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Mallory Alexander adds new Miami facility
Mallory Alexander International Logistics has opened a new office and warehouse in Miami to cater for cargo heading to and from South America.The facility includes a Foreign Trade Zone, as well as a Container Freight Station, Bonded Warehouse, and an In-Bond Export Consolidator Warehouse.“Miami is an important international gateway located ...
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NewsAmericas cargo monthly: A bumper month for American and United
September was a bumper month for American Airlines' and United Airlines' airfreight demand, while Delta recorded another decline.The latest monthly figures show that United saw air cargo demand increase by 15.7% year on year in September to 245m cargo ton miles (CTM) and American reported a 9.8% improvement to 207m ...
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Cargolux appoints Bannerman as vice president corporate development and strategy
Cargolux has appointed Christoph Michael Bannerman as its new vice president corporate development & strategy.Bannerman succeeds Maxim Strauss, who recently took over the position of executive vice president and chief financial officer.Bannerman has held a number of positions in the aviation and logistics industries, including various roles in corporate strategy, ...
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New pharma transport community launched
A new pharma logistics community has been launched that aims to help supply chain participants collaborate to improve transport services for medical goods.The new Team-up community was launched at IATA's AirPharma conference in Brussels by founder Alan Kennedy, who also represents several pharma logistics service providers in a PR role."With ...
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NewsWorld's first national drone delivery service takes off
The Rwandan government has today launched the world's first national drone delivery service to transport medical supplies to hard-to-reach places.The drones, designed and operated by Californian firm Zipline, will make up to 150 on-demand deliveries of blood to 21 transfusing facilities located in the western half of the country.While the ...
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Miami Airport reveals new sea-air perishables services
Miami International Airport (MIA) has revealed plans to launch sea-air services, offering ocean transport from Latin America to the US airport before onward transport to Europe and Asia by air.In September, the US Department of Agriculture approved the airport’s plans for ocean to air transhipments that will target the perishables ...
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NewsDelta Air Lines records declines in third quarter cargo revenues and demand
Delta Air Lines reported yet more declines in its cargo revenues and volumes during the third quarter of the year.The US airline suffered a 14.8% year on year decline in third quarter cargo revenues to $167m while traffic was down 9.5% during the period to 504m cargo ton miles.Delta does ...
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VIDEO: Wondering how an automated pallet handling system actually works?
At an event to celebrate the opening of two new terminals at DHL's Leipzig hub, the express operator was keen to show off what it claims is the world's first automated pallet handling system (see end of article for video).The system is fairly similar to DHL's parcel and flyer system ...
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DHL opens two terminals at Leipzig and debuts automated pallet handling system
DHL Express has opened two new terminals at its fast growing Leipzig hub, with one of the operations featuring the world's first automated pallet handling system.The new Terminal Two and Terminal Three were built at a cost of €230m, more than doubling the surface area of the hub's sorting centre ...
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Spectre awards mega-order for B737 freighter conversions
Texas-based aircraft lease-finance specialist Spectre Air Capital has announced an initial firm order, plus rolling options, for 15 Boeing 737-700 and 737-800 passenger-to-freighter conversions with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI).Spectre also confirmed a launch order from Seoul Korea-based Air Incheon for three 737-800 freighters on long-term lease for delivery beginning in ...
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Militzer & Münch bags myAirCargo contract from Lufthansa
Swiss forwarder Militzer & Münch has been appointed the exclusive partner in Europe for myAirCargo, Lufthansa Cargo’s international door to door service for its passengers who buy goods abroad that are too heavy or large for carry-on luggage.Currently, myAirCargo is available only on routes connecting Europe and the US, and ...
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Fashionable Rickenbacker picks up Etihad cargo flights for Trinity Logistics
Trinity Logistics USA has signed a "multimillion dollar" deal with Etihad Cargo, which will see the Middle East carrier operate a weekly wide-body freighter service from Colombo, Sri Lanka, to Columbus, Ohio, and to East Midlands Airport in the UK.Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Cargo, which will operate either Boeing 777F and ...
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Steve Walker sets up logistics consultancy
The former head of UK freight forwarder SBS Worldwide, which was taken over by DSV, has launched his own consultancy after leaving the Danish company.Steve Walker, who moved over to DSV when it bought out SBS Worldwide in 2013, yesterday launched Steve Walker Global.The company offers consultancy, merger and acquisition, ...
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dnata opens Cargo Integrated Command Centre in Dubai
Dnata’s new customer service centre for export cargo customers has been officially inaugurated by Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, chairman and chief executive of Emirates Airline and Group.Located in Dubai Airport Free Zone-Freight Gate 5, the export centre marks the beginning of a product improvement programme for airlines, freight ...
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DHL Express expands in Turkish market with long term view
DHL Express has expanded aircraft capacity to the Turkish market despite the recent problems faced by the country as it looks to the long term.DHL Express Turkey managing director Markus Reckling revealed that in August the express giant added more Airbus A300 flights to its services to the Turkish city.This ...
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Broker ACS signs capital partner to accelerate growth plans
Investment house Alcuin Capital Partners has taken a minority stake in Air Charter Service (ACS), the first external investor in the UK airfreight broker which is looking to accelerate its growth through acquisitions. "The investment will see Alcuin purchase a minority stake in the business and provide a platform for ...
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Frankfurt cargo surge in September
A “slight recovery” of the global economy saw September total cargo throughput at Germany’s Frankfurt Airport (FRA) rise by 5.9% to 180,252 tonnes.Europe’s largest cargo hub saw volumes (airfreight + airmail) for the first nine months of 2016 increase marginally by 1.3% to just under 1.6m tonnes.Earlier this week, London ...
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Cathay Pacific launches group business review
Cathay Pacific has launched a “critical review” of its business, blaming “overcapacity and strong competition” in the passenger sector for a “deteriorated” outlook.In a trading statement, which did not mention cargo, the Hong Kong-based carrier said that its earlier 2016 interim report had indicated that "the operating environment in the ...
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Brisbane's Wellcamp wins Cathay B747-8 freighter call
Cathay Pacific Airways is expanding its freighter services in the South West Pacific with the addition of a weekly scheduled service to Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport in southern Queensland, Australia.It will become the first dedicated international freighter service to Wellcamp, and will operate on a Hong Kong–Sydney–Melbourne–Brisbane West Wellcamp–Hong Kong ...
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Alaska Airlines chooses SmartKargo booking system
Alaska Airlines has selected SmartKargo to provide a booking engine for the carrier’s expanding cargo business throughout North America.The cloud-based solution provides a backend system to allow users to input the booking requirements on a single screen.The engine comes pre-loaded with key information, such as IATA regulatory and commodity codes. ...