Yusen targets intra-Asian e-commerce with Hong Kong cool center

Japan-based Yusen Logistics recently opened a new temperature-controlled facility at the Tsuen Wan Logistics Center in Hong Kong – a move aimed at satisfying the region’s growing demand for e-commerce-fueled food imports from Japan and Europe.  Yusen’s new chilled facility is symbolic of the changing commodity flows moving through Asia. The new 17,000-square-meter center located[…]

Panalpina earns its first CEIV-pharma cert at Brussels

Continuing a long string of supply-chain stakeholders that have concentrated on improving their pharmaceutical handling operations at Brussels Airport, Panalpina’s facility has earned its Center of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) certification for pharma traffic. The achievement represents the first Panalpina station to earn a cert via the IATA’s much-sought-after CEIV validation process. “Unlike the[…]

Atlas Air calls pilots’ union mediation request ‘premature’

One day after unions representing pilots who fly DHL routes for Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (AAWW) requested mediation support by the National Mediation Board (NMB), Atlas Air responded, saying the mediation request was “premature,” and added that the union has no right to strike under the latest Joint Collective Bargaining Agreement. “The negotiation process[…]

IATA: Air cargo CFOs remain confident in 2016

Now that the first quarter of fiscal 2016 now in the past, results are in from IATA’s most recent airline business confidence survey, and gauging from the responses of airline CFOs and cargo heads surveyed – their outlook is bullish for the remainder of the year, despite a perceived weak first quarter. IATA’s survey takes[…]

Pilots’ unions to enter mediation with Atlas Air Worldwide

Unions representing pilots that fly for DHL-contracted carriers Atlas Air, Inc. and Polar Air Cargo have requested to begin mediation with Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (AAWW) via the National Mediation Board (NMB), stating that Atlas Air has “refused to engage in any further legally-mandated negotiations.” AAWW said they have strongly objected to such negotiations.[…]