ABC completes multi-modal pharma shipment trial with DHL
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has completed a multi-modal shipment trial for DHL Global Forwarding to deliver healthcare products from Moscow to Miami using an RKN active cargo container in accordance with Good Distribution Practice (GDP) cool chain standards. For the trial, ABC’s pharma logistics practitioners opted the abcPharma product using an Envirotainer RKN unit, replacing real […]
DHL Global Forwarding receives IATA CEIV at seven US airports
DHL Global Forwarding has certified seven of its airfreight stations in the USA to International Air Transport Association (IATA) Center of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) in Pharmaceutical Logistics standards. DHL began the certification process of its global stations to IATA CEIV Pharma standard in the third quarter of 2016. Following independent audits by third […]
DHL Global Forwarding launches new online quote and booking service
DHL Global Forwarding has launched its new Online Freight Quotation & Booking service to provide airfreight customers with simple, competitive quotes and e-bookings. The service creates quotes based on door-to-door all-in rates and transit information, and can provide immediate prices for general shipments up to 2,000 kilogrammes and offer two speeds of service through DHL’s […]
Advisory group and validation among projects for Pharma.Aero
Pharma.Aero is to focus on projects amongst its members to improve services including a shippers advisory group and a validation programme. The organisation was founded by Miami International Airport and Brussels Airport as a platform to foster strong collaboration amongst members including airport communities, pharma shippers and other pharma logistics stakeholders. Five projects are being […]
Deutsche Post DHL Group profits continue to rise in Q3
Deutsche Post DHL Group net profits have grown 3.7 per cent in the third quarter with the DHL Express division posting the strongest results. Consolidated net profits were €641 million ($743 million) in the third quarter and revenue grew by 5.6 per cent to €14.6 billion. Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) for the group […]
Atlas Air losses increase in Q3 despite volume and revenue growth
Atlas Air Worldwide has seen losses increase to $24.1 million in the third quarter despite significant growth in revenue and volumes. The losses are up from $7.9 million in the same period of 2016, though revenue rose from $448 million in 2016 to $535.7 million this year. Year to date profits were up from $13 […]
Pharma@Changi launched to improve pharma handling at Changi
Changi Airport Group (CAG) has formalised the Pharma@Changi initiative, a community of partners from the air cargo supply chain who will work towards strengthening Changi’s capabilities to handle pharmaceuticals. The partner companies who signed the memorandum of understanding are Bollore Logistics, CEVA Logistics Singapore, DHL Global Forwarding, dnata Singapore, Expeditors Singapore, Global Airfreight International, SATS, […]
DHL Global Forwarding opens station in Salt Lake City
DHL Global Forwarding is expanding its presence the US with the opening of a station in Salt Lake City to satisfy local customer demand for airfreight, ocean freight, customs brokerage, warehouse storage and domestic services. The capital of the state of Utah is home to thriving industries including technology, vitamin and supplements, diet-related products, probiotics, […]
Atlas Air places B747F with DHL Global Forwarding
Atlas Air Worldwide has announced the aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance (ACMI) placement of a Boeing 747-400 Freighter with DHL Global Forwarding. The 747-400F will be operated by Atlas Air, and fly on behalf of DHL Global Forwarding through an ACMI agreement. The new service will commence this month and serve routes between the US, […]
DHL starts flying seafood from Oslo to Seoul and Shanghai
Oslo Airport is continuing to gain new routes with DHL launching two flights a week to Seoul and Shanghai. The Boeing 747-400 Freighter service was launched on 8 September, and will operate on Tuesdays and Fridays. The hub serving the capital of Norway has seen cargo growth of 32 per cent this year, and has […]
DHL gains IATA CEIV approval for Frankfurt and Hamburg stations
DHL Global Forwarding’s stations in Frankfurt and Hamburg have gained IATA CEIV Pharma certification, following approval in Leipzig in April 2017. DHL started to certify its global stations according to International Air Transport Association (IATA) Center of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) in Pharmaceutical Logistics in the third quarter of 2016, with around 30 locations […]
E-commerce and express help DHL revenue grow 4.4% in Q2
Deutsche Post DHL Group revenue grew 4.4 per cent in the second quarter with double digit profit growth, helped by strong growth particularly for e-commerce and the express business. Second quarter revenue hit €14.8 billion ($17.4 billion) while net profit was up 11.3 per cent to €602 million. The Express sector registered the highest growth […]
DHL Global Forwarding names Diallo as Middle East and Africa CEO
DHL Global Forwarding has named Amadou Diallo as chief executive officer (CEO) for the Middle East and Africa region. Diallo has 20 years of experience in logistics including five years as CEO of DHL Freight from 2011 to 2016, followed by the role of executive vice president of Value-Added Services and Integrated Logistics at DHL […]
Qatar Airways flies oil and gas equipment to Brazil on charter flight
Qatar Airways Cargo transported over 80 tonnes of oil and energy equipment to Brazil on board its Boeing 777 Freighter for DHL Global Forwarding. The cargo was flown from Zhengzhou in China to Cabo Frio in Brazil, with technical stops at the airline’s hub in Doha, and Accra in Ghana. The collaboration was Qatar Airways’ […]
Cargo iQ appoints DHL Global Forwarding’s Henk Venema as chairman
The Cargo iQ Membership Board has named DHL Global Forwarding senior vice president and global head of network carrier management, Henk Venema as its new chairman. Venema, who has over 15 years of experience in air cargo, takes over from Max Sauberschwarz, vice president and global head of carrier and gateway air logistics at Kuehne + Nagel, […]
