3PL service provider Kuehne and Nagel is to establish an integrated region Europe as of 1 January 2019 as a means of increasing its growth momentum.
K+N will consolidate the management for all European countries at its head office in Hamburg. Managing director for Germany Dr. Hansjörg Rodi will lead the new region.
Holger Ketz will take on the management of Germany and all German operations management will be located in Bremen as of 2019.
In Hamburg sind am 5. November drei neue Containerbrücken für den Container Terminal Burchardkai (CTB) der Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) eingetroffen. Die neuen Brücken des Herstellers ZPMC ersetzen am CTB drei kleinere Einheiten, die bereits demontiert wurden. Im ersten Quartal 2020 erwartet die HHLA dann zwei weitere Großcontainerbrücken derselben Bauart. Nach der sukzessiven…
Lidl has secured planning permission form Bexley Council to build a new regional distribution centre at Belvedere in East London. The 469,525 sq ft facility will be built on a 25.54 acre site. It will have 21m eaves as well as 77 dock levellers as well as parking for 63 HGVs and 164 cars. The…
CKF Systems has developed a number of ‘low cost’ robot handling cells – the equipment is designed for companies operating a manual palletising line. The supplier of automated handling and robotic solutions’ ‘AC25 Robot Palletising Cell’ is priced at £80,000 – CKF said that the product provides payback in under two years. “Our objective was…
Hapag-Lloyd, Ocean Network Express, and Yang Ming will launch a strategic cooperation with CMA-CGM, COSCO, and OOCL to enhance their Mediterranean – U.S. East Coast service AL6 (Atlantic 6). The aim of this cooperation is to deliver a more efficient and comprehensive service quality. The improved service is consolidating the AL6 service (operated by Hapag-Lloyd,…
Kuehne + Nagel has outlined plans to be CO2 neutral for shipments in its network of transport suppliers by 2030. Its first step will see all less-than-container-load (LCL) shipments CO2 neutral from 2020 onwards. K+N chief executive Dr. Detlef Trefzger said: “As one of the leading logistics companies worldwide, we acknowledge the responsibility we have…
4,573 vehicles on German barge register: tanker shipping is becoming younger – dry goods shipping declines – passenger shipping grows As of 31 December 2014 Germany’s barge fleet – thus the entire fleet of cargo and passenger ships registered in the German barge register – was 4,573 vehicles. With 65 new units and 122 withdrawn…
