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Wednesday, 15 October 2008

As air cargo facilities world-wide report recent drops in business, Europe's third busiest airport, Frankfurt, also says it moved less freight in September as the financial crisis hit business. Air freight volumes dropped 5.4 per cent to 170,396 tonnes. Passenger numbers also fell, down 3.9 per cent from a year earlier to 4.83 million. - Jack Handley

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Wednesday, 15 October 2008

Silvia Estrada-Flores, principal consultant with Food Chain Intelligence, NSW, won the 2008 Logistics Development Award (LDA) run by the Logistics Association of Australia (LAA) and sponsored by Chep Asia Pacific.

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Wednesday, 15 October 2008

Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) reported significant falls in freight handled during September. A total of 221,882 tonnes and 661,505 tonnes was handled in September and the third quarter, representing a year-on-year decrease of 8.8 and 6.2 per cent respectively. Tonnage throughput for the first nine months of the year was 1,939,896 tonnes, representing a cumulative year-on-year growth of 2.3 per cent.

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Tuesday, 14 October 2008

FIATA says a highlight of its recent World Congress was the admittance of 12 new association members from Brunei, Darussalam, Cambodia, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Uruguay.

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