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NewsForwarder group WCA launches pharma GDP training
(L-R) Michel Sharoubim, Sales Manager, Lift Freight Services, Erwin van der Werff, Operations, Lift Freight Services, and Erwin van der Genugten, Regional Manager – Europe, WCA, successfully completed the courseWCA Pharma Academy has launched a Good Distribution Practice (GDP) Compliance training programme for freight forwarders in the pharmaceutical logistics industry.The ...
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NewsCSafe opens Shanghai service centre for pharma containers
ULD producer CSafe has expanded its cool chain service offering in China by opening a new service centre at Shanghai Pudong International Airport to meet demand growth.The facility will allow the company to extend support and services to customers transporting pharma products in its containers to and from Shanghai and ...
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NewsPeli BioThermal appoints Ed Meyer to sales leadership role
Ed MeyerPeli BioThermal has appointed Ed Meyer to the global sales leadership role for its BioThermal division.Meyer, who currently occupies the role of general manager for Canada sales and operations of parent company Pelican Products, Inc, will officially assume responsibility for Peli BioThermal’s sales team at the end of 2019 ...
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NewsUPS upgrades Asia Pacific services
UPS is promising faster, guaranteed delivery times and wider coverage in the Asia Pacific region with a series of service improvements that will benefit up to 1.4 million postal codes across 41 countries and territories.“Most businesses shipping within Asia will now have their shipments delivered in as little as two ...
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Emirates SkyCargo celebrates pharma-handling achievements
In a recent announcement, Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, highlighted three milestones related to its pharma-handling capabilities.The airline is continuing to invest in pharma-handling facilities, as well as working towards expanding its pharma corridor network.1) Chicago pharma facility received GDP certificationEarlier this year, Emirates SkyCargo established a pharma ...
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DSV Panalpina announces green goals for 2020 and beyond
DSV Panalpina has announced that it will set science-based environmental performance targets from 2020, demonstrating its support towards minimising the effects of climate change.The organisation scheduled an announcement for early next year, which will outline its targets for the future and are aimed at limiting global warming to 1.5°C.The targets ...
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Antonov transports two rotatory drying drums from France to Australia
Antonov Airlines has successfully transported two rotary drying drums from Paris-Vatry Airport (XCR) in France to Port Hedland International Airport (PHE) in Australia.The airline transported the drying drums on behalf of Australian chemical company, Yara Pilbara Nitrates, and employed eight sub-contractors to complete the project, which involved two flights using ...
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NewsSingles' Day sets new record
President of Taobao and Tmall Fan JiangThe Singles' Day shopping bonanza set a new record yesterday, with sales on Alibaba's platforms reaching $38.4bn.Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba said that sales through its payment platform were up 26% compared with last year as the day cemented its place as the world's biggest ...
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RIOgaleão Cargo achieves IATA CEIV re-certification
Rio de Janeiro's RIOgaleão Cargo has achieved IATA CEIV Pharma re-certification.With its first certification in 2016, RIOgaleão became the only airport in the Americas to possess the CEIV Pharma from IATA.The re-certification confirms that the airport's cargo operations have maintained the good practices adopted in the pharmaceutical terminal, infrastructure and ...
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UPS utilises blockchain for beef shipment project
Express firm UPS has teamed up with US-based agri-tech solutions provider HerdX to utilise blockchain to track and trace a shipment of beef being flown from the US to Japan.UPS and HerdX collaborated to develop a track and trace technology that utilises blockchain to improve "quality assurance for beef products ...
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NewsAlibaba set for another record Singles' Day as it ups stake in Cainiao
Singles' Day sales reach RMB100bn in one minuteAlibaba Group Holdings has increased its stake in logistics business Cainiao to around 63% with a $3.3bn investment ahead of what is expected to be another record Singles' Day.Other existing shareholders also participated in the fundraising, demonstrating "strong support for Cainiao’s long term ...
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Alibaba to launch China-Russia freighter services
Alibaba's logistics arm Cainiao has teamed up with Aviastar-Tu and Pochta Russia to launch freighter flights carrying e-commerce goods.According to a report in Reuters, Cainiao will lease seven freighters from the two Russian companies to launch daily flights from China to Moscow, Yekaterinburg and Krasnoyarsk on behalf of AliExpress Russia.The ...
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SF Airlines adds second cargo service to India to cater for e-commerce
Fast-growing Chinese express firm SF Airlines has added a second service to India to cater for growing demand for e-commerce.The airline said that on October 17 it carried out its first flight between Shenzhen and Delhi using a B474-400F.The service is SF Airlines' second operation to India – the other ...
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NewsABC transports a 'record' 27 Envirotainers on a single flight
AirBridgeCargo B747AirBridgeCargo (ABC) has completed a "record transportation" of 27 RKN Envirotainer containers onboard a single flight, delivering an urgent vaccine product from Milan to Beijing via Moscow.The Boeing 747-8F flight was carried out on behalf of Kuehne+Nagel Italy, with all 27 active containers delivered to ground handling company ALHA ...
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CHAMP reveals details of project to monitor animal health during transport
Animal transportation is not the first thing you associate with air cargo software firm CHAMP Cargo Systems.However, in September of this year, the company joined the Animal Transport Association.At the Air Cargo Americas event, Fred Werginz, head of commercial operations – Americas, explained that the membership is part of an ...
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FedEx Express broadens international options
FedEx Express has added 14 new Asia Pacific origin markets to its International First service to the US and Canada, bringing the total to 25 Asia Pacific origin markets.“Asia Pacific remains an engine of the global economy, powering the growth of global trade,” said Karen Reddington, president, Asia Pacific at ...
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NewsPeople, profit, planet: cool chain sustainability
Nicola Caristo, director general, Cool Chain Association and Stavros Evangelakakis, chairman, Cool Chain Association, will host sessions in Los AngelesThe Cool Chain Association (CCA) is to hold its third Americas Conference, Sustainability Matters, in Los Angeles on 18-20 November.The event will bring together members of the entire supply chain, including ...
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NewsAir Cargo Americas: Airlines take on the e-commerce challenge
Air Cargo Americas e-commerce panelAirlines are increasingly targeting the e-commerce market with door-to-door services similar to those traditionally offered by integrators.Speaking at the Air Cargo Americas event this week, International Bonded Courier (IBC) vice president of business development Latin America Jaime Silva pointed out that several airlines are offering door-to-door ...
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NewsPoster campaign for consumers: how air cargo delivers the goods
IATA has launched its ‘Air cargo makes it happen’ campaign that aims to raise awareness of air cargo’s important role for e-commerce, economies and the global community as a whole.The campaign provides eye-catching posters that can be shared easily and printed to “show the world all that cargo does,” said ...
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NewsDHL Express expands its Canadian footprint in Hamilton
DHL is investing C$100 in a new cargo facility at Canada’s John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport to meet double-digit growth in shipment volumes.The new facility, which will be four times the size of the current one at 200,000 square feet, will feature a fully-automated sort system with a capacity ...