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Shipper group says collaboration is the key
The Global Shippers’ Forum (GSF) has said that working together is key to improving the transport and logistics supply chain as it releases its annual report.The shipper group said that working with other organisations and supply chain participants was key to several of its achievements last year, including the publication ...
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Shippers seek quality alternative to lower freight rates
European shippers want an end to “the race to the bottom” on airfreight rates and have called for greater transparency in air cargo industry performance, to improve service quality.Joost van Doesburg, airfreight policy manager at the European Shippers´ Council (ESC), said: “Shippers are happy with lower rates, but are not ...
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Canada minister promises more efficient screening
Canada’s Minister of Transport Lisa Raitt has announced changes to make air cargo screening more efficient. Approved shippers will be allowed to screen cargo at any point in the secure supply chain—from the location where it is packed to where it is loaded on an aircraft. These changes will be ...
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Shift from ocean to air, but for how long?
The air cargo industry has won marketshare from ocean rivals over the last year, but analysts have warned there will be a return to sea transport.In its weekly insight analysis, Drewry Maritime Research highlighted the modal shift that had taken place as US west coast port congestion caused by difficult ...
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UK aid agency looking for air charter input
Britain’s lead humanitarian aid agency has invited the air cargo community to seek solutions for "timely, efficient and coordinated" air charters.The UK government’s Department for International Development’s (DFID) air charter team is holding an engagement day on July 17 in London at its Whitehall offices.David Quinn, DFID’s logistics movements officer, ...
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FTA’s Chris Welsh awarded MBE
The UK's Freight Transport Association’s Chris Welsh has been awarded the MBE in the Queen’s birthday honours list for services to shippers and the shipping industry.Welsh has played a leading role in the representation of UK freight shippers to the European Union and global organisations for over 30 years and ...
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Etihad teams up with WCA
Etihad Cargo is offering World Cargo Alliance (WCA) members special rates for certain destinations when they use the Worldwide Information Network (WIN) booking platform.WCA members who are participants in Etihad's loyalty programme, CargoConnect, and who also use the WIN for booking and air waybill transactions, will qualify for special rates ...
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Airfreight's importance "often overlooked" say shippers
Airfreight’s importance in global supply chains and the aviation industry’s efforts to reduce emissions are key points in a new report from the Global Shippers’ Forum (GSF).The briefing document, The value of air cargo to the global economy, has been published by the GSF, which is holding its Annual Meeting ...
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FTA backs Heathrow in letter to Cameron
The UK’s Freight Transport Association (FTA) has told British Prime Minister David Cameron that the decline of London-Heathrow airport as a viable global cargo hub will increase the costs of freight and logistics across the UK.In a letter to 10 Downing Street, the shipper association’s chief executive, David Wells, says ...
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Stop obsessing about price, shippers tell carriers
Discussions between shippers, airlines and transport providers too often boiled down to price, lamented panellists at a forum organised by the new Global Shippers Alliance (GSA).This was the first major event organised by the GSA, which was formed in March by the European Shippers’ Council, the Asian Shippers’ Association and ...
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IAG Cargo & Exelsius 2nd GDP Academy to take place 11-12 May 2015
IAG Cargo and Exelsius, the international cold chain management consultancy, have teamed up again to provide the healthcare and life science industry with a certificated training workshop in Good Distribution Practices (GDP).Exelsius and IAG Cargo, the freight arm of British Airways and Iberia, can offer training to pharmaceutical manufacturers, logistic ...
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WCS: Differing messages in ULD debate
The two leading players in outsourced ULD management brought differing messages to the World Cargo Symposium in China this week. Jettainer released details of a new lightweight pallet design while for CHEP Aerospace Solutions, the key priority is tracking and tracing missing or damaged units.CHEP estimates that 380,000 containers and ...
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WCS: Airfreight volumes, a Chinese puzzle
It is a truth universally acknowledged that if China sneezes, the rest of the world will catch a cold, writes Martin Roebuck.The airfreight world may need to keep aspirin on standby for the rest of this year, analyst Gert-Jan Jansen, head of Seabury Cargo Advisory, warned delegates at the World ...
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Shippers go global
Three shipper organisations have formed a new trans-national body, the Global Shippers’ Alliance (GSA).The European Shippers’ Council (ESC), the Asian Shippers’ Association (ASA) and the American Association of Exporters and Importers (AAEI) have signed a memorandum of understanding to increase cooperation in air and sea freight and trade facilitation.The GSA ...
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DHL's supply chain medicine for pharma firm STADA
DHL will integrate the German logistics activity of pharmaceuticals company STADA into its own business from June. Its supply chain arm will manage the logistics activities and sites of the pharmaceutical company in Florstadt and Bad Vilbel, near Frankfurt/Main.The deal includes the transfer of 155 employees working in STADA’s warehouse ...
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UPS extends pharma network
UPS customers can now ship biological substances, dangerous goods in excepted quantities and shipments using dry ice to more than 20 additional international destinations.The US-based global express and logistics’ operator says that the expansion is a direct response to a growing demand from biopharmaceutical manufacturers, diagnostics companies, laboratories and distributors.“The ...
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David Wells to become FTA chief executive
The UK’s Freight Transport Association (FTA) has named David Wells as its new chief executive officer, taking over from Theo de Pencier who is retiring after eight years leading the shipper and logistics industry group.Wells originally joined FTA in 2009 as finance and IT director and has subsequently taken on ...
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The cost of modal shift
MODAL SHIFT to ocean and other surface freight has cost the air cargo industry almost two percentage points of annual growth since 2000.The problem is set to continue at a moderate pace, says a report conducted by research firm Seabury Group and IATA.It reveals that airfreight’s share of total global ...
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Columbia excites Canadian exporters
THE NATION of Columbia is turning into a growing trade ally with Canada, with companies such as McCain Foods, Red Eagle Mining and Mansour Mining embracing the Latin American country as an exports partner.The Canada/Colombia Free Trade Agreement that came into force in August 2011 has lowered trade barriers and ...
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SEKO opens shop to e-tail forwarding
LIKE mid-sized forwarders, bricks-and-mortar retailers have been the subject of a host of obituaries, whose authors predict a world dominated by on-line ‘virtual’ shopping.In these prophecies of doom, physical high-street stores seem to exist solely so that consumers can personally check out the products – and then order them from ...