May 2023
Lufthansa Cargo’s CB Customs Broker subsidiary has signed a partnership with handler Georgi to create a new e-commerce terminal at Frankfurt Airport’s Cargo City South. CB Customs has developed software to digitize all customs clearance processes and process large order volumes quickly. The new e-commerce terminal will operate on around 5,000sq m of Georgi Handling's existing cargo hall in Building 568 but an independent hall with tailored processes is planned ...
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Etihad Cargo is using Descartes’ Bluetooth Low Energy solution, integrated with Jettainer’s unit load device (ULD) management services, to improve ground processes and to gain insights into the transport and ambient conditions of air cargo in transit.
The carrier expects to reduce the number of lost ULDs and tell exactly where ...
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DP World has carried out a successful trial of new solar energy units at London Gateway. The installation of sunlight-converting photovoltaic panels on the canopy of the gatehouse building has generated 29.95 megawatt hours (MWH) of electricity over the first two months with a highest daily peak of 120 KWH.
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Minister for Roads and Local Transport, Richard Holden got the chance to test-drive one of the UK’s first new heavy-duty electric trucks when he visited DHL Supply Chain’s Transport Development Centre in Crick, Northamptonshire.
The TDC is at the heart of DHL’s Driving Ambition training programme which provides fully funded training for ...
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Supply chain visibility company FourKites has introduced a number of new air freight features.
.The include a Carrier Events View allowing shippers to compare data from carrier websites against FourKites’ milestones, events and ETAs making use of machine learning and artificial intelligence.
Easy Load Creation enables shippers to generate air shipments with ...
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UK exports fell more sharply than any other G7 nation’s in February says broker ParcelHero, citing the latest OECD trade figures.It said the country’s exports fell by -4.45% against January and by -2.91% year-on-year.It added that all the G7 nations (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and US) had ...
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CMA CGM Group is now committed to purchase Bolloré Group’s transport and logistics operations after granting it a ‘put’ option to the Bolloré Group to sell its transport and logistics operations.
A put option gives the seller the right, but not the obligation, to sell a stock at a specific price ...
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Silk Way West Airlines is to join the Cargo.one online booking marketplace from Autumn 2023. The Baku-headquartered carrier is the largest cargo airline in the Caspian Sea region operating a fleet of 12 Boeing 747F aircraft with front-loading capabilities.
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The air cargo market may have to wait until October for a recovery after a flood of summer bellyhold capacity on major lanes and a -4% drop in demand in April, according to the latest weekly analysis from CLIVE Data Services, part of Xeneta.
Airfreight spot rates dropped -41% versus April ...
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Emirates SkyCargo has added two leased Boeing 747-400Fs to its freighter fleet, the first instalment of a plan to double its capacity in next decade.
The Dubai carrier is expecting 15 more freighters to join its fleet from announced orders and its freighter conversion program, plus a boost in belly-hold capacity ...
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