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Swiss insurer Baloise relies on Panalpina’s Trans-Siberian route
News • Mar 05, 2019 17:18 CET
The insurance company Baloise Group has chosen Panalpina’s tried and tested Trans-Siberian rail service to transport more than 3,400 editions of its new board game from Shanghai, China to its headquarters in Basel, Switzerland.
Innovator teams battle it out in Panalpina’s first Kickbox to develop new digital solutions for logistics
News • Mar 04, 2019 15:15 CET
An algorithm for potential lost customer control in logistics was the winner in the first Kickbox organized by the Panalpina Digital Hub, Panalpina HR and Zurich-based incubator BlueLion. The winning entry came from the team Capture+ from Panalpina Switzerland, which was among three finalists that pitched their Kickbox ideas to a jury in Basel on February 26.
Panalpina joins Cargo sous terrain initiative aimed at revolutionizing logistics
News • Feb 26, 2019 12:00 CET
Panalpina is pleased to join Cargo sous terrain (CST), the Swiss-led consortium set to transform logistics and propel the industry into digitalization. As a shareholder, Panalpina will seek representation on the CST supervisory board and adopt a leading role in developing the CST logistics system and sharing expert know-how.
Panalpina’s Air Freight pros use IATA digital industry encyclopedia
News • Feb 19, 2019 15:30 CET
Panalpina is the first freight forwarder to subscribe globally for digital IATA manuals access. Panalpina Air Freight specialists worldwide can now access online the latest regulations and industry standards. This way, Panalpina offers faster and even more efficient services while ensuring safer and greener Air Freight operations.
Brexit: Panalpina is ready to uphold customers’ supply chains
News • Feb 14, 2019 17:00 CET
Given the many Brexit challenges, Panalpina has set up a special task force to help customers find individual solutions. It also offers the following services to uphold customers' supply chains: tailored Air Freight solutions provided by the company's Charter Network, customs clearance and consulting, warehousing and other value-added logistics services, supply chain redesign and consulting.
Panalpina delights customers with mixed reality experience
News • Feb 13, 2019 16:30 CET
Firmly setting its sights on innovation, customer centricity and digitalization, Panalpina delighted visitors at its Fruit Logistica stand with a holographic experience. The mixed (or hybrid) reality application showcased the journey of fruits and flowers in holographic animations. Find out what it was all about!
Panalpina flies 1.6 million roses on 'Love Plane' charter from Nairobi to Sydney in time for Valentine’s Day
News • Feb 12, 2019 20:00 CET
Love-struck Australians who want to give out roses for Valentine’s Day on February 14 have Panalpina and the Kenyan horticultural industry to thank. International freight forwarding and logistics company Panalpina has just flown an entire Boeing 777 cargo aircraft packed full of freshly cut roses from Nairobi to Sydney, right in time for the romantic holiday.
New charter tool for ad hoc charters: any aircraft, anytime, anywhere
News • Jan 25, 2019 09:43 CET
The Panalpina Charter Network can now be easily accessed online. Panalpina’s new charter tool provides an up-to-date overview of scheduled cargo flights and of all cargo aircraft in the world – big and small – available for chartering on any given day. The charter tool features drag-and-drop origin and destination functionality, and shows current aircraft availability by geography and routes.
IT Center of Excellence in Lisbon celebrates its second year with more growth
News • Jan 21, 2019 10:10 CET
Panalpina continues to expand its digital capabilities through its IT Center of Excellence (CoE) in Lisbon, with more office space, new employees and more projects aimed at accelerating the company’s IT initiatives.
Lower sulfur limits: Panalpina actively helping customers deal with supply chain impact
News • Jan 17, 2019 18:15 CET
Panalpina is ready to support Ocean Freight customers in dealing with higher costs and potential disruptions as a result of the lower sulfur limits. Already this year, cargo owners will feel the impact of new rules on ship emissions coming into force. From 2020, the sulfur content of bunker fuels will be reduced to 0.5 percent, compared to 3.5 percent now in most parts of the world.
Panalpina strengthens marketing and sales in Europe
News • Jan 15, 2019 11:00 CET
Christian Stingl has joined Panalpina on January 14, 2019 as regional head of marketing and sales for Europe. Christian will be based in Frankfurt and report directly to the regional CEO Europe with a dotted line to the chief commercial officer.
After a very good 2018 for Panalpina in Querétaro, the Mexico-USA-UK-Luxembourg roundtrip is Brexit-ready
News • Jan 14, 2019 12:44 CET
Last May, Panalpina added Querétaro International Airport (QRO) in Mexico to the “Speedy” loop of its Charter Network, making it the first and only company to offer a transatlantic flight from Querétaro to London Stansted Airport (STN) in the UK and to Luxembourg (LUX) via Huntsville, offering contingency solutions for medical, food supply and other urgent goods in light of Brexit.
Panalpina partners with Plug and Play
News • Dec 20, 2018 15:05 CET
Panalpina has joined the global innovation platform Plug and Play, the best known and most active accelerator program in the area of supply chain and logistics.
Panalpina surpasses 1 million tons of Air Freight in 2018
News • Dec 19, 2018 15:40 CET
Christmas came early this year for Panalpina’s Air Freight department in the form of another transport record.
Panalpina and Cargolux make great strides in Cargo iQ performance
News • Dec 13, 2018 13:40 CET
Together with Cargo iQ fellow member and long-standing partner Cargolux, Panalpina has just been awarded with the first prize of the first ever Cargo iQ Q Rally, an industry initiative aimed at continuously improving data quality in air freight. As Panalpina’s Marie Seco-Köppen explains, “Better data quality results in a better air freight product, for example in terms of shorter transit times.”
LATAM Cargo begins direct service between Bogotá and Panalpina's Huntsville gateway
News • Dec 07, 2018 15:20 CET
For the first time in its history, LATAM Cargo flew a direct route between the cities of Bogotá, Colombia, and Huntsville, Alabama, United States. The new cargo-only route was opened on December 2, 2018, and will be operated once weekly. The new service marks an important milestone for Panalpina as the company continuously expands its Charter Network and the Perishables Network.
Mission Possible: Getting aid to South Sudan’s children affected by war
News • Nov 30, 2018 08:30 CET
Panalpina is assisting UNICEF for the sixth time by flying relief aid to Africa. The following report was written by journalist Peter Martell earlier this year and shows how getting aid to the people who need it most requires extreme efforts. The report also impressively illustrates how every ton of relief goods makes a big difference to thousands of people who often have not had aid for years.
Panalpina expands facilities at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
News • Nov 29, 2018 17:31 CET
Panalpina continues to expand and invest in Kenya, doubling its cold storage space at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to enable more and improved services for its perishables customers in and out of the country.
Panalpina’s new logistics center in Singapore obtains GDP certification
News • Nov 15, 2018 15:00 CET
Panalpina has obtained another Good Distribution Practice (GDP) certification, this time for its new logistics center in Singapore, where many of the world’s top pharmaceutical companies have manufacturing facilities. The number of Panalpina locations globally with GDP certification now stands at 32.
6,000 km overland shipment from China to Kyrgyzstan
News • Nov 03, 2018 17:31 CET
In barely 14 days, Panalpina completed a 6,000 km cross-border journey to deliver 125 tons of industrial equipment from Wuxi, a city near Shanghai, China, to Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan, for Swiss-based Bühler Group.