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Air forwarders strike back against integrators
Air freight forwarders are beginning the fightback to win marketshare lost to integrators over the last few years, but concede it will be difficult to win back volume lost to shipping lines.Speaking at the Transport Logistic exhibition, which runs alongside Air Cargo Europe, GEODIS global air product director Henk Venema ...
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Air Charter Service launches onboard courier operation
Air Charter Service has officially launched an onboard courier service as it looks to win a share of a market estimated to be worth around £30m per year.ACS has been offering the service for the last few years on an ad-hoc basis but it has now grown to the level ...
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Outsourcing to GSSAs to gather pace
Airlines will continue to outsource to general service and sales agents as they look to reduce costs, according to the ECS Group.Speaking at a press event at the Air Cargo Europe event in Munich, ECS Group chief executive Bertrand Schmoll said the company had noted increased demand for its GSSA ...
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Schiphol hopes for 2015 growth despite tough start
Schiphol Airport is expecting modest volume growth in 2015 following on from a strong performance in 2014 but a difficult start to this year.During the first quarter of 2015, the Dutch airport recorded a 1.8 per cent year-on-year decline in volumes to 386,800 tonnes.This follows on from a 6.7 per ...
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Nova Systems introduces new air tariff cloud software
Nova Systems will introduce its new BeOne Cloud Forwarding Suite software solution at this year’s Transport Logistics show.Nova, which will be exhibiting in hall B2, stand 436, said the software offers automatic updates of air company tariffs and has been created for those involved in forwarding, customs, and logistics.Silvano Forapan, ...
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MASkargo reports 11.5% throughput rise in the first quarter
Malaysia's MASkargo's throughput at Kuala Lumpur International Airport increased 11.5% in the first quarter of 2015.The air cargo carrier, which will be exhibiting at the Malaysian Pavilion in hall B4 stand 229, said volumes climbed to 154,000 tonnes of cargo compared over the first three months of 2015, compared with ...
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Geodis to reveal new branding at Transport Logistics
Geodis will present its new branding at this year’s Transport Logistics exhibition, which will run alongside Air Cargo Europe.The logistics giant, which will be located in hall B5 on stand 303/402, decided to launch its new brand after bringing together all its business lines.The move will see existing brands, Geodis ...
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Industry set for air conference debates
The Air Cargo Europe Conference will this year take place on the Wednesday morning.Opening the event at 10am , will be Lufthansa Cargo’s board member products & sales Alexis von Hoensbroech who will offer an outlook on the future of air cargo.At 10.15am, a group discussion will take place that ...
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Data and e-commerce on the menu in Munich
DATA security and e-commerce will be among the topics under debate when the world’s airfreight industry descends on Munich for the Air Cargo Europe exhibition and conference.The air cargo industry - transporting goods worth $6.4trn each year - will be a major modal component of the biennial Transport Logistics freight-fest, ...
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Envirotainer achieves 500th QEP accredited station
Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) in Amsterdam has become the 500th participating station in the Qualified Envirotainer Provider Training and Quality Programme (QEP).Coolchain container company Envirotainer launched the QEP programme eight years ago as a way to recognise its partner airlines, logistics providers, and integrators that are capable of properly managing Envirotainer container ...
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March volumes hit by late Chinese New Year
Global air cargo volumes registered only a small increase in March compared with a year earlier as a result of the late Chinese New Year holiday.The latest figures from Netherlands-based analyst WorldACD show that global air cargo volumes increased by just 0.3 per cent year on year.However, this year the ...
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FedEx and TNT deal on track but clearance could take a year
TNT Express has provided an update on its planned $4.8bn takeover by FedEx, stating that the two companies are making timely progress on preparations for the offer but reiterated that it could take a year to gain regulatory clearance.TNT said that FedEx expects to submit a request for review and ...
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Zurich cool chain expansion
Swiss WorldCargo’s ground handling partner, Cargologic, has expanded its cold storage facilities at Zurich Airport to provide more capacity for the storage of temperature-sensitive shipments.After receiving its Good Distribution Practice (GDP) certification from Swissmedic, Cargologic opened an expanded temperature-controlled storage facility at the airport earlier this month (April).The new facility ...
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Cargolux reports 2014 profit decline
Cargolux recorded a decline in profits in 2014, despite an improvement in revenues, as impairment charges and antitrust actions took their toll on Europe’s biggest all-cargo airline.The Luxembourg-based company saw net profits slip to $3m in 2014 from $8.4m a year earlier, while revenues increased to $2.1bn last year from ...
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IAG Cargo Q1 revenues down, but load factors up
IAG Cargo reported a 2015 first-quarter decline in revenues of just over one per cent on the back of a capacity reduction programme and a resultant volume decrease.During the first three months of the year, the British Airways and Iberia cargo division saw revenues decline by 1.6 per cent on ...
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Heathrow not structured to cope with future airfreight growth
A cargo specialist at London-Heathrow has admitted that the airport is not structured to cope with future airfreight growth, writes Martin Roebuck.Nick Platts, Heathrow’s Head of Ground Handling, told an airfreight seminar at the Multimodal Exhibition in Birmingham: “Our capacity shortage won’t change in a two-runway world. We don’t have ...
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Lufthansa delays the construction of new Frankfurt cargo centre
Lufthansa has delayed its planned investment in a new cargo centre at Frankfurt airport for at least two years as the group scrutinises its investment plan.At this week's Lufthansa Group general meeting the supervisory board of the Deutsche Lufthansa was informed of the decision to delay construction of the LCCneo ...
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Volga-Dnepr validates first seven airports for ACC3 compliance
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has validated the first seven airports in compliance with the European Union's ACC3 (air cargo or mail carrier operating into the European Union from a third-country airport) regime.The Russia-based carrier organised for an independent auditor trained by IATA and accredited by the EU to confirm the ACC3 validation ...
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XPO launches Norbert Dentressangle takeover bid
Fast-growing XPO Logistics has launched a €3.2bn takeover one of Europe’s largest logistics firms, Norbert Dentressangle, that will push the company into the top ten global logistics players.The two companies have entered into a definitive agreement that will see XPO acquire the majority of shares in Lyon-based Norbert Dentressangle through ...
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ACS sees 2014 cargo recovery as revenues surge
Air Charter Service (ACS) reports an “extremely successful 2014” for all three of its divisions.Chris Leach, chairman of the UK-headquartered broker, observed: “The figures across the board are extremely pleasing. Every department – private jets, commercial airliners, group travel and cargo – grew in terms of revenue and number of ...