Emirates SkyCargo keeps NZ connected
Emirates SkyCargo restarted cargo flights to New Zealand in early May with its passenger freighter aircraft, working with the New Zealand government as part of its International Airfreight Capacity Scheme (IAFC) to connect exporters in New Zealand with their international customers. Currently the air cargo carrier offers cargo capacity on six flights a week from […]
Freight Direct NZ joins UFO
Freight Direct NZ Limited has become a member of Universal Freight Organisation in New Zealand! The company have offices and a warehousing facility located in Auckland and offers a complete range of air, sea and road freight forwarding services, logistics, customs brokerage and warehousing. They are a registered member of CBAFF (Customs Brokers and Freight […]
Exports remain resilient but imports are suffering
As trade tensions show no signs of easing, demand is proving weak, Beau Paine, regional vice president cargo – Australia at Menzies Aviation tells Air Cargo Week. He says shipment numbers with air waybill numbers are consistent but tonnage is down on average 6.5% compared to last year. Exports are proving resilient, down 3% and […]
ECS Group welcomes Wexco to the family
Wexco, a major player in the Australasian GSSA market has joined ECS Group, strengthening its network in Asia Pacific. Founded in Australia in 1979 and extending into New Zealand in 2003, Wexco has a strong presence in the Australasian market, which ECS Group says was a crucial factor to make the acquisition. Bertrand Schmoll, chairman […]
Tigers gets Asendia Oceania off the ground
Tigers has been selected as the local logistics partner for the launch of Asendia Oceania and provide B2C and omnichannel fulfilment in Australia. The Hong Kong-based company has an extensive warehouse network across Australia in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney with a focus on B2C markets. Asendia, with its headquarters in Bern, Switzerland specialises in […]
Menzies Aviation renews contracts with Thai Cargo
Menzies Aviation has renewed its cargo handling contracts with Thai Cargo in Oceania at five airports across Australia and New Zealand. The five-year contract will see Menzies provide cargo handling services at Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth airports in Australia, and in Auckland, New Zealand. The Menzies teams will handle 40,000 tonnes of cargo per […]
Antonov earns a reputation on tour with Taylor Swift
Antonov Airlines transported stage and concert equipment for Taylor Swift’s Reputation Stadium Tour from Australia to New Zealand then onto Japan. Two Antonov AN-124-100s were used to ferry the singer’s light-show system and equipment from Brisbane to Auckland to Tokyo for the final leg of her global tour. Rock-It Cargo was the freight forwarder for […]
Pimenta to take over CEVA’s Australasian cluster
CEVA Logistics has appointed Milton Tadeau Pimenta as managing director for the Australia and New Zealand cluster, taking over from Carlos Velez Rodriguez. Pimenta, who is head of contract logistics in South America, will take up his new role in January 2019 and report directly to CEVA CEO, Xavier Urbain. He joined CEVA 17 years […]
WACO System appoints members in Australasia
The WACO System has expanded its presence in Australasia with the appointment of two new members representing Australia and New Zealand. Melbourne, Australia-based International Trade Management (ITM) and Auckland, New Zealand-headquartered Pengellys were both formally welcomed to the independent freight forwarder network at its Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) in Manila, the Philippines. WACO System executive […]
Rhenus Group starts operating in New Zealand
Rhenus Group has set up its own entity in New Zealand, with the first business site starting operations in Auckland today (20 August). The new company, Rhenus Logistics NZ will provide international and domestic logistics services as well as customs consultancy offering both 4PL and 5PL. Auckland, located on the North Island is home to […]
CORE Transport ships out 15,000th Bluetooth tracking tag
CORE Transport Technologies has shipped outs its 15,000th COREInsight Bluetooth Tracking tag for active deployment since its launch in October 2017. The tracking tag started as an idea in early 2016, and the patented container and pallet tags utilise Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons to actively track assets. CORE says compared to other tracking solutions […]
ACS makes sure dogs can still have their dinner
Air Charter Service (ACS) made sure dogs could still have their dinner after a computer virus almost caused supermarkets to run out of a popular brand. A freight forwarder contacted ACS having received a call from a major dog food manufacturer whose supply chain management system had been affected by the widely publicised ransonware attack […]
Air cargo hinges on perishables and e-commerce growth
Perishables and e-commerce remain key growth sectors for the Australasia trade as the demand for fresh produce, seafood and meat in Asia continue to drive volumes out of Australia and New Zealand, while inbound e-commerce continues its unabated growth, writes Donald Urquhart. For Australia’s dominant home carrier, Qantas, Asia remains key to its cargo growth. […]
Handlers must look for new ways to achieve cost savings
Carrier margins remain under relentless pressure and so they are in no position to stomach big increases in freight handling charges, writes Neil Madden. So ground handlers must constantly look for ways to achieve cost savings and other efficiencies. This was the backdrop to meeting between Menzies Aviation and Air Menzies International (AMI) management teams […]
Bristol Freighter returns home after 40 years in New Zealand
A historic Bristol Freighter has returned home to the UK for restoration following 40 years in storage in New Zealand. The Type 170, known as the Freighter, was built by the Bristol Aerospace Company, was transported by sea from New Zealand to Bristol, before travelling by road on 4 January with the help of Kings […]
