Go! Express & Logistics nimmt zum 1. Februar 2011 eine Tarifanpassung vor. Damit reagiert das GO! System auf den allgemein steigenden Kostendruck im Transportgewerbe und sieht eine Preiserhöhung für die nationalen Versandpreise von mindestens zwei Prozent vor. Ulrich Nolte, Geschäftsführer der GO! Deutschland GmbH, Bonn, begründet die Preisanpassung mit den zunehmenden Belastungen beispielsweise in den…
Die Logistikunternehmen in NRW schätzten im 4. Quartal die Lage wiederum positiver ein als die Unternehmen im Bund. Insbesondere in der derzeitigen Lage liegen die NRW-Werte teilweise deutlich über den Bundeswerten. Das erste Quartal 2011 wird dagegen von den NRW-Unternehmen etwas vorsichtiger eingeschätzt als im Bundesvergleich. Insgesamt ging der Verlauf der Klimakurve des NRW.Logistikindex zwar…
Erneuter Zuwachs für das ShortSeaShipping Inland Waterway Promotion Center (SPC), Bonn: Mit der H&S Container Line GmbH und der Haeger & Schmidt International GmbH haben sich zwei weitere Binnenschiffspezialisten dem Kompetenznetzwerk des SPC angeschlossen. Die Schwesterunternehmen sind seit 1. Januar 2011 Mitglieder des Public-Private-Partnership. Sie gehören zum belgischen Konzern SNCB Logistics und sind im weltweit…
Das westfälische Einrichtungsunternehmen Ostermann hat die Dematic Unternehmensgruppe mit der Generalunternehmer-Verantwortung für den Ausbau des Distributionszentrums in Witten beauftragt. Der Zuschlag umfasst die Erweiterung des vorhandenen viergassigen Hochregallagers um insgesamt 7.000 zusätzliche Stellplätze für doppeltiefe Lagerung rollbarer Gittergestelle (Coletten). Die Installation der Regalbediengeräte, umfangreiche Erweiterungen der Fördertechnik sowie die dazugehörige Steuerungs- und IT-Technik stellen zusammen…
Coil version of BERGERecotrail® semitrailer helps transport companies to get more payload for steel transportations The Austrian trailer producer Berger Fahrzeugtechnik has enlarged its product portfolio of the new brand BERGERecotrail®. With immediate effect the lightweight-construction specialist based in Radfeld/Tyrol offers a version for coil transport. Having a dead weight of 5,320 kilograms the…
Takeover of Kuper Douaneservice consolidates position of KGH Customs Services in the European market for customs services KGH Customs Services announces another company acquisition. Taking over Kuper Douaneservice in the Netherlands, the Swedish enterprise is strengthening its position as Europe’s leading and fastest growing independent provider of customs services. After the acquisition, KGH will…
Joint Venture of IMS GmbH (Vienna) and the Dutch VeKa Group launches container rail transport activities between Switzerland and Rotterdam A new provider is taking action in the Swiss market of rail-neutral container transport operators. Basel-based IMS Rail Switzerland and its 20 persons workforce are to take over the former traffics of ICF West…
United Arab Shipping Agencies Company Polska to replace longstanding partner Interfreight effective February The globally active shipping company United Arab Shipping Company puts its distribution in Poland on a new basis. The longstanding partner Interfreight will be replaced by the subsidiary United Arab Shipping Agencies Polska effective from 1 February 2011. The company’s head…
Gerhard Haas and Bernd Labugger want to expand DB Schenker’s market leadership in Styria At the start of this year the planned change in the management board of DB Schenker in Styria took place. Siegfried Steinkogler retired after 47 years of activity at Schenker & Co AG. The management lies now in the hands…
cargo-partner consolidates its branch network in the form of new offices in Middle East and Asia The international active transport and logistics enterprise cargo-partner Vienna is preparing to open new offices. Dr. Ferdinand Koch, Executive Director Environmental cargo-partner, announced the establishment of new locations in Middle East and Asia at a press conference in…
Logistik Cluster Lower Austria supports companies to raise efficiency and optimise their logistic processes Having had a successful start in the year 2010 “Fit4Logistik-Logistik Benchmark Niederösterreich“ enters the second round. The Logistik Cluster Niederösterreich of ecoplus, the economy agency of Lower Austria, presented details at an information event last week. The Logistik Benchmark shows…
Shipping company Maersk Line bridges North Africa route to Russia’s economic centres with Marus Express The Danish Maersk Line has recently launched a scheduled service from Morocco to the Russian Federation under the name Marus Express. The service calls at the ports Casablanca, Agadir and St. Petersburg (OJSC Petrolesport termial) with a weekly frequency…
Coilversion des BERGERecotrail® Sattelanhängers verhilft Transportunternehmen zu mehr Nutzlast bei Stahltransporten Der österreichische Trailerhersteller Berger Fahrzeugtechnik hat sein Portfolio im Produktprogramm der neuen Marke BERGERecotrail® erweitert. Ab sofort bietet der in Radfeld/Tirol ansässige Leichtbauspezialist eine Version für den Coiltransport an. Mit einem Eigengewicht von 5.320 Kilogramm legt der neue Coil-Sattelanhänger laut Angaben des Herstellers eine…
Übernahme von Kuper Douaneservice festigt Position von KGH Customs Services auf dem europäischen Markt für Zolldienste KGH Customs Services meldet den Abschluss einer weiteren Firmenakquisition. Mit der Übernahme der niederländischen Kuper Douaneservice stärkt das schwedische Unternehmen die Position als Europas führender und am schnellsten wachsender unabhängiger Anbieter von Zolldienstleistungen. Mit der Neuerwerbung steigt die Mitarbeiterzahl…
