Bad Weather Nips UPS’ Quarterly Operating Profit
Inclement weather was the culprit for UPS reporting a $106m decline in operating profit for first quarter 2014.
Inclement weather was the culprit for UPS reporting a $106m decline in operating profit for first quarter 2014.
Dawson Group managing director Paul Sainthouse FCILT has been appointed as the new president of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK for 2019. Throughout 2019 the Institute will celebrate its centenary and Sainthouse will work to help the institute deliver its vision and support businesses and individuals working within logistics. “Our…
Barwood Capital has accelerated plans at its 12-acre development site at Central Park, Bristol to include a new 137,315 sq ft logistics warehouse on 6.6 acres, Junction One. The development is currently under construction and is to form part of the new gateway to Central Park. Speculative development of ‘Junction One’ has begun and it…
Styrian Transport company Martoni cuts costs through Actros trucks and service carriers of the Pappas Group Based in Gnas, Styria the Martoni transport company is specialised in bulk cargo transport using sliding floor trailers, and sees predictable fleet costs as an important factor of its future success. Today the fleet comprises nine vehicles, including three Mercedes-Benz…
Retailers’ stock levels in relation to expected sales were at their highest on record in October 2019, according to the latest monthly CBI Distributive Trends Survey, against the backdrop of a continuing decline in sales. This has been the largest stock spike in adequacy since the CBI survey began in 1983, and follows from another…
Throughput of freight in Rotterdam fell by 1.1 percent to 461.2 million tonnes in 2016. The fall can largely be attributed to dry bulk such as ores and coal. Liquid bulk managed to hold on to the high level reached in 2015. At the time the sector was growing by over 10 percent. Throughput of…
Mit annähernd fünf Millionen Fluggästen lag das Passagieraufkommen am Flughafen Frankfurt im April um 2,5 Prozent unter dem Vorjahreswert. Der Warnstreik im öffentlichen Dienst am 27. April 2016, die Schließung des Flughafens Brüssel sowie die teilweise Verschiebung des abgehenden Osterreiseverkehrs von April im Vorjahr auf März in diesem Jahr sorgen für eine Verzerrung des Bildes….