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Kuehne+Nagel has officially opened its largest ever logistics hub, distribution centre for sport shoe company Adidas in Mantova, Northern Italy. It will service 19 countries in Southern and Eastern Europe. The 130,000sq m area is equipped with 20km of conveyor belts and a shuttle system handling 25 storage lanes with a capacity of 440,000 units, able to process up to 500,000 shipments per from single e-commerce parcels to bulk orders ...
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Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP Cargo) has chosen SkyCell as its preferred partner to enhance unit load device (ULD) tracking capabilities across its fleet.
It will give real-time visibility into ULD operations for pharmaceutical transport, using SkyMind’s advanced technology, including sophisticated readers and tags.
At the same time, freight forwarder Kuehne+Nagel, ...
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Freight forwarder Kuehne + Nagel loaded four tonnes of Scottish salmon on board Virgin Atlantic's Flight 100 from Heathrow to New York on 28 November, the first operated by a commercial airline to operate on 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
The cargo, from sustainable producer Bakkafrost, was non-revenue but K+N, one ...
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Emirates SkyCargo capacity is now available on Kuehne+Nagel’s internal booking engine, the first time the carrier has made its services available via a freight forwarder’s own portal. It streamlines the booking process for Kuehne+Nagel agents, providing access to the airline’s schedules, rates and available capacity in real-time. The facility has ...
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Kuehne+Nagel operated its first charter cargo flight into Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Alabama, from Stuttgart, Germany on 2 April. The weekly 747-8F flight is aimed at the automotive, aviation, and pharmaceutical industries and others that are experiencing congestion at major hub airports.
It follows the signing of a partnership between the ...
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Kuehne+Nagel’s Apex Logistics International will have the honour of putting the very last Boeing 747 into service.
The 747-8 freighter will be operated under a long-term charter agreement with Atlas Air, supporting customers on the volatile Transpacific trade lanes.
After a half-century production run, the last jumbo jet, christened Empower, was presented ...
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Kuehne+Nagel Ireland opened a temperature-controlled facility in late July near Dublin airport and seaport. Along with three existing healthcare warehouses, it expands Kuehne+Nagel’s healthcare footprint in Ireland to 40,000 sqm.
The new HPRA-approved facility uses energy-efficient equipment to maintain a temperature of 15-25°C and will house 34,000 Euro-pallet positions with segregated ...
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Kuehne + Nagel has partnered with IAG Cargo buy 8 million litres of the first UK-produced sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from Phillips 66 Limited’s Humber Refinery.
It is scheduled to be delivered throughout 2022 as part of IAG Cargo and Kuehne+Nagel’s commitment to decarbonising air cargo
The fuel is produced from used ...
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Swiss-headquartered global forwarder Kuehne + Nagel will appoint Stefan Paul as chief executive from 1 August 2022, while current chief executive Dr Detlef Trefzger will step down for private reasons. He will remain on the board of directors. Stefan Paul has been a member of the management board since 2013, ...
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Kuehne+Nagel has opened a 34,000sq m fulfilment centre in Contern, Luxembourg, the EU's smallest member state. Services on offer include inventory management, picking, packing and shipping orders and managing returns.
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