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Liege cements top slot in Belgium
Liege Airport confirmed its position as Belgium’s number one cargo airport with 590,579 tonnes in 2014, up 5.3 per cent on 2013.The increase at the European hub was due to increased throughput by major carriers TNT Airways, Ethiopian Cargo and CAL, along with Ana Airline Management’s decision to base its ...
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Volga-Dnepr: Still shouldering the burden
There are “a lot of assumptions and a lot of speculation about what is happening and what is not happening, but we are a private airline and it has had no direct effect on us,” says Dennis Gliznoutsa, vice-president sales of Volga-Dnepr about the impact on its business of the ...
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Doncaster Sheffield cargo doubles
Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield, one of the UK’s newest commercial airports, reports a more than doubling of its cargo traffic to 945 tonnes in 2014.Ebola aid flights to Sierra Leone in November and December by Anglo World Cargo contributed to a 112 per cent increase in freight, it said. ...
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Shanghai sets freight record
Shanghai Pudong International Airport has set a new cargo record, handling a total of 1.5m tonnes of freight in 2014, with growth of 16.15 per cent year-on-year.Shanghai Pudong International Airport Cargo Terminal Co Ltd. (PACTL) - a joint venture handling operation between Shanghai Airport, Lufthansa Cargo and JHJ Logistics Management ...
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‘We will keep Hong Kong in pole position’, says government
Air carriers have welcomed a political commitment to maintain Hong Kong’s status as an international logistics and aviation hub.In his policy address, the chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), C Y Leung, said he would support the development of a third runway at Hong Kong International ...
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Frankfurt cargo up 1.7 per cent in 2014
Strikes and snow failed to dampen 2014 cargo volumes at Frankfurt airport, with Germany’s premier freight hub recording a 1.7 per cent rise in full year throughputs to 2.2m tonnes.However, in December 2014, cargo volumes for the final month slipped 1.4 per cent year-on-year, reaching 176,241 tonnes.Frankfurt's full year 2014 ...
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Kerry Logistics JV in Indonesia
Kerry Logistics has formed a joint venture in Indonesia as a platform for expansion.The new JV sees Kerry Logistics join forces with Puninar Logistics, one of Indonesia's largest companies in the sector.Kerry-Puninar Logistics will combine Kerry Logistics' global supply chain expertise and international freight forwarding network with Puninar Logistics’ local ...
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Leipzig airport cargo volumes rise 2.7% in 2014
Germany’s Leipzig/Halle airport handled 910,708 tonnes in 2014, up 2.7 per cent on prior year and crowning a decade of continuous cargo volume growth.“Germany’s second-largest freight hub was able to continue consolidating its position as one of the most important air freight handling centres in Europe through an increase in ...
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Panalpina goes into Africa again
Freight forwarder Panalpina has opened new bases in Morocco and Kenya as part of a drive to expand its presence in Africa, a continent in which it was once a dominant player in the oil and gas project sector.Offices in Casablanca in Morocco and Nairobi, Kenya, and will spearhead a ...
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AOG service takes off in Ireland
Norbert Dentressangle has launched a 24-hour Aircraft on Ground (AOG) desk in Ireland to support the time-critical movement of aircraft parts around the world.The Air & Sea freight forwarding division of the French-owned logistics group will provides a complete range of services including hand carry, taxi, baggage transfer and aircraft ...
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Airlines respond to price-fixing charges
Three of the seven airlines named in a US price-fixing lawsuit by forwarder DB Schenker have filed motions to dismiss the action.At the Eastern District of New York court on January 16, All Nippon Airways and Cargolux argued that the German-based forwarder had been ‘forum shopping’ – choosing the jurisdiction ...
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Wholesaler AMI adds Schiphol to its network
Air Menzies International (AMI) – the trade-only airfreight and express freight wholesaler – is now fully operational at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.AMI Amsterdam has achieved IATA CASS status, so it can now buy space on departures direct from Schiphol, in addition to routeing cargo via its main London Heathrow operation.The company ...
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Hactl welcomes pledge to ease Hong Kong's labour shortage
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals (Hactl) has welcomed the political commitment to address Hong Kong’s chronic labour shortage, which has pushed up costs for the airfreight industry.In his policy address earlier this month, the chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), C Y Leung, said he would ...
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Gatwick hails DHL congestion-buster
A consolidation hub set up to supply businesses at Gatwick airport and cut down on road congestion and pollution could be a prototype for other crowded urban areas or even airport cargo areas, says a DHL expert. Ian Lovelock: vice president within the Specialist Services team at DHL Supply Chain ...
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Hong Kong on the rise
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) finished 2014 with a strong final quarter that helped fuel an 8.7 per cent rise in full year handled volumes to just over 1.8m tonnes.Hong Kong’s major independent cargo handler ended 2014 with its strongest quarter of the year, handling 491,000 tonnes, an ...
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Dubai International cargo down as freighters switch hubs
Freight volumes at Dubai International (DXB) fell 3.1 per cent in 2014 over prior year to 2.36m tonnes, due to the shift of freighter operators to Al Maktoum International at Dubai World Central (DWC) earlier this year.December’s freight volumes at DXB decreased by seven per cent to 203,000 tonnes.Did you ...
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1.45m tonne debut year for Hong Kong terminal
Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal (CPCT) handled 1.45m tonnes of cargo in 2014, its first full year, with transshipment traffic the main driver at 54 per cent of volume throughput.Import and export cargo tonnage throughput were 15 per cent and 31 per cent, respectively, said parent company Cathay Pacific Services Ltd ...
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Hellmann: How to fight back
There is a lot of talk these days about mode shift from air to seafreight, so it is good to hear a forwarder talking about double digit increases in airfreight volumes.This is the story for Hellmann Worldwide Logistics in Europe, where Jens Tarnowski, chief executive region Europe (air and sea ...
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Hellmann gains AEO status in the UK
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics UK has been awarded authorised economic operator (AEO) status by HM Revenue & Customs.The supply chain quality standard highlights businesses involved in the international supply chain.The two-year process began in December 2012 and involved Hellmann training over 500 staff to complete the process and achieve its goal ...
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Full year cargo rise at Athens
Athens airport saw a 3.3 per cent rise in full year 2014 cargo volumes at its four freight terminals to 77,327 tonnes.Alexis Sioris, manager cargo development at Athens International Airport, said: “We are once again showing our customers that Athens is a multi-modal cargo hub, which has been a major ...