FedEx Express has launched a new shipping solution in Singapore that allows guest shippers and one-time users to send single-package shipments with greater ease and flexibility. With the web-based platform FedEx Ship Manager Lite, shippers can drop off their parcels or packages at stations and world service centres in the city state and fulfill the paperwork, such as airway bills, shipping labels and invoices, through their smart phones and devices. The move comes as the accelerated growth … [Read more...] about FedEx Singapore rolls out new solution for single packages
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YCH: Pushing Asia’s supply chains to new frontiers
Technologies like AI, data analytics, IoT and blockchain are pushing the boundaries of what supply chain and logistics companies can do to significantly improve their operations. As supply chain management continues to increase in complexity, more industry players will depend on new technologies to better understand where their business stands. Singapore-based YCH Group knows its business and is putting innovation at the heart of its development and growth. Located at Supply Chain City, … [Read more...] about YCH: Pushing Asia’s supply chains to new frontiers
SIA raises $1.5b on A350, B787 leaseback deals
Singapore Airlines has completed sale-and-leaseback transactions for 11 widebody aircraft, comprising seven A350-900s and four B787-10s, raising S$2b or US$1.5b in the process. Arranging the leases are Aergo Capital with one apiece; Altavair for four A350-900s; EastMerchant/Crianza Aviation for one A350-9 and two B787-10s; and Muzinic and Co. Limited with one apiece. Also read: dnata earns IATA’s CEIV Fresh certification in Singapore The flag carrier has raised around S$15.4b in fresh … [Read more...] about SIA raises $1.5b on A350, B787 leaseback deals
Moderna to seek HSA approval for vaccine use in Singapore
American biotechnology company Moderna has asked the authorities in Singapore to approve the use of its Covid-19 vaccine in the city state and could arrive as early as this month if all goes well. Moderna chief executive Stephane Bancel told The Straits Times on 1 December the company is in talks with the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) in Singapore. Also read: Part 2: Are airports and ground handlers in APAC ready for a vaccine? Last month, health minister Gan Kim Yong said Singapore … [Read more...] about Moderna to seek HSA approval for vaccine use in Singapore
Part 2: Are airports and ground handlers in APAC ready for a vaccine?
Are airports and ground handlers in APAC ready for a vaccine? That was the question we tried to answer when we published part 1 of this Q&A series with Changi Airport. The airport says it has 12 companies that are CEIV certified, with UPS SCS (Singapore) and DSV Air & Sea Singapore joining the others to form Pharma@Changi. dnata meanwhile introduced cool dolly services at the air cargo hub to provide cold storage capabilities. This would mitigate the risk of temperature excursion … [Read more...] about Part 2: Are airports and ground handlers in APAC ready for a vaccine?
Changi Airport welcomes YTO Cargo’s Hangzhou-Singapore service
Chinese express carrier YTO Cargo Airlines will operate thrice weekly services between Singapore and Hangzhou for Alibaba’s e-commerce shipments with Cainiao Network starting 2 November, with the first of many arriving at Changi Airport earlier today at 1600 hrs. The direct airfreight route between Hangzhou and Singapore is expected to improve Cainiao’s global delivery within 72 hours in Southeast Asia, amidst a surge in cross-border e-commerce orders and year-end online shopping … [Read more...] about Changi Airport welcomes YTO Cargo’s Hangzhou-Singapore service