DHL Global Forwarding retains place as top forwarder for volumes
DHL Global Forwarding has retained its place as the top freight forwarder in terms of volumes in 2016, according to the latest Armstrong & Associates (A&A) Top 25 Global Forwarders List. A&A says that total airfreight volumes in 2016 across freight forwarders in the top 25 increased by 5.6 per cent on 2015 to 14.5 […]
IATA reports e-AWB penetration rate up 1.3% in April
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says the electronic air waybill (e-AWB) penetration rate was 50.7 per cent in April. This is still well below the 62 per cent target by December this year, but up 1.3 per cent on the previous month. IATA says the volume of e-AWBs was 730,762 in the month, which […]
Scharwath takes over as DHL Global Forwarding, Freight CEO
Tim Scharwath has joined the Deutsche Post DHL Group board of management as the chief executive officer (CEO) of DHL Global Forwarding, Freight. He previously headed up the airfreight business at Kuehne + Nagel International (K+N), and takes over from Group CEO, Frank Appel, who managed the function in the interim. Scharwath has over 20 […]
DHL Global Forwarding to keep the Norwegian seafood moving
DHL Global Forwarding is to accelerate the supply chain for the North Norwegian seafood industry by shipping live crabs and seafood from the Lakselv Airport Banak in Northern Norway to Asia and Northern America. On dedicated weekly flights, DHL will transport fresh seafood to the DHL terminal in Oslo, from where the freight is sent to South […]
Heathrow launches cargo consolidation app to reduce emissions
Heathrow Airport is inviting trucking companies and freight forwarders to reduce emissions by using its new load consolidation app, part of Heathrow CargoCloud. Cargo operators will be able to consolidate freight loads coming in and out of Heathrow, with the aim of not only improving efficiency but also reducing the number of trucks and emissions […]
DHL Global Forwarding gains IATA CEIV Pharma in Shanghai
DHL Global Forwarding’s airfreight station in Shanghai has been IATA CEIV Pharma certified, the first freight forwarder to receive certification in Asia. The air and ocean freight specialist within Deutsche Post DHL Group started certifying global stations to International Air Transport Association Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (IATA CEIV) in the […]
CEIV Pharma for DHL Global Forwarding in Dublin
DHL Global Forwarding has been certified at International Air Transport Association (IATA) CEIV Pharma at its airfreight station in Dublin. The certification attests the highest service and quality standards for life sciences and healthcare customers through uniform processes and a compliant network. DHL Global Forwarding global head of DHL Temperature Management Solutions and CEO LifeConEx, David Bang […]
DHL Global Forwarding gains IATA CEIV at Leipzig hub
DHL Global Forwarding has gained IATA Center of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) Pharma certification at Leipzig Halle Airport. It started certifying stations in the third quarter of 2016 and the DHL Air Thermonet station in Leipzig received the label following independent third party audits and staff training. The Leipzig station consists of 2,760 square […]
DHL gains IATA CEIV in Bogota, 7 US stations to follow by Q2 2017
DHL Global Forwarding is to certify seven of its 11 US stations by the end of the second quarter of 2017 to IATA CEIV Pharma standards following certification in Bogota, Colombia. The air and ocean freight specialist is to certify its Atlanta, Chicago, Cincinnati, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia and San Juan to International Air Transport […]
CargoLogicAir sends extra crew to speed up adsorbent delivery
CargoLogicAir sped up the delivery of 96 tonnes of adsorbents to Saudi Arabia to improve process economics at industrial gas plants by sending extra aircrew to Rome to avoid delays due to crew rest. The airline was contracted by DHL Global Forwarding’s charter desk to operate a Boeing 747 Freighter flight from Leonardo da Vinci Fiumicino […]
AirBridgeCargo 747 charter demand grows 47%
AirBridgeCargo (ABC) Airlines saw Boeing 747 Freighter charter demand grow 47 per cent in 2016, in addition to continued growth of scheduled operations. Its latest flights were on behalf of DHL Global Forwarding for Evatec, a producer of thin film coating solutions used in wireless communications, advanced packaging, MEMS, optoelectronics, high precision optics and power […]
Revenue falls, but earnings and operating profit up at DHL
In the 2016 financial year – Deutsche Post DHL Group posted record earnings and operating profit climbed by 45 per cent, but revenue fell. The Group’s revenue fell by 3.2 per cent year-on-year (YOY) in 2016 to €57.3 billion, but earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) reached €3.5 billion, up 44.8 per cent over the prior-year figure, while […]
ECS appoints Bittner as new MD of Globe Air Cargo
ECS Group has announced the appointment of Martin Bittner as its new managing director (MD) of Globe Air Cargo, Germany. Bittner assumed the role on 1 January, taking over the helm from Mark Grinsted who will retire after serving 14 years with the group. Grinsted will hang his boots up on 31 March shortly before […]
DHL Global Forwarding makes key appointments in Asia
DHL Global Forwarding has appointed Mark Slade (pictured above) as managing director for Hong Kong and Macau. The forwarding arm of Deutsche Post DHL has also named Charles Kaufmann as managing director of its Japan operations. He will do this in addition to his roles as chief executive officer of North Asia and head of value added services […]
e-AWB penetration rate some way off IATA’s target
The electronic air waybill (e-AWB) penetration rate for October was 44.7 per cent – still some way of the 2016 year-end target of 56 per cent set by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Next year’s target penetration rate also looks like a tough one to hit, as IATA’s head of cargo, Glyn Hughes (pictured […]
