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November boost for cargo hub Leipzig
Leipzig/Halle Airport’s monthly freight volumes exceeded 100,000 tonnes for the first time in November.Germany’s second-largest cargo hub handled 105,100 tonnes of freight last month as volumes rose by 9.4% in comparison with the same month in 2016.Cargo volumes also broke through the one million tonne barrier for the second time ...
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Obituary: Richard Norris
“If you find meaning in running, chances are, you’ll find meaning in life.”No phrase more aptly describes Richard Norris’ approach to everything he did, whether conducting business in far-away locales, raising cattle in Virginia, running marathons in Paris and Padova (Padua), or riding a camel in Dubai. Running instilled an ...
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UPS ready for package delivery peak season after cyber week surge
US logistics giant UPS reports that demand for its services remains "very strong" and that the company has returned to normal delivery time-in-transit after the "initial cyber week surge".In a statement, UPS said: "Black Friday and Cyber Week sales in the US were record-breaking and UPS delivered more than originally ...
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Ocean rate platform Xeneta targets air cargo
Ocean freight platform Xeneta is moving into air cargo with a rates benchmarking service, planning a full launch in the 2018 second quarter.The Norwegian data company has announced its intention to bring “fresh levels of transparency to the volatile airfreight market”.Xeneta for airfreight will soon be available to selected beta ...
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Success for Air Cargo News' Roger Hailey at journalist awards
Air Cargo News editor Roger Hailey last night scooped the Air Cargo Journalist of the Year Award 2017 at the prestigious Seahorse Club Awards.As well as Hailey scooping the overall air cargo award, sponsored by Air Canada Cargo, regular Air Cargo News contributor Chris Lewis received the runner up prize ...
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ABC and DHL complete a multi-modal RKN vaccine shipment to Miami
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has completed a successful multi-modal pharma trial shipment for DHL Global Forwarding (DGF) to deliver healthcare products from Moscow to Miami.The shipment, which replaced real vaccines with service water for test purposes, used an RKN active cargo container in accordance with Good Distribution Practice (GDP) cool chain ...
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Panalpina creates supply chain solutions entity
Freight forwarder Panalpina has created a new supply chain solutions entity that will aim to create more efficient end-to-end transport operations for customers.The supply chain solutions business will be led by Hans Elmegaard in the role of global head of Supply Chain Solutions, reporting to Karl Weyeneth, chief commercial officer, ...
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Delta Cargo adds Dusseldorf to CEIV network
Delta Cargo is now offering CEIV approved facilities at seven locations across Europe, with the recent addition of Dusseldorf airport to the network.The facilities are operated in conjunction with Delta's joint venture partners Air France-KLM.Delta said that it now has access to 50 approved stations around the globe with seven ...
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Animals displaced by Irma flown to new homes
Air Charter Service (ACS) has flown displaced rescue animals to their new homes after they were evacuated from Florida in the wake of hurricane Irma.Richard Thompson, president of ACS Americas, said: “We arranged charters for hundreds of people to get out of the affected regions in September, before the hurricanes ...
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WFS opens new pharma facility in Copenhagen
Cargo handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has opened a new temperature-controlled facility in Copenhagen to support growing pharma volumes.WFS said the investment is in support of its airline customers’ growing pharma volumes and WFS’ own IATA CEIV Pharma certification programme in Denmark, which it expects to complete in early 2018.The ...
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DHL Express extends Air Hong Kong BSA for 15 more years
DHL Express has extended its partnership with Air Hong Kong (AHK) with a new 15-year block-space agreement (BSA).The partners said the BSA arrangement will provide a stable revenue stream to Air Hong Kong and a predictable cost base for DHL."The new agreement will initially provide DHL with the same service ...
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Another online retailer looks at entering air cargo market
Reports from China suggest that online retailer JD.com is could follow the lead of Amazon and establish its own air cargo fleet and even build its own airports.The South Morning China Post reports that JD.com head of logistics planning and development Bill Fu Bing told reporters that buying its own ...
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DHL achieves CEIV certification at six US stations
DHL Global Forwarding has achieved CEIV certification at six of its airfreight stations.DHL began the certification process of its global stations according to the IATA CEIV Pharma Standard in the third quarter of 2016.Following independent audits by third parties and training courses for employees on site, stations in Chicago (the ...
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Peli BioThermal to Present at SMI Cold Chain Distribution
Temperature-controlled packaging firm Peli BioThermal will share industry insight and expertise at the SMI Cold Chain Distribution Conference.Paul Terry, Peli BioThermal’s director of sales Europe, Middle East and Africa is a speaker at the event, taking place in London on December 13 and 14, where he will address delegates on ...
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NewsUK freighter hubs see record November
The UK’s "two most important airports" for freighter aircraft, East Midlands (EMA) and London Stansted, have seen record volumes of cargo in November, said airport owner MAG.The increased volumes were driven by early Christmas shopping and e-commerce, as Black Friday and Cyber Monday spending "shifted increasingly online from the high ...
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Heathrow airport details "Christmas cargo" stats
Over 143,000 tonnes of “Christmas cargo” is expected to fly via London Heathrow airport in the month leading up to December 25, a record to date, said the UK hub’s management.A statement added: “The airport’s data from November and December 2016 shows a clear spike in the volume of certain ...
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Gatwick cargo traffic continues its upward trajectory
London Gatwick handled a total of 10,175 tonnes of cargo in November, a 25.6% increase on the same month of 2016.The new long-haul routes through the gateway added this year pushed bellyhold cargo volumes up significantly.Five new long-haul connections have been launched this year from Gatwick: to Singapore, Seattle, Denver, ...
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Slow progress of e-AWBs down to market growth
The slow growth of electronic air waybill (e-AWB) penetration in 2017 is down to the overall improvement in air cargo demand, according to IATA.Each year the airline association sets a target for e-AWB penetration, which in 2017 was expected to be missed by a wide margin.The target for 2017 was ...
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Lack of airfreight space drives up "sky high" rates
Freight forwarders are continuing to report a lack of cargo space and "sky high rates", while claiming that some shippers are turning to ocean transport to avoid delays.According to the latest Freightos International Freight Index, the rush in demand for airfreight capacity has not abated, and shippers are turning to ...
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Freighter link between Chicago and Wuhan takes off
China’s official news agency, Xinhua, has reported that a dedicated freighter service has been launched between Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei province, and Chicago.A B747F aircraft carrying 105 tonnes of Chilean cherries and salmon recently made the flight from O’Hare to Wuhan Tianhe International Airport, marking the launch of ...