Joint Venture der IMS GmbH (Wien) und der niederländischen VeKa Group startet Aktivitäten im Schienencontainerverkehr zwischen der Schweiz und Rotterdam Auf dem Schweizer Markt der bahnneutralen Operateure für Containerverkehre tritt ein neuer Anbieter in Aktion. Mit 20 Mitarbeitenden führt die IMS Rail Switzerland AG mit Sitz in Basel mit Wirkung ab 1. Februar die bisherigen…
United Arab Shipping Agencies Company Polska ersetzt ab Februar den langjährigen Partner Interfreight Die weltweit tätige Reedereigruppe United Arab Shipping Company stellt den Vertrieb in Polen auf eine neue Basis. Der langjährige Partner Interfreight wird am 1. Februar 2011 durch die Tochtergesellschaft United Arab Shipping Agencies Polska ersetzt. Die Zentrale der Gesellschaft befindet sich in…
Sika awards three-year contract to DHL; Marlow Foods awards six-year contract to Norbert Dentressangle. DHL Supply Chain has won a new contract with Sika Ltd, to carry out warehouse and inventory management at the company’s UK distribution centre. The three-year contract involves around 50,000 orders per year of Sika’s speciality chemicals for construction and industry. DHL will consolidate four warehouses into…
ComSec International has started advising shippers, carriers, freight forwarders and other companies involved in supply chain management to begin tentative planning for new federal air cargo screening requirements. When passed, the recently proposed Air Cargo Security Act extends the 100% screening requirement currently mandated for cargo being shipped on passenger flights to include all air…
The European Rail Freight Association (ERFA) says that lack of market liberalisation in some EU countries will cost new entrants millions of euros in additional investments. "The revised network usage conditions of Italian infrastructure manager RFI will require rescue locomotives and wagons, double insurance cover, higher shunting fees, etc, entailing additional investments of tens of…
DHL Global Forwarding is partnering with Interstate Transport and Trans World Forwarding to offer customers a complete perishable supply chain solution from the point of consolidation at origin in Central and South America to final destination in North America. This unique partnership will provide temperature-controlled trucking for perishables coming in by air or ocean. Interstate…
The winners for this year’s eyefortransport European 3PL Awards have just been announced, and will be celebrated at a reception tonight during eyefortransport’s 8th Annual 3PL Summit at the Conrad Hotel in Brussels, Belgium. Each year the eyefortransport 3PL Awards aim to recognise those 3PLs that continuously deliver excellence in logistics operations and superior service…
China’s Ministry of Commerce has approved the air cargo joint venture between Cathay Pacific Airways and Air China Cargo. China’s National Development & Reform Commission (NDRC) approved the JV three months ago. The joint venture, which was announced in February, will create Air China Cargo (ACC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Air China. Air China will…
CEVA Logistics has invested in a new UK customer contact centre and deployed an additional new fleet of 24 vehicles to support continued growth in its home delivery business, CEVA Home. The new CEVA Home contact centre in Warrington, Manchester, went live on November 1st, providing a comprehensive service from 07h00 to 20h00 Monday to…
Deutsche Post DHL intends to significantly increase its earnings in the next five years and become the industry’s trendsetter in profitability as well. Last year, DHL announced its two-pillar Strategy 2015, based on mail and logistics. The Group has now further specified the targets for its DHL divisions, announcing that the Group intends to generate…
On December 4th and 6th, Hamburg Süd’s Santa Clara – the ship with the world’s biggest reefer capacity currently available (1,600 reefer plugs), will dock in Port Elizabeth and Durban for the first time. With a nominal slot capacity of 7,100 TEU and a length of around 300 metres, the Santa Clara is the largest…
An Atlanta grand jury has returned an indictment against a former executive of Japan Airlines International (JAL) and two former executives of Nippon Cargo Airlines for participating in a conspiracy to fix air cargo rates on shipments to and from the US. The indictment charges Takao Fukuchi, former president of JAL Cargo Sales, and Yoshio…
Last weekend saw ACG Air Cargo Germany’s first scheduled flight from Hahn Airport arrive at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo Airport in South Africa. The new route will be served twice a week. Since a fully-loaded B747-400F is unable to operate non-stop between Hahn and OR Tambo, the aircraft will refuel in Tripoli on the outbound trip…
UPS has agreed to sell its UPS Logistics Technologies unit to Thoma Bravo, a private equity investment firm. Financial details of the deal have not been disclosed. Baltimore-based UPS Logistics Technologies creates hi-tech transportation routing and fleet management systems. More than 200,000 vehicles are managed through 3,300 installations worldwide. Specific transportation management applications provide street-level…
APL Logistics has introduced a new containerised cross-border trucking service from Phnom Penh in Cambodia to Cai Mep port in Vietnam. The new service offers shippers a later cut-off time at APL Logistics‘ container freight station in Phnom Penh. According to Glenn Kong, managing director of APL Logistics in Cambodia, Cross-Border Trucking is a service…
DHL’s Global Forwarding division is focusing on Africa as a new engine of growth in the rapidly developing economy of India. With trade between India and Africa rising almost four-fold in the last five years, from US$9.9 billion in 2004-05 to US$39 billion in 2008-09, DHL-GF sees vast potential in the India-Africa trade lane. India…
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