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BCUBE gains Malpensa CEIV for pharma
Italy-based airport handler BCUBE Air Cargo has received IATA’s CEIV certification (Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators) for pharmaceutical handling at its Malpensa Logistica Europa facility.The Malpensa airport certification follows CEIV accreditation for the company’s Fiumicino airport hub in July this year.BCUBE Air Cargo, part of the Italian logistics group ...
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Yusen opens Schiphol pharma hub
Yusen Logistics has opened a dedicated pharmaceuticals gateway at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport.It represents the official launch of the Japan-based logistic player’s global pharma airfreight service, which is compliant with the Good Distribution Practice (GDP) protocol.Hiromitsu Kuramoto, president of Yusen Logistics, speaking at the opening ceremony in the Netherlands, said: “This ...
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DB Schenker to launch European-wide express service through GLS partnership
DB Schenker Logistics will enter the European-wide express market through a partnership with a parcel service provider as forwarders continue counter express operator incursions into their market.The German logistics giant this morning announced it had struck up a European-wide partnership with the GLS Group, which will allow it to expand ...
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FedEx Express sees revenues slide but profits increase
FedEx Express saw its first-quarter revenues decline as a result of lower fuel surcharges and exchange rate effects, but operating profits did improve.The Memphis-based company’s express division, which is currently in takeover talks with TNT, recorded a 4% year-on-year decrease in its fiscal year first-quarter revenues to $6.59bn, while operating ...
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DHL Express: air cargo volumes lost to express won't come back
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Airfreight forwarders should not expect to be able to win back the market share they have lost to integrators over recent years because of fundamental differences in their offering.Speaking at a media event at its European regional hub in Leipzig, DHL Express Europe chief executive John Pearson told ...
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TNT upgrades Nordic links
TNT is strengthening its international express delivery services to Europe’s Nordic countries with improved Boeing 737 freighter connections to Sweden and Finland, plus additional last-mile delivery capacity in large business centres.The Netherlands-based express and logistics carrier has reintroduced flights from its Liege air hub in Belgium to Stockholm Arlanda (ARN) ...
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K+N signs cool chain deal with Ortho Clinical Diagnostics
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics has awarded a six-year contract to Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) to manage its cold and temperature-controlled warehousing and distribution in the US.“We need a partner with demonstrated capability managing high volume cold chain distribution operations and who understands the strict regulatory rules and logistics challenges of our industry,” said ...
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DHL goes greener in Asia Pacific
DHL Express has improved its carbon efficiency by 12% year on year in the Asia Pacific region despite a growth in volume of about 10%.In 2014, the global parcel and freight giant saw its CO2 efficiency over 2013 improve across the region, with savings of 21% in Malaysia, 15% in ...
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Agility opens Brazil pharma centre
Agility has opened a Pharmaceutical Competence Center in Sao Paulo, Brazil.Experts from the logistics specialist are trained to the pharma industry’s Good Distribution Practice (GDP) standards developed by the World Health Organization and European Union, covering procurement, purchasing, storage, distribution, transportation, repackaging, relabelling, documentation and customs clearance.Middle East-owned Agility aims ...
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Small fry take wing with Volga-Dnepr
Volga-Dnepr has delivered a shipment of 1.2m Muksun fish to help repopulate the freshwater Ob River basin in northern Russia.The whitefish, mostly found in the Siberian Arctic waters, were transported in four 2.5 ton water containers with oxygen tanks from St. Petersburg to Salekhard onboard one of the Boeing 737 ...
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UPS Canada renews Cargojet agreement
Cargojet has entered into a new air cargo service agreement with United Parcel Service (UPS) Canada.It replaces the original 2003 agreement for the Canada-based freighter operator to provide domestic overnight air cargo services throughout Canada for the US-based express parcel and logistics giant.The initial term of the agreement is for ...
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United Cargo signs pharma container rental deal with va-Q-tec
United Cargo has signed a global rental agreement with va-Q-tec, a provider of temperature controlled containers used to transport pharmaceuticals in the air cargo cool chain.The airfreight arm of United Airlines is the first North American carrier to announce the availability of va-Q-tainer rentals directly through the airline and plans ...
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Ask before you ship, FedEx chief tells aerospace exporters
Aircraft part manufacturers should get proper advice and provide customs brokers with information well in advance, says FedEx Europe managing director, David Poole.With a growing market, particularly in Asia, UK aerospace companies need more support and assistance he argues. One of the largest stumbling blocks to the transport of aerospace ...
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Tex Gunning to leave TNT CEO role if FedEx succeeds in takeover bid
TNT Express chief executive Tex Gunning will be replaced by David Binks if FedEx’s $4.8bn takeover, due to be launched on Monday, is successful.The two companies today announced that, on Monday, FedEx will make its recommended public cash offer for all the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of TNT Express.The ...
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DHL opens Melbourne facility
DHL has opened a new Melbourne gateway facility to better support regional businesses operating in and out of Australia.The DHL Express Melbourne Gateway boasts a total investment of A$20m (€14m), the largest infrastructural amount invested by the global giant in Australia.Located at Melbourne Airport, the facility employs almost 100 people ...
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Extended investigation into FedEx-TNT deal not expected to affect projected timeline
Update: The European Union’s decision to extend its investigation into FedEx's $4.8bn bid to takeover TNT Express is not expected to change the timeline for completion.Today, Brussels confirmed it will now complete its competition investigation into the deal by January 13, instead of December 8 as initially expected.A TNT spokesperson ...
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European Commission extends investigation into FedEx-TNT deal
The European Union has extended its investigation into FedEx's $4.8bn bid to takeover TNT Express.Brussels will now complete its investigation by January 13, instead of December 8 as initially expected."The parties have requested a 20-day extension for the phase II investigation, as they are entitled to do according to the ...
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Marken chooses OnAsset for pharma tracking
Marken, the clinical logistics specialist, has entered into an exclusive agreement to use OnAsset Intelligence’s GPS tracking device on key shipments.OnAsset said that the device would “significantly improve” Marken’s real-time, track and trace capability via custom-designed software.The pharma and life sciences supply chain company will use the OnAsset device to ...
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Good Distribution Practice academy moves on to Hyderabad
IAG Cargo and Exelsius, the cold chain management consultancy, will hold their next Good Distribution Practice (GDP) Academy training workshop in Hyderabad, India, on September 29-30.The GDP academy combines classroom training in the correct handling of temperature sensitive pharmaceutical products, with a ‘live’ visit to an airport airside area.Students will ...
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Brussels launches probe into FedEx’s proposed TNT takeover
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation into FedEx’s proposed $4.8bn takeover of TNT Express over concerns the deal could reduce competition and push up prices.The Commission said it had concerns that on a number of European markets for international express and regular small package deliveries, the merged entity ...