Founder of the private rail enterprise TX Logistik AG (Bad Honnef) are also selling their remaining shares of the Trenitalia company After twleve years of successfully establishing and developing the private railway enterprise TX Logistik, the founders Frank Blochmann, Burkhard Bräkling, Werner Nies, Kurt Pelster and Raimund Stüer are also selling their remaining shares…
Polish airline LOT reinforces expansion of the Warsaw Airport as a hub for traffic between Western and Eastern Europe as well as Asia LOT Polish Airlines is expanding its route network and flies to Donezk in Ukraine from early June 2011. Adding a flight to the fifth-biggest city of the country to the schedule…
Alojz Fabian folgt Miran Petrinja als Vertreter des slowenischen Seehafens Koper für Österreich und Deutschland (Bayern) In der Österreich-Repräsentanz des slowenischen Seehafens Koper kommt es zu einer personellen Umstellung. Miran Petrinja kehrt nach vier Jahren als Leiter des Wiener Büros in die Zentrale nach Koper zurück, wo er künftig neue Aufgaben als Sales Representative European…
active logistics und intet-logistics bilden deutsch-österreichische Partnerschaft im Bereich IT-Lösugen für Logistikanwendungen active logistics (Herdecke) und inet-logistics (Wolfurt) haben eine Zusammenarbeit bei der Entwicklung von IT-Lösungen für Logistikanwendungen angekündigt. Ziel dieser Allianz ist das gegenseitige Befruchten beider Unternehmen mit den jeweiligen Stärken des anderen Partners: active logistics bringt langjährige IT-Erfahrung im Bereich Transport- und Lager-Management…
Transportlogistikgruppe UTi Worldwide erzielte im Geschäftsjahr 2011 deutliche Zuwächse bei den Umsatzerlösen und beim operativen Ergebnisse Für die in Long Beach im US-Bundesstaat Kalifornien ansässige Transportlogistikgruppe UTi Worldwide war das Fiskaljahr 2011 (31. Jänner 2011) von einem wachstumsträchtigen Geschäftsverlauf geprägt. Hervorgerufen durch die starke Zunahme der Tätigkeit in den Bereichen Luftfracht (plus 34,7 Prozent Umsatz)…
Polnische Fluggesellschaft LOT forciert Ausbau des Airport Warschau als Drehscheibe für den Verkehr zwischen West- und Osteuropa sowie Asien Die Fluggesellschaft LOT Polish Airlines baut ihr Streckennetz weiter aus und fliegt ab Anfang Juni 2011 nach Donezk in der Ukraine. Die Aufnahme einer Flugverbindung in die fünftgrößte Stadt des Landes ist Teil der neuen Unternehmensstrategie,…
HLF Heiss hat für Österreichs führenden Anbieter im Bereich Jagdausstattung, Funktionsbekleidung und Landhausmode das Lager neu ausgestattet. 20.000 Artikel sind ab Lager lieferbar. Bei HLF Heiss finden Sie für jede logistische Herausforderung Ihren Spezialisten – wir begleiten unsere Kunden von der Konzeptphase bis zur Projektrealisierung. Mit unserer langjährigen Erfahrung im Bereich Lager- und…
Subsequent to the aftermath of Japan’s devastating earthquakes, tsunami and radioactive contamination due to the damage sustained by the nuclear power plant around the area of Fukushima, OOCL has updated the status of its services to and from Japan: OOCL services calling at the Ports of Tokyo, Yokohama and Nagoya OOCL’s vessels deployed in…
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) reports that the company managed to cut its CO2 emissions by 21% last year, compared with 2009. The company attributed the improvement to increased fleet optimisation and utilisation. The company also reported results of its low-sulphur fuel policy, which has allowed it to cut its SO2 emissions by 151,000 tonnes…
Skanska Stomsystem has signed a new three-year contract with DHL Freight worth approximately €17 million, with an option to extend. The agreement covers all shipments of prefabricated concrete elements from Skanska’s factories in Bollebygd and Strängnäs in Sweden. DHL Freight will invest in around thirty new trailers to satisfy the client’s special transport needs….
Hanjin Shipping will launch a new weekly service to the Pacific North West on April 22nd. This new service will cover the ports of Hong Kong, Yantian, Kaohsiung, Tacoma, Vancouver and Busan. The service will deploy five 4,300 TEU class ships, jointly operated by Hanjin Shipping and its alliance partner, Yang Ming Line. One vessel…
Norbert Dentressangle announced today that it has finalised the acquisition of 100% of Laxey Logistics Ltd, the holding company that owns transport and logistics group TDG. The €241-million acquisition follows the approval of the deal by European competition authorities on March 21st, and an agreement to purchase TDG signed on November 29th, 2010. The…
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced scheduled international traffic for February 2011, showing an increase of 2.3% for cargo demand compared with February 2010. February demand growth was down significantly from the revised 8.7% expansion recorded in January for cargo traffic. In addition to the political unrest in the Middle East and…
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…
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