Taiwan has passed a law to allow the country’s freight forwarders to operate multi-country consolidation, which could see the amount of cargo through Taiwan increase by 600,000 tonnes and made the country a logistics hub for Europe, America and Southeast Asia. In the past, local forwarders could only consolidate goods from various cargo containers according to their destination in a foreign country. The draft would allow the forwarders to carry out the consolidation and transshipment … [Read more...] about Taipei permits forwarders to consolidate multi-country cargo
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CEB’s cargo revenues up by 15.7% in 1H 2014
Philippine carrier Cebu Pacific reported its net income for the first half of 2014 at PHP 3 billion (US$68.4 million), an increase from Php 257 million for the same period last year. Its Q2 2014 total revenues increased 33.7 per cent YoY to Php 14.95 billion. Cargo revenues posted an increase of 15.7 per cent as CEB carried 37 million of kilos of cargo, an increase of 17.7 per cent for the same period last year. Ancillary revenues grew 27.4 per cent to P2.2 billion driven by 6.4 … [Read more...] about CEB’s cargo revenues up by 15.7% in 1H 2014
CEB’s cargo revenues up by 15.7% in 1H 2014
Philippine carrier Cebu Pacific reported its net income for the first half of 2014 at PHP 3 billion (US$68.4 million), an increase from Php 257 million for the same period last year. Its Q2 2014 total revenues increased 33.7 per cent YoY to Php 14.95 billion. Cargo revenues posted an increase of 15.7 per cent as CEB carried 37 million of kilos of cargo, an increase of 17.7 per cent for the same period last year. Ancillary revenues grew 27.4 per cent to P2.2 billion driven by 6.4 … [Read more...] about CEB’s cargo revenues up by 15.7% in 1H 2014
AfriAg reports ‘excellent’ airfreight performance
A total of approximately 650,000 kg of perishable produce was air freighted by AfriAg SA—AfriAg's 40 per cent South African owned agri-logistics unit—for the first six-month period of 2014 from 1 January to 30 June, in what is typically the quietest half of the year for perishable airfreight. And it says the second half has commenced well with approximately 151,000 kg of perishables airfreighted for the month of July, being 247 per cent over July 2013 numbers. (Source: … [Read more...] about AfriAg reports ‘excellent’ airfreight performance
Lufthansa Cargo starts new freighter flights to Lagos
Lufthansa Cargo is integrating Lagos into its own network through twice-weekly freighter flights. From 15 September, a Lufthansa Cargo MD-11 freighter will take off from Frankfurt for the Nigerian city every Monday and Thursday. Lagos is an important destination for the oil and gas industry. Urgently required spare parts and equipment for oil production facilities can now be transported even faster to Nigeria, and with greater flexibility. A total of 170 tonnes of capacity will be … [Read more...] about Lufthansa Cargo starts new freighter flights to Lagos
AfriAg reports 'excellent' airfreight performance
A total of approximately 650,000 kg of perishable produce was air freighted by AfriAg SA—AfriAg's 40 per cent South African owned agri-logistics unit—for the first six-month period of 2014 from 1 January to 30 June, in what is typically the quietest half of the year for perishable airfreight. And it says the second half has commenced well with approximately 151,000 kg of perishables airfreighted for the month of July, being 247 per cent over July 2013 numbers. (Source: … [Read more...] about AfriAg reports 'excellent' airfreight performance
