All Airfreight articles – Page 49

  • News

    Amsterdam is flying high for Bellville Rodair

    2010-01-12T00:00:00Z

    January 12 - Whilst 2009 ranks as one of the most difficult on record for the freight industry, Bellville Rodair International (BRI) says that its Amsterdam office achieved a record 91 percent increase in revenue and 118 percent increase in gross profit,

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    BaltShip opens for business in China

    2010-01-07T00:00:00Z

    January 7 - Danish-based and owned BaltShip A/S, has created Baltship (China) Co Ltd, headquartered in Beijing, strengthening its presence in one of the most important markets for project cargoes in the world, reports Claus Holk Poulsen, director Internat

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    Project cargo forwarding requires new solutions for air lift

    2009-12-10T00:00:00Z

    December 10 - Project cargo forwarding has been on a roll in the last few years, but for those forwarders that rely on air freight movements, there are a number of challenges on the horizon that may very well impact on their business model within the next

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    Panalpina blows hot with oil and gas industry wins

    2009-11-13T00:00:00Z

    November 13 - According to a statement from Panalpina, Weatherford and Halliburton, two major global players in the oil and gas sector and long-time Panalpina customers have awarded significant new pieces of business to the global forwarding and logistics

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    Toll completes hat-trick of 2009 acquisitions

    2009-11-09T00:00:00Z

    November 9 - Australian-based Toll Group has acquired Logistic Distribution Systems (LDS), one of the leading privately-owned international freight forwarding companies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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    Volga-Dnepr Airlines wins BACA award

    2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

    November 4 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines has been voted 'Best Cargo Charter Airline of the Year 2009' by the Baltic Air Charter Association (BACA).

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    Forwarders see volumes up, but profits down

    2009-10-28T00:00:00Z

    October 28 - Two of the world's largest transport and logistics companies, both with a significant presence in the movement of heavy and OOG project cargoes have reported significant increases in transport volumes in the third quarter of 2009 compared to

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    Panalpina and Atlas Air remain in the land of Dixie

    2009-10-26T00:00:00Z

    October 26 - The global forwarding and logistics group Panalpina and its long-time airline partner Atlas Air have renewed their cooperation agreement.

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    M&M completes Central Asian coverage following Tajikistan opening

    2009-09-15T00:00:00Z

    September 15 - Swiss project forwarder M&M Militzer & M

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    World record set by Frankfurt-Hahn Airport

    2009-09-14T00:00:00Z

    August 14 - Frankfurt-Hahn airport has claimed aviation history by loading the heaviest single cargo item seen via air freight.

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    Kuebler's role in world record air freight uplift

    2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

    September 1 - Spedition Kuebler, a member of the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) network, helped Frankfurt-Hahn airport claim aviation history by dispatching the heaviest single cargo item seen via airfreight.

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    Heavy lift bonus for Panalpina

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    August 28 - High and heavy activities are not a core activity for global forwarder Panalpina's airfreight arm but at present the sector is proving a lifeline in the current economic misery faced by the global freight forwarding industry.

  • News

    Unlucky 13 for falling airfreight demand

    2009-08-06T00:00:00Z

    August 6 - Maindeck and bellyhold project airfreight suffered a double-digit fall year-on-year in June as the global economic crisis continues to hurt high and heavy project activity.

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    Co-hosted conferences for high and heavy operators

    2009-07-31T00:00:00Z

    July 31 - Two key co-hosted freight industry conferences with great relevance to high and heavy project operations are to be held at the World Trade Centre, Barcelona at the end of October.

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    Russia to resume production of world's largest airplane

    2009-07-23T00:00:00Z

    July 23 - Reports in the Russian media suggest that production of the Antonov An-124, the largest commercial aircraft to be mass-produced, could be about to recommence.

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    Kuehne + Nagel doesn't expect market recovery just yet

    2009-07-20T00:00:00Z

    July 20 - Kuehne + Nagel says that its half-year results confirm the Group's dual strategy of counteracting the economic crisis through strict cost management and a commitment to market share expansion.

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    Record breaker for Lufthansa Cargo Charter

    2009-07-13T00:00:00Z

    July 13 - Working with Geodis Wilson and Jade Cargo International, Lufthansa Cargo Charter has airfreighted an intermediate shaft weighing 45 tonnes and measuring nine metres in length and two metres in height and breadth from Helsinki to Seoul.

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    New Geodis Wilson MD in Spain targets heavy lift

    2009-07-02T00:00:00Z

    July 2 - Alain Reich, recently appointed managing director of Geodis Wilson Spain is keen to develop the company's role in the project forwarding sector in Spain.

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    Idled ships return to service

    2009-04-23T00:00:00Z

    April 23 - After AXS-Alphaliner reported a decrease in idled container ship capacity during the first half of April, the first dip in six months, experts are predicting a surge of overcapacity by the end of the year as seasonal cargo volume increases.

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    Cargo buoys Air Partner sales in first half

    2009-04-22T00:00:00Z

    April 22 - Air Partner, a major provider of charter aircraft, reported only a slight drop in turnover in the first half (ending on January 31st 2009) of its 2008/2009 fiscal year, despite the global economic crisis.