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SL Europe Agency ( Milan Italy Sea and Air Freight Forwarder ) the company offers shipment service for transport by sea, air, road, rail, project cargo, break bulk, Ro-Ro. Offers service in the area of customs clearance, loading, unloading, warehouse logistics, personal effects, car transportation and trading company.
SL Europe, freight forwarder inform , always celebrated on June 2nd. This is Italy’s National Day.
Republic Day (Italian: Festa della Repubblica) marks the referendum of 1946, which resulted in the creation of the Italian republic.
Italy became a nation on March 17th 1861, when most of the states of the region and the two Sicilies were united under King Victor Emmanuel II, hitherto king of Sardinia.
The father of Italian unification was Count Camillo Benso di Cavour, the Chief Minister of Victor Emmanuel.
Rome stayed under the rule of the Papacy for nearly 10 years and became part of the Kingdom of Italy on September 20th 1870. This is the final date of Italian unification.
On June 2nd 1946, a referendum on the monarchy led to the establishment of the Italian republic, and Italy adopted a new constitution on January 1st 1948. Male members of the royal family were sent into exile because of their association with the fascist regime and were only allowed to return to their country in 2002.
Italy’s constitution now forbids a monarchy to ever rule again
In 1977, the national holiday was moved to the first Sunday in June, for economic reasons to avoid the holiday having a negative effect on working hours. It stayed on the Sunday until 1999, when June 2nd was made the official date.
As part of our ongoing strive to provide our customers with the best possible service, our Company has joined on FIATA ( International federation of freight forwarders associations ), who has approved the membership application of SL EUROPE AGENCY SRL. At the moment FIATA unites more than 10 thousand logistics companies from 150 countries.
Membership in the association is a recognition of good business reputation of company, ts financial stability and highly professional staff. As a recognized leader in project logistics, SL EUROPE AGENCY SRL meets all the high standards and criteria required by FIATA.
Particularly in December, trade with non-EU countries dropped in both directions: exports decresed by 4.6%, while imports decreased by 1.3%. Overall, Italian imports in 2020 recorded a contraction of 15.3%, for more than two thirds caused by the collapse in purchases of energy products.
However, it should be noted that the October-December 2020 quarter is an improvement compared to the previous one. In particular, exports grew by 4.0%, supported mainly by growth, energy (+ 12%), durable consumer goods (+ 7.9%) and capital goods (+ 5.2%).
On the other hand, the Shanghai Containerized Freight Index, the index that since 2009 has been tracking and recording the trend of sea freight rates for the transport of containerized cargo by sea, has just reached a new all-time high. Last week it closed with a record high of 1,857.33 points, crumbling the previous peak of 2010. At the beginning of the year the same index stood at around 1,000 points.
At the moment, the rates for direct shipments to Northern Europe are cheaper, being equal to $ 1,508 per Teu container. On the other hand, freight rates from Asia to the ports of the US west coast ($ 3,887 for each 40’GP) and the east coast ($ 4,676) continue to travel at more than double levels. The most expensive of all, however, are the rates for shipments by sea from Asia to South America (Brazil for example) where a 20′ GP pays 4,294 dollars.
Zim celebrated in the third quarter of 2020 the highest profit ever obtained by the company in three months of operation: between July and September the Israeli carrier in fact recorded a profit of 144.4 million dollars, up by 2,814, 4% compared to the profit of 5 million for the same period in 2019. The revenues for the three months were equal to 1.012 billion dollars (+ 20.3%) and the average freight per container Teu embarked of 1.176 dollars (+16, 6%).
Ap Moller Maersk closed the third quarter of 2020 with revenues down -1.4% to $ 9.9 billion, while EBITDA rose 39% to reach $ 2.3 billion. Merit, they say from Copenhagen, of the agility with which the hold capacity is managed, the cost reduction, the attention to the offer for customers and the temporary increase in the demand for shipments “. The main driving force on the group’s activities was maritime transport which, despite a lower number (-3.6%) of containers transported in the quarter, saw the net result grow by 511 million dollars, which reached 1.8 billion. dollars. Ebitda also increased by 25.4%. An important contribution also came from the Logistics & services division.
