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The European Parliament approved new draft rules to provide clearer price information for parcel delivery services on 13 March, part of the Commission's Digital Single Market strategy. Operators will have to provide prices for their most used services which the Commission will publish on a dedicated website.
The new rules would also give empower national authorities the power to assess tariffs for cross-border services which are subject to universal service obligation ...
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has launched a Dangerous Goods AutoCheck solution. It checks that the shipper’s Declaration for Dangerous Goods (DGD) complies with the IATA Dangerous Goods regulations and enables electronic consignment data to be received directly. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology also transforms paper DGDs into electronic ...
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The European shipowners association (ECSA) and World Shipping Council (WSC) have called for more streamlined ship and cargo reporting system ahead of the European Commission’s expected publication of proposed revisions to the Reporting Formalities Directive (RFD) in early May.
They would like to see a ‘harmonised maximum list’ of data reporting ...
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Schiphol airport has launched a scheme that links flower shipment information with airwaybill numbers through its Smart Cargo Mainport Program (SCMP) portal.
The scheme has been piloted by the Holland Flower Alliance Data Sharing Working Group, which piloted the scheme.
Data such as number of boxes, flower type, and number of flowers ...
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Independent freight forwarder, dap UK has opened a new warehouse in Gorleston-on-sea, Great Yarmouth. The facility is set to become an approved customs bonded facility within the next 12 months and is equipped to handle bulk storage requirements with narrow aisle racking systems. It is located at the Beacon Park, ...
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Lufthansa Cargo is offering direct access to capacity and rate data though its ‘GetCapacity’ and ‘GetRates’ APIs (application programming interfaces). Companies can use the in their own system and process it further without having to manually upload it. They complement the established ‘Tracking’ and ‘GetRoutes’ interfaces, but the new APIs ...
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Malaysian carrier MASkargo has become the ninth carrier to join IAG Cargo’s Partner Plus programme; through which members agree to interline on each other’s planes. MASkargo serves almost 100 destinations worldwide, using scheduled freighters and belly space on Malaysia Airlines. Air New Zealand joined the programme in November 2017, joining ...
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The Transported Asset Protection Association's (TAPA) says there has been a record take-up of its supply chain security standards, with TAPA-certified facilities and trucking operators now to be found in 60 countries. There was a 16.6% increase in the number of Facility Security Requirements (FSR) certifications and a 41.5% growth ...
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Lufthansa’s time:matters high speed logistics arm is to add the US and Mexico to its Sameday Air network with 16 stations – 15 of them in the US and one in Mexico as part of its internationalisation programme. The Sameday Air network already includes 100 stations and more than 21 ...
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Delta Cargo has made a number of enhancements to its website following the relaunch of the business. Shipments can now be booked, checked-in, managed and tracked entirely online. DeltaCargo.com now offers dynamic air waybill stock, so customers with an account number will receive a range of air waybills in real-time ...
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