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a technology p la tf o rm designed and


built for scalable cross-border, marketplace and returns solutions.” The SEKO Omni-Channel


Logistics team under Kai has focused on cross-border eCommerce and global eCommerce returns solutions and has since grown its annual revenues by giving major


brands and SMEs fast and easy access to primary eCommerce markets in Hong Kong, the US, UK and Southeast Asia, as well as Australia and New Zealand. Their leading eCommerce expertise has also been fully integrated into SEKO’s global network, facilitating SEKO’s fastest-growing


division


globally under Kai’s team. By the end of 2017, more than half of SEKO’s global airfreight


tonnage consisted of retail goods, with the majority coming from cross-border eCommerce parcels and global parcel returns. SEKO’s eCommerce services will be further enhanced by its new strategic partnership with Hermes Germany, which will see both companies combine their B2B and B2C competencies. The partnership broadens the international


Turkish Cargo launches Mexico City service


Turkish Cargo launched air cargo flights to Mexico City on Oct. 3. Mexico City is now the 85th cargo flight destination of Turkish Cargo. Flights will be operated two


in


WFS invests in new cargo terminal at Milan-Malpensa Airport


Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) is supporting


cargo growth at


Italy’s Milan-Malpensa Airport by investing in a new cargo terminal capable of handling over 47,000 tonnes a year. Malpensa is WFS’ first


cargo handling facility in Italy. Previously, the company operated only offices there to provide documentation and cargo operations supervision


services for American Airlines and China Cargo Airlines. American Airlines is WFS’


launch cargo handling customer in the new facility, having signed a new and extended contract with WFS in 2018. The location will also provide offline handling services for other customers of WFS’ European network. With the opening of the new cargo terminal at the end of July,


WFS now operates from the airport’s newest freight building, which combines 5,000 square meters of warehouse space as well as a 3,000 square meter ramp area and a further 800 square meters of modern office


space. WFS is also equipping the operation with the latest cargo handling and ground support systems, a cool area for temperature-controlled cargoes, and racking to store pallets and containers.


World’s 1st eDGD handled at Frankfurt Airport


Using the INFr8 platform, Lufthansa Cargo has handled the world’s first dangerous goods shipment with an electronic


Dangerous


Goods Declaration (eDGD) at Frankfurt Airport. The shipment from Wiesbaden- based Abbott was flown on board cargo flight LH8222 to Mexico City. Lufthansa Cargo has made


a significant contribution to the establishment of the


global eDGD standard as part of IATA’s e-freight initiative. A completely new approach has been developed and evaluated through close collaboration all along the transport chain with the Infr8 eDGD platform. Lufthansa Cargo’s IT systems and processes can now deal with paperless dangerous goods shipments. This makes Lufthansa Cargo the first and so far only airline to support the eDGD standard.


In addition, the pilot phase


of the INFr8 shipping portal has been successfully launched. All pilot partners are digitally connected to the platform and can use it to process transport documents, including the DGD required by law. “Our shipping portal solves a


major challenge in the air cargo supply chain, ensuring greater reliability and transparency for all. We are greatly simplifying processes across company


boundaries”, said a pleased Ulrich Wrage, CEO of DAKOSY AG, in reference to the launch of the INFr8 pilot. Besides Lufthansa Cargo,


logistics service provider Panalpina has been a key process partner to Dakosy, the platform developer. Frankfurt Airport plays a major role in dangerous goods handling for both companies. Fraport AG, r e s po nsib l e for providing


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growth potential of the Hermes Group, particularly in key eCommerce markets


in the


US, Asia and Europe, while SEKO Logistics’ customers will benefit from Hermes’ extensive distribution network in Europe. With Hermes’ BorderGuru and SEKO Omni Parcel, both companies


will be bringing


start-ups into the partnership that specialize in cross-border eCommerce solutions.


aircraft. Freighters will


depart from Istanbul, and then arrive Mexico City via the connection flight from Madrid. Freighters will return to Istanbul following the route extending through Bogotá, Curacao and Maastricht from Mexico City. A second route


involves


freighters arriving Mexico City via a connecting flight in Madrid, and then returning to Istanbul via Houston.


///NEWS Washington Report


The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) applauds the passage of the Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, which bundles three of the 12 fiscal year 2019 appropriations bills. This marks the first time since 2004 that the Energy and Water Development appropriation was passed before the start of the new fiscal year on Oct. 1. The appropriations bill includes $1.54 billion for Harbor Maintenance Tax (HMT)-funded work, which is 91% of the estimated fiscal 2018 HMT revenues of $1.687 billion and a 10% increase over fiscal 2018 HMT funding of $1.4 billion. The bill continues the trend of hitting or exceeding the HMT funding targets, set in WRDA 2014, for the fiſth year in a row. The bill also increases funding amounts and allows new starts in both the Corps of Engineers’ studies and construction accounts. It also funds Donor and Energy Transfer ports at $50 million, the full amount authorized for the program.


The US Senate passed comprehensive legislation aimed at combating the nation’s opioid crisis. The bill, which cleared the Senate with overwhelming bipartisan approval, includes provisions on hair testing which the American Trucking Associations has long advocated for and worked closely with Senate Commerce Committee staff to secure in the legislation. Upon enactment, the Secretary of Health and Human Services would be required within 30 days to report to the Commerce Committee on the status for hair testing guidelines, the reasons for delay in issuing guidelines, and a schedule – complete with benchmarks and an estimated date of delivery – for completion of the guidelines. The bill also contains reporting requirements on the development of the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse and a deadline for completing work on oral fluids testing.


US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue released a detailed accounting of how the USDAcalculated estimated damage from trade disruptions. USDA’s Office of the Chief Economist developed an estimate of gross trade damages for commodities with assessed retaliatory tariffs by Canada, China, the European Union, Mexico, and Turkey to set commodity payment rates and purchase levels in the trade mitigation package announced by USDA on Sept. 4, 2018. USDA employed the same approach oſten used in adjudicating World Trade Organization trade dispute cases.


The US DOT’s Federal Railroad Administration announced Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for at least $46 million for Positive Train Control (PTC) Systems Grants. This NOFO represents the balance of the $250 million PTC Consolidated Rail


Infrastructure and Safety Improvements


(CRISI)


Program that remained aſter selections were announced in August. The purpose of the NOFO is to solicit applications for at least $46,301,702 million in PTC Systems Grants to fund the deployment of PTC systems technology for intercity passenger rail transportation, freight rail transportation and/ or commuter rail passenger transportation.


The American Apparel & Footwear Association commended President Trump aſter he signed the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB) Act of 2018 into law. The move will temporarily reduce or eliminate duties on US imports of important inputs for domestic manufacturing and specific finished products that are not manufactured in the US. AAFA has long supported the MTB, as it provides American businesses with essential tax savings on certain imports, when those products and inputs are not domestically available. With the apparel and footwear industry representing 6% of all imports to the U.S. but currently paying 51% of the duties collected by the U.S. government, this relief is much needed, AAFA says.


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