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Urs Stulz of Swiss WorldCargo to retire at the end of May
Urs Stulz, head of cargo central services group at Swiss WorldCargo, is retiring at the end of May after 43 years of service to Swissair and SWISS.Starting his career in accounting, Stulz moved through various functions in passenger, HR/Training, cargo business segment within Europe.In his last function, Stulz was responsible ...
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Volga-Dnepr and Sheremetyevo Airport announce deal to develop cargo facilities
Volga-Dnepr Group and Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport have signed an agreement that will see them enhance cargo infrastructure at the airport and develop relationships with other airports.The two partners said the co-operation would join the forces of the airport and the airline in the areas influencing development of air cargo ...
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dnata becomes a DWC millionaire
Air services provider dnata has reached a key air cargo milestone at its Dubai World Central (DWC) operation, handling over 1m tonnes at the Middle East hub during its first five years of operation.From a debut year throughput of 89,729 tonnes in 2011, DWC handled 170,260 tonnes in 2015, helped ...
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Air Cargo News reveals dates for Life Sciences and Pharmaceuticals Air Cargo Conference
Air Cargo News is delighted to announce that its Life Sciences and Pharmaceuticals Air Cargo Conference will take place in London in November this year.The conference will take place at the Hilton London Heathrow Airport at Terminal 4 on November 22 and 23.The event sees key links in the pharmaceutical ...
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NewsRevealed: 26 trends to impact logistics
DHL has revealed 26 key trends that could impact the logistics industry in the next five to ten years.The supply chain giant’s 2016 Logistics Trend Radar, the third in the series, introduces new trends, tracks the evolution of previous ones and identifies those that have faded or become mainstream since ...
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Temperature-sensitive cargo — Emirates has it covered
Emirates SkyCargo has launched White Cover Advanced, a next-generation version of its protection product for valuable temperature-sensitive cargo, including pharmaceuticals.Weighing no more than 3kg, the special sheet completely encloses the shipment and allows for cooling during transportation and cold storage. Application takes two people no more than eight minutes to ...
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Logistics industry responds to Ecuador earthquake
The air transport and logistics industries have begun contributing towards relief efforts to help those in Ecuador affected by a huge earthquake at the weekend.On Saturday evening, the country was struck by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake and 300 aftershocks leaving more than 450 people dead and 2,500 people injured.Deutsche Post ...
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KF Cargo launches Miami freighter services to South America
Canadian airline KF Cargo has added two new air cargo services between Miami and various destinations in South America.The airline, a subsidiary of KF Aerospace, will operate three weekly round-trip flights between Miami and Bogota and three weekly flights on a triangular route from Miami to Caracas and onto Lima.The ...
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FedEx gets Oliver the otter's seal of approval
FedEx has helped transport a rescued otter pup named Oliver to a wildlife sanctuary in Denver.The river otter was found at a gas station in Florida and handed over to Owl’s Nest Sanctuary while a suitable home was found.Eventually, the Downtown Aquarium in Denver agreed to look after the pup, ...
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Swiss WorldCargo signs deal to offer new range of temperature controlled containers
Swiss WorldCargo will offer a new range of temperature controlled containers after signing a deal to offer va-Q-tec’s devices directly to its customers.va-Q-tec offers five “passive” hard shell container sizes, taking up to two pallets inside, that can offer temperature ranges from -70°C to +25°C.Swiss head of cargo Ashwin Bhat ...
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Indian airlines have fines for alleged cargo cartel set aside
Jet Airways, SpiceJet and IndiGo have been given the opportunity to have fines levied against them by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for an alleged air cargo cartel overturned.Late last year, Jet Airways was fined R1.5bn, IndiGo received a R637.4m penalty and SpiceJet was hit with a R424.8m fine ...
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DHL opens advanced Singapore facility featuring robotic technology
DHL Supply Chain has opened an Advanced Regional Center (ARC) in Singapore featuring automation systems with advanced robotics.The 90,000sq m facility, which increases the logistics firm’s warehousing footprint on the island by 40%, uses 130 robotic shuttles to pick and store products from 72,000 locations spread across 26 levels.DHL believes ...
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Blue Dart benefits from rise of business to consumer demand in India
Indian express air cargo carrier Blue Dart posted a double-digit increase in profits for the quarter ended March 31.The airline, which is 70% owned by Deutsche Post, recorded a 17% year on year increase in profit after tax for the quarter ended March 31 to R404.9m. Profits for the full ...
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Air Logistics Group scoops onboard courier deal
Wings On-Board Courier Network has appointed Air Logistics Group as its exclusive GSSA in Europe, the US and Canada.Air Logistics Group will provide full sales and customer service support for Wings On-Board Courier Network.Wings On-Board chief executive Tal Haimovich said: “We are delighted to establish our partnership with Air Logistics ...
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NewsKuehne + Nagel records small drop in Q1 airfreight demand
Kuehne + Nagel registered a slight decline in airfreight volumes during the first quarter of the year on the back of a slowdown in market demand.The Switzerland-based forwarder, which last year saw air cargo tonnage grow ahead of the market, reported a 0.3% year on year first-quarter demand decline to ...
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Brussels Airport sees official launch of Air Cargo Belgium
Air Cargo Belgium (ACB), the new air cargo community organisation at Brussels airport, had its official launch this week.The new organisation, whose formation was announced in December last year, groups all companies at BRUcargo, the airport’s airfreight cluster, as well as related stakeholders or official organisations.Said BRUCargo: “Traditionally, there have ...
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Pharma GDP for IJS Global GEFCO Netherlands
IJS Global GEFCO Netherlands (NL) has been awarded a Good Distribution Practice (GDP) certificate by the Dutch Ministry of Health.The internationally-recognised certificate shows that the company fulfils the requirements of the European Commission’s Guidelines on Good Distribution Practice of Medicinal Products for Human Use and of World Health Organization (WHO) ...
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Speculation grows around Amazon interest in Frankfurt-Hahn airport
Germany's up for sale Frankfurt-Hahn airport (HHN) is at the centre of industry rumours that e-tailer Amazon is considering taking a stake in the European cargo hub.A spokesperson for the airport said: "We cannot confirm that this speculation around Amazon/HHN is true."Loss-making Frankfurt-Hahn has been subject to a tender process ...
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Call for stricter drone regulations after incident near Heathrow
Experts are calling for stricter drone regulations after one of the devices is believed to have hit an aircraft approaching Heathrow airport.On Sunday afternoon the front of a British Airways Airbus-320 passenger aircraft approaching Heathrow is believed to have hit by a drone, sparking a police investigation.The incident was immediately ...
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B&H Worldwide appoints Gary Wilson in finance role
Aerospace logistics provider B&H Worldwide has appointed Gary Wilson to the newly created position of non-executive finance director.Wilson is a highly accomplished financial director with significant board level experience in driving efficiency and growth in international businesses.He will be based from the company’s London Heathrow headquarters and will work alongside ...