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NAHCO opens cargo warehouses at Enugu airport
Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) has opened two cargo warehouses at Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu.The ground handler said the opening of the two warehouses, one within the airport, and the other just outside, would further enhance the development of the air cargo business in the south east, and ...
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CEVA opens new Netherlands distribution centre
CEVA Logistics has opened a new distribution centre for industrial spare parts, consisting of warehousing space of 12,000 sq m and a yard of 10,000 sq m in Born, the Netherlands.The new centre, which will cater for air, ocean and overland cargo, features 28,000 bin locations and 3,000 sq m ...
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Cargolux: 76% of flights unaffected by strike
Cargolux has claimed that 76% of its flights were unaffected today when pilots belonging to the LCGB union staged a walkout.The Luxembourg airline claimed that the strike action was illegal as a collective work agreement was in place and both parties were actively negotiating towards a new agreement.It said that ...
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Cargolux pilot's union stages 24 hour walk-out
Cargolux pilots belonging to the LCGB union have called a 24 hour walk-out from 3am this morning (July 23).A statement by the union, issued at 08.00 (CET), claimed that the “warning action” by its members has so far seen “five out of seven Cargolux Airplanes” remain on the ground since ...
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LuxairCargo ready to go green
Luxair Group’s airfreight handling division LuxairCargo says it is one of the first four companies to apply for a ‘Lean & Green’ label from the Luxembourg Government.The scheme was launched in June 2014 by the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Infrastructures in collaboration with Cluster for Logistics, which promotes and ...
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Panalpina suffers Q2 airfreight declines
Panalpina lost ground on its airfreight rivals during the second quarter of the year as key market segments came under pressure, while profits took a hit on currency exchange.The Switzerland-based freight forwarder recorded a 5% decline in volumes compared with last year to 203,000 tonnes, which it blamed on lower ...
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UPDATE: European shippers want lithium battery solutions not bans
European shippers would like to see new solutions developed to increase the safety of transporting lithium-ion batteries by air rather than blanket bans that stop them being flown at all.Speaking just days after Boeing sent an advisory out to airline customers recommending carriers no longer transport lithium-ion batteries as bellyhold ...
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Shanghai surge: PACTL sees half year tonnages up 10.9%
Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport Cargo Terminal (PACTL) saw a 7.2% rise in airfreight volumes to nearly 130,000 tonnes in June versus same month 2014, resulting in a 10.9% year-on-year growth for the first six months of 2015 to 762,000 tonnes.The 2015 half-year cargo throughput, the highest in the company’s history, ...
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ACS: record month reflects years of investment
Air Charter Service’s (ASC) recent strong growth is down to gains in market share and investment in infrastructure.Earlier this week, ACS reported that June was a record month with 1,056 charters organised, representing the first time it had breached the 1,000 charter contract mark in a single month.March and May ...
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ABC expects "stable" 2015 peak season
Expansion-minded AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) expects a “stable rather than fantastic peak cargo season” for the second half of 2015 after reporting a 17% tonnage surge across its global network in the first six months.The Russian airline - whose Volga-Dnepr parent has lined up an order for 20 Boeing 747-8 freighters ...
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Software guardian for Australian cargo compliance
Cargo Guardian, a compliance management software for the Australian air cargo industry, is set to launch before the end of July.It has been developed by industry specialists to integrate with airfreight operational processes and existing data exchange practices.A statement from the Cargo Guardian developer said: “Ground handlers, airlines and freight ...
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Coyne appoints KIWI as Singapore GSA
Coyne Airways has appointed KIWI Logistics Cargo GSA as its general sales agent (GSA) in Singapore.The charter airline's chief executive Larry Coyne said: "Singapore is at the forefront of our push to increase sales in the Asia Pacific region and I am confident that, together with KIWI Logistics, we can ...
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Swissport revenue surge as air cargo recovers
Acquisitions, new business and a recovering air cargo industry saw Swissport report a 38 per cent increase in 2014 revenues to SFr2.9bn.The Switzerland-based provider of airport ground and cargo handling services said that aviation industry trends last year included outsourcing, growing passenger numbers in line with capacities and “an air ...
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Cargolux appoints new VP of flight operations
All-cargo airline Cargolux has appointed Jason Christopher Holt as the airline’s new executive vice president of flight operations to replace Marcel Funk, who earlier this year retired from the position.British-national Holt is 52 years old and joins Cargolux from Easyjet Airlines where he held the position as head of Gatwick ...
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AMI responds to ex-works purchasing in India
AMI has responded to India’s ex-works purchasing demand with a new service that enables forwarders to “optimise the arrival time of their customers’ imports”.The trade-only airfreight and express wholesaler’s ex-works service provides door to airport transportation from any non-restricted origin point in the world, to any airport in India.The service ...
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B&H Worldwide to go global with AOG service
Aerospace logistics provider B&H Worldwide has extended its aircraft on the ground (AOG) service to cover its entire global operation.B&H's AOG service is operated from its Heathrow 24/7 Critical Logistics Centre - a permanently staffed single point of contact for all customers needing expert critical logistics assistance to help get ...
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CSafe opens new Basel service centre
Cool chain equipment specialist CSafe Global has opened a new full service centre serving the Basel, Switzerland area in partnership with ULD handler and repair service provider Airplane Equipment Services (AES).The service centre is a new location for AES, which also supports CSafe in Frankfurt and Cologne.CSafe provides a range ...
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Shipper group says collaboration is the key
The Global Shippers’ Forum (GSF) has said that working together is key to improving the transport and logistics supply chain as it releases its annual report.The shipper group said that working with other organisations and supply chain participants was key to several of its achievements last year, including the publication ...
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Shippers seek quality alternative to lower freight rates
European shippers want an end to “the race to the bottom” on airfreight rates and have called for greater transparency in air cargo industry performance, to improve service quality.Joost van Doesburg, airfreight policy manager at the European Shippers´ Council (ESC), said: “Shippers are happy with lower rates, but are not ...
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ABC appoints new VP EMEA as it eyes Africa and the Middle East
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has appointed Georges Biwer as Vice President, Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) as the airline expands services in these regions.In his new role, Biwer, who has more than 24 years’ experience in the air cargo industry, will focus on growing ABC’s scheduled cargo operations inside and ...