Rwandan President Paul Kagame launched the world’s first national drone delivery service during a ceremony in the country’s centrally located Muhanga District. Starting today, the Rwandan government will begin using drones to make up to 150 on-demand, emergency deliveries per day of life-saving blood to 21 transfusing facilities located in the western half of the country. The drones and delivery service are built and operated by Zipline, a California-based robotics company. While Rwanda’s … [Read more...] about Rawanda launches emergency drone delivery service with Zipline, UPS and others
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Belcorp and Kuehne + Nagel enter into supply chain management partnership
Belcorp, one of the global top 10 manufacturers of beauty and cosmetic products, has chosen Kuehne + Nagel as its preferred provider for intercontinental cargo flows and as its exclusive partner for end-to-end shipment order management. In scope of the contract, Kuehne + Nagel handles shipment order management, door-to-door visibility, monitoring, tracking and exception management for Belcorp through a team of integrated logistics experts in Bogotá, Colombia. The solution provided by … [Read more...] about Belcorp and Kuehne + Nagel enter into supply chain management partnership
SEKO Logistics earns place in Top 10 of 1,000 US e-retail vendors
SEKO Logistics’ unique combination of eCommece technology solutions and logistics services has earned it another top 10 ranking in Internet Retailers’ 2017 guide to Leading Vendors to the Top 1000 e-retailers in the US. For its 2017 report, Internet Retailer applied 41 metrics to 1,807 eCommerce applications and service providers offering solutions to North America’s Top 1000 e-retailers. Vendor rankings are based on their number of retail clients ranked in the Internet Retailer 2016 Top … [Read more...] about SEKO Logistics earns place in Top 10 of 1,000 US e-retail vendors
SEKO Logistics earns JOSCAR supply chain accreditation
SEKO Logistics has earned a place on the Joint Supply Chain Accreditation Register (JOSCAR), which enables companies in the Aerospace, Defence, Security & Space sectors to identify qualified suppliers. SEKO opened its UK Centre of Excellence for the Aviation & Aerospace and Defence sectors in May this year. ADS has formed a Governance group of buying organisations and representatives from the supplier community to work with Hellios Information, the third party service provider, to … [Read more...] about SEKO Logistics earns JOSCAR supply chain accreditation
DB Schenker hits the Belt and Road with new ASEAN overland products
DB Schenker, one of the leading global logistics service providers, has launched their integrated Asia Pacific overland services – DB SCHENKERroad to offer customers and markets, a seamless suite of domestic and international over-land transport solutions. Having been in the Asia Pacific market for over half a century, DB Schenker’s regional network of domestic and cross-border transportation hubs have developed extensive connectivity and depth. The consolidation of intricate country networks … [Read more...] about DB Schenker hits the Belt and Road with new ASEAN overland products
Payload Asia honours excellence in the air cargo supply chain
In the closely fought, highly coveted category of Overall Carrier of the Year at the 5th annual Payload Asia Awards 2016 held on 29 Oct, it was the Gulf carriers who walked away with top honours for both the Customer Choice Award which went to Qatar Airways Cargo and the Industry Choice Award which was awarded to Emirates SkyCargo. For Emirates this is a repeat performance in this category while Qatar Cargo took home the award for the first time at the Gala Awards Dinner held in Hong Kong for … [Read more...] about Payload Asia honours excellence in the air cargo supply chain