January 2017
ECS Group has been chosen by Finnair as its new General Sales and Services Agent in six leading Asian air cargo markets. These include Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Cambodia as well as extending the current main contract for Singapore.
This new contract will consolidate ECS Group global position as a leading cargo GSSA in Asia.
Finnair is the flag carrier of Finland, with its headquarters in Vantaa and its main hub at ...
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The Port of Virginia® set a new annual record for container cargo volume having handled more than 2.65 million TEUs, a 4.2% increase over last year’s total.
In 2016, import and export volumes were up 6% and 2.6%, respectively, over the prior year. The port saw increases in TEUs, rail ...
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Starting April 4, 2017, American Airlines will begin daily, nonstop widebody service between San Juan Luis Muñoz Marín Airport (SJU) and Philadelphia International Airport (PHL), home of American Airlines Cargo’s dedicated 25,000-sq. ft. pharmaceutical facility. The daily Airbus A330-200 widebody route will begin in April and will be in addition ...
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Volga-Dnepr Airlines is continuing to see an upturn in the movement of oil and gas cargoes, including its latest delivery of pump and vaporizer skids to Seoul, South Korea.
Operated on behalf of Air Charter Service France for its customer, Heppner Transport & Logistics, one of Volga-Dnepr’s An-124-100 freighters transported the ...
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SEKO Logistics is marking the end of its award-winning 40th anniversary year by finalizing plans to launch additional services and more global offices in 2017.
2016 has seen a growing level of recognition for SEKO’s logistics services and its in-house-developed customizable technology. This year it has earned industry acknowledgement for:
• Best ...
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Werner Enterprises is pleased to announce the enrollment of the 35,000th enrollee in its Professional Truck Driver Apprenticeship Program.
Penny Vigil, from Lancaster, California, is the 35,000th participant to enroll in Werner’s apprenticeship program. Currently, she runs freight from Los Angeles to Phoenix and back. Vigil graduated from Roadmaster Drivers School ...
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Averitt Express has released the results from its second annual State of The North American Supply Chain Survey. Nearly 2,200 shippers from a wide variety of industries throughout North America participated in the survey, which was conducted in late 2016.
The transportation and supply chain solutions provider asked participants a series ...
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SEKO Logistics’ ability to deliver money saving supply chain solutions for customers through its growing choice of global logistics services and in-house-development technology has earned it a place on Multichannel Merchant’s influential ‘Top 3PL’ list for 2017.
The list is created annually by the editors of Multichannel Merchant, which reaches key ...
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UPS announced on January 9 the purchase of Freightex, a U.K.-based asset-light provider of truckload, less-than-truckload, specialized and refrigerated over-the-road services. The acquisition immediately establishes UPS’s presence in the growing U.K. and European third-party logistics (3PL) over-the-road brokerage transportation market and launches a new global and regional UPS growth platform ...
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Effective Jan. 1, 2017, UPS changed its requirements for shipping lithium batteries by air. These changes support the company’s continuing efforts to ensure the safety of its employees while at the same time meeting the needs of its customers.
The change will require that all U.S. Air and international Air ...
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