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Rhenus Acquires Miami-Based
Freight Logistics Group

Rhenus acquired the international freight
forwarder and logistics solutions provider, Freight Logistics, headquartered in
Miami, Florida. Freight Logistics operates
its own consolidation hub located near
the International Airport in Miami, and
has its own offices in Argentina, Brazil
and Chile. Following prior acquisitions
by the Rhenus Group in Brazil and Canada, the acquisition of Freight Logistics
will further strengthen the presence of
Rhenus Air & Ocean in the Americas.
Freight Logistics was founded in 2001
by Gabriel de Godoy in San José, California, the heart of Silicon Valley, with the
aim of providing international transportation and fulfillment services to manufacturers, distributors, systems integrators
and resellers of high technology products
in the United States and Latin America.
Today, the company specializes in supply-chain solutions, international transportation (air ocean), customs brokerage,
compliance, warehousing and distribution. Freight Logistics is IATA-accredited
and a licensed Non-Vessel Owning Common Carrier (NVOCC).
"The acquisition of Freight Logistics
is an important step for us in expanding

our business activities in the Americas
region and follows our latest acquisition
of Rodair in Canada in the beginning of
2019. These steps enable us to consolidate our network there and to serve both
North America and the Latin American
region from Miami as our new gateway.
This will help us live up to our goal of
being globally oriented and we can establish more links between the continents,"
says Jörn Schmersahl, CEO of Rhenus Air
& Ocean Americas.

Havaş Doubles in Size at Istanbul
Airport

Havaş, a well-established ground handling services company,
began its operations at Istanbul Airport,
where the company has doubled in size its
station and temporary storage buildings,
service offices, equipment maintenance
shop and parking areas. Following a
30-hour-long transfer operation from
Atatürk Airport to Istanbul Airport,
Havaş delivered 604 ground handling
service equipment to its new facilities
with 186 trailer trucks without experiencing any problems. The facilities of Havaş
at Istanbul Airport cover a total area of
approximately 40,000 square meters,
where 20,000 square meters are indoor
facilities.
Havaş General Manager Kürşad Koçak
stated: "As part of the great transfer that
we have recently achieved, we have moved
from our facilities at Atatürk Airport to
our new service buildings at Istanbul Airport. The first steps of Turkish civil aviation were taken by Atatürk Airport and I

believe Istanbul Airport will broaden new
horizons for our country and the industry
and make great contributions. In line with
the capacity increase with the transfer to
Istanbul Airport, so far, we have invested
over €21 million for our new facilities.
Our new temporary storage building
has been built twice as big as the ones at
Atatürk Airport. Our station building,
equipment maintenance shop and parking areas were designed larger than our
operation area at Atatürk Airport. We are
providing service to 45 airlines with 1,200
employees at Istanbul Airport. We will
enhance our collaborations at our new
station at Istanbul Airport and maintain
to be a preferred business partner".

WFS and Swiss WorldCargo
Launch New York's First
GDP-Compliant Airport Facility
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), the

world's largest air cargo handler and Swiss
WorldCargo, the air freight division of
Swiss International Air Lines and one of
the industry's leading pharma air carriers, opened New York's first GDP (Good
Distribution Practice) compliant pharma
facility after achieving certification of its
Building 66 at JFK airport.
The GDP certification confirms WFS'

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