BIFA campaign to entice hiring from other industry areas

 

A Freight Development Pathway programme has been started by the British International Freight Association (BIFA) to find, recruit, and train qualified people from outside the freight forwarding and logistics industry.

One of the top workforce solutions providers in the world, Manpower, collaborates with trade association BIFA.

The programme is a part of a larger effort to solve the well-documented recruitment challenges facing freight forwarding, according to Carl Hobbis, an executive director of BIFA who also oversees the trade association's training initiatives.

Career possibilities with BIFA member freight forwarding and logistics firms will be made available to candidates.

Participants in the Freight Development Pathway will get a three-week employability programme from BIFA's team of qualified trainers, as well as an introductory freight and customs training course.

The programme will be run by Manpower and will involve employability training to make each participant ready for interviews and potential jobs, weekly one-on-one meetings, and group sessions.

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Opening of New Incheon Gateway by Fedex Express

 

FedEx Express (FedEx), an auxiliary of FedEx Corp. what's more, one of the world's biggest express transportation organizations, is reinforcing support for cross-line exchange and web based business development in Korea with the send off of its new FedEx Incheon Gateway situated at Incheon Global Air terminal, South Korea. The new office offers upgraded capacities that will help neighborhood organizations hoping to get to global business sectors and backing the developing interest for e-commerce business and cold-chain shipments.

The new Incheon Gateway ranges 23,395 sq m, over two times the size of the previous infrastructure, and is outfitted with 78 transport lines and a high level robotized sortation framework that can sort up to 12,000 packages each hour, multiplying the past arranging limit. It likewise incorporates a 15,207 sq m distribution center that can securely stockpile to 40,000 bundles. With 31 week after week flights, the new office associates Korea to 220 nations and domains through the FedEx worldwide organization. The new Door upholds merchants and exporters including little and medium-endeavors (SMEs) and bulk transporters with more prominent and more solid admittance to and from worldwide business sectors.

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Amazon Starts Its Regional Operation Hub At Lakeland Linder Airport

With new regional hub at Lakeland Linder Airport Amazon Air started its operations in Florida, USA.

Its first flight from Sacramento airport successfully lands at Lakeland Linder Airport marking start of its daily service to & from the facility.

The 285000 square ft facility is specifically designed to cater flight operations & sort out packages for different destinations while

The hub is estimated to cost more than $ 100 million.

Amazon Global Air , Vice President, Sarah Rhodes, commented that the company is excited to launch Amazon Air operations at Lakeland Linder Airport in order to provide faster & free of cost delivery of its items in this pandemic situations..

Infact the governer of Florida, Ron Desantis, expressed its delight for the launch of new facility by Amazon Air at Lakeland airport as it will bring more of investment & commerce in the region along with hundred of jobs..

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American Airlines moves to new warehouse in Milan

With the growing demand American airlines has switched to new warehouse measuring 53000sq ft handled by WFS at Milan Malpensa airport .

The airline said that customers are continuosly demanding for direct flight from Italy to US & with growing volumes this warehouse will handle daily flights to New York & Miami.


On its opening day customer were shown ground support equipments , state of the art technology to
handle most frequently shipped goods from Italy like automotive parts , pharmaceuticals & fashion products.

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Hong kong airport sees resurge in cargo vol for August

After dip in cargo traffic in July, Hong kong airport sees cargo traffic growth in August .

As per Hong kong International Airport (HKIA) the airport saw 2.4% growth YOY in August to 431000 tonnes.

HKIA said: “The airport saw strong 9% year-on-year growth in transhipments, which contributed the most to the increase in cargo throughput.

“Amongst key trading regions, traffic to and from North America and Southeast Asia posted the most significant growth.”

While the airport saw cargo demand return to growth during the month, the increase does lag behind figures during the first eight months when freight traffic increased by 3.1% to 3.3m tonnes.

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New Freighter Service to Delhi by Korean Air

From July 17, Korean air is launching three times a week freighter service between Incheon & Delhi .

Currently Korean air is operating passenger aircraft from Incheon to Delhi & Mumbai three to five times weekly.

In a statement, Korean Air said: “The decision to introduce the cargo flight accompanies the South Korean government’s new diplomatic strategy to strengthen partnership with India, and rapid growth of the Indian market. Korean Air will operate its Boeing 777F freighter three times a week (Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday)."

The flight will depart at 11.10pm from Incheon & will have 1 stop at Hanoi while in returning from Delhi it will have 2 stops namely Vienna & Milan, respectively.

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Airfreight future figures published by FIS

Freight Investor Services (FIS), global leader in freight & commodity derivatives, has published airfreight future price curve, starting a new discussion in this $70bn market.

In order to hep buyers & sellers in ascertaining seasonal price increase & tackling capacity issues , a new risk management tool is been designed by FIS.

FIS along with index provider TAC index developed a robust tool for air freight market comprising 35% of total global trade . This launch just coincides with the recent freight surge in market this giving a valuable tool in hand of freight forwarders to ascertain future market & negotiate better rates in market.

Asset owner leasing planes to carriers can also streamline there income by using this tool & will be able to control risk in a more controlled manner. 

