UPS has launched direct flights from Hong Kong to Europe, enabling the company to offer the widest next-day delivery coverage for both packages and heavy freight between the two regions. With the addition of four direct flights, UPS now offers a total of eleven flights from Hong Kong to Europe each week. The new…
FedEx Express has launched a new dedicated 777F route connecting the FedEx World Hub in Memphis, Tennessee to South Korea with four non-stop flights a week. The new route combines faster service with larger cargo capacity, enabling FedEx to deliver documents and packages from the US, Canada and select markets in Latin America to…
Agility has launched its first Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report, which reviews the company’s CSR commitments to date and highlights its progress and priorities for the future. Agility has grown from a local warehousing company in Kuwait to a top ten player in the logistics industry operating across 100 countries, and its social responsibilities…
Korean Air has announced an order for two new 747-8 Freighters, valued at $639 million at Boeing list prices. With this order, Korean Air now has seven 747-8 Freighters on order. The 747-8 Freighter offers a range of 4,390 nautical miles and a maximum structural payload capacity of 154 tons. It also offers an additional…
Hanjin Shipping received its second 10,000 TEU class containership on Friday. The Hanjin Netherlands is the second of the series of five 10,000 TEU class ships ordered from Samsung Heavy Industries. Hanjin received the first 10,000 TEU ship – the Hanjin Korea – in June last year. According to Hanjin Shipping, the Hanjin…
AP Moller-Maersk has named the first of a series of 22 West Africa MAX (WAFMAX) container vessels currently being built by Hyundai Heavy Industries in Korea. The new Maersk Conakry will be the largest container ship able to call West Africa. Once a market served entirely by small feeder vessels operating from hubs like…
DB Schenker recently inaugurated a new facility in Manila, consolidating three units that had previously been located in Metro Manila into a central complex in the Sabrina Compound in Sucat/Paranaque City. The new facility provides 2,400 m² of office space for the corporate office, and accommodates the teams for air and ocean freight, customs…
According to LCP Consulting, the UK’s freight transport policy needs a new vision based on solid evidence. Since 2000, five attempts to define the UK’s integrated transport policy have failed to produce a robust policy approach to freight and logistics. A new paper released today says that freight transport policy requires urgent attention to…
Dun & Bradstreet has released a free search tool that enables individuals to identify companies located in the prefectures impacted by the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan. This information will help organisations to assess their exposure to financial and business continuity risk resulting from the earthquake and tsunami, as well as the unfolding…
US Customs & Border Protection gave global shipping line APL an all-clear this week for the first shipment of containerised cargo from post-earthquake Japan. According to Customs, technicians conducted radiation tests on 355 containers discharged from the APL Korea at the Port of Los Angeles. All containers were cleared for delivery to locations throughout…
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has given a cautious welcome to the UK government’s decision to abandon the next increase in fuel duty, which was planned for April 1st, and replace it with a ‘fair fuel stabiliser‘, which will remove some of the uncertainty over fuel prices. BIFA director general Peter Quantrill pointed out…
TDG has introduced a new container service from its Thurrock depot for customers moving containers under ADR regulations. The new service can handle 20-ft and 40-ft iso-tankers, and also provides storage on site. Having always used road tankers to move product in the past, TDG Thurrock has now responded to customer requirements with the…
DHL has launched Logistics Without Borders, an end-to-end supply chain solution that connects suppliers, carriers and end-users on both sides of the US – Mexico border. The solution leverages the expertise of DHL’s Global Forwarding and Supply Chain divisions in providing companies shipping across the US-Mexico border with one-stop access to the tools, expertise…
Caterpillar is examining a range of strategic options for its third party logistics business, which is part of its wholly owned subsidiary, Caterpillar Logistics Services (Cat Logistics). The company believes the 3PL business is a unique and attractive asset that has excellent growth potential. Options under consideration include a potential sale of the 3PL…
Kerry Logistics has opened two new logistics centres in Chongqing and Kunshan, expanding the company’s national network and range of services in these fast growing cities. The first phase of the Chongqing Kerry Logistics Centre has a total area of 20,500 m² and is strategically located at a hub with connections to regional airports,…
FedEx Express has opened a new 2,300 m² station in the Suzhou New District – the company’s third station in Suzhou in China’s Jiangsu Province. Located in the Suzhou High Technology Zone, the station handles the pick-up and delivery of international express shipments for customers in the New District, Wuzhong District and part of downtown…
Hamburg Süd has ordered six 9,600 TEU vessels from Hyundai Heavy Industries, with an option for another four; OOCL has signed a contract with Samsung Heavy Industries for six 13,000 TEU vessels. Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has been awarded a KRW 800 billion deal to build six 9,600 TEU containerships for Hamburg Süd. The…
