Ethiopian Cargo has returned to Brussels airport with four B777 freighters per week to Addis Ababa.
The freighters will provide onward connections out of Africa, direct to Dubai, Shanghai and Hong Kong.
The flights will carry mainly flowers, while exports will be general
freight. Kuehne & Nagel and DHL Starbroker have actively contributed
to bringing the...
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
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Freight forwarder Panalpina has opened new bases in Morocco and Kenya
as part of a drive to expand its presence in Africa, a continent in
which it was once a dominant player in the oil and gas project sector.
Offices in Casablanca in Morocco and Nairobi, Kenya, and will spearhead a drive for energy and infrastructure business.
Regional chief executive for the Middle...
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
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FIATA has joined the air cargo industry chorus calling for the
elimination of fuel and security surcharges in airline freight rates.
The International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations said:
“The simplification of rate structures will be a significant benefit to
forwarders and shippers alike.
"Forwarders have for a very long time desired these surcharges be
removed as they are opaque and complex and thereby making it difficult
to quote a definite price for air cargo transportation,...
by Cargo New Hubs on 5:50 PM
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Asia’s Vietnam and Cambodia provided the fastest-growing airfreight trade lanes between emerging and developed markets.
US-Vietnam volumes surged 42.7 per cent by volume, and Cambodia-European Union airfreight increased by 41.9 per cent.
That was one finding from the comprehensive 2015 Agility Emerging
Markets Logistics Index, now in its sixth year, a data-driven...
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
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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...
by Cargo New Hubs on 7:18 PM
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TNT is offering CO2-neutral delivery of all express domestic consignments in Germany at no additional charge.
The carrier measures how much CO2 is produced in transporting
consignments and then ‘neutralises’ them with an equivalent amount of
CO2 credits.
TNT uses CO2 credits only from renewable energy projects that meet
Gold Standard requirements. External auditor...
by Cargo New Hubs on 7:13 PM
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Shanghai Pudong International Airport has set a new cargo record,
handling a total of 1.5m tonnes of freight in 2014, with growth of 16.15
per cent year-on-year.
Shanghai Pudong International Airport Cargo Terminal Co Ltd. (PACTL) -
a joint venture handling operation between Shanghai Airport, Lufthansa
Cargo and JHJ Logistics Management – says its domestic cargo...
by Cargo New Hubs on 2:05 AM
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China will lift controls on prices of 24 commodities and services, said the National Development and Reform Commission on Sunday.
Market will decide the price of tobacco leaves, the last agricultural product to be freed from government price control, but a minimum price will be set to protect farmers, said a statement on the commission website.
Prices of railway bulk cargo, parcels and privately funded cargo and passenger transport will also be allowed to float. Railway passenger and cargo prices...
Monday, January 12, 2015
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French freight forwarders have called on airlines to end separate fuel surcharges, which they argue are no longer relevant.
TLF Overseas, the French freight forwarders
organisation representing 95 per cent of general air cargo transactions,
expressed its “incomprehension” of a situation that requires “more
transparency and real positive economic signals from the carriers”.
The strongly worded statement comes after
Middle East airline Emirates SkyCargo last week confirmed that it is...
by Cargo New Hubs on 6:25 PM
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Customs regulations can be a minefield for the unwary shipper, be it
edible insects in Europe, chewing gum in Singapore and rubber gloves in
the US.
So parcels giant FedEx has come up with eight “surprising” Customs
rules for small businesses setting out to conquer the world of exports.
It was compiled by Harald Schoenfelder, managing director global trade services for FedEx Express Europe, Middle East, Indian Subcontinent and Africa.
Says Schoenfelder: “We decided to compile some of the...
Sunday, January 11, 2015
by Cargo New Hubs on 12:42 AM
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The economy underlying our
supply chains started weak in the US and ended strong, with Q1 real GDP
falling 2.1% - largely blamed on bad weather - and ending with signs of
strength, with the latest estimate for Q3 GDP growth of a robust 5%.
It does feel better
economically right...
by Cargo New Hubs on 12:22 AM
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Ethiopian Air cargo plane skids off runway at Ghana's Kotoka Airport
ACCRA,
Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- An Ethiopian Airlines cargo aircraft on Saturday
skidded off the runway at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) on
landing, Ghanaian airport officials said.
"All
three crew people on board the aircraft survived the accident and are
currently responding to treatment at the 37 Military Hospital," the
Ghana Airport Company (GAC) said in a statement.
The
Boeing 737, ET-AQV (Ethiopian Airline...
by Cargo New Hubs on 12:18 AM
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Shippers and forwarders have welcomed Emirates SkyCargo’s move to
introduce an all-inclusive freight rate that does away with separate
pricing components based on weight/volume plus fuel and security
surcharges.
“It is the best start to 2015 that I could imagine,” said Joost van
Doesburg, airfreight policy manager with the European Shippers’...
Saturday, January 10, 2015
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Demand for global air freight grew 4.2 per cent in November last year as
compared to same period in 2013 and is expected to rise by 4.5 per cent
this year, driven by growth in cross-border trade, International Air
Transport Association (IATA) said.
The most significant growth was recorded by carriers in the
Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions at 5.9 per cent and 12.9 per cent
respectively. Carriers in these regions captured the vast majority of
the global increase (93 per cent).
"More...
by Cargo New Hubs on 5:23 AM
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Inbound US west coast container port congestion provided a November
boost for transpacific air cargo revenues out of Asia to North America,
although ex-US revenues fell.
WorldACD’s latest monthly market data found that the transpacific was the best of the large markets in November.
The Netherlands-based research house posed the question: “Did the
problems in the...
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