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  Asia Pacific

  Hong Kong nine press gov’t for urgent logistics relief

  03 April 2020 0

  Following the joint appeal by a formidable grouping of nine Hong Kong logistics organisations to the chief executive of the Hong Kong SAR Government last [...]

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  Industry Bodies

  TIACA puts key issues before ICAO COVID-19 council meet

  03 April 2020 0

  The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) restated the urgent need to provide immediate support to the air cargo sector during the ‘COVID-19 Technical Group’ International [...]

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  Carriers

  LATAM Airlines boosts cargo capacity to US, Europe up to 20%

  03 April 2020 0

  While slashing passenger operations by 95 per cent from 1 April, LATAM Airlines Group is boosting cargo capacity to the US by more than 15 [...]

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  Forwarders

  DAMCO launches Covid-19 Cargo Rescue Program in US

  03 April 2020 0

  DAMCO appoints a new head of Americas, as the freight forwarder launches a new Cargo Rescue Program in the US, with two service offerings to [...]

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  Europe & CIS

  DB Schenker keeping virus-stressed food supply chain moving

  03 April 2020 0

  DB Schenker, working on a short lead time, supports discount supermarket chain ALDI, in sourcing several hundred tonnes of pasta for more than 650 branches [...]

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  IT & Disruption

  ShipChain donates Petaflop of computer power in search of COVID-19 cure

  03 April 2020 0

  ShipChain, a blockchain-based logistics solutions provider, is donating up to one Petaflop of computing power – approximately one quadrillion calculations per second – to assist [...]

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  Asia Pacific

  China e-commerce giant JD.com donate medical supplies to UK

  03 April 2020 0

  Richard Liu, chairman and CEO of Nasdaq-listed, e-commerce giant JD.com, and his wife, Nancy Zhang, have donated medical supplies to the UK, which is struggling [...]

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  Forwarders

  Bolloré mobilises with new ‘health crisis unit’ for Covid-19 response

  03 April 2020 0

  Facing the Covid-19 outbreak spreading across Europe and the globe, Bolloré Logistics is mobilising to support the supply of pharmaceutical products and facemasks. A Health [...]

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  Airports

  Suparna Airlines begins maindeck service to BRU

  03 April 2020 0

  Brussels Airport (BRU) welcomes China’s Suparna Airlines to the BRUcargo family as the carrier’s B747F now flies to Belgium three times a week. Suparna flies [...]

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  Carriers

  Oman Air begins cargo-only flights for country’s COVID-19 fight

  03 April 2020 0

  Oman Air is operating flights between China and Oman for the Oman Ministry of Health, to bring medical supplies and other necessities to support the [...]

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  Aircraft Manufacturers

  Airbus, Bolloré, WFS race medical gear to France & Spain

  02 April 2020 0

  Airbus, Bolloré Logistics and WFS team up to race two million face masks to help protect Covid-19 health workers in France and Spain. Worldwide Flight [...]

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  By the Numbers

  Air cargo decline picks up speed, Asia offers some hope: CLIVE

  02 April 2020 0

  Covid-19 ‘raised its ugly head’ faster and faster in the air cargo industry in March as global cargo volumes fell by 23 per cent versus [...]

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  Carriers

  IATA figures reveal 15.5% February Asia-Pac cargo drop

  02 April 2020 0

  Asia-Pacific carriers were the most affected as COVID-19 impacts began to be felt in February with a seasonally-adjusted drop of 15.5 per cent compared to [...]

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  Africa

  Imperial, MEX join forces to leverage Turkish potential

  02 April 2020 0

  Imperial partners with Turkish freight forwarder M Ekspres (MEX), to create a new multi-modal freight management business housed within Imperial’s freight management capability, specialising in [...]

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  Carriers

  Emirates shifts freighters back to DXB, starts 30 cargo-only B777 routes

  01 April 2020 0

  Emirates SkyCargo has transferred its Dubai World Central (DWC) cargo operations back to Dubai International (DXB) to help cut costs and streamline operations as it [...]

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  Asia Pacific

  Taiwan’s Dimerco offers up new urgent shipment solution

  01 April 2020 0

  Taiwanese logistics company Dimerco is working to help prevent supply chain system from serious disruption with a new customised solution for urgent shipments. The company [...]