DHL delivers in-flight amenities for Singapore Airlines; enhances Import Express Worldwide service; rolls out Hasbro’s ‘Autobots‘ in South China. DHL Global Forwarding Singapore has been appointed to manage global transportation of all in-flight amenities from Singapore Airlines – mainly through its distribution hubs in China, Germany and Singapore – to all of its network…
The four founding member associations of the newly formed Global Air Cargo Advisory Group (GACAG) have finalised and signed the basic principles of the Group, making air cargo security and e-commerce the top priorities. The International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA), the International Air Transport Association (IATA), The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA)…
DHL Supply Chain has successfully launched an industry-first technology solution that gives its consumer sector customers end-to-end visibility at individual line level. The internally-developed bespoke web-based Live Order Tracking System (LOTS) is set to revolutionise the way in which DHL staff and its customers view order information securely over the internet. Andy Lightfoot, Regional…
CMA CGM upgrades its EPIC service between India, Pakistan, the Middle East and Europe; Evergreen launches a weekly TMI service between Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia; Hanjin Shipping receives its first ore carrier. CMA CGM has upgraded its EPIC service between India, Pakistan, the Middle East and North Europe (five ports served directly), reducing transit…
Bristol-Myers Squibb has appointed Exel as its third party logistics provider to handle distribution in the US. As part of the contract, Exel purchased the existing Bristol-Myers Squibb distribution centres in Mount Vernon, Indiana, and will take over operations in the second quarter of this year. Exel will provide logistics operations and finished goods distribution…
Ein US-Bezirksgericht Delaware hat eine von McKesson gegen Swisslog erhobene Patentrechtsklage abgewiesen und damit die Position von Swisslog gestützt. Die Klage betrifft das von Swisslog entwickelte Medikamenten-Kommissioniersystem PillPick, das in Spitalapotheken eingesetzt wird. McKesson hat die Möglichkeit, gegen dieses Urteil Rechtsmittel einzulegen. Kalender 14. April 2011: Generalversammlung 25. Mai 2011: Investorentag 16. August 2011: Publikation…
Nach fast zwölf Jahren erfolgreicher Unternehmensentwicklung verkaufen die TX Logistik-Gründer Frank O. Blochmann, Burkhard Bräkling, Werner Nies, Kurt Pelster und Raimund Stüer ihre noch verbleibenden Gesellschafteranteile an Trenitalia, die 100-prozentige Tochter der italienischen Staatsbahn Ferrovie dello Stato. Die Mehrheit mit 51 Prozent hatte Trenitalia bereits vor knapp sechs Jahren erworben. Seit Gründung des Unternehmens im…
TomTom kündigt heute die Verfügbarkeit der drei neuen 5 Zoll Display Navigationsgeräte für den professionellen Einsatz an: TomTom PRO 7150, PRO 9150 und PRO 7150 TRUCK. Die neuen Geräte wurden entwickelt, um Unternehmen Wettbewerbsvorteile und Anwendern über die größeren Displays eine noch einfachere Handhabung zu bieten. Die aktuellsten Modelle besitzen ein 5 Zoll Fluid Touch-Display…
Deutsches und österreichisches Softwarehaus kooperieren bei der Entwicklung – Gegenseitige Befruchtung durch unterschiedliche Know-How-Schwerpunkte aus der Bedienung verschiedener Marktsegmente – Beide Unternehmen profitieren von den Stärken des anderen Partners active logistics und inet-logistics haben eine Zusammenarbeit bei der Entwicklung von IT-Lösungen für Logistikanwendungen angekündigt. Ziel dieser Zusammenarbeit ist das gegenseitige Befruchten beider Unternehmen mit…
Wenn es um Prozessoptimierung im Warenversand geht, stehen Pick by Voice-Lösungen bei Logistikleitern schon längst ganz oben auf der Einkaufsliste. In punkto Effizienz setzen der Spezialist für sprachgesteuerte Kommissionierungslösungen topsystem und die spanischen IT-Experten von ASTI jetzt noch einen drauf: Auf der diesjährigen CeMAT präsentieren die beiden Unternehmen eine neue Pick and Go-Lösung, die die…
München-Ottobrunn (D), Meshed Systems GmbH (www.meshedsystems.com), ein führender Distributor von RFID Komponenten freut sich, eine neue Produktreihe von UHF RFID Schreib- / Lesegeräten für kurze bis mittlere Reichweiten vorzustellen. Alle Geräte zeichnen sich durch eine modulare Bauweise und eine einheitliche Softwareschnittstelle aus. Dadurch ist einerseits neben den Serienprodukten nicht nur die flexible und kurzfristige Anpassung…
Auf der CeMAT, die vom 2. bis zum 6. Mai 2011 in Hannover stattfindet, präsentiert Swisslog, Komplettanbieter für Intralogistik-Lösungen, sein umfassendes Portfolio für Leichtgut-Subsysteme, Palettenförder- und – lagertechnik sowie Einsatzszenarien für die verschiedenen Produkte. Darüber hinaus zeigt Swisslog Lösungen und Prasbeispiele für die Nahrungsmittel- und Getränkeindustrie, den Einzelhandel und die Pharmabranche. Swisslog verfolgt konsequent die…
Die MAUSER Gruppe, ein weltweit führendes Unternehmen im Bereich Industrieverpackungen, nimmt eine neue IBC-Produktionslinie in Bammental in Betrieb. Von diesem Standort nahe Heidelberg können MAUSER Kunden in Süddeutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz zukünftig noch effizienter mit SM Kombinations-IBC beliefert werden. Mit den zusätzlichen Produktionskapazitäten trägt das Unternehmen der großen Nachfrage in diesen Regionen Rechnung und…
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