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Panalpina Luxembourg licensed to handle organic produce
Panalpina’s hub at Luxembourg Airport has been licensed to handle organic fruits and vegetables by Certysis, an inspection and certification body for organic products.This makes Switzerland-based logistics giant Panalpina the first and only licensed receiver of organic produce at the European hub.Quint Wilken, Panalpina’s regional head of Perishables Europe, said: ...
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Qatar Airways links up with DoKaSch for pharma containers
Qatar Airways Cargo has signed an agreement with DoKaSch Temperature Solutions to offer the Frankfurt-based equipment specialist's Opticooler range of temperature-controlled containers for transporting pharma products.The chief officer cargo of the Middle East Gulf carrier, Ulrich Ogiermann, said: “We understand the intricacies of a seamless cool chain and always aim ...
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Finnair goes green at new cargo hub
Finnair Cargo will utilise solar power at its new COOL Nordic hub to help power the facility as part of the carrier's sustainability strategy.The carrier will install 1,200 panels on the building’s roof, with each panel able to produce up to 260W of energy and the annual energy production level ...
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SF Airlines adds freighter number 40
Chinese express cargo carrier SF Airlines last week added its 40th freighter aircraft to its fleet.The freighter operator, which operates the largest all-cargo aircraft fleet in China, took delivery of the converted Boeing B757-200F aircraft at its Shenzhen Bao'an International airport base.The aircraft is the first in the SF Airlines ...
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DHL forwarding achieves IATA CEIV in Frankfurt and Hamburg
DHL Global Forwarding's airfreight stations in Frankfurt and Hamburg have achieved IATA's CEIV pharma Standard.DHL started to certify its global stations according to the IATA CEIV Pharma Standard in the third quarter of 2016. Its Thermonet Station Leipzig hub was the first to achieve the certification in April this year.The ...
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CEVA adds new Dublin temp control facility
CEVA Logistics has added a new 15,000 sq ft temperature control facility at its airport industrial park warehouse.The new building has been constructed as an insulated building-within-a-building on the city's airport industrial park and will allow the forwarder to "better serve customers with medical products requiring to be kept within ...
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Oslo Airport's fish freight volumes are flying
Oslo Airport expects its seafood traffic to increase by around 50% in 2017 thanks to the addition of new freighter services.The Norwegian Airport expects to handle a total of 90,000 tonnes of seafood as air cargo this year as freighter services flying directly to import markets have been added.Previously, much ...
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X2 Logistics Network members team up for AOG airfreight operation
Members of the X2 Logistics Network recently teamed up to urgently airfreight various aircraft parts from around the world to help get a stranded aircraft back in the air.The logistics network came together for the aircraft on the ground (AOG) operation when an Air Asia X aircraft became stuck in ...
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NewsHorse sense: Jettainer offers leasing option for flying stables
Airfreight container firm Jettainer is now offering a leasing option for "flying stables" so that horse transport boxes can be made available at short notice.The specially designed containers can be leased for one day or up to several months, said the Lufthansa-owned outsourced unit load device (ULD) management company.A wide ...
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Budapest Airport plans animal facilities after horse transport
Cargolux and Hellmann Worldwide Logistics arranged the first transportation of live horses from Budapest Airport after Hungary received clearance to begin flying the animals last year.In total, 14 racehorses bred in Hungary were flown to China last week, on board a Cargolux B747-8F.Budapest Airport property director René Droese stated that, ...
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UK aerospace cluster warns of UK trade disruption after Brexit
Trade bodies have responded to government plans to ask Brussels to establish a “temporary customs union” after it leaves the EU in March 2019.UK aerospace trade association ADS has warned that UK government plans to leave the European Union (EU) customs union during a Brexit transition period “will raise concerns ...
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Emirates has pharma covered with new DuPont material
Emirates SkyCargo is rolling out a new pharma white cover solution developed in collaboration with DuPont.Featuring DuPont’s Tyvek Xtreme W50 material, the new White Cover Xtreme will offer “enhanced protection for temperature sensitive cargo in hot, cold and wet weather conditions”.From June to August 2017, Emirates SkyCargo has also been ...
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Houston, we have a solution. Piped spooling flown to US on B747-400F cargo charter
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering oversaw the time-critical delivery of 60 tons of pipe spooling from Sharjah to Houston for an equipment upgrade at a gas-to-liquids processing plant.The air cargo charter specialist’s Dubai office coordinated the movement, on behalf of a freight forwarder, with the assistance of Magma Aviation, which repositioned a ...
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VIDEO: UPS drives vehicle safety with virtual reality training
UPS will start training student delivery drivers to spot and identify road hazards using Virtual Reality (VR) headsets that vividly simulate the experience of driving on city streets while teaching a more memorable classroom lesson.The US parcels and logistics giant will begin launching VR training in September at its nine ...
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IAG Cargo looks to automotive for new Nashville operation
IAG Cargo will begin offering services to and from Nashville, Tennessee, from May next year as it looks to capitalise on the city's automotive sector.The new passenger service will fly five-times-a-week between the US hub and Heathrow in the UK utilising a Boeing 747-8, which offers a payload of 15 ...
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FedEx and UPS top bosses in memo to Trump: Keep the US globally competitive
US logistics giants and fierce rivals UPS and FedEx have joined forces by calling on the US Congress and the Trump Administration to work on policy reforms to keep the US globally competitiveIn a signed editorial published in the influential Wall Street Journal, FedEx Corp chairman and chief executive Fred ...
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DHL opens Delhi centre to tap e-commerce boom
Deutsche Post DHL’s eCommerce arm has opened a distribution centre in Delhi as part of a €250m investment in India to 2020.The new facility allows DHL eCommerce to provide online retailers services such as Packet and Packet Plus to enable economical shipments worldwide and DHL Parcel International Direct that offers ...
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Amazon's Bezos to join Logistics Hall of Fame
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has been nominated to join The Logistics Hall of Fame as a “revolutioniser of e-commerce and logistics”.Bezos will be officially inducted into the organisation, which was set up to recognise and promote logistics best practice, during a ceremony at the annual Logistics Hall of Fame Gala ...
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Northern Ireland forwarder Campbell McCleave gains GDP status
Life Sciences International, a division of the Irish Exporters Association (IEA) has awarded forwarder Campbell McCleave the Good Distribution Practice (GDP) Passport.The Passport ensures patient safety by compliance throughout all stages of the supply chain. It involves training all levels of personnel to standardised and certified levels.Campbell McCleave company accountant, ...
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Delta Cargo gets approval for new pharma container
Delta Cargo has gained approval to carry the Envirotainer RAP e2 active container on its domestic and international widebody aircraft.The carrier, which recently achieved IATA CEIV certification, says the new unit is ideal for shipments requiring strict temperature control between +0°C and +20°C.The new container expands flight options beyond those ...