All Supply Chains Articles – Page 64
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Elanders and Dimerco form air and sea freight forwarding joint venture
Taiwan-based global transportation and logistics specialist Dimerco has formed a joint venture with Elanders.As part of the joint venture, Dimerco has acquired 25% of Elanders’ subsidiary: ITG Air & Sea.Dimerco has the option to increase its stake to 49% after two years.The joint venture will allow ITG to better focus ...
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Kuehne + Nagel joins Development and Climate Alliance
Logistics services giant Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) has joined the Development and Climate Alliance, an alliance formed in 2018 with the aim of promoting development and environmental protection.The Development and Climate Alliance was established by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development in co-operation with the Research Institute ...
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NewsPelican BioThermal looks to next decade in cold-chain shipping
Kevin Lawler, vice president of sales at Pelican BioThermal, the specialist in temperature-controlled packaging, has offered his thoughts in an opinion piece on what the next decade will bring in terms of global cold-chain shipping.He made four predictions as to changes that will transform the pharmaceutical and cold-chain industries over ...
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FedEx continues to focus on airfreight capacity as Q2 results under pressure
FedEx will continue to examine further air cargo capacity retirements following a decline in its fiscal second quarter operating performance on the back of a weaker global economy and the loss of Amazon business.The express giant saw its revenues for the quarter ended November 30 drop by 2.8% year on ...
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Retailers say US-China trade agreement a step in the right direction
The US National Retail Federation (NRF) has welcomed news that the North American country and China have agreed on phase one of a trade deal.Reports indicate that the agreement cancels tariffs that were due to come into force last week and will reduce tariffs that took effect in September.However, earlier ...
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Time:matters goes global with DG service
Time-critical logistics firm time:matters is now offering its dangerous goods transport service across the globe.The company initially launched its dangerous goods service from ten markets in September.The expansion of services means that the company can now facilitate the transportation of time-critical goods in hazard classes 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ...
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NewsCollaboration and sustainability top TIACA summit agenda
TIACA chairman Steven PolmansPartnership, modernisation and sustainability were among the key topics at the TIACA Executive Summit held in Budapest.TIACA also shared its ambition to strengthen the role of members as ambassadors of their association, and made a commitment to pursue collaboration efforts with the whole industry.Steven Polmans, board chairman ...
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NewsDHL Express opens emissions-free hub to support e-commerce growth
Yesterday (November 19) DHL launched its Strategy 2025, an initiative that focuses on the company's digitalization and sustainability efforts to drive and support the e-commerce market. As part of the Strategy, DHL Express hosted the official opening of its new, emissions-free logistics centre at Cologne-Bonn Airport.The new hub, which cost ...
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NewsEtihad Cargo continues digital drive with cargo.one deal
Abdulla Mohamed Shadid and Moritz ClaussenEtihad Cargo has continued to digitise its offering by becoming the latest carrier to sign up to the cargo.one booking platform.Starting this week, freight forwarders will be able to instantly book cargo space on Etihad’s aircraft through the digital platform.Etihad Aviation Group’s managing director cargo ...
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CEVA Logistics sets up operations in Sri Lanka
CEVA Logistics has opened a new facility in Sri Lanka to serve clients in the island country, as well as in the Maldives.CEVA Logistcs customers in Sri Lanka and the Maldives will have access the company's multimodal services (air, sea and road transportation solutions), IT capabilities and other additional services.CEVA ...
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NewsPeople, profit, planet: cool chain sustainability
Nicola Caristo, director general, Cool Chain Association and Stavros Evangelakakis, chairman, Cool Chain Association, will host sessions in Los AngelesThe Cool Chain Association (CCA) is to hold its third Americas Conference, Sustainability Matters, in Los Angeles on 18-20 November.The event will bring together members of the entire supply chain, including ...
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Air Cargo Americas: Miami hopes to expand e-commerce pre-clearance programme
Miami International Airport (MIA) is hoping to expand the e-commerce pre-clearance programme it has set up with Brazil to other countries in Latin America.Speaking at the Air Cargo Americas event taking place in Miami this week, Miami-Dade Aviation Department manager for the aviation, trade & logistics marketing Emir Pineda said ...
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NewsPoster campaign for consumers: how air cargo delivers the goods
IATA has launched its ‘Air cargo makes it happen’ campaign that aims to raise awareness of air cargo’s important role for e-commerce, economies and the global community as a whole.The campaign provides eye-catching posters that can be shared easily and printed to “show the world all that cargo does,” said ...
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NewsAir Cargo Americas: Airports to play increasingly important role in supply chains
Opening session at the 2019 Air Cargo AmericasAirports will play an increasingly important role in air cargo supply chains as lead times become increasingly shorter.Speaking at the Air Cargo Americas event in Miami, Sao Paulo's GRU Airport chief executive Gustavo Figueiredo said that the role of airports in the air ...
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NewsCaspian Air Cargo Summit: Industry must prepare for future growth
IATA head of cargo Glyn Hughes has called on the air cargo industry to "apply equal vigour" to all the "challenges and opportunities" currently faced by the industry.Speaking at the Caspain Air Cargo Summit in a global market outlook session, Hughes gave an overview of the tough market conditions that ...
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Forwarders predict a slower peak season for 2019
Freight forwarders are not expecting to face the same cargo capacity shortages as they experienced on major trades in 2017 and 2018.Flexport’s global head of airfreight Neel Jones Shah said that in Greater China and Hong Kong, the peak season would be less pronounced that the last couple of years ...
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Kuehne+Nagel launches low carbon transport programme
Freight forwarder Kuehne+Nagel has launched a Net Zero Carbon programme that will aim to reduce the environmental impact of supply chains.The Switzerland-headquartered company said it had launched the programme to proactively address the CO2 footprint of the transportation performed by suppliers such as airlines, shipping lines and haulage firms.K+N will ...
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Saudi oil attacks set to hit air cargo prices
It is "inevitable" that spikes in the price of oil as a result of attacks on Saudi Arabian facilities at the weekend will drive up the price of air cargo.The attacks, which took place on Saturday, took out around 5% of global oil supply.Brent Crude prices - a benchmark for ...
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Amazon Air switches two freighters to ATSG from Atlas
Amazon Air has transferred the operation of two Boeing 767-300 freighters from Atlas Air to ATSG airline Air Transport International (ATI).Atlas confirmed the move and pointed out that the aircraft would still be dry leased to Amazon from its Titan Aviation Leasing unit.Atlas and Amazon said the move was linked ...
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NewsCustomer experience, not cost, will drive future supply chains
Some 61% of supply chain and logistics professionals believe that customer experience will overtake cost as the top differentiator in their industry over the next five years, according to a report by BluJay Solutions.In the study, Focus on Customer Experience: Research on Supply Chain Priorities and Investments, the software company ...