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American Airlines Cargo’s traffic was up 15% from the previous calendar year in 2017. It followed a year-long effort to streamline the customer experience with the introduction of new self-service tools to automate and improve the booking process alongside further implementation of new services like proactive shipment re-accommodation.
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Combined total traffic through the Port of Cork and Bantry Bay Port Company reached 10.3 million tonnes in 2017, up 8.6% compared to 2016. Cork’s container volumes through its Tivoli and Ringaskiddy terminals grew by 3.7%, with 217,763teu handled in 2017.
Chief executive Brendan Keating added that while Cork saw over ...
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Maersk Line has become a founder investor in the New York Shipping Exchange (NYSHEX), described as the first digital forward freight contract for the global container industry.
The new contract is also being offered by Hapag Lloyd, CMA CGM, MOL, OOCL, and COSCO, representing a combined 52% of global container capacity ...
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Netherlands gateway and Europe’s third largest air cargo hub, Schiphol, reported a 5.4% increase in cargo in 2017, to 1.75 million tonnes.
Imports from the Far East increased by 3.1% to 299,386 tonnes, with exports to the region growing by 8.8% year-on-year to 316,097 tonnes.
Latin America inbound cargo was up 21.5% ...
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Former defence professionals have contributed to a new book on how ‘civilian’ logistics and supply chain practices be applied in the military context. Defence Logistics: Enabling and Sustaining Successful Military Operations, edited by former logistician and Ammunition Technical Officer for the British Army Jeremy Smith, is described by the publishers, ...
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Antonov Airlines’ new Houston office has moved a communications satellite from Washington to Cayenne, French Guiana for Orbital ATK on board one of its AN-124-100 aircraft. The Al Yah 3 Satellite, the first of Orbital ATK’s GEOStar-3 satellite platform, was in a 11.4m long container.
Due to the size and ...
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UK courier Absolutely has acquired West End of London operator 3D. The Fitzrovia firm offers same-day, next-day and international delivery services. It follows Absolutely’s acquisition of MayDH in May 2017.
Absolutely will acquire 3D’s corporate accounts and fleet of vehicles but it will continue to operate under its existing brand in ...
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Europe is in the grip of a driver shortage, says Europa Worldwide Group operations director Dan Cook. The UK haulage industry is currently facing a shortage of between 45,000 and 50,000 drivers, and the situation is similar across the Continent, he believes.
He says: “The problem affects us in the UK, ...
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The INTTRA electronic shipping platform has integrated Info-X Software Technology’s Cloud-based transportation management system with its booking engine enabling communication between different parties across its network. The new system has been piloted by US-based NVOCC United Cargo Management (UCM), accepting electronic bookings and shipping instructions from customers and providing real-time ...
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Jochen Müller has taken up the role of chief operations officer (COO) for Dachser Air & Sea Logistics. He replaces Thomas Reuter, who retired at the end of last year after 39 years at the company. As a member of the executive board, Jochen Müller will continue the work of ...
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