Chris Lewis
Air Canada Cargo will launch a scheduled Boeing 767 freighter service to Liege, Belgium in February with flights to Basel expected to begin in April.
The Liege flights will operate twice per week initially, increasing to three flights per week later in the year. Basel, one of Europe's premiere pharmaceutical hubs, will see two flights per week. They will originate in Toronto with a stop in Halifax.
The Canadian airline recently started ...
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American Airlines Cargo is carrying more than 55 tons of medical supplies from Europe to Miami, for distribution to Haiti to help contain a cholera outbreak.
The carrier has partnered with Airlink, a nonprofit humanitarian organization dedicated to bringing critical aid to communities in crisis.
Cholera, which spreads mainly through contaminated food ...
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ParcelHero predicts that airfreight rates will continue to fall for the first half of 2023, while ocean transport rates will also continue to sink.
Head of consumer research for the parcel broker, David Jinks said: ‘International airfreight rates are, to be blunt, all over the place. Rates between East Asia and Europe ...
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The Bat for a Chance (BFAC) cricket charity has joined Virgin Atlantic Cargo and the CATCH Trust in a new South African partnership for 2023, as part of a continuing programme of kit donations across the world.
With the support of Virgin Atlantic Cargo and its forwarding partner, Woodland Group, BFAC ...
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Ireland-based Ace Express Freight has become a master licensee for the Pall-Ex Group and will formally launch Pall-Ex Ireland in early 2023.
A long-time member of the Pall-Ex network, covering the Irish postcodes for over 15 years, the Dublin-based haulier has invested in personnel to deliver an enhanced solution following the ...
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Bullet Express has appointed Martin Craghill, as commercial director designate. He will take responsibility for Bullet Express’s entire commercial programme, including worldwide and sales activities, alongside working with managing director, John McKail, on mergers and acquisitions strategy, when he joins the Glasgow-headquartered company in the Spring.
He is currently trade lane ...
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Etihad Cargo has restructured its contact centre team. The Abu Dhabi-based carrier has created two separate units, one dedicated to servicing UAE customers, and the other to servicing the rest of the world and global key accounts. To avoid overlap and improve response times, the separate units will have dedicated ...
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Transport Exchange Group says its TEG Road Transport Price Index showed that courier prices in December eached the highest level recorded in the past four years. At the time of year when demand for rapid delivery is at its peak, the price-per-mile of courier vehicles rose by 9.3% since December2021 ...
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Dachser UK Air & Sea Logistics has launched an export consolidation service to South Africa. It offers weekly departures to Durban, Cape Town and Port Elizabeth for smaller, less-than-containerload (LCL) shipments, supported by the forwarder’s IT tracking system. Dachser uses preferred ocean carrier partners from London Gateway with transit times ...
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Shortsea operator A2B-online has added an extra weekly sailing between Rotterdam, Botlek and Teesport. The service increases to four times per week from the end of January and boost total containers handled on the route to 40,000 per year.
A2B has operated into Teesport since 2014. This particular service has run ...
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