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Landair Unveils Guaranteed Value Acceleration Service

Third-party logistics provider Landair has developed Guaranteed Value Acceleration (GVA), a new service feature designed to give supply-chain managers greater confidence that outsourcing to a 3PL yields measurable financial, operations or customer-service improvements.

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Virgin Atlantic Cargo Acquires 'Green' Containers

Virgin Atlantic Cargo has taken delivery of 802 lightweight air-cargo containers.

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100 Great Supply Chain Partners 2014: A Handshake ... as Good as a Contract!

It's fair to say that some mouths dropped in some quarters when word got out that the vice president of supply chain for McDonald's in the UK said he had handshakes rather than formal contracts with key suppliers. In dispensing with the written word, the fast-food chain formed long-term relationships with its partners in food, packaging and distribution, and included them in planning – even helping to set prices and volumes. Said Warren Anderson, "We don’t have contracts, but we do have our very assured supply partnerships with our food and paper suppliers," he said. "A gentleman’s handshake is just as powerful here."

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Global Freight Forwarders 'Must Evolve' to Survive, Report Says

Declining in value by 3.3 percent from 2012, the freight forwarding market is facing major challenges as it fights to stay viable in a changing global environment. This is one of the main conclusions of the latest report from Transport Intelligence, Global Freight Forwarding 2014.

Government Extends Airfreight Screening Program for Another Year

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that it has extended the Air Cargo Advance Screening (ACAS) pilot program for an additional year.

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Cryoport Partners With DHL Unit for Cold Chain Offering

Cryoport Inc., a provider of cryogenic logistics services, is partnering with LifeConEx, part of DHL Global Forwarding.

Confidence in Airfreight, Ocean Cargo Markets Sees Slight Increase in June

The Stifel Logistics Confidence Index for July appears to mirror an uncertain economic environment. Since February of this year, the overall Index has increased one month and then declined the next reaching its high so far this year in May at 57.9. For the current month, the index is up 0.9 points over June to 56.1.

Continued Growth Predicted for World Airfreight Market

World scheduled airfreight traffic, measured in freight tonne kilometers, is expected to grow by 3.7 percent in 2014, according to the International Civil Aviation Organization.

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Drewry, WACO System Expand Collaboration in Airfreight Market

Independent specialist advisors Drewry and global forwarder network The WACO System have expanded their cooperation agreement to include exchanging and sharing market intelligence in the air cargo market.

Old Dominion Expands Services in Virginia, Oregon and Maine

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. has opened or expanded three facilities in recent weeks.

Air Cargo Is Moving, Just Not as Much in Air Cargo Freighters as Formerly

For the world's biggest maker of air freighters, the most formidable competition is coming from the bellies of its own passenger planes.

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TNT Express to Move Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services' Mission-critical Parts in Germany

Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services has awarded TNT Express the transportation contact to ship mission-critical aviation parts within Germany. As part of the deal, TNT Express collects the parts from Bombardier's warehouse in Groß-Gerau between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. and delivers them to LBAS aircraft maintenance engineers and mechanics in Berlin Schoenefeld Airport the next morning before 6 a.m.

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