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Amazon and Alibaba to put parcels firms under pressure
Parcels delivery, spurred on by e-commerce, is one of the fastest growing segments of a global annual logistics and transportation industry worth around $1trn, but technological developments could put existing players under severe pressure, said property firm Colliers International.In Supply Chain Disruptors: Q2 2017 EMEA, published on the opening day ...
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CEVA achieves CEIV certification in Singapore
CEVA Logistics has been awarded IATA's CEIV Pharma status at its facility in Singapore.The logistics operators's staff in Singapore have undertaken a comprehensive training programme conducted jointly by IATA and Changi Airport Group, in readiness for certification in the safe handling of pharmaceutical products.A quality team was established at the ...
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DHL opens new pharma facility in Dublin
DHL Supply Chain has opened a new pharmaceutical grade facility in Ireland, located at Horizon Logistics Park by Dublin Airport.The secure facility, fully approved by the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA), will provide pharma companies manufacturing in Ireland fully compliant temperature controlled end-to-end supply chain management.DHL said that plans are ...
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Flower freighter win for Yorkshire's Doncaster Sheffield Airport
Doncaster Sheffield Airport has won a weekly MD-11 freighter service bringing flowers and vegetables into the UK for some of the country’s largest retailers.The northern UK gateway has secured a deal with Network Airline Management which will operate the flight from Nairobi to Yorkshire. It will be the airport’s first ...
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Kuehne + Nagel begins work on Switzerland pharma hub
Kuehne + Nagel has begun building its new “Pharma Hub Switzerland” that aims to strengthen the forwarder's position in the pharma and healthcare industry.The Pharma Hub will be part of the KN PharmaChain network, providing multimodal temperature-controlled door-to-door shipping, visibility and traceability of deliveries, as well as intensive and proactive ...
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SAS Cargo set for CEIV Pharma at three hubs
Scandinavian carrier SAS Cargo has commenced the CEIV Pharma certification process of its cool chain and expects the first hub – Oslo – to be certified this summer, with the Copenhagen and Stockholm facilities to follow soon after.SAS Cargo, with its head office near Medicon Valley, one of Europe’s strongest ...
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Bedek and Haite to develop B737NG freighter conversions
Israel’s Bedek Aviation Group has signed a partnership agreement to co-develop a conversion programme for Boeing 737NG passenger aircraft into freighters.The collaboration, announced at 2017 Paris Air Show, sees the subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) partner with China’s Haite Group, through the latter's Tianjin Aircraft Engineering Co arm.Bedek and ...
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Turkish Cargo launches freighter flights to Paris
Turkish Cargo has launched weekly scheduled Airbus A310 freighter flight between Istanbul and French hub Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport. The flight schedule may be revised, based on permits.Automobile, aircraft and aircraft engines, as well as pharmaceutical products and plastic raw materials are the top-ranking items in the exports from ...
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FedEx reports record Q4 performance
FedEx has reported record fiscal fourth quarter results thanks to its acquisition of TNT, higher base rates and increased package volume.The express giant saw fiscal fourth-quarter revenues increase by 20.7% year on year to $15.7bn, its operating income for the period was up 4.6% to $1.5bn and net income increased ...
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West Atlantic to lease four B737-800 converted freighters from GECAS
Swedish mail and express cargo carrier West Atlantic Airlines is to lease four Boeing 737-800 freighters from GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), making it the first operator to take delivery of the Boeing standard-body converted freighter.GECAS launched the programme and provided the prototype aircraft to Boeing in 2016.The first aircraft ...
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Boeing forecasts 920 new freighters by 2036
Boeing has raised its forecast for new airplane demand, projecting the need for 41,030 new aircraft over the next 20 years, of which 920 will be freighters.The US airframer's annual Current Market Outlook (CMO) for 2017-2036 was released today at the Paris Air Show, with total airplane demand rising 3.6% ...
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DHL signs up for four more A330-300P2Fs
DHL Express has signed up for four more A330-300 passenger-to-freighter conversions from ST Aerospace subsidiary Elbe Flugzeugwerke.The express operator, which in July last year became the launch customer for the conversion programme with an order for two of the aircraft, said the deal also includes options for a further 10 ...
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Hybrid Air Freighters to buy up to 12 Lockheed Martin Hybrid Airships
Hybrid Air Freighters (HAF) signed a Letter of Intent to purchase up to 12 Lockheed Martin Hybrid Airships, at a total value of approximately $500m.HAF is working with Hybrid Enterprises, the exclusive re-seller of Lockheed Martin's Hybrid Airships, to finalise the purchase agreement.Paris-based HAF was established specifically to act as ...
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Siemens' rotor to Kuwait is project managed by Volga-Dnepr
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has completed the urgent delivery of a 57-tonne generator rotor to Kuwait on behalf of energy shipper Siemens.Siemens asked Volga-Dnepr to project manage the shipment using one of the Russian airline’s An-124-100 freighters to ensure that the 11-metre long cargo reached its destination on-time from the manufacturing site ...
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Tony Wright of Exelsius: The way ahead for pharma
What standards should be applied to ground handlers when it comes to pharmaceutical traffic and how should they be measured? What do shippers really want in this respect? And how can investment in facilities and procedures to handle pharmaceutical shipments be supported and encouraged?These are just some of the themes ...
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Hyderabad gets into mango exports
GMR Hyderabad International Airport (GHIA), which operates Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) in Hyderabad, has entered the Indian mango export market for the first time, with a consignment of 2.5 tonnes of the exotic fruit bound for South Korea passing through its cargo terminal (operated by Hyderabad Menzies Air Cargo ...
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IATA calls for cargo transformation
At the 73rd IATA General Meeting and World Air Transport Summit in Cancun, Mexico, a resolution has been adopted to “accelerate the modernisation and transformation of the air cargo industry” through a customer-centric approach.Measures covered by the resolution include digitisation of the supply chain for instant information sharing to improve ...
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ALHA opens Rome Fiumicino cargo terminal
Alha Group, the Italian airfreight handling and trucking services provider, has opened a specialised goods cargo terminal at Rome's Fiumicino airport (FCO).The facility is able to offer security services — including active alarm systems, anti-intrusion devices and 24/7 CCTV monitoring — for high value cargo, plus specialist temperature-controlled areas for ...
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Cargolux 2025 - building flexibility and developing digitisation
Cargolux’s new strategic plan will concentrate on building a more flexible fleet whilst the carrier will also embark on a wholesale digitisation project.Speaking shortly after the Luxembourg-based carrier announced an “industry first” tie-up with Emirates SkyCargo, president and chief executive Richard Forson said the new strategic plan, named Cargolux 2025, ...
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European court annuls 2013 decision to block UPS-TNT deal
Europe's General Court has annulled the January 2013 decision by the European Commission to refused authorisation of the merger between UPS and TNT, on the grounds of a “procedural irregularity” by the European regulator.TNT was later acquired by Federal Express, the arch rival to UPS in the global express small ...