the US to ...