FFAF opens in India
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- Thursday, 05 January 2023
Canadian freight forwarder FFAF Cargo, a division of Flying Fresh Air Freight, has launched a subsidiary in India - FFAF Logistics India - with Karthi Baskar as its managing director and ceo.
New Erbil cargo warehouse for dnata
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- Wednesday, 04 January 2023
Air and travel services provider dnata has begun construction of a US$14 million 20,000-square-metre cargo warehouse at Erbil International Airport (EBL) in Iraq.
Charity to feed cross-Channel truck drivers in UK
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- Wednesday, 04 January 2023
The UK government's Department for Transport (DfT) has signed a GBP200,000-a-year contract with RE:ACT, a disaster response charity established to help drivers stuck in lorry queues in Kent, England.
British International Freight Association names new director general
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- Wednesday, 04 January 2023
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has named Stephen Parker (pictured) as its new director general to succeed Robert Keen, who will be retiring from full time employment with the trade association in 2023.
At the end of 2022, Parker retired from his position as head of Customs UK at DHL Global Forwarding, and commenced his new role with BIFA from the start of the new year.
JD Logistics adds two routes
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- Tuesday, 03 January 2023
China's JD Logistics Airlines (formerly JD Airlines) has launched two new all-cargo routes, one from Beijing to Wuhu, Anhui province to Nantong, Jiangsu province and the other between Shenzhen, Guangdong province and Wuxi, Jiangsu province.
UPS overhauls US pricing
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- Sunday, 01 January 2023
UPS will keep charging US residential delivery surcharges beyond mid January and has swapped out 'peak' for 'demand' terminology when referring to surcharges for shippers that tender/ed more than 20,000 weekly residential parcels during any week after October 2021.
MSC to add Incheon-Indianapolis route
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- Thursday, 29 December 2022
Switzerland's new MSC Air Cargo - owned by global shipping firm Mediterranean Shipping Company - is to launch an Incheon-Indianapolis route next year to complement its established container shipping offers.
Amazon seeking new income streams
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- Monday, 26 December 2022
Amazon.com reportedly is trying to sell excess space on its cargo planes as on-line e-commerce demand slows.
Dachser takes control of Hungarian jvs
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- Monday, 26 December 2022
German logistics company Dachser has acquired the remaining 50 per cent of the shares in its Hungarian joint ventures Liegl & Dachser Szállítmányozási és Logisztikai Kft (transport and storage of industrial goods and food products) and Liegl & Dachser ASL Hungary Kft (air and sea freight). Previous co-owner Engelbert Liegl will continue to help shape the development of the Dachser Slovakia and Dachser Romania joint ventures as a shareholder.
