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Video: Drone delivery continues to make progress
The possibility of parcel delivery by drone continues to take steps forward as Amazon reveals video footage (see below) of one of its Prime Air machines in action shortly after gaining US regulatory approval for testing and Matternet continues to push for regulatory development.Last week the US Federal Aviation Administration ...
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Courier urges UK government to avoid costly tariffs and red tape following 'Brexit' vote
Courier firm ParcelHero has called on the UK government to secure access to the single market and avoid the imposition of new import tariffs following the UK voting the leave to European Union (EU).ParcelHero’s head of consumer research David Jinks said: “Many of ParcelHero’s small/medium (SME) business customers voted for ...
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FedEx dismisses headline grabbing "fantastical" reports that Amazon's air network could compete with integrators
FedEx has dismissed headline grabbing reports that Amazon’s new US air cargo network will become a competitor for its own operations.Speaking shortly after announcing its fiscal third-quarter results, FedEx Services president and chief executive Mike Glenn said Amazon was a valuable customer and it would be difficult for an e-commerce ...
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Amazon's freighter deal expected to have minimal impact on UPS and FedEx margins
Amazon’s freighter operation is likely to have little impact on the margins of UPS and FedEx, according to a new report.The report from credit ratings agency Moody’s estimates that Amazon’s 40 Boeing 767 freighters will give the e-commerce firm a fleet with an aggregate payload capacity equal to roughly one ...
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Hollande: France aims to become gateway for Europe after Brexit vote
Britain’s decision to leave the European Union (EU) provides France with an opportunity to attract further foreign investment and to become the “gateway for Europe”, believes French president François Hollande.Speaking at Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG), following the announcement of a €1.4bn investment by Federal Express (FedEx) at the French ...
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FedEx unfazed by Amazon's new forwarding arm
FedEx has dismissed concerns that Amazon’s recent foray into freight forwarding and air cargo could impact the industries it is active in, pointing out that it mainly caters for business-to-business customers.Shortly after announcing its third-quarter results, FedEx executives were asked whether they were concerned about Amazon’s push into logistics, in ...
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Brexit: the economic perspective
Brexit means Brexit, but will it be a hard, soft, or red white and blue Brexit, and what are economic risks?Britain’s departure from the European Union ─ set your calendar for March 2019 ─ was a key theme in ‘Navigating global trade in turbulent times’, a seminar organised by SEKO ...
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Brexit: the supply chain perspective
Britain leaving the European Union, or Brexit, will have a profound effect on UK-managed supply chains, with more paperwork, a rethink on hub locations, IT system challenges and a need to revisit existing contracts with suppliers and customers.But there are also opportunities, with Brexit providing the excuse for a totally ...
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Where’s your parcel? Ask Alexa
Customers without a hand to spare can now interrogate Amazon’s digital smart speaker, Alexa to find out where their DHL parcel is.Users can ask their Amazon Echo or Echo Dot smart speaker to give their shipment statusMichaela Lukas, who heads DHL Parcel’s private customer service says: “Voice enabled technologies, including ...
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UK aerospace calls for "refresh" on Brexit strategy
Britain’s £32bn turnover aerospace industry, second in size only to the US, has called for a “refresh” of the UK government’s Brexit strategy as talks on terms for leaving the European Union (EU) begin in earnest next week.The UK’s Aerospace Defence Security (ADS) trade organisation has also repeated “serious doubts” ...
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Amazon and Alibaba to put parcels firms under pressure
Parcels delivery, spurred on by e-commerce, is one of the fastest growing segments of a global annual logistics and transportation industry worth around $1trn, but technological developments could put existing players under severe pressure, said property firm Colliers International.In Supply Chain Disruptors: Q2 2017 EMEA, published on the opening day ...
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CEVA achieves CEIV certification in Singapore
CEVA Logistics has been awarded IATA's CEIV Pharma status at its facility in Singapore.The logistics operators's staff in Singapore have undertaken a comprehensive training programme conducted jointly by IATA and Changi Airport Group, in readiness for certification in the safe handling of pharmaceutical products.A quality team was established at the ...
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DHL opens new pharma facility in Dublin
DHL Supply Chain has opened a new pharmaceutical grade facility in Ireland, located at Horizon Logistics Park by Dublin Airport.The secure facility, fully approved by the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA), will provide pharma companies manufacturing in Ireland fully compliant temperature controlled end-to-end supply chain management.DHL said that plans are ...
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Flower freighter win for Yorkshire's Doncaster Sheffield Airport
Doncaster Sheffield Airport has won a weekly MD-11 freighter service bringing flowers and vegetables into the UK for some of the country’s largest retailers.The northern UK gateway has secured a deal with Network Airline Management which will operate the flight from Nairobi to Yorkshire. It will be the airport’s first ...
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Kuehne + Nagel begins work on Switzerland pharma hub
Kuehne + Nagel has begun building its new “Pharma Hub Switzerland” that aims to strengthen the forwarder's position in the pharma and healthcare industry.The Pharma Hub will be part of the KN PharmaChain network, providing multimodal temperature-controlled door-to-door shipping, visibility and traceability of deliveries, as well as intensive and proactive ...
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SAS Cargo set for CEIV Pharma at three hubs
Scandinavian carrier SAS Cargo has commenced the CEIV Pharma certification process of its cool chain and expects the first hub – Oslo – to be certified this summer, with the Copenhagen and Stockholm facilities to follow soon after.SAS Cargo, with its head office near Medicon Valley, one of Europe’s strongest ...
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Bedek and Haite to develop B737NG freighter conversions
Israel’s Bedek Aviation Group has signed a partnership agreement to co-develop a conversion programme for Boeing 737NG passenger aircraft into freighters.The collaboration, announced at 2017 Paris Air Show, sees the subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) partner with China’s Haite Group, through the latter's Tianjin Aircraft Engineering Co arm.Bedek and ...
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Turkish Cargo launches freighter flights to Paris
Turkish Cargo has launched weekly scheduled Airbus A310 freighter flight between Istanbul and French hub Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport. The flight schedule may be revised, based on permits.Automobile, aircraft and aircraft engines, as well as pharmaceutical products and plastic raw materials are the top-ranking items in the exports from ...
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FedEx reports record Q4 performance
FedEx has reported record fiscal fourth quarter results thanks to its acquisition of TNT, higher base rates and increased package volume.The express giant saw fiscal fourth-quarter revenues increase by 20.7% year on year to $15.7bn, its operating income for the period was up 4.6% to $1.5bn and net income increased ...
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West Atlantic to lease four B737-800 converted freighters from GECAS
Swedish mail and express cargo carrier West Atlantic Airlines is to lease four Boeing 737-800 freighters from GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), making it the first operator to take delivery of the Boeing standard-body converted freighter.GECAS launched the programme and provided the prototype aircraft to Boeing in 2016.The first aircraft ...