Encouraging gains reported at Fraport’s airports in September
Air cargo volumes at airport operator Fraport’s facilities rose at all the company’s high-volume airports, except for Lima, which fell another 9.5 percent, year-over-year, on the back of Chile’s...
View ArticleDHL eCommerce opens Aussie fulfillment center
DHL eCommerce, a division of Deutsche Post DHL Group, launched a fulfillment center in Sydney to meet Australian domestic demand for overseas goods ordered by online shoppers. The new center allows...
View ArticleAir cargo market strength equals Expeditors’ weakness in 2Q17
Despite transporting near record volumes of both air and ocean freight during 2Q17, Expeditors International of Washington, Inc., reported a 6.6 percent year-over-year drop in net income for the...
View ArticleANC looking to add temperature-controlled cargo transit facility
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) is looking to add a climate-controlled storage facility to accommodate short-term, trans-Pacific transit cargo moving through ANC, according to an...
View ArticleMexico to halt construction of massive new airport
Following a controversial, four-day referendum, Mexican voters hastily elected to abandon a US $13.3 billion project that is currently underway to build a replacement airport for Mexico City...
View ArticleBridges Worldwide introduces new Mediterranean routes from Cologne
Today, British networks solutions provider Bridges Worldwide launched a new intra-European route linking Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) with Malta and Larnaca, Cyprus. The new route has five flights per...
View ArticleBDP International introduces ‘Smart Tracking’ through Amazon’s Alexa
In response to customers’ increased use of – some might say “unhealthy obsession with” – virtual assistant technologies, global logistics firm BDP International today began offering shipment tracking...
View ArticleNova Scotia invests in ‘Air Cargo Logistics Park’ at Halifax Stanfield
The new facility is intended to reduce an air cargo bottleneck currently at the airport by improving its access to the regional highway system, to Burnside Business Park in Halifax, and to cargo...
View ArticlePhiladelphia plans massive airfreight complex expansion with land purchase
Philadelphia aviation officials plan to gain a larger share of the estimated US$50 billion in airfreight activity generated in the region by massively expanding Philadelphia International Airport’s...
View ArticleDHL Supply Chain invests in automated technology to combat e-commerce challenges
If you haven’t heard yet, e-commerce is having a significant impact on supply chains worldwide, especially during the current peak-season ramp-up. According to DHL, automation, in the form of robotics,...
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