Australian property investor Goodman and Chinese forwarder LinkGlobal, have penned a new worldwide collaboration. The two have agreed to a work sharing model, in which Zhengzhou-based agent LinkGlobal, provides air cargo traffic to selected airports, while Goodman develops the ground infrastructure. The airports that both enterprises intend to use for the alliance, are Parchim Airport in Germany, Nanjing, Zhengzhou and Yinchuan in China and Lagos and Abuja in Nigeria. To begin the process, … [Read more...] about Goodman & LinkGlobal form strategic alliance

UFIS Airport Solutions (UFIS-AS) has played a key role in the opening of the new Rajiv Gandhi International airport at Shamsabad in Hyderabad. Th e new airport was officially inaugurated on March 14 and began commercial operations on 23 March. In partnership with Siemens Information Systems Limited (SISL) India, UFIS-AS has successfully delivered their airport system technologies. GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited (GHIAL), which was formed to design, finance, build, operate and … [Read more...] about Hyderabad's new airport selects UFIS

Global logistics player Kuehne + Nagel has announced a new contract to manage the distribution of food on behalf of Whitbread plc, the UK's largest hotel and restaurant group. Whitbread, which manages the number one brand in hotels, restaurants and coffee shops, including Premier Inn, Brewers Fayre, Beefeater, and Costa has taken the decision to fully outsource its food logistics activities to Kuehne + Nagel in a new fi ve-year contract. Th e operation, which is expected to handle over … [Read more...] about New food logistics contract for K&N

Singapore's continued development as a biomedical hub has led to signifi cant growth in the area of express and logistics services for the healthcare industry. Riding on the industry's growth, TNT Express has announced that its healthcare business has grown eight-fold in the past four years. The company, which currently dominates over 60 per cent of the outsourced R&D logistics for the life science industry, revealed that its healthcare business grew by 68 per cent in 2007, making it the … [Read more...] about TNT's bio-med biz growing in Singapore

Hamburg airport, which has so far kept a low profile on the air freight scene, is hoping to replicate the success of its seaport, which has grown over the past few years into a major gateway for trade with Asia. The airport, 51 per cent owned by the City of Hamburg and the remaining by Hochtief, Germany's major construction group, is now taking steps to build up its cargo network with Asia. As Northern Europe's leading seaport, Hamburg port has played a key role in Europe's trade with Asia … [Read more...] about EUROPE & CIS: Hamburg looks to develop air gateway