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Alibaba taps Atlas Air for parcel airlift to South America

A white Atlas Air jumbo jet, with man walking up stairs into side door.

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is expanding its ability to serve the South American market with the November launch of an air charter network designed to speed up shipping times. For-hire cargo airline Atlas Air (NASDAQ: AAWW) said Monday night it will operate three weekly freighter flights to Brazil and Chile for Cainiao, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s logistics arm.

Customers in Brazil and Chile can expect to receive parcels from China in as soon as three days compared to one week now. Cainiao...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/alibaba-taps-atlas-air-for-parcel-airlift-to-south-america

Teach e-commerce shippers dangerous goods rules and criminalise those who break them

Some 40% of e-commerce shippers are unaware of dangerous goods regulations – “a very alarming” situation, revealed by an IATA shipper survey. 
In a month which has already seen two aircraft crashes, and yesterday a Grimaldi ship sank after containers caught fire, dangerous goods are coming under increasing scrutiny. 
IATA Cargo chief Glyn Hughes said the industry had to respond and do everything it could to educate shippers. And there were numerous calls …

The post Teach e-commerce shippers...

https://theloadstar.com/teach-e-commerce-shippers-dangerous-goods-rules-and-criminalise-those-who-break-them/

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