To say Leipzig/Halle Airport occupies a unique niche in the realm of global airports is no exaggeration. As a relatively ‘young’ airport – one of many that emerged in Eastern Europe in the years after the fall the ‘Iron Curtain’ in the early 1990’s – it offers many things that traditional air cargo hubs in Europe cannot. Most notably: Vast land space for expansion and 24/7 operations – no small feat in otherwise congested airport situations around … [Read more...] about Leipzig/Halle flourishes with mix of niche clients
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DHL Supply Chain unveils €90m Singapore facility
DHL Supply Chain has its unveiled its latest investment in Southeast Asia at a ground breaking ceremony at Singapore's Tampines LogisPark. The new DHL Supply Chain Advanced Regional Centre is an integrated build-to-suit (BTS) logistics warehouse facility worth more than €90 million. The total amount is a combined investment of approximately €23 million from DHL and over €70 million from Cache Logistics Trust, the appointed logistics real estate solutions provider. … [Read more...] about DHL Supply Chain unveils €90m Singapore facility
FedEx’s Smith warns on future of air cargo
Delivering a stark view of the future of the airport-to-airport segment of the air cargo industry which faces a difficult macroeconomic climate, “gnawing” competition from both ocean freight and the express sector, along with a crippling rise of protectionism around the globe, he warned that the future is “unlikely to be analogous to the industry’s ‘Golden Age’ of the 1990s and early 21st century.” “All of us may wish for a return of the … [Read more...] about FedEx’s Smith warns on future of air cargo
FedEx’s Smith warns on future of air cargo
Delivering a stark view of the future of the airport-to-airport segment of the air cargo industry which faces a difficult macroeconomic climate, “gnawing” competition from both ocean freight and the express sector, along with a crippling rise of protectionism around the globe, he warned that the future is “unlikely to be analogous to the industry’s ‘Golden Age’ of the 1990s and early 21st century.” “All of us may wish for a return of the … [Read more...] about FedEx’s Smith warns on future of air cargo
Blue Dart confident of its network and strategy
In an interview with Payload Asia, just prior to the awards, Anil Khanna, Blue Dart managing director noted that the current global slowdown has hit India worse than the major economic upheaval of 2008/09. “Even in 2008/09 when global GDP growth fell to almost 4.5 per cent, India still had over six per cent GDP growth, down from the 2007 figure of about seven per cent.” With India’s GDP growth now hovering at around five per cent “it’s the worst in a decade,” … [Read more...] about Blue Dart confident of its network and strategy
DHL Express first to tranship at Shanghai Pudong
DHL Express has become the first international express company to handle transhipment cargo at its US$175 Million DHL North Asia hub in Shanghai which it opened last year. The global express giant undertook its first transhipment operation on the evening of 21 November involving approximately eight tonnes of transhipment cargo. DHL is so far the only international express company given a permit to pilot the movement of transhipment cargo at the Shanghai Pudong Airport. A senior DHL … [Read more...] about DHL Express first to tranship at Shanghai Pudong