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World Courier expands in pharma
CONNECTICUT-based spe- WayneHeyland,CEOand
ciality courier service World presidentoftheWorldCourier
BRITISH AIRWAYS World Cargo flew 381 million cargo
Courier has opened two new groupofcompanies,observed:
tonne-km in September, 2.6 percent less than it did in the
clinical drug storage facilities “Giventherelativeisolationof
same month of last year.
in Melbourne and Johannes- bothlocations–aswellastheir
burg,“providingcost-effective inherent appeal – our local
EXPRESS-1 EXPEDITED Solutions of Michigan has
logistical access to two conti- depots offer a much-needed
acquired LRG International, a non-asset based forwarder
nents critical to the global and highly efficient cost-effi-
involved in both air and ocean cargo. Express-1 is active in
pharmaceutical industry”. cient ‘one-stop’ logistical
same-day transport and both domestic and international
Bothstationsoffertempera- alternative.”
freight forwarding.
ture-controlledsettingsforthe Andbecauseofthelocation
storage of drugs, diagnostic ofthefacilitiesandthetime-
KANSAS CITY International airport handled 6,350 tonnes
kitsandmedicaldevices. criticalnatureoftheproducts
of freight in August, down by 27.5 percent year-on-year. Air
WorldCourieralsoprovides withwhichtheydeal,aswell While road feeder services are‘Next-Flight-Out’andwe
mail was down by 27.1 percent over August 2008.
forthetransportofdrugsand as the care with which the are employed for domestic donotconsolidate.”
supplies to the depots from drugs and supplies must be deliveries from the two new AddingthatWorldCourier
THE ASSOCIATION of European Airlines (AEA) has
theircountryoforigin,inaddi- moved,aircargoisvitaltothe depots,HenningVoss,World uses a ‘preferred carrier’ sys-
reported that – at 2.577 billion – its member carriers flew
tiontotheimmediatedelivery World Courier effort at Mel- Courier director North Asia, tem,heconcluded:“Wedon’t
15.1 percent less freight tonne-km in August than in the
of drugs from the stations to bourneandJohannesburg,the commented: “We use air use integrators, they use our
same month of 2008.
in-countrycustomerlocations. companyconfirmed. freight, all of our shipments services.”
Arrivals & Departures
a73Global Aviation Holdings, end of the year. JAN VAN
parentcompanyofWorldAir- ANROOY,formerlythehead
ways and North American ofSwissport’scargoorganisa-
Airlines,hasappointed HEN- tion in Amsterdam, has left
DRIK FALK vicepresident– the company by mutual
cargosales,basedatthecom- agreement.
pany’s Atlanta headquarters.
a73
a73SANDRA MCDOW has
Logistics services provider beennamedtoheadthenew
AgilityEuropehasappointed Airgroup-SAT office opened
JOERG ROEHL (pictured) inSanAntonio,Texas,inorder
vice president business devel- to provide international and
opment.Reportingdirectlyto domestic freight forwarding
CEOEuropeBEAT SIMON, andlogisticsservices.
Roehl joined the company
from the Geis/SDV Group. AdelaideInternationalairport,
a73Australian logistics giant
a73
has been elected chairman of Toll Group has named PAT
Latvian national carrier the South Australian Freight KEARNS to manage the
airBaltic has elected VIGO Council. company’spresenceinJapan.
LEGZDINS chairman. He
was once a state secretary at a73BOB BERTELLER, head
a73Abu Dhabi-based Etihad
the country’s Ministry of ofcargoatSwissportFrance,is AirwayshasnamedMASAT-
Transportation. to leave the company in the SUGU ‘NICK’ NISHIYORI
a73
nextfewweeks;areplacement and JUAN TORRES tohead
JOHN McARDLE,gener- generalmanagerinthecoun- upthesalesteamatitsoffices
almanager,corporateaffairsat tryistobeappointedbythe inJapan.
Olympic names Aero and Globe as cargo GSSAs
NEWLY renamed Olympic Olympic will operate dou- Adrien Thominet, ECS
Air(ACW, 12 October, p2)has ble-daily flights to Athens director, commented: “The
appointed Aero Cargo as its from a number of European launch of Olympic Air is the
cargogeneralsalesandservices cities,includingParis,London, startofanexcitingnewerafor
agentinFranceandGlobeAir MilanandRome. theGreekmarket.”
Cargo as its cargo GSSA in ECS expects to generate He added: “Greece has
Italy, the UK, Romania and about50tonnesofcargoevery considerable business poten-
Bulgaria. month for Olympic from the tial,”notingthatECShas“the
Both Aero Cargo and efforts of Aero Cargo and sales network and track
Globe are members of the Globe – which will represent record that will be needed
Paris-based European Cargo theGreekcarrierinBucharest to maximise on this great
Services(ECS)grouping. andSofia. opportunity”.
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