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New boss for AMI

Menzies Aviation has appointed Jonathan Clark as chief executive of its Air Menzies International (AMI) airfreight and express wholesaling subsidiary from January 2018. Clark was most recently at Cargolux Airlines, where he has served as Africa director since 2016. [+]

Crowley signs AMI deal

US-based Crowley Logistics has signed a deal with airfreight wholesaler Air Menzies International. The 400,000 cu ft CrowleyFresh facility near Miami International Airport will become the central consolidation point for AMI's Miami Gateway operation between the US, Latin America and the rest of the world and will allow it to ... [+]

AMI launches South Africa import option

Airfreight and express wholesaler AMI has launched, Click2ship Express Imports, an express import version of its existing South Africa export service. It provides online quotes and bookings for imports from anywhere in the world with prices that include collection at origin, export customs entries, freight, customs clearance on arrival and ... [+]

Imports made easy

Trade-only wholesaler AMI UK says its recently-launched online express imports service has already boosted traffic by 10% in its first three months, and is speeding up quotes and saving customers hours of research. The click2ship Express Imports service aims to make handling imports less labour-intensive and more profitable for couriers ... [+]

AMI : loyal supporter of Canadian football ladies

Airfreight and express wholesaler AMI took on a gruelling tour of Europe and Scandinavia when it supported the freight forwarder for the Canadian National Ladies’ Football Team. As well as arranging temporary customs clearance and collection of more than 40 bags and pieces of sports- and training equipment arriving in ... [+]

AMI hits 40

AMI – the world’s largest airfreight and express wholesaler – celebrates its 40th birthday this month. Originally launched as part of the Air Marketing International group in 1976, the company split away in 1978 under founder and managing director Tony Realff. Today the company owns operations in 27 locations. Sharon Wright, AMI’s ... [+]

Miami to be South America gateway for AMI

Airfreight and express wholesaler AMI plans to open up the South American market with a new office in Miami and a deal with the region’s premier wholesaler covering ten South American countries. AMI’s new strategic partner is Craft Group: a Brazil-based neutral ocean- and air freight wholesaler and NVOCC which ... [+]

Strong start for AMI’s on-line cargo portal

The UK arm of airfreight and express wholesaler AMI has launched a new on-line Quote&Book portal, modelled on AMI’s Express click2ship model, launched in 2010. AMI approved agent customers enter shipment details to obtain immediate quotes and prices can then be filtered using AMI’s consolidation or direct AWB service, as ... [+]

More despatch for AMI shipments

Airfreight wholesaler Air Menzies International (AMI) has signed a deal to use NetDespatch’s data management services. The first customer is Surrey same day and overnight international delivery specialist, Streetwise Couriers. The courier will no longer have to manually input customers’ orders into its system with AMI then having to re-input ... [+]

AMI promotes French to VP Africa

Trade-only airfreight and express wholesaler AMI has promoted its general manager South Africa, Milton French, to VP Africa, following the retirement of Mike Todd. Milton French has spent over 30 years in the freight industry, holding a variety of senior posts for leading forwarders including Mitchell Cotts, Micor Meadows Airfreight ... [+]

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