Global Logistics Provider of the Year (Industry Choice) X Factor Award (Customer Choice) What is the significance of this award to your company? “To be crowned the Global Logistics Provider of the Year for two consecutive years is a great honour for us. Th e award recognises Kerry Logistics’ outstanding achievements in development strategy, operational performance, customer service, product innovations and overall growth. We are also delighted to receive the fi rst ever X Factor Award … [Read more...] about Kerry Logistics
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Emirates SkyCargo inaugurates new terminal at DWC
Located in the Logistics District in Dubai South, the new terminal dubbed Emirates SkyCentral, is the home of SkyCargo’s fleet of 15 freighters and was necessitated by the shift of SkyCargo’s maindeck fleet out of increasingly congested Dubai International Airport (DXB) in May of last year to the new DWC airport. Th e new facility, currently handling 810,000 tonnes of cargo annually has the capacity – with added equipment – to handle 1 million tonnes before … [Read more...] about Emirates SkyCargo inaugurates new terminal at DWC
Payload Asia Awards 2015
On a hazy tropical evening in Singapore on 15 October, the global air cargo industry gathered at the Crowne Plaza Changi Airport for a spectacular gala dinner and awards ceremony honouring the best in the industry – not simply those who took home the top prizes, but each and every company nominated for their outstanding achievements. Emirates Sky Cargo and AirBridgeCargo Airlines – the first, a repeat winner and the second, a firsttime participant – both took away top awards as Overall … [Read more...] about Payload Asia Awards 2015
Special Edition
As I’m sure you all know, our annual Payload Asia Awards & Conference 2015 successfully concluded in mid-October. A very big thank you to all of the readers who took the time to nominate and vote on the awards and also to the industry judging panel – we appreciate it very much and we’re quite sure the winners feel even more so, judging from their comments. Th e Awards programme has truly come into its own now, as witnessed by the breadth and depth of entries this year, stretching around … [Read more...] about Special Edition
LG Electronics to offload stake in logistics arm
South Korean tech giant LG Electronics Inc. said on Thursday it will sell its full stake in in Hi Logistics Co to Pantos Logistics Co., another logistics firm under LG Group, for KRW 105.4 billion (US$93.1 million), Yonhap News Agency reported. LG International Corp., a trading arm of LG Group, took over Pantos Logistics in May 2015. Hi Logistics currently deals with LG Group’s land logistics needs, while Pantos Logistics is specialised in air and marine transportation. LG Electronics … [Read more...] about LG Electronics to offload stake in logistics arm
Ethiopian Cargo shifts from Brussels to Maastricht
Ethiopian Airlines (ET) has announced it will stop flying cargo into Brussels and will instead shift the 5-6 weekly cargo-flights, amounting to 40,000 to 50,000 tonnes, to Maastricht-Aachen Airport in the Netherlands. The Ethiopian cargo freight to and from Belgium consists mainly of flowers along with cargo for Starbroker, the in-house carrier of DHL Global Forwarding. Two of the flights will also stop at Dubai while a third flight will continue to Addis Ababa and twice a week ET Cargo will fly … [Read more...] about Ethiopian Cargo shifts from Brussels to Maastricht




