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Shipping group-turned-air cargo operator CMA CGM is to buy two new Boeing 777 freighters to grow its air freight division.
CMA CGM Group launched its dedicated air freight division, CMA CGM Air Cargo, in March flights between Liege (Belgium) and Chicago, followed by New York, Atlanta, and Dubai.
The group said the new 777Fs would give it more flexibility It has a range of 9,200 kilometers and a maximum payload of 102 ...
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Global air, road and sea groups and trade unions have called on the UN General Assembly to end the hotch-potch of inconsistent and unpredictable travel restrictions that has brought chaos to the global supply chain in the wake of the Covid crisis.
In an open letter published on 29 September, the ...
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Associated British Ports has appointed Kate Cornhill as head of human resources (HR) for the Southampton region. She is currently the senior people director at cruise operator Carnival UK, and will be bringing expertise from her current role in recruitment for the maritime industry.
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Unifeeder vessel ElbBlue has carried out the world’s first marine trial of liquefied synthetic natural gas (SNG) fuel. SNG is carbon-neutral and is produced using wind power.
During the trial voyage, the SNG fuel blend – produced by Kiwi’s Power-to-Gas facility in Werlte, Germany - was expected to reduce the ElbBlue’s ...
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Kenya-based cargo airline Astral Aviation has joined with the HOPE Consortium to distribute vaccines to Africa. HOPE will utilise Astral Aviation’s comprehensive network, technologies, and market expertiseand the alliance will ensure timely delivery of vaccines and critical supplies to all 54 African nations.
Astral Aviation operates a fleet of 14 freighter ...
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The FourKites supply chain visibility platform has introduced Order Intelligence Hub, a ‘single-pane-of-glass’ view of the entire lifecycle of every order. It integrates order data, load information across modes, yard shipments, inventory visibility and other critical third-party systems, such as warehouse management systems and order management systems and aims to ...
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Austria’s Gebrüder Weiss is taking over the operations of Wolf Internationale Spedition and Air System Luftfracht Spedition in Straubing, Lower Bavaria in Germany. The companies’ 20 employees bring expertise inland, air and sea international forwarding and the new Gebrüder Weiss branch will be based at a recently purchased 45,000sq m ...
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said its August 2021 data for global air cargo showed that demand, measured in cargo tonne-kilometers (CTKs), was up 7.7% compared to the pre-Covid month of August 2019, or 8.6% for international operations. Overall growth remains strong compared to the long-term average growth trend ...
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Lufthansa Cargo has put two more Boeing 777F freighters into service, bringing the carrier’s total of the type to 11, plus four aircraft operated by its AeroLogic joint venture with DHL.
One aircraft is a brand-new aircraft from the Boeing factory in Everett, Washington State which touched down for the first ...
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Forth Ports Leith has handled eight onshore wind turbines as part of the 16MW Howpark Wind Farm in the Scottish Borders.
In collaboration with heavy lift specialists Collett Transport, the turbines arrived aboard the 108 metre EEMS Dublin into the Edinburgh port from Esbjerg in Denmark.
The port’s multi crane lifting equipment ...
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