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Kuehne+Nagel will appoint Marcus Claesson to its Management Board as Chief Information Officer from 1 September. He succeeds Martin Kolbe, who is retiring after 20 years. Claesson, a Swedish national, brings over 25 years of experience in international IT leadership roles including spells at Daimler Truck and Electrolux.
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Swiss forwarding and logistics company Kuehne+Nagel is partnering with aerospace firm Natilus to develop a blended-wing-body freighter aircraft.
The San Diego-based company says that the design could reduce fuel consumption by 30% and increase payload by 40%.
The companies will assess how blended-wing-body aircraft will operate within existing fleets and reduce carbon ...
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Freight forwarder Kuehne+Nagel has signed a partnership with the Cargo.one platform to connect to dozens more airlines and general sales agents across the globe.
Cargo.one's API Suite will enhance the forwarder’s proprietary air freight booking platform, CB Air, leveraging Cargo.one's airline network and real-time connectivity. This partnership complements Kuehne+Nagel's direct airline ...
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Kuehne+Nagel UAE has opened a custom-designed hub for Rolls-Royce aircraft engines in Dubai serving the whole Middle East.
The aircraft engine manufacturer has distribution centres in the UK, US and the Netherlands, and the UAE centre is in preparation for the opening of the new Al Maktoum Airport in Dubai and ...
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Kuehne+Nagel has officially opened its largest ever logistics hub, distribution centre for sport shoe company Adidas in Mantova, Northern Italy. It will service 19 countries in Southern and Eastern Europe. The 130,000sq m area is equipped with 20km of conveyor belts and a shuttle system handling 25 storage lanes with ...
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Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP Cargo) has chosen SkyCell as its preferred partner to enhance unit load device (ULD) tracking capabilities across its fleet.
It will give real-time visibility into ULD operations for pharmaceutical transport, using SkyMind’s advanced technology, including sophisticated readers and tags.
At the same time, freight forwarder Kuehne+Nagel, ...
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Freight forwarder Kuehne + Nagel loaded four tonnes of Scottish salmon on board Virgin Atlantic's Flight 100 from Heathrow to New York on 28 November, the first operated by a commercial airline to operate on 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
The cargo, from sustainable producer Bakkafrost, was non-revenue but K+N, one ...
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Emirates SkyCargo capacity is now available on Kuehne+Nagel’s internal booking engine, the first time the carrier has made its services available via a freight forwarder’s own portal. It streamlines the booking process for Kuehne+Nagel agents, providing access to the airline’s schedules, rates and available capacity in real-time. The facility has ...
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Kuehne+Nagel operated its first charter cargo flight into Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Alabama, from Stuttgart, Germany on 2 April. The weekly 747-8F flight is aimed at the automotive, aviation, and pharmaceutical industries and others that are experiencing congestion at major hub airports.
It follows the signing of a partnership between the ...
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Kuehne+Nagel’s Apex Logistics International will have the honour of putting the very last Boeing 747 into service.
The 747-8 freighter will be operated under a long-term charter agreement with Atlas Air, supporting customers on the volatile Transpacific trade lanes.
After a half-century production run, the last jumbo jet, christened Empower, was presented ...
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