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AMI adds imports to South Africa service
Trade-only airfreight and express wholesaler AMI has launched an express import service to South Africa.Click2ship Express Imports is the counterpart to the click2ship Express Exports launched in the country in 2014.It provides online quotes and bookings for imports from any location in the world. Prices include collection at origin, export ...
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DHL signs deal to help Shanghai Pharma grow
Shanghai Pharma, one of China’s largest listed pharmaceuticals groups, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with DHL Supply Chain to expand its global logistics infrastructure.Under the MOU, the pharmaceuticals giant – which generated revenues of more than US$18 billion (RMB121 billion) last year – will partner with DHL ...
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Atlas announces B747F leases and improving Q2 financials
Atlas Air Worldwide has reported improvements in second-quarter revenues and profits, while also announcing the placement of three freighters with Hong Kong Air Cargo Carrier.Shortly before announcing its second-quarter results, the Purchase-headquartered aircraft lessor announced that it had placed three Boeing 747-400 freighters with Hong Kong Air Cargo on an ...
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Chinese retail giant JD.com forms alliance to improve supply chain visibility
China’s largest retailer JD.com has launched a new cross-border alliance to improve the processes for bringing imported products to China.The alliance brings together 20 brands, industry authorities and logistics and transportation companies, including Wal-Mart, Huggies, Danone, Sasa, Rakuten, eBay, Kuehne+Nagel, Agility Logistics and the China Inspection and Quarantine Association.Together they ...
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The drinks are on us, says UPS
UPS is expanding its ability to ship alcohol, wine and beer to consumers on its express or standard shipping services.Wine connoisseurs can now use the express logistics firm to ship cases of wine shipped directly from the vineyards to their home.UPS says that according to industry studies, Italy, France and ...
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Rising star at Crane Worldwide
Specialist logistics company Crane Worldwide has promoted Chris Mitchell from director of global specialized solutions in Asia to vice president, global specialized solutions based in Singapore.Originating from the UK, Mitchell has been based in Asia since 1998 and has been involved in the development and execution of projects primarily in ...
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Flying fish: Turkish Cargo provides Pearls of the Aegean for Kuwait dining tables
Turkish Cargo is now accepting fresh fish shipments on its direct Bodrum-Kuwait passenger flights as part of a sameday perishables supply chain to serve the appetites of consumers in the Middle East country.The Turkish carrier said that it is offering the service after requests from the Aegean Region, where three ...
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UPS sees profits and revenues improve in Q2
Express giant UPS saw revenues and net income increase during the second quarter of the year as e-commerce gains helped push performance.The Atlanta-headquartered firm saw second-quarter revenues increase by 7.7% year on year to reach $15.7bn, while net income grew by 9.1% to hit $1.4bn.Revenue growth was led by its ...
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VIDEO: Improving air cargo security in the US
The US air cargo industry has been debating how it believes the sector can make supply chains more secure (see video at end of article).Air cargo participants presented their thoughts on air cargo security to a Homeland Security subcommittee chaired by Republican John Katko.President of the Cargo Airline Association Stephen ...
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IAG Cargo to offer time-critical service for pharma shipments
IAG Cargo has announced that it will expand its time-critical service to include pharma shipments.The airline group, which includes British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus, said that following successful trials of its Constant Climate Critical service across India, the UK and Europe, IAG Cargo is rolling out this new offering ...
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Air Charter Service lands sweet flight
Charter company Air Charter Service landed a pretty sweet deal last week when it arranged to fly 100 tonnes of confectionery to re-stock a warehouse in Peru.The urgent shipment from Mexico took place when a warehouse storing sweets was burnt down, with most of the company’s stock damaged in the ...
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Spaces running out at next GDP Workshop in London
Spaces at the next IAG Cargo and Exelsius GDP Academy workshop, held in London on October 2-3, are quickly running out.The Good Distribution Practice Academy combines classroom training in the correct handling of temperature sensitive pharmaceutical products, with a visit to an airport airside area.Students will be able to witness ...
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Lufthansa Cargo adds protective film as standard on cool services
Lufthansa Cargo has announced that all cargo transported in the passive refrigeration sector will now be protected against temperature changes through the use of a protective film.The German airline said the innovative reflective film, which was produced exclusively for the carrier, provides sensitive shipments with optimum protection against the unavoidable ...
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KLM boss Elbers in high profile support of airfreight and freighters
Cargo can often be the forgotten partner of its passenger counterpart, but not at KLM, where the Dutch airline’s president and chief executive, Pieter Elbers, is fully behind the freight division.Elbers struck a high-profile when KLM-Martinair opened its new sort centre at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport, a “tens of millions” euro ...
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Pick of the crop: 'Cherry Express' B777 freighter visits Sea-Tac Airport
A fruit-themed China Cargo Boeing 777 freighter flew into Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on the US west coast, to harvest a booming US cherry season which is projected to export a record crop.The specially-painted aircraft, nicknamed the 'Cherry Express', is part of a fleet that serving five Pacific Northwest states which ...
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UPS experiments with drone delivery option
Express services giant UPS has taken another step down the road towards the delivery of packages and other small shipments by drone.It has successfully tested a drone that launches from the top of a vehicle, autonomously delivers a package to final destination and then returns to the vehicle, all while ...
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UPS supersizes in Salt Lake City
UPS is to build one of its largest packaging processing hubs to date at Salt Lake City as part of an ongoing expansion programme. When completed in late 2018, the new 840,000 sq ft facility will process 69,000 packages per hour, adding to the existing 200,000 sq ft operations in ...
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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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Healthcare supply chains to digitise and automate, says new report
The automation and digitisation of healthcare supply chains will drive the development of future pharmaceutical supply chains, according to a report by DHL.The report identified six transformational trends that would affect future healthcare supply chains: big data analytics; the internet of things; healthcare on demand; robotics and automation; augmented reality ...
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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 ...