Hong Kong's government has approved a third runway for the city’s international airport.
Expected to open by 2023, it will help the island maintain its status
as the world’s busiest air cargo hub and help Hong Kong maintain its
position against other Asian rivals in China and Singapore.
The HK$141.5bn (US$18.2bn) scheme will be funded from internal funds,
borrowings and user fees, including a HK$180 (US$23.20) additional
passenger fee.
The new runway would be to the north of the airport...
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Saturday, March 21, 2015
Canada’s Cargojet is expanding its domestic air cargo network from the beginning of April.
Cargojet, operating overnight services across North America plus
global charters, has a total freighter fleet of 24 aircraft, including
the recent introduction of five B767-300ERFs, three B767-200ERFs and one
B757-200ERF.
The carrier did not outline...
Friday, March 20, 2015
If the air cargo community was under any illusion that its efforts to
speed up door-to-door delivery and eliminate paper documents are
winning over shippers, it may have to think again, writes Martin Roebuck.
Two major shippers tore into the industry for its poor service
quality and communication in a no-holds-barred session at the World
Cargo Symposium (WCS) in...
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
US parcels giant FedEx saw third quarter revenues up four per cent to $11.7bn.
“We had a very successful peak season as volumes grew across all
transportation segments, and our profit improvement programs are moving
ahead as scheduled,” said Fred Smith, FedEx Corp chairman, president and
chief executive officer.
Operating results for the third quarter ended...
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
DHL has opened a service centre facility in Houston, Texas, mainly to serve the oil and gas sector.
The $2.5m, 28,000 sq ft facility can process more than 2,500
shipments per hour, nearly double the existing capacity and will allow
for earlier delivery times and later drop off times.
DHL Express says it has seen an uptick in emergency shipping of machinery...
Sunday, March 15, 2015
UPS customers can now ship biological substances, dangerous goods in
excepted quantities and shipments using dry ice to more than 20
additional international destinations.
The US-based global express and logistics’ operator says that the
expansion is a direct response to a growing demand from
biopharmaceutical manufacturers, diagnostics companies, laboratories and
...
Thomas Lieb, management board chairman of Schenker AG, will leave the
German logistics company at the end of this month “by best mutual
agreement”.
The 56 year-old will take on new responsibilities outside the German railway parent company, Deutsche Bahn Group.
Dr Lieb has resigned “immediately” as head of business unit at DB
Schenker Logistics and as management...
Saturday, March 14, 2015
TNT has launched a Monday to Friday B737-400F service between
Israeli capital Tel Aviv and the express operator's European hub in
Liege, Belgium.
The new service "answers increasing demand" and allows TNT to shorten
transit times for express shipments to and from Tel Aviv by one day.
The flight arrives in Tel Aviv in the morning...
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