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Air cargo industry set for debate on unmanned aircraft
The air cargo and unmanned aircraft industry will meet later this week to discuss the potential for unmanned aircraft to be used to transport freight.Sponsored by the National Aeronautical Centre (NAC), which was created by West Wales Airport and also counts Newquay Cornwall Airport as a member, and supported by ...
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Air New Zealand Cargo transports lifeboat on behalf of charity
Air New Zealand Cargo has moved a lifeboat and engine from New Zealand to Greece as part of an effort to assist Greek rescue teams working to search for refugees and migrants crossing the Aegean Sea.The rigid inflatable lifeboat and its engine, weighing some 240kg, was donated by the Bethells ...
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Hong Kong cargo rise in March but Q1 still down 3.5%
Hong Kong, the world’s number one air cargo hub, experienced “mild growth” of 1.1% year on year in March to 398,000 tonnes but registered a first quarter 3.5% throughput decline over 2015 to 987,000 tonnes.The growth in cargo throughput in March was primarily due to a 5% growth in exports ...
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Saudia to add bellyhold links
Saudia will add bellyhold cargo services to new destinations Munich and Maldives in the coming weeks, with services to Ankara starting in the last quarter of 2016.Passenger bellyhold space of up to 30 tonnes will be available on Boeing 777 and Airbus A320/A330 passenger aircraft serving the new routes, said ...
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Microchip machines on the move via Moscow
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) moved some microchip production machines from Amsterdam to Dalian in China for forwarder, DB Schenker. They travelled on two ABC Boeing 747 freighter flights via the airline's hub in Moscow.The main machine systems were packed in specially-designed containers with internal climate control; additional parts were crated with ...
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Brazil and Chile added to Pelican cold-chain logistics
Pelican BioThermal, the temperature-controlled packaging specialist, has added Brazil and Chile to its cold chain network.It has announced partnerships in Latin America with BioThermal Solutions of Chile and NatBio of Brazil.Kevin Lawler, vice president of worldwide sales at Pelican BioThermal, said: “With the continued growth of the global healthcare cold ...
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NewsDelta sees first quarter air cargo revenues slide
Delta Air Lines continued to see cargo volumes and revenues decline during the first quarter of the year.The US airline suffered a 25.3% year-on-year decline in cargo revenues to $162m on the back of a 13.3% drop in volumes to 475m cargo ton miles.Although Delta does not provide commentary on ...
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TNT signs pharma duo for Medpak service
TNT has signed up two global customers for its new cold chain packaging and shipping solution, Medpak VI°C.The Europe-based express operator did not name the customers but said that one is “a leading clinical trial company” while the other is “a global biotech company”.Medpak VI°C, which guarantees a temperature variance ...
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Airfreight rates slide for the fourth month in a row
Airfreight prices declined for the fourth month in a row in February and the tough market conditions are expected to remain this year.The latest figures from Drewry’s Sea & Air Shipper Insight shows that in February airfreight prices slipped to their $2.57 per kg − the lowest level since the ...
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Jon Harston nets Kewill role along with three other new appointees
Supply chain software provider Kewill has made four new appointments to its finance, legal, IT, and product management teams.Jon Harston will join the company as chief financial officer. Harston will oversee the administrative, financial, and risk management operations of the company as well as the ongoing development and monitoring of ...
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CSafe adds Puerto Rico service centre in response to pharma growth
Temperature-controlled air cargo container supplier CSafe Global has opened a new service centre in Puerto Rico.The new dedicated service and support centre is adjacent to San Juan's Luis Munoz Marin International Airport and will provide ULD supply, lease, drop-off, maintenance, calibration and technical support services.The company said it had decided ...
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Cargolux adds frequency to Ho Chi Minh service
Cargolux has added a third weekly frequency to its Ho Chi Minh operation in response to growing demand from the country.The extra frequency started today (April 14), with the outbound flight routed via Doha and the return leg via Singapore and Luxembourg.The airline said it had served the city since ...
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Detection dogs fail to sniff out crime at airport, but do hunt down sausages
Air Cargo News claims no expertise in the deployment of detection dogs to sniff out drugs and explosives at airports, but a recent story about our four-legged friends’ success rate at the UK’s Manchester Airport gave us pause (or should that be paws) for thought.The use of the animals came ...
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Ceva recruits Panama healthcare and IT specialist
Ceva Logistics has appointed Rodrigo Jaén Cabalcagary as its country manager for Panama. Based at the Panama City office and reporting to executive vice president and head of the Central America cluster, Mike Wilson, he brings specialized experience of the healthcare and technology markets as well as IT project development. ...
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Airport figures the latest to point to weak start to the year for airfreight
Airports Council International (ACI) traffic data for February is the latest information to point towards a difficult start to the year, although the organisation admits figures for the month were skewed by the timing of the Chinese New Year.ACI figures for February show that total airfreight traffic at airports declined ...
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First freighter for Canada-Latin America route
Air Canada and Cargojet Airways are finalising a commercial arrangement to operate the only direct scheduled freighter service between Canada and Latin America. A Cargojet Boeing 767-300ER freighter will fly from Canada to Latin America, offering 52 tonnes of net cargo capacity from June 9, subject to regulatory approvals.Initial service ...
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Shanghai is China’s centre of cool
Shanghai Pudong Int’l Airport Cargo Terminal (PACTL) has officially opened a new cool centre, certified to IATA CEIV Pharma standards - the first Chinese facility to achieve this. It can handle 100,000 tonnes of temperature-sensitive goods a year on a 3,500sq m footprint.Facilities include freezers (+8 to -18 degrees Celsius) ...
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Kerry raises stake in Indian forwarder
Asia-based Kerry Logistics has signed a memorandum of understanding to increase its stake in Chennai, India-based Indev Logistics.The announcement was made at the re-branding ceremony held on 13 April in New Delhi in the presence of minister for commerce and industry, Ms Nirmala Sitharaman.Indev will be renamed as Kerry-Indev Logistics, ...
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February freight surge at DXB
Freight volumes at Dubai International (DXB) increased 3% in February, rising from 191,002 tonnes in 2015 to 196,730 tonnes in February 2016. Cargo growth was however outpaced by the rise in passengers, which jumped 6.9% to over 6.3 million passengers in February 2016, according to the latest traffic report by ...
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Dnata adds Heathrow air cargo facility for Cathay Pacific
Cargo handler dnata will open a new cargo location at London Heathrow to cater for customer Cathay Pacific.Dnata UK will move into building 521a at the airport, which will be dedicated to Cathay Pacific, when the refurbished facility opens its doors in April.The cargo handler has invested £40m in the ...