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Volga-Dnepr turns the lights on in Zimbabwe
Volga-Dnepr Gulf’s logistics experts have helped generator firm Aggreko to move a power plant to a client in Zimbabwe. Most of the equipment for the project was shipped by sea and road from various hubs around the world, but time-critical switchgear equipment, consisting of nine pieces of up to 4 ...
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Luxembourg handler chooses Hermes
Freight handler LuxairCargo has selected Hermes’ hub management system. The Luxembourg airport based company, the seventh largest platform in Europe with a throughput of about 800,000 tonnes a year, said it was attracted by the system’s "high level of automation” and ability to interface with existing systems.Other features include prioritised ...
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TNT freighter incident disrupts Belfast flights
Flights at Belfast International Airport after a TNT 737 freighter aircraft suffered a burst tyre incident on the main runway at about 6am today (Tuesday October 4), leading to the complete shut-down of Northern Ireland’s main air gateway at one stage.A spokesman for the airport was reported as saying that ...
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IAG woos high tech firms
International Airlines Group (IAG) has launched an accelerator programme for new high-tech companies in partnership with corporate innovation specialist and early-stage investor, L Marks.Start-ups are invited to pitch to join the new venture, Hangar 51, and work with the airline group to find solutions to business challenges through collaborative partnerships. ...
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DHL Singapore targets Australia e-commerce
Deutsche Post DHL’s DHL eCommerce Singapore arm has launched a hybrid shipping product, Parcel International Direct Australia, to allow local online sellers to tap into the e-commerce market in Australia.The market is expected to grow from AUD 6.5bn in 2013 to AUD 16.6bn in 2018 as the market shifts from ...
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Guggenheim sells aircraft arm to managers
Investment and advisory firm Guggenheim Partners is to sell its commercial aircraft investment and management business, Guggenheim Aviation Partners (GAP) to its management team.Founded in 2003 as a joint venture between Guggenheim and Steve Rimmer and Paul Newrick, GAP focuses on acquiring, leasing, converting and selling commercial aircraft.To date it ...
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LATAM starts South America-South Africa flights
South American carrier LATAM Airlines launched flights from to South Africa on 3 October, from São Paulo to Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport.Operated by a Boeing 767 aircraft, the overnight service departs São Paulo on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, arriving in Johannesburg on the afternoon of the next day (local ...
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Frontier appoints head of aviation
Hong Kong-owned Frontier Services Group (FSG) has appointed Michael O’Brien as its new head of aviation, based in Malta. He will oversee the operator’s worldwide fleet of over 20 aircraft and aviation subsidiaries.In addition, the company is extending its reach into Kazakhstan, to take advantage of expanded trade opportunities from ...
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NewsAsian Cargo Monthly: Southern sees demand slide while rivals grow
Air cargo demand at the leading Asia-based carriers continued to improve in August, although China Southern suffered a dip in form.Of the seven carriers included in the Air Cargo News monthly round-up, six managed to recorded an improvement in air cargo traffic during August as demand continued to pick up ...
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FAA issues battery ban on Florida firm
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has slapped a ban on untested products from Florida company, Braille Battery.It said that the Sarasota-based firm had failed to comply with Hazardous Materials Regulations and International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) technical instructions on the transport of lithium ion batteries.FAA said that despite FAA ...
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Air Canada adds more freighter flights
Air Canada is adding a second weekly freighter to its Canada, US and South America schedule. The new rotation operates on Sundays between Toronto, Atlanta, Bogota, Lima and Toronto, in addition to the existing Friday service.The expansion follows a commercial agreement signed in April with Cargojet Airways to operate the ...
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Air Canada Cargo looks forward to raft of new destinations
Air Canada has announced that it is to add six new destinations to its network next year.The Air Canada summer 2017 schedule will include the following new long-haul connections: Toronto – Mumbai; Vancouver – Taipei (subject to government approvals); Toronto – Berlin; and Vancouver – Nagoya, as well as seasonal ...
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DSV sets up US Solutions division
Danish-owned freight forwarder DSV has set up a Solutions division in North America, following its acquisition of US-based UTi.DSV said it had gained substantial contract logistics work as a result of the merger and that these had been merged with the limited amount of similar activity it was already handling ...
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London runway decision ‘soon’
UK Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has said that a decision on south-east England airport expansion is imminent, according to the BBC.The Government has been pondering whether to build a new runway at Heathrow or Gatwick or to extend one of Heathrow’s two existing runways. A decision appeared to be imminent ...
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Hactl speeds truck processing at SuperTerminal 1 facility
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals' (Hactl) new automated truck lanes at its SuperTerminal 1 facility have helped speed up vehicle processing times.The new automated lanes, which replaced manned booths, register trucks and obtain details of vehicle size and purpose of visit.“Together with the doubling of entry lanes, these have eliminated ...
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Cargolux takes early delivery of B747-8F to meet increased high season demand
Cargolux has taken early delivery of its 14th Boeing 747-8 freighter to meet increased demand during the coming high season.The aircraft ─ LX-VCN, ‘Spirit of Schengen’ ─ was originally scheduled to be delivered in 2017. However, Boeing and Cargolux agreed to advance the delivery, with a handover ceremony at the ...
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NewsCold Chain Technologies launches Koolit Advanced PCM Gel
Cold Chain Technologies (CCT), a Massachusetts-based developer and manufacturer of temperature-sensitive packaging options for the pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, clinical trial distribution and medical device industries, has officially launched what it says is “the first solid phase change material (PCM) to maintain the integrity of drugs and vaccines during transport”.Said by ...
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UPS tests drone deliveries to remote places
UPS has begun testing drones to make commercial deliveries of packages to remote or difficult-to-access locations, working together with drone-maker CyPhy Works.The two companies staged a mock delivery of an urgently needed asthma inhaler from Beverly, Massachusetts, to Children’s Island, three miles off the Atlantic coast.The drone flight is part ...
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Swissport International appoints Nils Pries Knudsen to chief commercial officer
Swissport International has appointed Nils Pries Knudsen to chief commercial officer as of October 1, 2016. He will continue to report directly to Eric Born, Group President and chief executive Swissport International.Knudsen joined Swissport International in January 2009 and has since been instrumental in taking the Cargo Division forward to ...
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DHL launches SameDay Speedline for urgent airfreight shipping
DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight forwarding operation within Deutsche Post DHL Group, has launched a new urgent shipping offering: DHL SameDay Speedline.Every unaccompanied shipment will be “proactively monitored from origin to destination” (at SameDay Contact Centers in the US, Singapore and Ireland), while other benefits will include ...