Asia Pacific remains the perishables sector’s biggest growth market
The perishables sector shows clearly the new conventional wisdom – that China is mightily important – but also sketches out the considerable mileage still to tap. There can be no doubting the scale or the importance of the sector as bigger players in the market testify. “Perishables is a major cargo segment handled at Changi […]
Christchurch Airport welcoming freighters at start of key export season
Freighters have been arriving into Christchurch Airport – signalling the start of the key export season and also highlighting the valuable contribution local producers and exporters make to the local economy. Tasman Cargo Airlines National manager, Gerry Bray says the company’s Boeing 757 Freighter came into Christchurch last Sunday, bringing a variety of goods to the South […]
Logwin takes stakeholding in New Zealand firm SCI
Freight forwarder Logwin has invested a one third stake in New Zealand company Supply Chain International Ltd (SCI). The deal was made in October. SCI was established at the beginning of 2017 as a subsidiary of the Auckland-based Supply Chain Solutions (NZ)(SCS). The subsidiary is being managed by another stakeholder, Peter Furlong, who has 30 years experience […]
Chinese belly traffic boosts Brisbane’s cargo volumes
Belly traffic to and from China is driving cargo at Brisbane Airport (BNE) and more will follow as new services are operated, writes Justin Burns. In the first half of 2017, the gateway handled more than 54,000 tonnes, an 11 per cent uplift on the same period last year with 24 per cent growth in imports […]
Perishables traffic drives Christchurch Airport tonnage
Trade officials at Christchurch Airport in New Zealand are forecasting a strong peak season this year as tonnage continues to grow. The gateway handled more than 30,000 tonnes in the year ending 30 June 2017 – a five per cent rise on the previous 12 months, but in the last quarter tonnage was up 15 […]
ACL teams up with CORE to develop ULD tracking technology
ACL Airshop and CORE Transport Technologies have announced a strategic alliance for bringing Bluetooth-enabled logistics technology to the air cargo industry, by jointly providing automated tracking of unit load devices (ULDs). Both say predictive analytics and big data are just part of the new efficiencies the innovation can bring to carriers, who will also be […]
Yusen Logistics expands its services in New Zealand
Yusen Logistics (Australia) has started ocean and airfreight forwarding operations to and from New Zealand servicing its global network and partners. The forwarder says it initially commenced in late 2016 servicing business customers to and from Australia and now offers global coverage that includes logistics services across the entire supply chain. In March 2016, Yusen acquired […]
Drinks are on UPS as it expands alcohol shipping services across Asia
UPS can ship wine, beer and spirits to businesses and consumers to 10 destinations across Asia Pacific using its Express shipping services. This broadens the number of alcohol shipment destinations across UPS’s global network that permit the import of the three types of alcohol, and UPS can now serve 24 of the top 35 wine […]
Air Vanuatu chooses ACP as GSA for Australia and New Zealand
Air Vanuatu has picked ACP Worldwide as its exclusive cargo general sales agent in Australia and New Zealand, with effect from 1 July. ACP will provide resources to cover all sales, marketing, reservations, customer service and import functions for the national flag carrier of the Pacific Island nation. Air Vanuatu operates freight links around the […]
Emirates SkyCargo takes Team New Zealand’s boat to the skies
Emirates SkyCargo has transported ‘New Zealand Aotearoa’ – Emirates Team New Zealand’s race boat – from Auckland to Bermuda in advance of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup sailing competition starting in late May 2017. Emirates SkyCargo transported Emirates Team New Zealand’s race boat and all associated support equipment including the team’s chase boat. In order to […]
Air NZ joins Unisys CPS to help freight forwarders track and book
Air New Zealand has joined Unisys Cargo Portal Services (CPS) to allow current and prospective freight forwarding clients to book and track shipments online. Unisys says the online portal will enable freight forwarders to interact with multiple carriers via a single website to view availability, make bookings and track shipments, as well as other services […]
New forwarding offices opened by C.H. Robinson
C.H. Robinson has opened new offices in Asia and Canada and more after acquiring APC Logistics, which has extensive freight forwarding and customs brokerage services in the Oceania region. The US freight forwarder says the move has ensured shippers’ “needs are met and exceeded” by expanding its global footprint in key strategic global markets, and led to creation […]
Qatar Airways operates world’s longest flight to Auckland
Qatar Airways has extended its network with the first Doha – Auckland service, covering a distance of 14,535 kilometres in 17 hours 30 minutes – now the world’s longest flight. The daily Boeing 777 flight offers 116 tonnes of belly-hold capacity every week to support growing imports of raw, industrial and consumer materials into New […]
Honey and lambs drive American’s new NZ route
American Airlines Cargo is targeting more growth on its Auckland (AKL) to Los Angeles (LAX) service that was started six months ago. Since the route’s mid-year launch in 2016, the carrier says it has seen consistent, rapid expansion – a developing story it explains is perfectly illustrated by the short notice shipment of a world renowned […]
Velez Rodriguez to lead CEVA Australia & New Zealand cluster
Carlos Velez Rodriguez has joined CEVA Logistics from FM Logistic, taking over as managing director for the Australia & New Zealand cluster. Velez Rodriguez, who was born in Colombia and is an Australian citizen, will be based in Melbourne and will report to CEVA chief executive officer, Xavier Urbain. Urbain says: “I am delighted to […]
