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Dynamic airfreight pricing, what it means for shippers and forwarders
Posted airfreight rates with promotions change about once a month, on average. When airlines make the shift to dynamic pricing, rates change constantly, driven by excess capacity and diminishing time before departure, writes Manel Galindo* of Freightos.Once the majority of airlines make this shift to dynamic pricing, our industry will ...
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DHL and Huawei announce 'internet of things' partnership
Deutsche Post DHL (DP DHL) and communications giant Huawei Technologies have announced a new partnership that aims to develop supply chain solutions using the internet of things.Under a memorandum of understanding (MoU), Huawei and DP DHL Group will collaborate on innovation projects focusing on cellular-based internet of things technology, which ...
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Robots are DHL’s automatic choice
DHL Supply Chain has kicked of its robotics deployment programme in the UK and Ireland with the purchase of four Sawyer machines. They will be used in the express logistics operator’s co-packing and production logistics centres in the region, moving between different sites to support seasonal demand or to fill ...
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Online portal Freightos expands services to the UK
Online forwarder portal Freightos is expanding internationally with the addition of services for the UK market.The online freight marketplace was launched in the US in 2016 and provides instant freight comparison, booking, and management of freight services for thousands of US importers and exporters of all sizes. The UK has ...
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Celebi goes live with Kale cargo management system at Delhi airport
Ground handler Celebi has gone live with IT provider Kale’s Galaxy (domestic module) cargo management system at its Delhi cargo terminal in India.The move forms part of a phased implementation of the entire suite of Galaxy Air Cargo management software system comprising of export/import operations, warehouse management, invoice and accounts ...
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New tax could hit Indian airfreight exports
An Indian trade organisation has warned that a proposed tax on airfreight exports will stifle growth in the country’s air cargo sector, while it has also called for investment in the sector.At its annual Air Cargo Summit, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry warned that moves to include airfreight exports ...
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FedEx financial performance hit by TNT cyber attack
Express firm FedEx said today that its financial results will be affected by the Petya cyber attack that hit subsidiary TNT. The company continues to be affected by the virus.In a stock exchange announcement, the express giant said it was still evaluating the financial impact of the attack, but it ...
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ASM software upgrade is ready for Brexit
Agency Sector Management (ASM) has launched a major upgrade of its Sequoia software, providing a complete freight management system.The software provider to the UK forwarding industry said that the release gives users a single application where data is shared across all functions such as job costing and producing documentation, as ...
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DHL robot: Take me to your loader (VIDEO)
Technology group Wärtsilä and DHL have completed a successful pilot to test mobile robots in a warehouse environment.The pilot phase of Fetch Robotics technology was carried out in Wärtsilä’s central distribution centre in Kampen, the Netherlands, where the entire logistics chain of Wärtsilä’s spare parts, from order intake to customer ...
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UK airfreight gets Customs declaration fallback service in case of a system collapse
The UK’s airfreight industry has implemented a new Customs declaration fallback system to prevent an airfreight meltdown like that experienced in the late 1980s when the Travicom system was put in place.The new CCS-UK capability is designed to prevent the catastrophic impact of a major system failure, which would cause ...
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TNT Express operations "significantly affected" by cyber attacks
FedEx Corp has confirmed that the "worldwide operations" of its TNT Express subsidiary have been "significantly affected" by the cyber attacks that also hit ocean freight giant Maersk.The US-based parcels operator said that it cannot measure the financial impact of this service disruption at this time, but warned "it could ...
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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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Amazon's UK drone tests, part of a retail industry shake-up
Amazon has gained permission from the UK government to look at the best way to allow hundreds of robotic aircraft or drones to safely navigate British skies.The internet retail giant claims it could eventually allow small parcels to be delivered within 30 minutes of an order being placed.Nick Miller, head ...
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Air cargo industry needs to prepare for big data or face losing out to rivals and disruptors
Big data and digitisation are two of the big topics that the air cargo industry is currently grappling with.While the air cargo industry has been moving increasingly into the digital world over recent years, it is often accused of being too slow in adopting new technologies that can automate the ...
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WCS17: Air cargo digital disruption takes centre stage
The digitisation of air cargo is a hot topic at the moment and day two of IATA’s World Cargo Symposium began with a call for software providers to push carriers and forwarders to speed up their adoption of digital technology.To start the digitisation session, Mercator chief executive Cormac Whelan said ...
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Freightos raises $25m for further growth
Hong Kong registered online booking portal Freightos has raised $25m in funding from a group of investors led by GE Ventures.The logistics technology company has announced the completion of a $25m Series B extension round which, it said, would bring the company’s total funding to $50m.The funds will be used ...
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Digital forwarder predicts airlines will bring cargo consolidation in-house
Airlines will soon be able to bring cargo consolidation in-house rather than rely on freight forwarders to perform the function, according to Flexport.The digital forwarder’s chief executive, Ryan Petersen, said that at the moment freight forwarders carry out the consolidation function because it allows them to make a margin on ...
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Survey: Forwarders on track for automated processes
A survey of freight forwarders suggests that the sector’s transition from manual to automated processes is gathering pace.The survey by Hong Kong registered online booking portal Freightos found that although forwarding is largely manual today, in five years’ time 74% of forwarders believe it will be largely (but not completely) ...
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Error elimination speeds Schiphol supply chain
Schiphol Airport is offering an online air waybill compliance checker as part of its Smart Cargo Mainport Program. It aims to speed up cargo flows by finding mistakes before they can clog up the system.Developed by Cargonaut and tested by KLM Cargo as part of the European Green Fast Lanes ...
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US team pushes the boundaries of drone delivery
A Nevada consortium claims to have set a record for the longest urban package delivery in the US. Team Roadrunner flew a fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over 97 miles to Austin, Texas controlled by cellphone systems.Launched from a central Texas location, the UAV flew a preplanned route through the ...