DB Schenker Rail Polska is investing approximately €22.5 million in expanding its facilities at the Szczecin and Swinoujscie Baltic Sea ports. In cooperation with the port authority, DB Schenker will invest in the new wharfs and cranes by 2018, which will increase transhipment capacity in the medium-term and boost growth in the exchange of goods…
Hellmann Healthcare Logistics launches new packaging solution Hellmann Healthcare Logistics, the new vertical solution of Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, has teamed up with temperature-controlled packaging specialists, Cool Logistics India, to develop a specialist solution for its airfreight services from and within India. With temperatures reaching up to 50°C in the summer and a lack of temperature-controlled…
APL has moved a step closer to an environmental breakthrough, having completed the retrofit of five vessels for cold-ironing. Cold-ironing enables a ship to turn off its diesel generators at berth and connect to cleaner shore-side power. The clean-air technique will be introduced next winter at APL’s marine terminal in Oakland, California, where APL expects…
Mölnlycke Health Care has signed a three-year+ agreement with DSV, which includes final distribution into fourteen countries combined with a tailor-made linehaul set-up. In addition to the operational activities, DSV will support Mölnlycke in the development and roll-out of its logistics strategic plan. The contract is valued at more than €50 million. Mölnlycke’s strategy focuses…
FlyhtStream taps black box data in-flight AeroMechanical Services (AMS) and Iridium have developed a solution that can monitor aircraft emergencies in near real-time, as opposed to searching for the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) after the event in order to determine what caused an aircraft to crash. Sharon Gill reports … With AMS providing data and…
CMA CGM extends FEMEX service in Europe CMA CGM has introduced two new calls in Tilbury, UK (Southbound) and Lisbon, Portugal (Southbound and Northbound) on its French Europe Med EXPRESS (FEMEX) service linking North Europe to Greece and Turkey, with immediate effect. These additional calls will provide: Direct weekly connections from UK and Portugal to…
With negotiations reported to have been "positive", the MEA lock-out at the Port of Montreal will be lifted at 08h00 tomorrow (Saturday). During the lock-out, some shipping lines were diverting vessels to other ports. However, while Halifax can handle the extra vessels, the Port reported that the offloaded containers were stacking up, despite extra trains…
UPS has attributed its better-than-expected results to the reorganisation of its US domestic operations and significant growth in the company’s international business. UPS reported a consolidated Q2 operating profit of $1.4 billion on revenues of $12.2 billion. Operating profit was up 56.42% (Q2 2009: $895m) and revenues up 12.96% (Q2 2009: $10.8bn). Overall, the average…
Peters & May has secured a major new contract with Southampton, UK-based Griffon Hoverwork. All sister companies under the Peters & May group umbrella will be involved in fulfilling Griffon Hoverwork’s national and international transport requirements. The services to be provided range from documentation preparation, secure packaging and onward transportation of spares through to the…
Nightfreight chooses NX Framework to oversee home deliveries National express delivery network Nightfreight (GB) has selected DA Systems‘ NX Framework Systems to provide the logistics technology for its specialist two-man home delivery (Deliver2home) service. NX Framework has been rolled out to all eighty dedicated vehicle crews, and is being used throughout Nightfreight’s 27 Deliver2home depots…
The dockworkers‘ lock-out at the Port of Montreal continues, with the arguing parties to resume negotiations tomorrow. A second meeting on Friday July 16th between the Maritime Employers Association (MEA) and the Longshoremen’s Union, CUPE, Local 375, failed to produce a resolution to the labour dispute at the Port of Montreal. The dispute relates to…
Kuehne + Nagel’s volume development in all business units exceeded the market average in the first half of this year, with accelerated growth in the second quarter. Compared with the prior year period, turnover increased by 15.9% to CHF 9.85 billion in the first half of 2010, with EBITDA up 1.9% to CHF 475 million…
DHL-GF sharpens focus on Africa DHL Global Forwarding has integrated Sub-Saharan Africa into one region with South Asia Pacific, and the company will now invest further in Africa to boost its established position in the region. DHL plans to leverage the expertise built in Singapore in sectors such as oil & energy, life science, automotive,…
Choice Logistics has significantly expanded its strategic stocking location (SSL) network in Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC). Choice’s SSL expansion and growth includes: Brazil: 10% increase in delivery activity from a centralised location in Sao Paolo. Russia: 66% growth since Q3 2009, with new locations in Moscow, Yekaterinburg and St. Petersburg. India: 1,500%…
Kerry Logistics will strengthen its fashion logistics network in Mainland China with three more facilities, scheduled to be built in Shanghai, Chongqing and Kunshan by 2011. According to Global Insight, the market share of foreign retail brands in China, which currently account for 20% of the retail market, will increase to 40% in 2014. Kerry…
