CSAV has suspended a third service within a month, this time the NACSA service between the Pacific Coast of North America and Latin America. The last northbound sailings to Long Beach depart Iquique on July 9th, San Vicente today and San Antonio on July 16th, with another vessel departing Buenaventura on July 11th, Guayaquil today…
In September OOCL will stop providing chassis for import and export shipments to/from another six port and inland locations. The new no-chassis locations are: Charleston (South Carolina), Charlotte (North Carolina), Knoxville (Tennessee), Birmingham (Alabama), Minneapolis (Minnesota) and Cincinnati (Ohio). Effective September 1st, motor carriers working as suppliers for either OOCL or its customers will have…
Mitsui OSK Lines has announced that the exterior and basic design of the hybrid car carrier aiming at zero emissions while berthed had been determined. As a project to develop systems to reduce CO2 emissions from ocean-going vessels, the hybrid vessel earned MOL a subsidy from Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport & Tourism (MLIT)…
Three years after becoming one of the first multimodal forwarders in Europe to gain AEO accreditation, Davies Turner has issued a rallying cry for more UK companies to follow suit. Davies Turner was approved as a fully Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) just eighteen months after Davies Turner Air Cargo became one of the first AEO-accredited…
Swissport International is appointed Finnair’s cargo ground handler in Brussels; Hermes Fulfilment appoints Kenco Logistic Services to provide Wolford with warehouse services. Swissport International has been awarded the cargo ground handling contract with Finnair covering its operations at Brussels International Airport. Finnair operates around 2,300 scheduled passenger flights a year between Brussels and its hub…
Dachser has officially opened its €40 million Rhine-Neckar logistics centre in Mannheim. The 130,000 m² site on the Friedrichsfeld-West industrial estate will be used by all three business units: Dachser European Logistics, Dachser Food Logistics and Dachser Air & Sea Logistics. The new logistics facility comprises two transit terminals: 9,200 m² is available for industrial…
Agility launches scheduled freighter service from China to Lithuania; and opens a new office in Kuching, East Malaysia. Agility has introduced a scheduled freighter service that directly connects key origins in China via Shanghai to Kaunas in Lithuania. With few freight options covering this routing, the new service delivers stable and faster access, helping customers…
BDP’s Spanish subsidiary receives Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) certification; Agility receives AEO-F in France and Germany and AEO in Spain. Spanish Customs has certified BDP International subsidiary EUROMODAL BDP International Spain as an AEO based on its compliant, safe and secure international supply chain performance. Based in Madrid, with offices in Barcelona and Valencia, the…
CEVA expands freight management agreement with Cameron; Agility signs agreement with Nando’s; Americana extends its contract with Logwin; Kerry Logistics wins contract with Marks & Spencer; World Airways extends contract with Etihad Crystal Cargo; DB Schenker is appointed by Perth 2011. CEVA’s energy solutions continue to gain momentum worldwide with the renewal of its contract…
Safmarine Container Lines will introduce a direct weekly service between the Indian Subcontinent, Middle East and East Coast of South America at the end of this month. The new Rumba/Prime 4 service is the combination of a new Prime string with Safmarine’s existing L Class service, which runs from the East Coast South America to…
Wolters Kluwer Transport Services has acquired Transics International’s Transport Management System (TMS) solution, TAS, for a transaction price of €3.5 million. TAS is a logical extension of Wolters Kluwer’s Teleroute, Tivios and Transwide solutions, which are tailored to the needs of the transport and logistics sector. For Transics, the sale of its TAS business unit…
DB Schenker Logistics is now represented in Belarus with its own national company, with locations in Minsk and at Minsk Airport. Previously, an office in Minsk represented the Russian national company on the Belarusian market. The new subsidiary now connects Belarus with DB Schenker’s global network and its 2,000 locations in more than 130 countries….
With the increased flexibility of its new Active Tracing system, DHL Freight now offers customers an upgraded and uniform way to track shipments across Europe. The new Active Tracing system not only enables customers to check the location of their road freight consignments, they can also receive up to thirty status information events from across…
Menlo Worldwide Logistics has begun construction on a new 400,000 sq.ft warehousing and retail distribution management centre on Sunview Way in Singapore. The new centre will feature advanced building design and construction materials emphasising environmental sustainability and high levels of energy and water efficiency to achieve the Singapore Building & Construction Authority’s (BCA) Green Mark…
Panalpina has opened a new facility next to its Huntsville hub, to increase the company’s capacity for providing value-added logistics services. The new Huntsville Logistics Centre (HLC) provides complete kitting and parts assembly for hi-tech manufacturers, and the fully equipped 40,000 sq.ft facility also offers temperature-controlled storage areas for customers in the pharmaceutical and chemical…
Committed to finding more sustainable delivery solutions, Norbert Dentressangle’s first hybrid trucks, 19-ton Renault Premium Distribution vehicles, have taken to the roads of Paris and Lyon in France. Norbert Dentressangle is evaluating the operational effectiveness of the hybrid trucks. Later this year, the company will also conduct trials in London to compare performance with diesel…
