Airfreight news – Page 32

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    Agility creates Super JV

    2016-06-30T00:00:00Z

    June 30 - Agility has formed a joint venture with South Africa based supply chain management and transportation specialist, Super Group.

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    K+N names airfreight head

    2016-06-06T00:00:00Z

    June 6 - Kuehne + Nagel International has appointed Yngve Ruud to its management board to assume responsibility for the company's airfreight business.

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    RiverOak continues Manston fight

    2016-06-06T00:00:00Z

    June 6 - RiverOak Investments has appointed a team of legal, aviation, planning, environmental impact and public affairs specialists to support its application for a development consent order (DCO) in relation to the UK's Manston Airport.

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    DHL names forwarding chief

    2016-05-18T00:00:00Z

    May 18 - The supervisory board of Deutsche Post has appointed Tim Scharwath to head up its DHL Global Forwarding, Freight division.

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    Panalpina grows as oil business slows

    2016-04-21T00:00:00Z

    April 21 - Panalpina posted an EBIT of CHF24 million (USD24.6 million) and a consolidated profit of CHF17.3 million (USD17.8 million) for the first quarter of 2016, despite the continued contraction of the global oil and gas business.

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    Agility strengthens in Colombia

    2016-04-07T00:00:00Z

    April 7 - Agility has expanded its operations in the Latin American market with the establishment of new offices in Bogota, Medellin and Cali in Colombia.

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    Emirates extends Cambodian coverage

    2016-04-06T00:00:00Z

    April 6 - Emirates SkyCargo has launched a weekly freighter service to Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

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    Agility prepares for challenges

    2016-03-29T00:00:00Z

    March 29 - Agility recorded a net profit of KWD53 million (USD175 million) in the 2015 financial year, a 5 percent increase compared with 2014.

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    ABC flies high in February

    2016-03-24T00:00:00Z

    March 24 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has recorded a 15 percent year-on-year growth in airfreight volumes in February, transporting over 37,000 tonnes across its global route network.

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    'Positive trend' at DB Schenker

    2016-03-17T00:00:00Z

    March 17 - DB Schenker's volume of European overland and airfreight consignments rose by 2.9 percent and 1.4 percent year-on-year respectively in 2015, while its ocean freight volumes fell 2.1 percent.

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    Air charter broker signs exclusive deal

    2016-03-10T00:00:00Z

    March 10 - Chapman Freeborn Airchartering and RUS Aviation have signed an exclusive cargo sales agreement, which aims to provide clients with airfreight solutions from Hong Kong to the Middle East and surrounding markets.

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    K+N profit up in 2015

    2016-03-03T00:00:00Z

    March 3 - Despite recording a 4.4 percent year-on-year drop in turnover for 2015 at CHF16.7 billion (USD16.72 billion), Kuehne + Nagel posted EBITDA of CHF1.04 billion (USD1.041 billion) - a 3.6 percent increase compared with 2014.

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    FSM expands in Caucasus

    2016-03-02T00:00:00Z

    March 2 - F.S. Mackenzie Group (FSM) has opened a new office Tbilisi, Georgia, which it says will act as a gateway for imports to the Caucasus region.

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    Panalpina results 'prove resilience'

    2016-03-01T00:00:00Z

    March 1 - Panalpina's gross profit for 2015 decreased 7.1 percent year-on-year to CHF1.47 billion (USD1.46 billion), while its EBIT was slightly up compared with 2014 at CHF117.2 million (USD117.1 million).

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    'Great year' for Atlas Air

    2016-02-19T00:00:00Z

    February 19 - Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings posted an adjusted net income of USD125.3 million for the 12 months ended December 31, 2015, compared with USD93.4 million in 2014.

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    BDP 'bullish' on Egypt

    2016-02-10T00:00:00Z

    February 10 - BDP International is to open an office in Cairo, Egypt this month, which will be overseen by country manager, Emad Tawfik.

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    Blue Water in chopper flight

    2016-02-04T00:00:00Z

    February 4 - Blue Water Shipping has transported an Airbus EC120 helicopter from Norway to Malaysia by air.

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    Pacific Forum in Polynesian merger

    2016-01-29T00:00:00Z

    January 29 - Polynesian Shipping Line (PSL), which is owned by Neptune Pacific Line, has concluded an agreement to merge with Pacific Forum Line (PFL) with effect from January 31, 2016.

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    Iranian JV launched

    2016-01-21T00:00:00Z

    January 21 - Following the easing of trade sanctions imposed on Iran, UK based Seafast Logistics and Iranian logistics provider Seven Seas Tehran have partnered up to create the joint venture, Iran Shipping & Logistics Limited (ISLL).

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    Jones steams into Röhlig

    2016-01-08T00:00:00Z

    January 8 - Röhlig Logistics has appointed Richard Jones as senior logistics advisor, to assist the German company in the development of its global multimodal services and project logistics activities.