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Swissport Cargo Services Frankfurt awarded CEIV Pharma
Ground handler Swissport Cargo Services Frankfurt has received IATA's CEIV Pharma certification at the German airport.Philip Roodenburg, station manager at Swissport Cargo Services Frankfurt, said: “Regarding pharma shipments, we fully realize that there are always humans involved who need a constant flow of safely delivered medical products. Hence, it is ...
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SAS Cargo launches new pharma service
SAS Cargo is increasing the range of its pharma airfreight solutions by adding SAS Pharma Cargo.The Scandinavian carrier will use active GPS trackers to monitor the shipment, assuring accurate temperature is kept throughout the entire transport chain.“The pharmaceutical industry rightly expects high standards and performance from airlines when transporting their ...
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B&H secures Hong Kong Airlines AOG contract
Aerospace logistics firm B&H Worldwide been selected by Hong Kong Airlines to provide aircraft on the ground and time critical freight services.The company will provide a range of time critical solutions to the Special Administrative Region's regional carrier which serves more than 35 destinations across Asia and the Pacific.B&H will ...
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Is the pricing right for e-commerce cargo?
The air cargo industry is often accused of living in the past. It needs to move on the most fundamental issue: determining the price for its service.The meteoric rise of e-commerce has turbo-charged a trend that was already playing out in the industry before.As iPhones and pharmaceuticals increasingly replaced heavy, ...
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DHL Express to expand in Hong Kong on e-commerce demand
DHL Express has announced a €335m expansion plan for its Central Asia Hub (CAH), in partnership with the Airport Authority Hong Kong.The expanded CAH will be equipped with an enhanced material handling system that will improve productivity and increase the hub’s throughput capacity – from the current 75,000 pieces of ...
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Emirates SkyCargo signs space centre logistics deal
Emirates SkyCargo has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) to become the preferred logistics partner.The deal, signed at the Dubai Airshow, means that Emirates SkyCargo will be MBRSC’s preferred partner to provide air transport services for satellites and related equipment relating to the organisation’s ...
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TP3 Global launches SilverQuilt thermal cover
Thermal cover supplier TP3 Global has launched SilverQuilt, its next-generation solution for the protection of temperature-sensitive cargo.Peter Lockett, director at TP3 Global, observed: “Breaks in the cold chain are a serious issue for the pharmaceutical supply chain, with valuable stock often sitting on the tarmac for hours at a time.”SilverQuilt, ...
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Qatar Airways keeps passengers and pets together
Qatar Airways has made it easier for passengers to travel on the same flight as their pets into and out of its home hub of Doha, by lowering the price and more than doubling the permitted weight of animals being transported as baggage on its passenger aircraft.The weight allowance for ...
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ABC in top gear for Maserati Gran Turismo charter
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has delivered twenty-eight new Maserati Gran Turismo vehicles on a Boeing 747 freighter.The charter flight from Milan to Tokyo on behalf of Agility Logistics was operated from the largest airport in Milan, Malpensa, to Narita Airport with a stop at Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport.The Maserati cars were handled ...
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UPS joins BiTA for blockchain logistics
US integrator UPS has joined the Blockchain in Trucking Alliance (BiTA) for the development of blockchain technology standards and education in airfreight.Blockchain is a digital database that encrypts information in secure, linked ‘blocks’. According to Linda Weakland, UPS director of enterprise architecture and innovation, it “has multiple applications in the ...
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Two more Turkish Cargo stations achieve pharma standard
Turkish Cargo has gained QEP Accreditation from Envirotainer for its Brussels and Atlanta stations for the quality of its pharmaceutical services.The carrier, which also delivers temperature-controlled medical products via QEP accredited stations in Bombay, Frankfurt, Hyderabad, Seoul, Istanbul and Tel Aviv, has been widening its services to over 300 points ...
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Peli BioThermal to open European service centre
Temperature controlled packaging manufacturer Peli BioThermal will this week open a European service centre in Belgium for the pharmaceuticals sector. It also serves as an additional depot for the company’s Crēdo on Demand rental program.Located in Brussels, a key hub for both pharmaceutical manufacturing and logistics, it enables global clients ...
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West Atlantic flies through choppy air
Swedish cargo airline West Atlantic confirmed that it has suffered financially this year, largely as a result of high start-up costs caused by delayed deliveries of aircraft needed to fulfil its new Royal Mail contract.In a statement on its website, the Gothenburg-headquartered airline said: "As a consequence, the company does ...
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Lufthansa is Jettainer’s first Cool customer
Lufthansa Cargo is to be the first customer of the Cool Management service offered by its outsourced ULD management arm, Jettainer.The subsidiary will manage temperature-controlled ULDs for its parent company along with leased units. Jettainer is also opening a new Center of Excellence for the management of temperature-sensitive airfreight at ...
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Tim Strauss says aloha Air Canada Cargo
When Tim Strauss met the Air Canada Cargo team in Montreal for the first time, he was greeted by a sea of people wearing Aloha shirts, lei garlands, shorts and grass skirts. All that was missing was the theme tune from Hawaii Five-0.Says Strauss: “If you want to talk about ...
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UPS reveals ‘solid’ third-quarter results
UPS saw revenues rise by 7% in the third quarter reach $16bn, while international operating profit increased by 8.9% to $627m.Operating profit as a whole at the US based parcels and logistics giant stayed pretty much static at $2bn.The Supply Chain & Freight part of the business enjoyed a 13% ...
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Cargolux turns to temp-control container lessor SkyCell
Luxembourg-based B747 freighter operator Cargolux has agreed a deal with SkyCell that will see the latter’s temperature-controlled containers become available to the airline’s shipper customers.SkyCell containers will enable Cargolux to transport pharma products in the +2°C to +8°C and +15°C to +25°C ranges, despite ambient temperature extremes of between -35°C ...
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DHL facility at O’Hare opens its doors
DHL has opened a $10m global gateway facility at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.The integrator selected Chicago’s new northeast cargo campus at O’Hare because the site is “on track to be the largest cargo development built at a US airport in more than a decade when completed in the next few ...
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Cathay Pacific gains CEIV Pharma
Cathay Pacific has become the first airline in Hong Kong to be awarded IATA’s CEIV Pharma certification.Ronald Lam, Cathay Pacific’s director commercial and cargo, said: “Cathay Pacific Cargo adheres to the highest operating standards and this certification highlights our capabilities in handling these precious, time-sensitive and often life-saving shipments.”CEIV Pharma ...
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Three little words help Aramex deliver more quickly
A study by Middle East based logistic company Aramex has found that using a three word address system for deliveries in Dubai was 42% faster than using traditional street addresses.The study also found that, over 100 deliveries, using the what3words system reduced by 22% the total distance travelled by drivers.What3words ...