Panalpina acquires Colombian perishable specialist

Panalpina has extended its Perishables Network in South America through the acquisition of Colombian company CargoMaster and its Ecuadorian subsidiary, Laseair. CargoMaster is one of Latin America’s largest companies specialising in the airfreight export of perishables, primarily sending flowers to the US but also to Europe and Asia. It was founded in 1987 and employs […]

One million tonnes of airfreight for Panalpina

Panalpina has broken through the barrier of one million tonnes of airfreight for the first time in history though markets slowed later in the year. Airfreight volumes increased by 4% from 995,900 tonnes in 2017, which was a record year, to 1,038,678 tonnes in 2018, with tonnage increasing with every quarter. Gross profit per tonne […]

Panalpina extends Perishables Network to South Africa

Panalpina is extending its Perishables Network to South Africa by acquiring a majority stake in Skyservices, which has a presence in Johannesburg and Cape Town. Skyservices, which started operations in May 2000 and is fully owned by Bernd Julicher, Frik van Rooyen and Jaco van Zijverden runs a 2,000m2 warehouse inside OR Tambo International Airport […]

Panalpina acquires Newport Cargo of Argentina

Panalpina is continuing to extend its perishables network with the acquisition of Argentinian company, Newport Cargo, based in Buenos Aires. Newport Cargo was founded in 1978 and exports fish and berries to the US, where the company has a strong customer base and an office in Miami. Its headquarters are in the centre of Buenos […]

Panalpina adds long term partners to its Perishables Network

Panalpina has made three long-standing agents in Asia and the Americas full members of the company’s Perishables Network. The three companies who were nominated following years of cooperation and a thorough vetting process were Cropa of Guatemala and Honduras; MIT Cargo of Sri Lanka; and TML of Pakistan, who reached agreements during the Fruit Logistica […]