Chris Lewis
Caribbean Airlines has extended its cargo network to and from Cuba with the signing of an agreement with handling agent Aerovaradero.
It will offer bellyhold services twice weekly into Havana on Tuesday and Saturday and will carry commodities including pharmaceuticals, live animals and perishables.
Services will operate via Caribbean’s Port-of-Spain, Trinidad hub and there will be connections to and from Guyana, Jamaica, and Barbados and several other destinations.
Caribbean Airlines offered charter cargo ...
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Extra summer airline capacity put downward pressure on freight rates, especially on the North Atlantic which has seen a 30% decline over the past three months, said CLIVE Data Services, part of Xeneta.
Global air cargo volumes fell again in June, down 8% year-on-year, added the industry analyst.
Demand in the general ...
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The Cargo iQ airfreight organisation has initiated a pilot study to enhance visibility in airfreight trucking with Emirates Airlines, logistics operator Jan de Rijk and software company CargoHub.
It will test new Cargo iQ road feeder services specifications, ensuring that message standards work in practice.
CargoHub is providing the collaborative decision making ...
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AD Ports Group has launched a joint venture with SEG, one of the largest oil and gas companies in Uzbekistan, to open new logistics and freight businesses. They will create a partnership for logistics and freight forwarding services including road, rail and air transport services, the development of inland ports ...
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HMRC says that it has stopped accepting registration requests from new importers from 5 July and they would need to register with CDS to make import declarations.
Earlier, HMRC said it was writing to more than 220,000 existing importers urging them to move to the new Customs Declaration Service, which is ...
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The European Commission has adopted a decision allowing member states to temporarily waive customs duties and VAT on the third country imports of food, blankets, tents, electric generators and other life-saving equipment destined for Ukrainians affected by the war. The measure will apply retroactively from 24 February and will be ...
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Vancouver International is to adopt Kale’s Airport Cargo Community System. A proof of concept will take place ahead of full implementation of the solution, which aims to streamline cargo flows and address truck congestion, which continue to affect many North American airports as cargo volumes swell.
Kale’s system will enable advance ...
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US-based Logistics Plus has purchased Ukrainian-based freight forwarding and logistics company Concord-Trans.
Located in Kyiv, with a second office in Odesa, the purchase includes nearly a dozen in-country logistics professionals specializing in road, sea, and air freight transportation, customs clearance capabilities, and project cargo management.
Logistics Plus chief operating officer Yuriy Ostapyak, ...
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Logistics UK has welcomed the government’s decision to accelerate security vetting checks for new recruits to the aviation industry.
Shortages of security-vetted staff have been blamed for recent delays to flights and aircraft handling at major UK airports.
Policy manager, Alexandra Herdman, said: “While safety and security must always be of paramount ...
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Do not forget to inform customs after making changes to ocean freight bookings, warns the International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC), after it handled a recent claim.In this instance, a Colombian-based agent was asked to amend a booking on behalf of the carrier. Originally, the booking was split over two bills ...
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