New high frequency service by Rhenus Logistics Austria serves four countries in Central Europe A new product to handle general cargo consignments and part truck loads with destinations in Slovakia, Czech Republic and Poland has been added to the portfolio of Rhenus Logistics Austria. It is a service providing daily departures. The point of departure…
Bulk logistics specialist Hoyer (Hamburg) generated a positive operating result in 2009 “The 2009 financial year turned out better than we expected at the start of the year. Our business model has shown itself to be robust," commented Thomas Hoyer, Chairman of the Advisory Board, and Ortwin Nast, Chief Executive Officer at the recent…
Rohlig Suus Logistics enhances its cooperation with LG Electronics Polska step-by-step These weeks the two enterprises LG Electronics Polska and Rohlig Suus Logistics are looking back on ten years of successful cooperation. The partnership of them has been renewed five times until now, and was continuously expanded. Whereas during the initial stage the activity of…
Restructuring measures and new market strategy of Austrian Airlines Group begins to yield fruit The comprehensive restructuring measures of the Austrian Airlines Group are beginning to show a positive trend. The airline achieved a result from operating activities of minus EUR 67 million in the first half-year of 2010. This meant they reduced the…
Zellstoff Stendal uses technology of Innofreight forwarding to transport wood chips The Austrian rail logistics enterprise Innofreight attends to a new major customer from the cellulose industry. It is the Zellstoff Stendal company, who took over an unloading machine and the first WoodTainer XXL set on 22 July. “Thus the company has the most efficient…
Steiermärkische Landesbahnen melden Übernahme der Containerumschlag- und Eisenbahninfrastrukturanlagen des Güterterminals Graz Süd Die Steiermärkischen Landesbahnen (STLB) haben mit Wirkung per 1. Juli 2010 die Containerumschlag- und Eisenbahninfrastrukturanlagen des Güterterminals Graz Süd übernommen. Das Güterverkehrszentrum wird weiterhin als öffentliche Infrastruktureinrichtung geführt. Der bisherige Betreiber, die Cargo Center Graz BetriebsgmbH (CCG), wird sich in Hinkunft auf die Halleninfrastruktur…
Panalpina group appoints Thomas Niederer new Global Head of Road and Rail In the product management of the Panalpina group an important personnel change was taken. With immediate effect Thomas Niederer holds the function of Global Head of Road and Rail. The background of this measure is Panalpina’s striving for further boosting their products in…
Logistics centre in Klaipeda is aimed to boost the development of the Baltic Shipping forwarding company The UAB Baltic Shipping forwarding company is to start a new major project shortly. Managing Director Arunas Jankauskasen announced the building of a logistics terminal with 16,000 pallet slots in Klaipeda (Lithuania) in an interview with the LogEASTics…
Eigene Landesgesellschaften des Pharmalogistikers Movianto in Portugal und in der Slowakei Das europäische Netzwerk der Movianto-Gruppe hat eine Ausdehnung in zwei weitere Länder erfahren. Mit neuen Standorten in Portugal und in der Slowakei erweitert der Logistikdienstleister seine Präsenz für die internationalen Kunden aus der Pharma-, Biotechnologie- und Healthcare-Industrie. Die Slowakei ist das 13. Land im…
Perfume producer Coty awards transport logistics contract to SmartWay Logistics in Europe SmartWay Logistics based in Utrecht (Netherlands) announced the signature of a long-term contract with Coty Inc., a globally leading cosmetics group, in a press release. The contract comprises European-wide transport management services, which SmartWay Logistics is to organise for Coty. Being an "asset-free"…
Daimler AG und Lehnkering GmbH unterzeichnen Rahmenabkommen über Lieferung von 220 Lkw von Mercedes-Benz Der Unternehmensbereich Road Logistics and Services der Lehnkering GmbH (Duisburg) erweitert und modernisiert den Fuhrpark für die Abwicklung von Chemie- und Stahltransporten. Das Unternehmen hat in der Vorwoche mit der Daimler AG ein Rahmenabkommen über die Lieferung von 220 Lkw von…
Neuer schneller Shuttle Service von Hapag-Lloyd fäht in neun Tagen von Antwerpen nach New York Die deutsche Containerreederei Hapag-Lloyd erweitert ihr Angebot im Transatlantik-Verkehr. Ab Mitte September führt das Unternehmen einen Shuttle Service zwischen Antwerpen und New York im Programm. Der neue Liniendienst läuft unter der Bezeichnung „Atlantic Express Shuttle“. Er stellt eine Ergänzung zu…
Lufthansa Cargo hat einen neuen Leiter für die Area The Americas ernannt. Zum 1. Oktober dieses Jahres wird Achim Martinka (44) die Nachfolge von Klaus Holler antreten, der diese Position in Atlanta seit dem Jahr 2003 inne hatte und in den Ruhestand treten wird. Als Leiter The Americas wird Martinka dann alle Verkaufs- und Handlingaktivitäten…
Die europäische Frachtenbörse Trans.EU hat die Zahl der täglichen Angebote von Ladung, beziehungsweise Laderaum im ersten Halbjahr 2010 um rund 50 Prozent auf 75.000 steigern können. Gleichzeitig stieg die Zahl der Nutzer der Frachtenbörse von 134.000 im Dezember 2009 auf rund 200.000 im Juni 2010. Neben der kontinuierlich steigenden Zahl von Nutzern in osteuropäischen Ländern…
Ab Ende August wird die Reederei Swedish Orient Line AB (SOL) einen neuen RoRo-Service zwischen dem Skandinavienkai in Lübeck-Travemünde und Helsingborg starten. Der Dienst wird mit zwei Schiffen betrieben und soll sechs Mal pro Woche angeboten werden. Das Unternehmen schätzt, dass ein jährliches Volumen von 45.000 unbegleiteten Sattelaufliegern (Trailer) erreichbar ist. Die neue Linie wird…
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