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Schiphol airport has launched a scheme that links flower shipment information with airwaybill numbers through its Smart Cargo Mainport Program (SCMP) portal.
The scheme has been piloted by the Holland Flower Alliance Data Sharing Working Group, which piloted the scheme.
Data such as number of boxes, flower type, and number of flowers and stems in each box, is linked to Air Waybill numbers by the portal, which then generates a unique code ...
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Kuehne + Nagel has added a number of origin points to its KN Eurasia Express rail service, introduced six months ago, including northern China, Japan, South Korea and South-East Asia. Among the new points of origin is Changchun, an industrial metropolis in northern China, which now has weekly departures to ...
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Freight forwarder Kuehne + Nagel has launched KN BatteryChain, described as the first supply chain solution for lithium batteries, which increasingly being used to power road vehicles.
Large-format lithium batteries as used for electric vehicles require a high level of handling expertise to comply with international dangerous goods regulations and restrictions.
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International freight forwarder Panalpina could find itself the subject of a takeover bid, say two city analysts in a report. David Kerstens and Hamish Dalgarno – respectively, equity analyst and equity associate at investment banker Jefferies International – say that the Swiss-based company’s performance has been below par lately, which ...
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Kuehne + Nagel has opened a new site in the Colon Free Zone in Panama to carry out reception, storage and distribution for the Unicomer store group. The forwarder said the location, the second largest free trade zone in the world would also facilitate the access to new markets.
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Kuehne + Nagel has expanded its perishables logistics activities by acquiring US-based airfreight specialist CFI, Commodity Forwarders and Trillvane one of the largest perishables operators in Kenya, both for undisclosed suims.
The Swiss-based forwarder said the purchases would add more than 150,000 tons of perishables traffic a year.
CFI operates 14 locations ...
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Kuehne + Nagel held a ground-breaking ceremony for its new Pharma Hub Switzerland in Möhlin near Basel on 23 June. The 16,300sq m site will form part of the KN PharmaChain network, and will be used to manage approximately 46,000 pallet spaces in three different temperature zones
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Kuehne + Nagel says it has become the first forwarder to provide information on carbon emissions on seafreight invoices. It aims to help customers to improve the analysis, reporting and management of CO2 emissions caused by their transport chain. KN uses data from its online Global Seafreight Carbon Calculator (GSCC), ...
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Kuehne and Nagel has opened a dedicated European oil and gas hub at Aberdeen. The 11,000 square metre site has been fully operational since the end of March and will offer services such as supply chain solutions and on-site export packing while previously subcontracted services like container loading and the North Sea ...
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Kuehne + Nagel has extended a deal allowing Alibaba.com members in China to obtain airfreight quotations, book pickup and destination delivery services to include less-than-container-load shipping (LCL) services. The forwarder adds that it plans to further expand the scope of its agreement to include rail, overland and contract logistics services ...
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