The US Department of Justice Antitrust Division has released Air New Zealand from its investigation into alleged air cargo cartel activities. After five years of protesting its innocence, the airline has received confirmation in writing that it is no longer a subject or target of the ongoing grand jury investigation. Competition regulators around the world…
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) hat ihren Vertrag mit der Fraport-Tochter Fraport Cargo Services (FCS) verlängert und dem Unternehmen damit bis 2016 die physische und dokumentarische Abfertigung ihrer Fracht am Flughafen Frankfurt/Main übertragen. Die Bodenabfertigung der Flugzeuge wird weiterhin von Fraport Ground Services übernommen – auch dieser Vertrag wurde bis 2016 verlängert. AirBridgeCargo Airlines verbindet den Flughafen…
Quehenberger Logistics hat seine erste Niederlassung in Kroatien eröffnet und festigt mit dem Standort in Sveta Nedelja seine Präsenz im Balkanraum. Das Salzburger Unternehmen verfügt damit in 14 Ländern Zentral- und Osteuropas über eigene Niederlassungen und kann über die neue Drehscheibe den Balkanraum noch besser bedienen. Strategisch günstig gelegen – nur fünf Kilometer von der…
Auf dem alljährlich hochrangig arrangierten Lieferantentag von Porsche werden die besten Zulieferer und Dienstleister des Jahres ausgezeichnet. Den Logistik-Award 2011 nahm Manfred Kuhr, stellvertretender Vorstandsvorsitzender der BLG Logistics Group, aus den Händen der Porsche-Vorstände Wolfgang Leimgruber und Uwe-Karsten Städter in Leipzig entgegen. Die Skulptur in Form einer dreigliedrigen, leicht gebogenen Säule symbolisiert die gemeinsame Optimierung…
Das im südthüringischen Floh-Seligenthal beheimatete Unternehmen Viba sweets, trägt dem Titel "Nougatspezialist" und ist zudem auch Hersteller von Marzipan, Fruchtschnitten, handgefertigten Confiserie-Pralinen, Zucker-Kissen sowie Fitnessriegeln. Unter dem Motto "Augen schließen, Viba genießen" werden auch edle Dragees und Nougat-Schoko Pralinés über den in- und auch ausländischen Lebensmittelhandel sowie über mittlerweile 40 eigene Süßwarenfachgeschäfte vertrieben. Hinzu kommt…
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed a civil penalty of $689,800 against Memphis-based FedEx for allegedly violating US Dept of Transportation hazardous materials regulations. The FAA alleges that, in 89 instances from June 13th to September 4th, 2009, FedEx failed to provide pilots-in-command with complete and accurate information on the nature, quantity and weight…
Lome, Togo-based Africa West Cargo has awarded Italy’s Cargoitalia a weekly Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance & Insurance (ACMI) contract to provide a European link to its network via its main hub. Under the contract, which begins immediately and runs until further notice, Cargoitalia’s MD11F will operate Milan-Liege-Lome every Sunday. The service will either return to Milan…
A joint-venture company, Saudi Global Ports (SGP), formed between the Public Investment Fund (PIF) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and PSA International has been awarded the concession to develop, operate and manage the second container terminal in the King Abdul Aziz Port in Dammam. The port is the largest Gulf port in the Kingdom…
Niederösterreichs und Oberösterreichs Wirtschaft trifft sich im Wirtschaftsstandort Ennshafen: Neue Projekte rund um den Ennshafen als Schnittstelle zwischen Ober- und Niederösterreich stehen an. Die am 24. Juni 2011 vom Europäischen Rat verabschiedete Donauraumstrategie eröffnet den regionalen Sparten Wirtschaft, Ökologie und Tourismus die Möglichkeit Wachstumspotentiale mittels innovativer Projekte zu nutzen. Besonders im wasserseitigen Umschlag auf…
Anbieter von weltweiten Logistikdiensten Agility startet Liniendienst für Luftfracht von China nach Litauen: Der global tätige Logistikanbieter Agility startet erweitert sein Angebot im Bereich der interkontinentalen Luftfrachtservices. Ein neuer Liniendienst verbindet Schlüsselregionen in China via Shanghai mit Kaunas in Litauen. „Damit können die Kunden ihre Güter auf raschem Wege von China in die Wachstumsmärkte…
Weiterhin Abwicklung der Zollformalitäten in Eigenregie bei der Logwin AG in Štip: Der weltweit tätige Logistikdienstleister Logwin hat an seinem Standort in Štip in Mazedonien für weitere zwei Jahre Lizenzen zur Zollabwicklung erhalten. Mit der Bestätigung der Zolllizenzen ist der Logistikdienstleister auch in Zukunft nicht an die Arbeitszeiten der Zollverwaltung gebunden: Fünf Mitarbeiter übernehmen…
Kühne + Nagel weitet Logistikaktivitäten für verderbliche Güter mit Übernahme der J. van de Put Fresh Cargo Handling in den Niederlanden aus: Kühne + Nagel verlautbarte vor kurzem die Übernahme der Firma J. van de Put Fresh Cargo Handling aus Amsterdam. Die Vereinbarung mit der niederländischen Agentur für die Abwicklung von verderblichen Gütern ermöglicht…
Lower and Upper Austria’s industry met at the economic site Ennshafen to discuss further projects: New projects around the Danube port Ennshafen, the hub between Upper and Lower Austria, are in the pipeline. The EU’s strategy for the Danube region, which was adopted on 24 June 2011 by the European Council, enables the region…
Global logistics provider Agility launches scheduled freight service from China to Lithuania: Agility, a leading global logistics provider, has introduced a new scheduled air freight service. It will directly connect key origins in China via Shanghai to Kaunas, Lithuania. The new service helps customers move goods from China into the rapidly growing markets of…
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