Air cargo delivers for Valentine’s Day

Did you buy flowers for Valentine’s Day? It’s likely the air cargo logistics sector helped get them to your home. Cargo airlines are indispensable for transporting flowers from the world’s growing regions to consumers on other continents. On Valentine’s Day, here is a rundown of how some carriers and service providers stepped up since the start of the year to help the floral industry get products to market.

Latin America

Nearly 70% of floral products move during the three-month period from...

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The Love Plane: Emirates’ top 5 air cargo gifts for Valentine’s Day

Flower bouquet on a pallet at the warehouse.

Valentine’s Day is around the corner, and it’s likely the gift you got your loved one was delivered to your store or front door with the help of airfreight transportation.

Many passenger airlines and all-cargo carriers see a surge in flower volumes in the weeks leading up to Cupid Day, but other popular gifts also move by air. 

Dubai-based Emirates, the fourth-largest cargo airline in the world by throughput, has released its Top Five list of Valentine’s Day products transported by its cargo...

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Samskip turns its airfreight focus onto project logistics as fish fail to fly

Samskip is pivoting its air freight business to take advantage of greater resilience in the project market and the expertise of its Bremen-based breakbulk arm.
The asset-owning logistics company, which specialises in northern Europe, set up an air freight division last year and began offering sea-air services from Scandic and island countries using its ships to bring goods to Amsterdam, for onward flights.
While thus far its sea-air product has specialised in …

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Behind-the-scenes video: Checking Mother’s Day flowers at the border

LAREDO, Texas — With Mother’s Day just around the corner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents have been busy making sure commercial shipments of imported flowers are pest-free.

CBP agriculture specialists at the Laredo, Texas, port of entry have examined more than 7.3 million stems of flowers over a three-week period leading up to Mother’s Day on Sunday.

Imported flowers could have hitchhiking pests and diseases that...

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CSSS Calls for more Stella Maris Rose Gardens in support of our Seafarers

CSSS Calls for more Stella Maris Rose Gardens in support of our Seafarers

Springtime at the Royal Alfred estate 

London 29 March 2021 – The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society has established a Stella Maris Rose Garden at its specialist maritime care home to celebrate the centenary of the seafarer charity Stella Maris, formerly known as the Apostleship of the Sea.

The garden, designed for the seafarers’ home in Banstead, Surrey, UK, is thought to represent the first Stella Maris Rose Garden planted by...

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Love is in the air

Overhead view of rows of flowers.

Add flowers to the list of items that have grown in popularity during the coronavirus pandemic. 

The economic downturn and large-scale unemployment have not dampened interest in celebrating Valentine’s Day on Sunday with flowers. In fact, flower orders were blossoming before the holiday because they brighten people’s mood in dark times and offer a way to connect with family and loved ones, according to flower distributors.

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‘Half-baked’ Brexit model puts flower sector at risk

The Fresh Produce Consortium has urged the UK government to find “better solutions” for future trading with the EU, reports The Florist.
Citing a lack of information, the consortium warned that 2021 could see a perfect storm.
“UK importers of cut flowers and plants from the Netherlands need a realistic timeframe, which is less than 24 hours, in which to pre-notify imports of cut flowers coming in via ro-ro ports. It’s vital …

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