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SATS opens e-commerce hub at Changi
Singapore ground handler SATS has unveiled its new eCommerce AirHub at a Changi airport.The S$21m, 6,000 sq m facility, co-funded by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), will increase Changi’s mail sorting capability to support the growing e-commerce market.A spokesperson for the handler said: “By deploying state-of-the-art technology, SATS ...
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Online portal Freightos expands services to the UK
Online forwarder portal Freightos is expanding internationally with the addition of services for the UK market.The online freight marketplace was launched in the US in 2016 and provides instant freight comparison, booking, and management of freight services for thousands of US importers and exporters of all sizes. The UK has ...
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Celebi goes live with Kale cargo management system at Delhi airport
Ground handler Celebi has gone live with IT provider Kale’s Galaxy (domestic module) cargo management system at its Delhi cargo terminal in India.The move forms part of a phased implementation of the entire suite of Galaxy Air Cargo management software system comprising of export/import operations, warehouse management, invoice and accounts ...
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Online quotes increase AMI's express imports business
Airfreight and express wholesaler AMI UK has seen a 10% rise in traffic during the first three months of its trade-only online service, Click2ship Express Imports.AMI said that the recently-launched service aims to make handling imports "less labour-intensive and more profitable for couriers and freight agents," by enabling customers to ...
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Freight must be part of Brexit conversations, says FTA
The UK’s largest membership association for freight and logistics has expressed serious dismay that the sector has "once again" been overlooked in planning for the UK’s exit from the European Union (EU) or 'Brexit'.“Logistics is the blood supply that keeps the other parts of the economy fit and healthy,” said ...
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Freight forwarder Panalpina expects continuing airfreight margin pressure
Freight forwarder Panalpina will concentrate on controlling costs after its airfreight business faced continued margin pressure on higher airfreight demand.The Switzerland-headquartered logistics giant saw second-quarter airfreight revenues increase by 10% year on year to Sfr700m on the back of a 6.6% improvement in tons carried to 240,000 and rising freight ...
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New tax could hit Indian airfreight exports
An Indian trade organisation has warned that a proposed tax on airfreight exports will stifle growth in the country’s air cargo sector, while it has also called for investment in the sector.At its annual Air Cargo Summit, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry warned that moves to include airfreight exports ...
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time:matters expands flight network to Birmingham and Dublin
Time-critical logistics provider time:matters has expanded its flight network for spare parts logistics from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden in southern Germany to Birmingham and Dublin on weekdays.The new routes extend the current network to the UK and Ireland, which have been served by flights from Frankfurt and Maastricht since 2011.The Lufthansa subsidiary confirmed ...
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Swissport Netherlands awarded CEIV Pharma
Swissport International's Netherlands subsidiary has gained IATA's CEIV certificate for pharmaceutical logistics at (CEIV Pharma) Amsterdam's Schiphol airport.CEIV Pharma certification for the ground and air cargo services provider in the Netherlands will increase its contribution to the Pharma Gateway Amsterdam – a programme established in 2016 to position Schiphol as ...
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Delta Cargo appoints Eric Anderson as Asia Pacific sales director
Delta Air Lines Cargo has appointed Eric Anderson as director, cargo sales for the Asia-Pacific region, effective August 1.Anderson, who will be based in Tokyo, assumes the role previously held by Eric Wilson, recently promoted to managing director, global cargo sales.Anderson will lead the cargo sales team across Asia-Pacific, said ...
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Join the exclusive cargo club at Farnborough International Airshow 2018
The organisers of the world famous Farnborough International Airshow 2018 have announced record monthly bookings for next year's event, which takes place on July 16-22.Air Cargo News will be in attendance and we are exclusively selling exhibition packages for the dedicated Cargo Village, which will feature some of the biggest ...
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Qatar Cargo confirms cattle charters
Qatar Airways Cargo has confirmed it will transport more than 4,000 cattle as part of a project to set up a dairy farm in Qatar and bypass the blockade set up by some of the state’s neighbours.In a statement sent out today, the airline confirmed it had won the deal ...
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VIDEO: Shannon's new runway, ta Mac for a great job
The rehabilitation of Ireland’s longest runway, at Shannon Airport, is proving a triumph of logistics as the equivalent of one football pitch is re-laid between dusk and dawn each night, the airport has revealed.Shortly before midnight, following the last arrival/departure at Shannon, a team of 90 vehicles and 70 people ...
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Emirates SkyCargo to launch specialist pharma flights
Airline Emirates SkyCargo has revealed that next month it will begin offering “dedicated” pharma flights from London and Frankfurt.Speaking at an event organised by the airline and new partner SkyCell, Emirates SkyCargo manager global sales pharma Julian Sutch said that where applicable it would begin to group pharma shipments on ...
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Freight forwarder K+N sets the pace as air volumes soar
Freight forwarder Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) saw airfreight volumes grow at almost double the market rate during the first half of the year, with performance improving during the second quarter.The Switzerland-headquartered freight forwarder saw first-half airfreight demand increase by 18% year on year to 731,000 tons, while the overall market increased by ...
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K+N expands perishables network with US and Kenyan acquisitions
Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) has expanded its global perishables network with the acquisition of sector specialist forwarders Commodity Forwarders Inc. (CFI) in the US and Trillvane in Kenya.Switzerland-based K+N said that the two acquisitions would add more than 150,000 tons of annual perishables traffic to its network and “further strengthens ...
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European airports call for urgent action to stop Brexit harming aviation
The Airport Services Association (ASA) has called for urgent action to ensure that the UK’s departure from the European Union (EU) or ‘Brexit’ does not harm the aviation sector “in the UK, EU and beyond”.Jon Conway, director general of the Switzerland-based European industry body, wants the end result of negotiations ...
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Qatar Airways sees cargo demand surge past 1m tonnes
Qatar Airways saw cargo demand surpass the 1m tonne mark for the first time during the last fiscal year, while revenues were also up.In its annual report, the airline group revealed that in the 2017 fiscal year it saw cargo demand increase by 20.9% year on year to 1.15m tonnes. ...
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ASM software upgrade is ready for Brexit
Agency Sector Management (ASM) has launched a major upgrade of its Sequoia software, providing a complete freight management system.The software provider to the UK forwarding industry said that the release gives users a single application where data is shared across all functions such as job costing and producing documentation, as ...
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Speculation over B747-8F order by Qatar Airways
Online news reports suggest that Qatar Airways has ordered two Boeing 747-8 freighters from the US planemaker.News website SeekingAlpha cited comments by Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker suggesting that the Middle East Gulf carrier has ordered two B747-8Fs.SeekingAlpha added: "While the order is only firm when it is ...