Focke joins Lufthansa Cargo
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- Sunday, 19 December 2021
Lufthansa Cargo has appointed Dietmar Focke its new chief of operations and human resources officer, succeeding Harald Gloy, who is leaving the company.
Alvarez now a VP at FIATA
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- Sunday, 19 December 2021
Rolando Alvarez, president of Upcargo, Panama has been made a vice president on the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) Extended Board.
Maersk wins Unilever contract
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- Friday, 17 December 2021
Shipping major Maersk has signed a four-year contract with FMCG and food production giant Unilever to provide operational management of its global ocean and air freight transport.
Unilever needs supply chain cover for more than 190 countries.
'Unusual' Xmas demand curve this year
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- Friday, 17 December 2021
Forwarders say Covid Omicron will keep demand for rapid test kits from Asia high over the festive period, while Chinese New Year (CNY) may not result in widespread factory closures ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
Silk Way signs with WebCargo
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- Friday, 17 December 2021
Freighter operator the Baku-headquartered Silk Way West Airlines is putting its inventory on WebCargo, meaning the platform’s 10,000 users can make Europe bookings on Silk Way flights with real-time pricing from next month.
Hellmann confirms data breach
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- Friday, 17 December 2021
Hellman Worldwide Logistics has confirmed a December 9 cyber attack caused a data breach, though it has not yet ascertained "what type of data was extracted", nor has it disclosed the source of the attack.
SIA orders Airbus freighters
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- Friday, 17 December 2021
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has signed a Letter of Intent with Airbus to purchase seven A350F freighter aircraft, with options to order another five aircraft. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter of 2025, when SIA will become the first airline to operate this new generation widebody freighter aircraft.
GFI report shows trade trillions ‘missing’
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- Friday, 17 December 2021
A Global Financial Integrity (GFI) report, ‘Trade Related Illicit Financial Flows in 134 Developing Countries 2009-2018’, shows an estimated US$1.6 trillion appears to be ‘misinvoiced’ – with US$835 billion of it split between developing countries and advanced economies.
Drewry releases WCI weekly update
- Latest News
- Friday, 17 December 2021
Drewry has released its weekly World Container Index (WCI) for Thursday, 16 December 2021, an update on prevailing container freight rates across eight major container trade routes to/from the US, Europe and Asia.
Focke joins Lufthansa Cargo
- Latest News
- Sunday, 19 December 2021
Lufthansa Cargo has appointed Dietmar Focke its new chief of operations and human resources officer, succeeding Harald Gloy, who is leaving the company.
Alvarez now a VP at FIATA
- Latest News
- Sunday, 19 December 2021
Rolando Alvarez, president of Upcargo, Panama has been made a vice president on the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) Extended Board.
Maersk wins Unilever contract
- Latest News
- Friday, 17 December 2021
Shipping major Maersk has signed a four-year contract with FMCG and food production giant Unilever to provide operational management of its global ocean and air freight transport.
Unilever needs supply chain cover for more than 190 countries.
'Unusual' Xmas demand curve this year
- Latest News
- Friday, 17 December 2021
Forwarders say Covid Omicron will keep demand for rapid test kits from Asia high over the festive period, while Chinese New Year (CNY) may not result in widespread factory closures ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
Silk Way signs with WebCargo
- Latest News
- Friday, 17 December 2021
Freighter operator the Baku-headquartered Silk Way West Airlines is putting its inventory on WebCargo, meaning the platform’s 10,000 users can make Europe bookings on Silk Way flights with real-time pricing from next month.
Hellmann confirms data breach
- Latest News
- Friday, 17 December 2021
Hellman Worldwide Logistics has confirmed a December 9 cyber attack caused a data breach, though it has not yet ascertained "what type of data was extracted", nor has it disclosed the source of the attack.
SIA orders Airbus freighters
- Latest News
- Friday, 17 December 2021
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has signed a Letter of Intent with Airbus to purchase seven A350F freighter aircraft, with options to order another five aircraft. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter of 2025, when SIA will become the first airline to operate this new generation widebody freighter aircraft.
GFI report shows trade trillions ‘missing’
- Latest News
- Friday, 17 December 2021
A Global Financial Integrity (GFI) report, ‘Trade Related Illicit Financial Flows in 134 Developing Countries 2009-2018’, shows an estimated US$1.6 trillion appears to be ‘misinvoiced’ – with US$835 billion of it split between developing countries and advanced economies.
Drewry releases WCI weekly update
- Latest News
- Friday, 17 December 2021
Drewry has released its weekly World Container Index (WCI) for Thursday, 16 December 2021, an update on prevailing container freight rates across eight major container trade routes to/from the US, Europe and Asia.