Heathrow Airport now with automated trucking updates..

Heathrow airport is now facilitated with automated trucking updates whenever a cargo is loaded or unloaded in shed .

Its ground handling agents Dnata & ASC can now directly update agents & hauliers to there system / online portal whenever they are delivering or collecting cargo .

General users & regular users can access these updates by small modifications in there AIS .

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IAG’s Cargo Connector is going to San Francisco

 
IAG Cargo has extended its Cargo Connector service to San Francisco, the tenth city for the local pick-up service.
It offers freight forwarders at or near the airport a free collection for consignments up to 300 kilos and IAG Cargo estimates that 95 per cent of its customers are based within a five-mile radius of the airport. This means that the Connector vans are never far away when a pickup request is received.
Regional commercial manager for North America, Joe Le Beau, says Cargo Connector was “more cost efficient for smaller freight forwarders that would normally pay a third party to deliver their freight, but also with our GKAs (global key account customers) who really appreciate the peace of mind this service offers."
Cargo Connector is already available in seven US cities - New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta, Seattle and Houston - and at London Heathrow and Frankfurt.
Drivers use IAG Cargo-branded vans and collect freight and process new cargo bookings on-the-spot for IAG Cargo's network of 350 destinations.
Le Beau said that vans arrive at agents’ premises 15 minutes after IAG has their booking details.

Source : http://www.aircargonews.net/news/single-view/news/iags-cargo-connector-is-going-to-san-francisco.html

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Heathrow volumes rise in November

A surge in cargo to Mexico, Brazil, India and Turkey helped London-Heathrow airport freight volumes rise 2.3 per cent in November to 136,400 tonnes, compared with like month 2013.
For the 11 months in the year to date, the UK’s top air cargo hub registered an overall 5.3 per cent increase in volumes to 1.37m tonnes versus prior year.
Heathrow saw a number cargo tonnage increases during November, including a 41.3 per cent rise in cargo to Mexico, a 37.6 per cent increase to Brazil, 20.0 per cent to India and 13.3 per cent to Turkey.

Source : http://www.aircargonews.net/news/single-view/news/heathrow-volumes-rise-in-november.html

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