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Schiphol cargo leaps

Cargo tonnage through Amsterdam Airport Schiphol grew 7.3% in the first quarter of 2014 compared with the same period of 2013, to 392,990 tonnes. The first quarter of 2014 was also the second best in over three years, beaten only by the final (peak) quarter of 2013. Schiphol Cargo senior vice-president Enno Osinga said: “We are greatly encouraged by the traffic figures for 2014 so far, which are maintaining the ... [+]

Schiphol remote scanning scheme starts

Schiphol Airport has started trials of a new remote security scanning system with Rhenus Logistics, in which Dutch Customs can view shipments being scanned at the premises of freight forwarders and handlers from the  Customs Control Centre before deciding if they require physical inspection. The Remote Scanning scheme – part of ... [+]

Less paper, more freight

A Netherlands Government funded project to encourage paperless air cargo at Schiphol - e-Freight@NL – has increased e-Freight shipments five-fold since its launch in July 2010. In 2010, only 1,665 shipments were sent as paperless e-freight; but by December 2012, the annual total had risen to 21,176. Schiphol's top ten ... [+]

Air France KLM moves

Air France-KLM Cargo is moving its  headquarters to the Schiphol TransPort building on the east side of the airport on 14 May. The move brings together the management, commercial and central services departments of Air France-KLM Cargo and Martinair Cargo. The KLM Cargo Operations and the AF-KL Cargo and Martinair Cargo ... [+]

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