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Cargo and passenger handler dnata has promoted David Barker to divisional senior vice president for airport operations. He currently leads the company’s operations in the US as chief executive officer. In his new role, based in Dubai, he will oversee dnata’s global ground handling and cargo business at 91 airports in 14 countries, managing a team of over 23,000.
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Volga-Dnepr Group says it may become the launch customer of a freighter version of the new MC-21-200 new generation Russian passenger plane being developed by Irkut Corporation. A delegation from the airline viewed the plane at the recent MAKS 2021, International Aviation and Space Salon held in Zhukovsky.
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E-commerce specialist James and James Fulfilment is expanding its UK operations and business model into the EU an EU fulfilment centre in Venlo, the Netherlands. The company, which has a UK centre in Northampton, says that since Brexit was introduced in January, trade in Europe has become prohibitive, expensive and ...
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Israeli carrier El Al is offering real-time e-bookings and access to live rates and cargo capacity through Freightos’ WebCargo platform. EL AL Cargo will be rolling out WebCargo across the US, Europe, and Asia, giving over 2,500 forwarders access to its system.
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There has been little respite in the “perfect storm” that had gripped the freight industry in North America, reports UK forwarder, Woodland Group. The Essex-headquartered operator said that there continued to be sgnificant labour shortages (especially drivers), increased freight volumes into ports, reduced rail operations and lack of equipment (chassis) ...
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Forth Ports says it has “intimated” to the Holyrood Government that it will submit a proposal for a Green Port encompassing key harbours, industrial complexes and logistics centres on the north and south shores of the Firth of Forth and including Edinburgh Airport.
The Scottish Government has invited expressions of interest ...
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Lines in the Ocean Network Express (ONE) consortium are carrying empty ISO tank containers from Taiwan to Mundra free to address the oxygen shortage and support India’s fight against Covid. ONE offices in Taiwan, Singapore and India came together in June 2021 to work together to execute the shipments.
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The Cargo Integrity Group – the Container Owners Association, Global Shippers Forum, ICHCA International, TT Club and the World Shipping Council - are calling for urgent action to reduce the risk of pest transference through international cargo movements.
It follows a declaration by pest control experts under the auspices of the ...
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Lufthansa Cargo is now marketing the freight capacities of the new long-haul flights of its Eurowings Discover subsidiary. Initially, these will be routes from Frankfurt to the Dominican Republic (Punta Cana), Kenya (Mombasa), Namibia (Windhoek) and Tanzania (Zanzibar).
Eurowings Discover is the new tourist airline of the Lufthansa Group and a ...
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Portuguese carrier TAP Air Cargo is now using the CargoAI online booking solution. TAP operates an average of 2,500 flights per week from its hub in Lisbon and the roll out will start in France, then the US and will the full worldwide network available at the end of August. ...
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