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Battery ban ‘disappointing’ says Global Shippers’ Forum
Shippers have criticised as “disappointing” a total ban on lithium-ion batteries in passenger aircraft bellyholds, saying it goes against previous recommendations and “does not address the wider problem of undeclared battery shipments or low-quality counterfeits”.The Global Shippers’ Forum (GSF) head of policy Alex Veitch said: “The outright ban on passenger ...
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UK's FTA launches aviation working group
The UK’s Freight Transport Association (FTA) has announced that it is launching a new working group to look at issues affecting the airfreight sector.The freight and logistics group said it had decided to launch the group as airfreight is a crucial part of UK logistics and the wider economy, and ...
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Moves for temporary lithium batteries ban welcomed by pilots
A US pilot association has welcomed moves to introduce a temporary ban on the transport of lithium batteries on passenger aircraft but said this won’t resolve risks for air cargo freighters.The Air Line Pilots Association International (ALPA) has welcomed the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) Air Navigation Commission’s work in ...
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NewsVIDEO: Logistics industry says India shows greatest growth potential
India has overtaken China as the emerging economy to show the most growth potential, according to a survey of logistics professionals.The 7th annual Emerging Markets Logistics Index from logistics firm Agility and analyst Transport Intelligence shows that supply chain executives expect an uptick in emerging markets growth in 2016, despite ...
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IATA tackling lithium battery risk for air cargo
IATA Cargo is working with regulators, postal authorities, airlines and forwarders to combat the threat posed by unauthorised or wilfully mis-declared airfreight shipments of lithium batteries.Dave Brennan, assistant director of cargo safety and standards at airline industry grouping IATA, said that 400m lithium batteries are manufactured each week.Lithium batteries are ...
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The challenge of meeting pharmaceutical supply chain requirements
Air cargo carriers face the challenge of balancing the need to make investments to meet the needs of pharmaceutical shippers and justifying those investments to finance departments.Speaking at the Air Cargo News Life Sciences and Pharmaceuticals conference, American Airlines manager cold chain strategy Tom Grubb provided an example of how ...
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AstraZeneca on course for pharma modal shift to ocean from air
Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca (AZ) is still on course for a modal shift from air to sea that will see 70% of its products transported by ocean within two years.But Julian Wann, global category manager, freight and logistics at AZ, said airfreight will still have an important role to play in ...
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Business slams 'dithering' UK government over runway decision delay
Airlines, shippers and business leaders have condemned the British government’s postponement of a decision on UK south east runway capacity expansion for at least six months.The aviation industry had expected a mid-December decision on whether to push ahead with a third runway at London Heathrow, as recommended by the Airports ...
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Air cargo industry holds its breath over climate change funding
The air cargo industry and its customers will be holding their breath over the next few weeks as they wait anxiously for the results of the Climate Change Conference (COP 21) taking place as this article appears.The big question is: will international aviation and maritime transport be included in the ...
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UK shippers back Heathrow plans for cargo investment
UK shippers have welcomed plans to double cargo volumes at London's Heathrow Airport.Chris Welsh, Freight Transport Association director of global and European policy, said: “Heathrow’s planned investment and increased freight capacity is excellent news, and exactly the type of commitment that FTA has long been asking for.“The significance of airfreight ...
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Air Cargo News has a new-look website that adds sharper design and extra search engine functionality to the online presence of the world's best read airfreight publication.The cleaner layout provides an instant overview of the breaking news in a busy, global airfreight industry, as well as the ability to drill ...
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Outspoken shipper stalwart van Doesburg says farewell
Outspoken air cargo shipper representative Joost van Doesburg is leaving the sector but has a last message for airlines and forwarders.Van Doesburg, airfreight policy manager at the European Shippers’ Council (ESC), said: “We should not invest a lot of time in optimising the current situation, like e-freight, because it is ...
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Air cargo data: Let shippers get closer to airlines
Everybody collects supply chain data, but the real skill is turning data into information.GT Nexus, a cloud technology platform whose customers include brand name shippers and forwarders, is keen to improve the quality of air cargo data so that it can match that of ocean freight.Greg Kefer, vice president of ...
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Forwarders welcome Transpacific Partnership agreement
The US Airforwarders Association (AFA) and Boeing have welcomed the conclusion of the Transpacific Partnership negotiations.Yesterday, the US, Japan and 10 other Pacific rim nations reached an agreement on what is set to become the world’s largest regional trade agreement.However, the agreement, described as a first step, now needs to ...
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Shippers prepared to pay more for greener airfreight
Shippers and forwarders are prepared to pay higher freight rates for environmentally-friendly air cargo.That is the message from Lufthansa Cargo, which says that a number of shipper and freight forwarders have asked for a green rate quote for their airfreight shipments.As consumers demand that the goods they buy have been ...
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High tech firms get closer to home
Many high tech companies in Europe have begun moving their manufacturing sites closer to demand, according to a new survey by express carrier UPS. European respondents to the fifth annual global UPS Change in the (Supply) Chain (CITC) survey - conducted for UPS by IDC Manufacturing Insights - said that ...
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Laser lights...action...charter
Delicate laser technology cargo has flown by freighter from Sweden to Japan after six months of detailed planning and preparation.The high value industrial laser equipment was carried from Orebro in Sweden by Volga-Dnepr Airlines on one of its IL-76TD-90VD aircraft.The cargo required a non-standard engineering solution and a temperature-controlled environment ...
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Kerry Logistics' perfect fit for Debenhams
A UK regional rather than Heathrow-centric approach to airfreight helped Kerry Logistics Network secure a contract with Debenhams that cuts by two days the outbound supply chain process to growing markets in the Middle East.Kerry Logistics will handle all airfreight from Debenhams’ UK distribution centre in Peterborough to various destinations ...
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AmSafe tests fire containment for lithium batteries
AmSafe Bridport has conducted a full scale test for its fire containment products by simulating a lithium-ion battery fire within an airfreight container.In the test, the UK-based company reports that the subsequent fire was suppressed for over six hours.Joe Ashton, cargo business manager at AmSafe Bridport, said: “The fully certified ...
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Logistics sector losing the price war
A large section of the logistics sector is losing the battle to implement planned price increases, coupled with an extremely low success rate when introducing new products and services.These are the results of the most recent Global Pricing Study*, based on responses from approximately 1,600 managers, conducted by the global ...