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Green fingered American Airlines moves record levels of asparagus
American Airlines Cargo has carried nearly 12m lbs (5,500 tonnes) of fresh asparagus around the world in the first six months of 2018"The majority of what we move is green asparagus, but we do move very small amounts of both the albino and purple varieties,” said Joe Goode, American Airlines ...
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Air France KLM Cargo rolls out digital platform to pharma customers
Air France KLM Cargo has expanded its myCargo digital platform to cover pharmaceutical shipments.The myCargo solution, which was previously launched for general cargo, provides quotations, the latest deals and booking.Customers can also use myCargo to track the current temperature, the battery level in dry ice units, and the voltage in ...
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Antonov Airlines sees revenues grow by 42% in first five months of 2018
Antonov Airlines registered an 81% revenue increase in 2017 compared to the previous year, while over the first five months of this year there was a further 42% increase.The company said that the aerospace sector had helped fuel the growth, as well as its partnership with sales agent Dreamlifts and ...
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Cinven set for Envirotainer acquisition
Specialist pharma-chain ULD provider Envirotainer is set to have a new owner after private equity firm Cinven acquired all the shares of majority stakeholder AAC Capital for an undisclosed sum.Michael Berg, chief executive of Envirotainer, said: “Cinven is one of Europe’s leading private equity firms, with substantial activities in healthcare ...
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SkyCell in strategic alliance with Du Pont
SkyCell and Du Pont have announced a strategic alliance for the pharmaceuticals cool chain sector.SkyCell, which manufactures temperature-controlled containers for food and pharmaceuticals, will link up with DuPont Safety & Construction (DuPont), a division of DowDuPont, one of the world’s largest specialty product companies.A joint statement said that the alliance ...
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K+N to open pharma logistics hub in Chile
Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) will open a pharma logistics hub in Santiago de Chile next month (August 2018) to benefit the growing pharma & healthcare industry in South America.The dedicated warehouse provides K+N’s temperature-controlled, door-to-door KN PharmaChain global network with an increased regional footprint.Ingo Goldhammer, president of K+N South & Central America, ...
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IAG Cargo: lettuce help as green veg shortage is the tip of the iceberg
IAG Cargo is reporting a spike in lettuce volumes as a heatwave results in a shortage of green vegetables.The freight arm of British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus said that it had completed a single shipment of over 30,000 heads of iceberg lettuce from Los Angeles to meet a gap ...
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Edmonton aims for CEIV Pharma certificate
Edmonton International Airport (EIA) will become the first airport community in Canada to pursue IATA's CEIV pharma certification.The airport said achieving the certification would ensure the airport community "meets the highest global standard for transporting pharmaceutical products by air".“Edmonton International Airport is excited to begin the CEIV Pharma Certification with ...
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Compass to provide logistics support for New York E-Prix
Compass Forwarding has been selected to provide logistics support for the 2018 Qatar Airways New York City E-Prix, scheduled for July 14–15.The automotive logistics specialist will provide staging, warehousing, and logistics for vehicles as well as spare parts and accessories.Compass director Richard Shelala said: “We have a long history in ...
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TRACY is listening to GEFCO's customers
European logistics provider GEFCO is pioneering TRACY, a voice-activated shipment tracking tool for customers using smart speaker technology and logistic software, Cargowise.GEFCO’s freight forwarding division, which handled around 77,000 airfreight shipments in 2017, developed TRACY for customers requiring real-time monitoring of high-priority consignments.Supply chain operator GEFCO, a finished vehicle logistics ...
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Defence is the best form of airfreight says dragon
Airfreight must revolutionise its supply chains and base them more on the $1.7trn global defence sector, if it is to thrive, according to OMX founder and “dragon” Nicole Verkindt.Verkindt, who established the OMX procurement network and supply chain platform, argues that strong collaboration, visibility and digitisation are all concepts the ...
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SEKO adding flagship facility close to Heathrow as UK business booms
SEKO Logistics is investing in a new flagship airfreight and omni-parcel services facility close to London Heathrow airport as the logistics group’s UK revenues are set to top £100m for the first time.With an eye on Brexit, when the UK leaves the European Union, US-based SEKO said that Heathrow will ...
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Geodis builds on French e-commerce with e-tailer Cdiscount
Geodis and Cdiscount are expanding their logistics partnership by opening an 80,000 sq m storage facility in Moissy-Cramayel to manage products weighing less than 30 kg sold by the French e-commerce leader.As part of its development strategy, Cdiscount entrusted Geodis with the operation of its new logistics platform in the ...
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NewsGulf parr for success with live salmon shipments to Dubai
The first successful shipments of live salmon parr fingerlings (Salmo salar) have flown from Scotland to Dubai.FloatPac, owners of FishPac live seafood transportation systems, said that process involved a total of 38,500 fish transported in 42 bin (pictured below) movements over a five month period on Emirates passenger aircraft under ...
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Bolloré Group signs partnership deal e-commerce giant Alibaba
Conglomerate Bolloré Group has signed an agreement with e-commerce firm Alibaba Group covering logistics and several other areas.The companies signed an extensive Memorandum of Understanding outlining the areas in which their respective business units and subsidiaries, including Alibaba Cloud, Cainiao Smart Logistic Network, Bolloré Logistics and Blue Solutions, have agreed ...
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Virgin Atlantic expects e-commerce to fuel Hong Kong-Sydney service
Virgin Atlantic Cargo is expecting e-commerce demand to help fill the bellies of new Virgin Australia flights between Hong Kong and Sydney.The flights launched today utilising A330 aircraft offering 15-20 tonnes of capacity. Virgin Atlantic will market the space under the international long-haul sales and management agreement between the two ...
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Etihad revs its engines for automotive cargo
Etihad Cargo has launched a new automotive service, FlightValet, that aims to ease the process of moving motor vehicles across the globe.The service offers a dedicated team that will oversee the delivery of vehicles. It is launched ahead of the seasonal surge in demand for luxury vehicle shipments to popular ...
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Go mango go, Emirates celebrates record volumes ex-India
Emirates SkyCargo transported record volumes of mangoes from India in May and June.The Dubai-based air cargo carrier saw growth of more than 50% in mango volumes in May compared with the same month last year. Close to 1,130 tonnes of mangoes were uplifted from Mumbai to destinations around the world.The ...
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Amazon moves into US last mile pharma with PillPack purchase
Amazon is moving into last mile pharmaceutical deliveries by acquiring PillPack, a US pharmacy service for people who take multiple daily prescriptions.PillPack delivers medications in pre-sorted dose packaging, coordinates refills and renewals."PillPack's visionary team has a combination of deep pharmacy experience and a focus on technology," said Jeff Wilke, Amazon ...
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Amazon looks to shake-up US delivery networks with new entrepreneur scheme
Amazon has launched a new offering that helps entrepreneurs build their own companies delivering Amazon packages, a move that some reports suggest will take on the likes of FedEx and UPS.Entrepreneurs can earn as much as $300,000 in annual profit operating a fleet of up to 40 delivery vehicles.Individual owners ...