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Thinking outside the container: Dominic Hyde
Dominic Hyde is making waves at Peli BioThermal, bringing a fresh approach to pharmaceutical transportation which is increasing revenue and driving down costsIn the year since Dominic Hyde joined Peli BioThermal as vice president of its pharma container rental scheme, Crēdo on Demand, he has overseen significant developments including the ...
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Peli BioThermal opens Dublin network station
Peli BioThermal, the temperature controlled packaging company, has opened a new network station and service centre in Dublin.The Irish facility will service, refurbish, repair and condition the company's reusable Crēdo on Demand containers.The new centre is located in Harristown, next to Dublin Airport, and will serve the growing pharma industry ...
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NewsCAL nets another Oslo freighter call
CAL Cargo is adding a second weekly rotation to its Oslo freighter service on the back of demand for Norwegian seafood in Israel.The extra Liege-Oslo-Tel Aviv B747F frequency will start on March 1 and follows on from the launch of services to the Nordic hub in 2017. From Liege, CAL ...
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NewsSorted: DHL Express expands Madrid hub with €93m investment
DHL Express has opened a new facility at Madrid’s Barajas Adolfo Suarez Airport to strengthen the Spanish hub’s importance for international commerce, especially between Europe and Latin America.The 14,500 sq m building, including offices, will quadruple DHL Express’ capacity in Madrid with “high-quality infrastructure and the newest technologies,” enabling 24,500 ...
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NewsIAG Cargo opens constant climate centre in Madrid
IAG Cargo has opened a pharmaceutical centre in Madrid airport, dedicated to its Constant Climate product for time and temperature-sensitive life sciences products.Work on the new Spanish facility began in June 2018 and is the latest addition to IAG Cargo’s Madrid hub, which handles over 250,000 tonnes of cargo per ...
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Liverpool and Leipzig in automotive alliance for a no-deal Brexit
Liverpool and Leipzig will join air cargo capabilities to maintain automotive supply chains in the case of a no deal Brexit when the UK leaves the European Union at the end of March.Wynne Aviation, based at Liverpool John Lennon Airport, and Germany’s Leipzig Airport, along with Airport Park Leipzig Halle, ...
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Kerry Logistics to offer 'smart sensor' providing 'total supply chain visibility'
Kerry Logistics will offer customers the option of using a 'smart sensor' within their supply chain, which enables total supply chain visibility and improved security.The logistics firm said the smart sensor monitors cargo across ocean, air, and ground transportation around-the-clock and is accepted in over 190 countries. Both consignees and ...
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NewsAtlas Air B767 freighter in crash near Houston, three crew dead
Three crew members died after an Atlas Air 767 freighter operated on behalf of Amazon Air crashed near the city of Anahuac Texas, in the Trinity Bay.Flight 3591 was flying from Miami to Houston when the incident occurred.In a statement, parent company Atlas Air Worldwide said: "Atlas' primary focus is ...
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NewslATAM Cargo continues US expansion with Chicago freighter
Andrés Bianchi (left) and Gabriel OlivaLATAM Cargo has continued its expansion in North America with the addition of a freighter service between Chicago and Campinas that will slash transport times.The Chile-headquartered airline said the twice-weekly B767-300F service, with each flight offering 50 tonnes of capacity, will cut transport times to ...
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NewsCCA gears up for pharma conference
Stavros Evangelakakis, CCA chairmanThe Cool Chain Association (CCA) is to highlight the need for collaborative solutions in the pharmaceutical supply chain, with a focus on innovation and data sharing, at its forthcoming 7th Pharma and Biosciences Conference.The conference is to take place in Paris, France, in September.Drones, automation and digitisation ...
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Turkish Cargo opts for DoKaSch’s Opticooler
Turkish Cargo has signed a master rental agreement with DoKaSch Temperature Solutions for lease of the latter’s Opticooler containers, designed for the shipment of temperature-sensitive products such as vaccines and other pharmaceuticals by air.Frankfurt, Germany-headquartered DoKaSch will begin supplying its active temperature-controlled Opticooler to the Turkish freight carrier from this ...
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NewsFedEx names Raj Subramaniam as president and chief operating officer
Raj SubramaniamFedEx Corp has announced that Raj Subramaniam will become its president and chief operating officer as of March 1.The appointment of Subramaniam follows incumbent David Bronczek’s decision to retire as president and chief operating officer of the express services giant.Subramaniam, who has been with FedEx for more than 27 ...
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NewsKerry ties up with E-Services Group on e-commerce
Asia-based but globally active 3PL Kerry Logistics has announced that it is to create a joint venture (JV) with Hong Kong-headquartered E-Services Group (ESG), an international e-commerce company active in Asia.The tie-up – Kerry ESG (HK) Company Limited (or, more simply, Kerry ESF) – is expected to go into operation ...
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NewsSEKO customers benefit from Easyship connectivity
SEKO e-commerceSupply chain services provider SEKO Logistics’ partnership with Easyship, a cloud-based shipping platform that helps e-commerce traders to ship worldwide, is benefiting the customers of both businesses, according to the former.The Easyship platform gives its 40,000 retail and etail users quick and easy access to SEKO’s cross-border e-commerce offerings.Shipments ...
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Love is in the air for Turkish Cargo as it shifts 4,000 tons of flowers
Turkish Cargo carried almost 4,000 tons of flowers across the globe as demand ramped up for Valentine's Day.The airline said its flower volumes flourished between January 1 and February 10 as it transported the perishable product to/from various destinations/origins to Stansted, Narita, Maastricht and Riyadh, and from Quito to Amsterdam, ...
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DHL Express hires 300 customs agents as it braces for Brexit
DHL Express has hired an extra 300 customs agents in order to minimise the impact of Brexit.Speaking at the unveiling of its biennial Global Connectedness Index (GCI) report, DHL Express chief executive John Pearson said that the company had been hiring “50 customs agents a week” across Europe as it ...
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LATAM Cargo moves 9,000 tons of flowers for Valentine's Day
LATAM Cargo flew more than 9,000 tons of flowers between January 14 and February 8 for Valentine's Day.The airline said that red and pink roses, mixed bouquets, carnations, chrysanthemums, iris, gypsophila and greenery were the most popular flowers.LATAM Cargo transported flowers from Bogota and Medellin in Colombia and from Quito ...
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Rhenus Logistics awarded CEIV Pharma certification at Schiphol
Rhenus Air & Ocean has achieved IATA’s CEIV Pharma certification for its Amsterdam Airport Schiphol branch.In 2018, Rhenus started the process of obtaining the certification by reviewing its procedures for the handling of temperature-controlled shipments, optimisation of temperature-controlled facilities, training of staff and assessing all logistics processes through independent validators.Frank ...
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B&H Worldwide signs MOU with Compass Forwarding
B&H Worldwide has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with US-headquartered Compass Forwarding, a logistics provider specializing in aerospace.This expansion of their existing partnership will enhance global coverage for both parties. B&H has nine strategically located offices in Europe, Asia, and the Americas.Compass provides additional coverage in six locations between its ...
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SF Airlines boosts cargo fleet to 52 freighters
SF Airlines the rapidly-expanding Chinese express operator, has taken delivery of its 52nd freighter, with the arrival of a converted B757-200F earlier this week.It is the second freighter that the division of Chinese parcels giant SF Express has added to its fleet since the beginning of 2019. In late January, ...