Freight Forwarders
TAPA calls for more data sharing as cargo crime reaches 3-year high
Cargo crimes reported to TAPA’s IIS in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region reached a three-year high in Q1 2016, with an average of nearly five incidents every day culminating in millions of euros of losses for...... Read MoreDachser expands its Kolkata, India office
The Kolkata office provides air and sea import and export services, customs clearance and cross border shipments to and from Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh.... Read MoreCollaboration crucial if UK air cargo is to compete and grow
The air cargo community in the UK would be far better at influencing government aviation policy if it collaborated more closely said participants at an industry round table recently.... Read MoreBolloré takes aim at air and sea with Singapore to Bangkok road service
Bolloré says the competitively priced service is almost thrice as fast the traditional LCL, and very comparable to the airfreight door-to-door transit time, while at a reduced cost.... Read MoreUPS partners on Rwanda drone network for humanitarian delivery
UPS has awarded a US$800,000 grant to support the initial launch of an initiative in Rwanda to explore using drones to transform the way life-saving medicines like blood and vaccines are delivered across the world. ... Read MoreUK freight forwarding, logistics back Heathrow Commons Committee Report
The long-awaited final report from the Davies Commission concluded in July 2015, and outlined that Heathrow was the best option because of the economic benefits for the whole country, which included £147 billion (US$212 billion) in economic growth over...... Read MoreIATA pessimistic on cargo growth this year
Asia-Pacific carriers saw a 5.2 per cent drop in demand in March 2016 compared to the same month last year, in part exaggerated by the effects of last year’s US seaport disruption which fueled strong demand for the region’s...... Read MoreHealthy Q1 for UPS, Asia export growth offsets US softness
High demand from e-commerce shippers contributed to fast growth in business-to-consumer (B2C) deliveries this quarter in the domestic US market. ... Read MoreSPARX Logistics sets up shop in Ho Chi Minh City
Located in District 1, the nation’s financial centre and the city’s busiest, most fashion-friendly district, this wholly-owned SPARX office sits at the heart of Vietnam’s rapidly growing economy.... Read MoreFrankfurt aims to be Europe´s largest CEIV certified pharma hub
To date two companies in Frankfurt - the Perishable Center and Bolloré Logistics Germany - have successfully completed the IATA CEIV Pharma certification and another six are either already in the process or are starting the nine-month certification...... Read More