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Tuesday, 05 February 2008

US antitrust (anti-competitive) concerns aside, finance firm UBS has flagged a possible tie up between FedEx and the US arm of DHL’s freight business.

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Tuesday, 05 February 2008

German rail operator Deutsche Bahn has confirmed a plan for express container trains to snatch 20 per cent of Chinese air freight volumes (at today's levels). As detailed (Aircargo Asia-Pacific web, Tuesday 29 January), DB recently ran a test train from Beijing to Hamburg that took just 15 days to arrive.

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Saturday, 02 February 2008

UPS today reported a 6.1 per cent improvement in revenue driven by a double-digit increase in international export volume, growth and firm pricing in the US package business.

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Friday, 01 February 2008

Hopes that a relatively strong December for Australian export freight traffic would flow into the New Year have been dashed with airline cargo managers reporting a “very slow” January.

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Friday, 01 February 2008

International air freight traffic grew by 4.3 per cent in 2007 according to the latest figures from the International Air Transport Association (IATA).  Its full-year traffic results for 2007 show air freight was down slightly from 2006's growth of 4.6 per cent and much lower than the 7-8 per cent growth trend of recent years.

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