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Air Incheon launches freighter service to Hanoi

Air Incheon has launched freighter service to Hanoi while ACSV(Air Cargo Services of Vietnam) will be its handling partner at Hanoi.

This South Korean carrier has also promised to lauch its 2nd freighter by end of this year.

Considering the global expansion Air Incheon has taken this decision & may launch more services in future.

Air Incheon & ACSV partnership will be a milestone in services of logistics industry.

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Cathay signs up DoKaSch pharma containers

Cathay Pacific Cargo has signed a master agreement to rent DoKaSch Temperature Solutions' RKN and RAP Opticooler active containers.
The containers, to be rolled out across the Hong Kong-based airline’s network in the first quarter of 2015, are aimed at the shipment of temperature-sensitive goods and pharmaceutical products,.
“Cathay Pacific Cargo is pleased to be the first Asian carrier offering our customers an alternative solution for their temperature-sensitive air cargo shipments,” said Mark Sutch, Cathay Pacific’s general manager cargo sales & marketing.
“In a growing market, and in Asia in particular, we can provide the entire range of active containers, enabling us to offer our customers the best possible air-cargo solution to meet their needs.”

Source : http://www.aircargonews.net/news/single-view/news/cathay-signs-up-dokasch-pharma-containers.html

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Paper-less air cargo supply chain facility introduced at Bengaluru airport

Air India SATS Airport Services Pvt Ltd (AISATS), a 50:50 joint venture between Air India Limited and SATS Limited, a gateway services and food solutions provider in Asia, has introduced an e-freight initiative at its Bengaluru Airfreight Terminal facility.

With this launch, AISATS BLR has taken a step towards IATAs e-freight initiative, building a paper-free air cargo supply chain and replacing it with cheaper, accurate and reliable electronic messaging, AISATS said in a statement.

To facilitate this, AISATS has incorporated its Airport Community System (ACS), a web-based electronic platform that enables seamless electronic data interchange (EDI) between various stakeholders in the air cargo value chain. With this system in place, AISATS is well-equipped to do away with the traditional paper-based shipping data consolidation, and move towards electronic data management.

"With this online portal, freight forwarders and cargo handling agents will have complete shipment visibility and be able to send data demanded by multiple carriers, customs, and airport operators electronically through a single portal without doing duplicating data entry efforts on separate platforms," AISATS said.

The ACS will also help in creating airline booking requests and sending the same electronically to the airlines including creating and printing of Master Air Waybill, House Air Waybills and Bar Code labels. This is set to ease sending FWB / FHL messages to airlines as well as create and print customs clearance documents.

Willy Ko, CEO, AISATS, said: "Since its inception, AISATS has always been committed towards minimising impact of its operational processes on the environment. This e-freight initiative is yet another effort by AISATS and it is a big stride towards fulfilling its desire to protect the environment. Not only will this green initiative increase operational efficiency but it also help to preserve the environment by effectively reducing paperwork."

Source: http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/paper-less-air-cargo-supply-chain-facility-introduced-at-bengaluru-airport-114111800467_1.html

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Cargolux posts best ever October figures

Cargolux, Europe’s largest all-cargo carrier, posted its best ever October, with its fleet of 22 Boeing 747 freighters breaking records for tonnage, revenue and block hours.

Tonnage grew 6.7 percent and net revenue was up 9.9 percent from a year ago, making October the second-best month in the Luxembourg-based airline’s history after November 2013.

The carrier said it also achieved the highest daily utilization of all operators of the 747-8F at more than 16 hours a day through October.

The combined fleet of 11 747-8Fs and 11 747-400Fs operated 9,379 block hours during the month and flew 1,672 flights, including 362 from its Luxembourg hub, second only to the performance in November 2013.

Cargolux said it expects to “substantially” improve on the October results in November with more than 10,000 block hours flown in a single month for the first time ever, coupled with further increases in tonnage and revenue.

The airline made a net profit of $8.4 million in 2013 on revenue of $1.99 billion as traffic grew 16.7 percent to a record 753,848 metric tons.

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The No. 1 platform for the sector: Asia’s leading event for air cargo and logistics

Air Cargo China is the leading event in the air freight sector in Asia – and it is continuing to grow in size and significance.

Come along and present your company and its expertise at this major exhibition, taking place for the sixth time from June 17 to 19, 2014, at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre.

On these dates a dynamic trade audience from around the world will be converging on Shanghai, that makes Air Cargo China to such an interesting platform for you, as a place to present your latest products and solutions and as a place to engage in intensive networking.

The Air Cargo China Conference
 
The experts’ view on sector trends Again this year, the international air freight conference is being held as part of Air Cargo China 2014. This forum attracts decision-makers in the industry to come and talk about the latest challenges facing the air cargo business – with a special focus on the Asian market of course.

As an exhibitor you also profit from the presence of the entire Asian logistics and transport sector, as Air Cargo China is an integrated part of transport logistic China.

This leading show for the Far East has expanded fast to become the most important meeting place for the transport, logistics and air cargo industry in this region.

Seize this opportunity, and secure your foothold in the markets of Asia.

Source: http://www.aircargochina.com/en/home/home.html

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