Other quarterly reports will be made public in the coming days and will confirm the very positive months that shipping companies active in container transport are experiencing in 2020.
In detail, the connection with Sao Paulo will restart from 15 December and will be operated once a week (departing from Fiumicino every Tuesday and from Guarulhos airport every Thursday). Four days later, or December 19, it will be the turn of the service with Argentina. The flight will depart from Fiumicino at 21.50 to land in Buenos Aires-Ezeiza at 8 am (local time) the following day and will then depart from Rome every Saturday and from Buenos Aires on Monday.
Alitalia’s non-stop connections from Rome to Buenos Aires and São Paulo were suspended in March and April respectively due to the pandemic.
The airline Finnair Cargo is preparing to carry Covid-19 vaccines. Several pharmaceutical companies have stated they are in the latter stages of testing a vaccine for Covid-19, suggesting it is time to start planning the supply chain. It is anticipated that air cargo will be one of the main forms of transportation.
Finnair Cargo was the first airline in the world to receive IATA’s CEIV Pharma certificate in 2015. “We have a history of excellence in pharma logistics and with our new terminal, we have lifted all the monitoring and control to 100% in our premises.” says Fredrik Wildtgrube, Head of Global Sales at Finnair Cargo.
The SL Europe Agency Srl, offer all our customers and agents, assistance for handle air transport shipments from and to Italy, Our company is registered as an International freight forwarder in Milan.
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Several shippers interviewed by Loadstar said they were trying to secure hold for the upcoming winter season, and that they had seen some excitement especially with the approach of Chinese Golden Week. According to Flexport’s EMEA air shipping manager David Wystrach, the one underway may be the last “calm week before the storm”, while another anonymous operator said he has already seen an “increase in air freight rates”. , and this still without having observed the effect on demand of the launches of new technological products (for example Apple’s Watch and iPad, just presented).
Wystrach added that he believes that the next peak season will, however, be driven more by the shortage of hold (in particular the lack of belly capacity in many passenger flights) rather than by an increase in demand, “with the exception of products in route and the possible impact of the distribution of a vaccine “.
The connection is part of the operator’s Global flight operations program, which overall connects Beijing, Shanghai, Zhengzhou and Hong Kong to Chicago and Frankfurt ten times a week with full charter flights. Some freight forwarder had started this new type of service, which joins the Block Space Agreements it has with various airlines since the beginning of the year, with the outbreak of the pandemic.
The big Italian shipping players are also doing something similar, who for some days have been promoting the availability of cargo holdings they have purchased by hiring cargo planes mainly used with North America and China.
Alha, as a freight handling partner for Emirates in Rome FCO, provides advanced services for pharmaceuticals, including temperature-controlled asphalt transport between Alha Cool Center and EK aircraft with Alha CoolBox: Alha CoolBox ensures uninterrupted cold chain operations, creating a direct temperature-link control between the pharmaceutical center and the aircraft.
CoolBox has an integrated monitoring system that provides advanced temperature control features, including real-time temperature monitoring, temperature diversion alarms and KPI recording; Designed for year-round protection and tested between -20C and 50C, CoolBox ensures perfect temperature control even in extreme weather conditions.
Danilo Bonfanti, Cargo Manager of Emirates for Italy, said: “We are delighted to be working with our long-standing partner ALHA in Italy to provide greater protection for temperature-sensitive cargo, including high-value pharmaceuticals. Emirates SkyCargo is firmly committed to developing infrastructure fit for specialized cargo in the markets in which we operate and the cool dolly provided by ALHA will help us ensure the integrity of the cargo during transport between the warehouse and the aircraft.”