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Up to now deliveries into space have been solely a subject for FBJ’s cartoonist, but Deutsche Post DHL Group really is planning to become the first logistics company to make deliveries to the Moon. The German-owned delivery giant,


together with Airbus’s


Defence and Space arm, has gone into partnership with Astrobotic Technology, which describes itself


as “a lunar logistics company that delivers payloads to the Moon for companies, governments, universities and individuals.” Airbus will be developing


the lunar lander powered by next generation space engine technology. To bring things down to earth,


somewhat, DHL will not be firing its own rockets into space; it will


Emirates brings wildlife message to Heathrow’s doorstep


instead provide logistics services for Astrobotic’s spacecraſt and its customer payloads, making sure that all materials for the new lunar lander as well as the ‘space freight’ arrive safely in time for their journey to the Moon. Arjan


Sissing, senior vice


president, global brand marketing, Deutsche Post DHL Group, declares: “We are excited to be


terminals. The animal-themed logo is already carried by four of the airline’s full-sized A380s. The alliance includes seven


of the world’s most influential conservation organisations and The Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry. Seen by over a million


international travelers a year, the mini-super-jumbo (if you can get your head round such a concept) is one of


the largest


Issue 5 2016 - Freight Business Journal Hitching a ride on a rocket to the Moon


embarking upon this incredible venture into the next era of logistics - beyond Earth and to the Moon. Having played a pioneering role in logistics for many years, we are looking forward to partnering with Astrobotic to open a new frontier in space, and to further developing lunar logistics in the future.”


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aircraſt


models in the world, weighing over 45 tonnes, and is actually the same size as a real Boeing 737. For many years, the spot


Emirates has extended its


mission to support the United for Wildlife alliance to a familiar Heathrow landmark – the


1/3 scale model of the A380 aircraſt that sits on the traffic roundabout at the entrance to the tunnels leading to the main


Bringing home the bacon


Colchester-based SLi doesn’t usually carry livestock but the forwarding and logistics firm is


managing the movement of 40 sculptures for Suffolk’s largest ever mass-participation public


was known as the Concord Roundabout as it was occupied by a similar scale model of the British Airways supersonic icon, but this had to be removed aſter the accountants


grounded its


full-sized siblings for the last time.


art trail, Pigs Gone Wild, in and around Ipswich. The


event,


created by Elizabeth Hospice and Wild in Art, runs from 27 June to 2 September with local businesses sponsoring the 1.5-tonne ‘creatures’. Trail hunters will be able to collect points with a Pigs Gone Wild app while they try and see as many sculptures as possible including Ed Sheer-ham


or


Major Tim Pig to win prizes. At the end of the ten weeks, the pigs will be auctioned off to raise money for St Elizabeth Hospice.


It was otter bliss for a group of sea creatures flying first class courtesy of FedEx. A group of Pacific sea otters travelled from Alaska to France in mid-June to a new home at the Océanopolis discovery park in Brest. Complete with an ice litter and snacks of capelin, squid and clams, they lived it up on board a FedEx MD11 freighter all the way from the SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska to the park via the express carrier’s hubs in Memphis and Paris.


Final leg of the journey for the Flippin’ ‘eck, this is the life!


flippered VIPs was on an ASL Switzerland ATR-42 aircraſt and then an Océanopolis truck. It was a new start for the young


otters, who had been injured and orphaned and, while physically


recovered, can never be released into the wild. But they will be the stars of the show at Océanopolis; until now, the species could only be seen in the largest aquariums in Japan and the US.


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