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DoKaSch in pharma container link-up with China Airlines
ULD equipment specialist DoKaSch Temperature Solutions is expanding the global network for its Opticooler temperature-controlled container range for pharma products by linking up with Taiwan-based China Airlines.Frankfurt-based DoKaSch said that the deal enables customers to lease Opticooler, its latest technology of active containers, from China Airlines on the carrier's network ...
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NewsAsian Cargo Monthly: International demand leads the way
Air cargo demand at Asian airlines continued to improve in August, with international and regional routes boosting performance.The latest figures from the region’s largest cargo carrier, Cathay Pacific, show that its cargo traffic increased by 11.3% in August to reach 974m cargo and mail revenue tonne kms.Traffic growth for the ...
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Panalpina's new airfreight booking platform offers instant rate quotations
Logistics giant Panalpina has successfully piloted its new, fully automated online quotation and booking platform for ad hoc cargo with selected airfreight customers.Panalpina chief executive Stefan Karlen said: “We have recently reached a significant milestone in modernising the company’s systems landscape by successfully rolling out our new state-of-the-art operational platform ...
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Jettainer launches new service for temperature controlled ULDs
ULD management firm Jettainer has launched a new service for temperature-controlled ULDs, including the lease, management and positioning as well as monitoring of boxes during the whole transport process.Jettainer said the new Cool Management service increases efficiency between all involved parties of the supply chain. In addition, it reduces the ...
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Frankfurt Air Cargo Community welcomes new members
The Frankfurt Air Cargo Community has added six new members to its ranks as they look to shape the future of the hub's cargo operation.At the group's latest general meeting, it welcomed freight forwarders a. hartrodt, AF Logistik, Bolloré and Hermes, while BDA Logistics Innovation, specialising in transport between Europe, ...
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Intrepid delivers second B747-8 freighter to AirBridgeCargo
US lessor Intrepid Aviation has placed a new B747-8 freighter on a long-term lease with AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), the second of two factory-fresh B747-8Fs acquired from Boeing and leased by Intrepid to ABC this year.The first freighter was delivered in April on a "very long term lease" and came shortly ...
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Freight group BIFA updates trading conditions
UK freight forwarder association BIFA has announced that it will launch updated Standard Trading Conditions (STC) for the first time since 2005.The new STC will be launched on October 1 and follows an extensive review of the existing conditions by the BIFA Legal and Insurance Policy Group, taking advice from ...
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Pharma.Aero adds trio to membership
Pharma.Aero has seen three more companies join the worldwide platform which aims to foster strong collaboration among its membership of airport communities, pharma shippers, and other pharma logistics stakeholders.Logistics company Expeditors and specialist cool-chain ULD provider Envirotainer have joined the organisation, along with Pharma.Aero's seventh airport member, Montevideo Free Airport, ...
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Hong Kong cargo volumes soared 10.1% in August
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) recorded solid growth in August 2017 as cargo traffic "soared" 10.1% to 412,000 tonnes, compared with like month last year.Exports, which registered a 12% robust increase, were the main driver behind the strong growth in cargo throughput. Transhipments also rose by 10% during the month.A ...
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Schiphol Airport braces for loss of 10.5% of freighter slots
Schiphol Airport is bracing itself to lose as much as 10.5% of its freighter slots next year unless a limit on the number of aircraft takeoffs and landings is changed.Under a covenant agreed on in 2008, the airport is limited to a maximum of 500,000 air traffic movements per year ...
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NxtPort and Air Cargo Belgium investigate multimodal platform
Ocean platform NxtPort and Air Cargo Belgium have announced a new partnership to investigate the possibility of developing multimodal cargo solutions.The two groups pointed out that companies that transport freight by sea, frequently use airfreight as well, and much of the logistics – such as customs formalities – are the ...
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DHL opens new Budapest express facilities
DHL Express has opened new facilities at Budapest Airport as part of the €160m BUD:2020 Development Programme.The new warehouse and office complexes offer automated sorting systems and a total land development area of more than 60,000 sq m.DHL Express is the latest company to launch operations at the new facility. ...
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Cargolux and Emirates partnership expands with Dubai handler move
Cargolux has transferred its handling operation in Dubai to Emirates SkyCargo as the two companies ramp-up their cargo partnership.In May, the two airlines signed a co-operation agreement that sees them share space on each others aircraft.The move to the same handling company in Dubai World Central Complex (DWC) will facilitate ...
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Qatar Airways Cargo adds fifth US freighter destination this year
Qatar Airways Cargo will become the first international airline to offer a freighter service to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, when a new operation gets underway next month.The airline said that when the new B777F service is launched, on October 11, it will become the fifth freighter destination in the Americas added this ...
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Budapest Airport sees cargo demand reach a new high
Budapest Airport has had a record first seven months of the year for cargo as a result of growth in the central European region.In total, the airport handled 72,161 tonnes of cargo over the first seven months, up 19.6% on the same period last year.The airport registered 49,420 tonnes of ...
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All dressed up: Qatar Airways Cargo’s first freighter charter to Rickenbacker
Qatar Airways Cargo has shipped more than 100 tonnes of garments to the US in the Middle East carrier's first charter service to Rickenbacker International Airport in Colombus, Ohio.The consignment, in collaboration with Sri Lanka-based EFL (Expo Freight), was flown on a Boeing 777 freighter from Colombo to Rickenbacker for ...
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ICAO backs Turkmenistan's freight ambitions
ICAO has backed Turkmenistan's plans for its new Ashgabat airport to become a freight hub, but also highlighted a number of priorities it should pursue to support air traffic growth.In a meeting last week with the president of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, ICAO Council President Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu pledged support for ...
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Forwarder Tigers adds new China-Europe rail operation
Tigers is the latest freight forwarder to add a new rail service between Asia and Europe, offering an alternative to air and sea transport.The Hong Kong forwarder will transport goods both east and westbound between Duisburg and Hefei, Chongqing and Chengdu.Customers are able to charter an entire train, or book ...
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Frankfurt freight boost in August
Frankfurt airport's cargo throughput (airfreight + airmail) in August rose by 5.4% year-on-year to 181,102 tonnes or up by 4.8% year to date to nearly 1.5m tonnes.August was a busy month at Frankfurt, with LUG air cargo handling expanding its Health Care Center (HCC) in a 650 sq m first ...
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DHL launches twice a week B747 freighter from Oslo to Seoul and Shanghai
Norway’s Oslo Airport has teamed up with DHL Global Forwarding to establish a twice a week chartered Boeing 747-400 freighter link to Seoul and Shanghai, with the ambition of establishing a scheduled service.The Norwegian seafood gateway, with a 32% general cargo growth so far this year, said that it is ...