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NewsIATA and ATA team up on animal transportation programme
IATA has teamed up with the Animal Transport Association (ATA) to promote adoption of CEIV Live Animals certification to help raise the standard of animal transportation.As part of the tie up, the two organisations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). This will see ATA encourage adoption of CEIV Live ...
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Air cargo must invest to prepare for personalised medicines
A new report from DHL Global Forwarding and American Airlines Cargo has outlined the investments the logistics industry needs to make to prepare for the growth of personalised medicines in Latin America.The report “Patients, Processes and Partnerships: The Path to Personalized Medicine in Latin America” looks at the future of ...
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Swissport to expand in Brussels with new cargo centre
Swissport is investing in a new air cargo facility at Brussels Airport as it targets growth in the pharma sector.Swissport has signed a long-term lease and is investing several million euros in equipment and fittings for the new facility, which is being built by Brussels Airport Company.The building will consist ...
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NewsFedEx adds its first B767F to its European network
FedEx B767FFedEx has expanded capacity on its London-Paris-Dublin flight through the introduction of a Boeing 767-300 freighter - the first of the aircraft type to fly in Europe for FedEx.The express operator said the new aircraft can carry 41 tonnes, which is around 16% more than the A300F that it ...
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NewsUPS invests in Asian express operations
UPS ShenzhenExpress firm UPS has revealed a series of investments in Asia that it claimed would increase its service footprint and expedite delivery times.The company said that in the first half of the year it had invested in the following: Shenzhen Asia Pacific Air Hub upgrades that increased the hub’s ...
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NewsTime:matters expands into China
Time critical logistics firm time:matters has added seven stations in China to its sameday air transport network as it continues with its global expansion strategy.The move will allow the logistics firm to offer services to and from stations in Shanghai (PVG), Shenyang (SHE), Beijing (PEK), Nanjing (NKG), Qingdao (TAO), Chengdu ...
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Kuehne+Nagel signs up with Vienna Airport's pharma handling centre
Kuehne+Nagel has signed up to use the Vienna Pharma Handling Center at the city's airport.The freight forwarder said that as a result of the deal it would have access to its own, exclusive handling area, at the new 1,600 sq m centre.Julian Jäger, member of the Management Board (COO) of ...
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NewsSwiss WorldCargo signs up to CSafe for pharma container
CSafe RAPSwiss WorldCargo has approved the CSafe RAP pharma container for its fleet of widebody aircraft.The CSafe RAP is CSafe’s latest active temperature-controlled container and has quickly gained approval to fly on an expanding list of airlines. Susanne Wellauer, Head of Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Vertical Industry Management, Swiss WorldCargo said: ...
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FedEx reports 'solid growth' in Europe to Asia demand
FedEx has reported “solid growth” on volumes heading from Europe to Asia this year, despite a slowdown in the headhaul direction.FedEx Express Europe president Bert Nappier told Air Cargo News that the eastbound trade from Europe was a major focus for the business globally.“This [Europe to Asia] lane represents an ...
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NewsBlack rhino dies during transport from UK to Tanzania
ZambeziThe dangers faced when transporting animals by air was highlighted last week when Zambezi, a male black rhino from Port Lympne Reserve in the UK, died during his flight to Tanzania.Zambezi was being transported via air from Kent to Tanzania, in partnership with the Grumeti Fund and the Tanzanian government, ...
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NewsAir Menzies International signs up for new supply chain software
Airfreight and express firm Air Menzies International has signed up to use BluJay Solutions' new supply chain software across its global operations.The new platform, comprised of BluJay’s Transportation Management, Customs Management, and Control Tower applications, will replace AMI’s current operating systems.Steven Ritchie, Vice President, Information Technology at AMI, said: “This ...
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NewsLATAM Cargo targets pharma and automotive with new Copenhagen freighter
LATAM Cargo and Copenhagen Airport's teamLATAM Cargo has become the first cargo airline to offer a direct service between Scandinavia and Latin America by adding Copenhagen as a new destination to its network.The airline said the new weekly route cuts transit times by up to 48 hours by reducing the ...
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NewsPolar Thermal adds new packaging system
Polar Thermal has launched a new lightweight, single use, modular system, the ‘PolarPod’, for deep frozen, chilled or ambient shipments.With a liner of insulated foil wrapped Polartherm fibre and appropriate coolants/gel packs/phase change packs, the system will deliver the following results over either 30, 48 or 72 hours: Deep Frozen ...
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NewsUS-China trade tensions dent air cargo outlook
The DHL Global Trade Barometer (GTB) is indicating a contraction in worldwide trade over the next three months for the first time since its launch in January 2018.The quarterly trade index for the coming three months now stands at 48 points, which as it is below 50, indicates expectations of ...
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NewsMASKargo targets halal shipments
Japan-bound Halal frozen food being loaded in specially labelled ULDMASkargo is targeting the halal food market after receiving the halal certification from the Malaysian Department of Islamic Development (JAKIM).Ibrahim Mohamed Salleh MASkargo’s chief executive said: “The global halal market is right now worth close to $2trn per annum. I am ...
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FedEx reports Q4 results and warns of a tough year ahead
FedEx reported a fourth quarter fiscal year loss and has warned that earnings for 2020 will be affected by weakness in global trade.The company reported a fourth-quarter revenue increase of 2.9% to $17.8bn, but a net loss of $1.97bn compared with a profit of $1.13bn for the prior year.The company ...
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NewsCargolux adds Jakarta to global network
Cargolux has launched a weekly Boeing 747 freighter service to Jakarta (CGK), the 16th destination on the Luxembourg-based freighter operator’s Asia-Pacific network. The flight leaves the Luxembourg on Sunday and arrives in Jakarta on Monday. The rotation then continues through Hong Kong and Ashgabat before returning to Luxembourg on ...
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Fred Smith of FedEx slams 'protectionist' US trade policy
FedEx founder Fred Smith has renewed his criticism of President Trump and his administration’s simmering trade dispute with China, saying that the US had become “protectionist,” defined as: “I will make everything I need in my own borders”.Smith, chairman and chief executive of the US parcels and logistics giant, told ...
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FedEx sues US government over Chinese export rules
FedEx is suing the US government to obtain an exclusion to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) if it mistakenly ships goods that violate rules imposed on Chinese products by the Trump administration.The lawsuit, filed in the District of Columbia by the US parcels giant against the US Department of Commerce, ...
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Amazon to begin Anchorage cargo flights later this month
Amazon Air will begin flights to Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) on June 27.The airport announced last week that the carrier would begin services to the Alaskan hub utilising Boeing 767 freighter capacity.The airport said that it would result in Amazon Prime packages being delivered to Alaskans “a little ...