Salzburg-based Quehenberger Logistics and German drugstore chain, dm-drogerie markt, have expanding their joint operations with a new €10 million distribution center and warehouse in the Austrian city of Enns. The new 15,000-square-meter facility, which took nine months to build, includes three logistics halls to handle pharmaceuticals and other freight. The new property has an external[…]
Left to right: Alan Dorling, global head of pharmaceuticals and life sciences, IAG Cargo; Will Staddon, global product manager, IAG Cargo; and Dominic Hyde, managing director, Va-Q-tec Ltd. In its continuing quest for more valuable cool-chain business, IAG Cargo signed a global container rental agreement today with high-tech insulation provider, Va-Q-tec, for six climate-controlled containers[…]
As this year’s Airports Council International (ACI) North America/World Annual General Assembly, Conference and Exhibition commenced in Montreal, the trade association of the world’s airports, officially unveiled its World Airport Traffic Forecasts (WATF), which foresees modest air cargo traffic growth around 2.4 percent “on an annualized basis” through 2025. The report presented traffic projections at[…]
Seeking deeper relationships with air cargo firms in at least 10 Latin American nations, airfreight and express wholesaler Air Menzies International (AMI) has opened a new office in Miami, which will act as a gateway for transshipments between North and South America. AMI Miami, as the office will be known, will act as a liaison[…]
A week after IAG Cargo began offering service for ultra-time-sensitive cargo, DHL Global Forwarding (DHL-GF) has entered the highly sought-after emergency logistics market with its own product, called SameDay Speedline. The service will offer “best flight out” shipping and proactive monitoring, from origin to destination. DHL-GF, the forwarding arm of Deutsche Post DHL Group, said[…]
Earlier this week, the Southwark Crown Court imposed a US$84,000 fine against Amazon for a series of parcels containing “dangerous goods” that the e-commerce giant attempted to dispatch by air between January 2014 and June 2015. The packages, absent any labels declaring the potentially unsafe contents, contained aerosol deodorant and loose-packed lithium-ion batteries, which were[…]
