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UK forwarders welcome approval of apprentice scheme
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has welcomed the Institute for Apprenticeships' (IfA) final approval of the new International Freight Forwarding Specialist apprenticeship scheme.Over the past 18 months, BIFA has been supporting a group of employers from the freight and logistics sector to develop a standard for a specific freight ...
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K+N reports rapid airfreight growth boosted by acquisitions
Kuhne+Nagel (K+N) continued to report strong growth in its airfreight volumes during the first quarter of the year thanks in part to recent acquisitions.The world’s number two airfreight forwarder saw first-quarter volumes increase by 21% year on year to 422,000 tons as a result of market growth and the integration ...
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time:matters sales revenue up 55% in 2017
Express logistics provider time:matters saw 2017 sales revenue up 55% prior year to €108m as the Lufthansa Cargo-owned company targeted internationalisation and the digitisation of its service offering.In a statement, the company said that the opening of the first sameday air station outside of Europe, in Tel Aviv, represented "a ...
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Former Amazon supply chain executive Wagers joins XPO Logistics
XPO Logistics has appointed ex-Amazon logistics executive Kenneth Wagers as chief operating officer, with responsibility for the company's operations in 32 countries.Wagers was most recently with Amazon, where he had executive oversight of Amazon's Worldwide Transportation and Logistics business (last mile, middle mile, and air and ocean cargo), as well ...
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UK air charter broker Hunt & Palmer buys Aircraft Chartering Services
UK air charter broker Hunt & Palmer (H&P) has acquired Aircraft Chartering Services Ltd upon the retirement of the founder, Mark Hugo.Aircraft Chartering Services was started in May 1986 and has established a "diversified client base consisting of world-renowned orchestras, government departments, niche tour operators and various corporations," according to ...
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DoKaSch appoints new Americas chief executive
DoKaSch Americas has appointed Douglas Wettergren as chief executive.Wettergren’s main duties will be sales and business development for DoKaSch’s Opticooler RAP and RKN temperature controlled ULDs to pharmaceutical and forwarding companies.“Douglas knows the needs of the pharmaceutical industry, especially regarding cool-chain transports from the inside out,” said Andreas Seitz, managing ...
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NewsEuropean cargo monthly: Demand growth weakens in March
European airlines saw cargo demand growth continue to weaken in March as some of the region’s top airlines registered demand decreases.The latest statistics from Air France KLM, IAG and Finnair all saw cargo volumes decline in March compared with a year ago, while Lufthansa reported weaker growth.Performance during the month ...
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Panalpina sees airfreight growth slow but profits takeoff
Freight forwarder Panalpina saw airfreight volume growth slow in the first quarter of the year, but profitability at the company was up.The Switzerland freight forwarder saw first-quarter airfreight volumes increase by 3% year on year to 241,000 tonnes, behind an estimated market growth of around 5%.The growth rate also lagged ...
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NATO confirms Volga-Dnepr notice to quit SALIS
NATO has confirmed the withdrawal of a Volga-Dnepr subsidiary from its contract for Strategic Air Lift International Solution (SALIS), which provides An-124 freighter uplift for the western military alliance.A spokesperson for the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) told Air Cargo News: “Since 2006 the NSPA has contracted for airlift ...
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Saudia picks ATC Aviation as GSSA for South Africa
ATC Aviation Services has been appointed as the general sales and service agent (GSSA) for Saudia Cargo in South Africa, effective May 1.The Middle East carrier, providing airfreight services to more than 230 destinations, already has a partnership with ATC in Brazil.Stuart Tonkin, ATC’s country manager for South Africa, said: ...
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BARIG intensifies cooperation with Zeitfracht
The Board of Airline Representatives in Germany (BARIG) and Zeitfracht Luftfahrt are to "intensify their cooperation" in air cargo and logistics as part of a partnership agreed at this year's World Cargo Symposium in Dallas in March.BARIG, which represents the interests of around 100 national and international airlines, said that ...
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TAC Index to offer free data access to qualified parties
TAC Index has launched a new promotion to industry qualified parties granting full free access to TAC Index's rate data until September 30 of this year.TAC Index managing director Peyton Burnett said: “We would like to make this data more widely available and are pleased to offer this data to ...
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CEVA listing to take place on May 4
CEVA Logistics has announced its listing on the Swiss stock exchange will begin on May 4 and the company looks to raise around Sfr1.2bn.The all-primary share listing, which was announced earlier this month, will have a wide price spread of between Sfr27.50 and Sfr52.50.Initially, the forwarder had been hoping to ...
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Second UK enterprise award for Peli BioThermal team
Temperature controlled packaging specialist Peli BioTherma has won the Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2018.The company is celebrating its second consecutive Queen’s Award win, adding to last year’s award for innovation for its Chronos Advance.The new award recognises Peli BioThermal’s export expertise, which has seen overseas sales grow by ...
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Volga-Dnepr to withdraw from An-124 freighter uplift contract for western military
Russia-based freighter aircraft group Volga-Dnepr has served notice that it is to quit the Strategic Airlift Interim Solution (SALIS) contract which provides airlift for European Union (EU) and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) countries.Two Antonov 124-100 aircraft, one each from Moscow-based Volga-Dnepr and Antonov SALIS, a subsidiary of Ukraines' Antonov ...
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Turkish to launch weekly Brussels freighter
Turkish Airlines Cargo is adding Belgium's Brussels airport to its European network with a weekly Airbus A310 freighter, starting on April 28.The new direct call, linking to the carrier's Istanbul hub, has been announced to the freight forwarding community, with details of flight TK6338 which will depart Brussels at 21.55 ...
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Swissport signs up for new cargo facility at Frankfurt
Fraport and Swissport signed a long-term lease agreement for a new air cargo facility in CargoCity South at Frankfurt Airport (FRA).The new facility will have a surface of 16,900 sq m, with an additional 2,260 sq m to be used as office and social space.The warehouse will be tailored to ...
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Ancra gains FAA certificate for B737-800SF loading system
On-board loading equipment specialist Ancra International has received FAA Supplemental Type Certificate for the first Boeing 737-800SF cargo loading systemThe Ancra B737-800SF cargo loading system has two pallet transport configuration offerings. The basic configuration supports the transport of eleven 88”x125” plus one 60.4” x 61.5” ULDs.Ed Dugic, director of sales ...
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Luxembourg goes digital for road feeder services
The Luxembourg state has signed-off on the first electronic consignment note (CMR) for a road transport, carried out by Arthur Welter on behalf of Cargolux between the airports of Luxembourg and Amsterdam.As of March this year, Luxembourg allowed the use of digital consignment notes for road transport after the adoption ...
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Record cargo first quarter for Leipzig/Halle airport
Leipzig/Halle Airport handled 298,500 tonnes of airfreight in the first three months of 2018, a 12.3% increase on same period last year.The German gateway, and Europe’s fifth-largest cargo hub, handled about 107,500 tonnes in March, setting another monthly record.Leipzig/Halle Airport handled 1.14m tonnes of airfreight in 2017, a 8.2% rise ...