DHL and American Airlines Cargo have started offering joint training to educate pharmaceutical customers on how best to comply with the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Certified Cargo Screening Program (CCSP). The training includes discussion on the required process for becoming a Certified Cargo Screening Facility (CCSF). Facilities that volunteer to participate in the CCSP program will be able to tender cargo directly to a passenger air carrier or freight forwarder. … [Read more...] about Security training for pharma customers
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EUROPE & CIS: Cargo plane lands on frozen Estonian lake
A cargo plane with engine and landing gear problems made an emergency landing in March on the frozen surface of a lake outside the Estonian capital, authorities said. One of the six crew members suffered minor injuries and emergency workers were scrambling to empty the plane’s fuel tanks before it polluted the lake, which is the main source of drinking water for Tallinn’s 400,000 residents. The DHL-chartered Antonov AN26 turboprop aircraft, en route from Finland to … [Read more...] about EUROPE & CIS: Cargo plane lands on frozen Estonian lake
DHL Sri Lanka partners Colombo Fashion Week
DHL was appointed the official Fashion Logistics Partner of the Colombo Fashion Week, which ran the first week of February. With this partnership, DHL said it was seeking to encourage and promote commerce between regional designers and retailers and focuses on uplifting the fashion industry in Sri Lanka. The international fashion and textile industry represents one of the most important sectors for DHL. DHL estimates the Fashion and Apparel Logistics industry to be worth US$3.9 billion per … [Read more...] about DHL Sri Lanka partners Colombo Fashion Week
Paris-Vatry faces uncertain future
Paris-Vatry is facing an uncertain future after more than 10 years of failing to live up to its ambition of becoming a complementary gateway to the congested Paris Roissy-CDG for air freight traffic. Last year, Paris-Vatry lost its two biggest freight operators, DHL and Avient, leaving the airport’s state-ofthe- art facilities vastly underutilised. Africa-specialist, Avient, which brought in nearly 70 per cent of Paris-Vatry volumes, left suddenly and acrimoniously in September … [Read more...] about Paris-Vatry faces uncertain future
DHL introduces new SE Asia road service
DHL has offering a new bonded and non-bonded cross-border road freight services that include full, or less than truck load service options between Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. DHL’s cross-border road freight services include direct pick-up and delivery and other value-added services such as additional insurance, customs clearance and handling of import, export and transitdocumentation, the company said. DHL claims the scheduled crossborder road freight service could help … [Read more...] about DHL introduces new SE Asia road service
EU sends cartel complaint to 47 companies
Nippon Express, Ceva and Panalpina are among 47 companies and affiliates across Europe, the US and Asia that received an European Union complaint about alleged price-fixing in freight forwarding. The allegations concern freight-forwarding services from the US to outside the EU, from the EU to the US, from China to the EU and from Southern China/Hong Kong to the EU, the commission said in a statement in 2007. The probe began in October 2007 when the commission raided the offices of Kuehne … [Read more...] about EU sends cartel complaint to 47 companies
