Toll buys two UK companies, sells stake in metal logistics JV Toll Group has announced its intention to acquire two freight forwarding companies in the UK and divest its investment in Pacorini Toll – a joint venture with the Italy-based Pacorini Group. Toll plans to acquire WT Sea Air Group (WT) and Genesis Forwarding Group…
Transnet has summarily dismissed its Freight Rail chief executive, Siyabonga Gama, for three incidents of misconduct. Sharon Gill reports from South Africa … Gama was found guilty on three charges of misconduct by an independent chairperson. When the media cast doubt on Gama’s integrity back in 2005, Transnet jumped to his defence, saying: "We have…
With the Euromax Terminal as its basis, K-Line aims to increasingly consolidate its transhipment volumes – also for the ScanBaltic – in Rotterdam. According to Fer Penders, managing director of K-Line Netherlands, the company believes that further consolidation of its transhipment in Rotterdam will improve service levels. K-Line also sees the potential of using Extended…
OOCL switches Polish feeder service from Gdansk to Gdynia Ocean Overseas Container Line (OOCL) is transferring its container feeder service in Poland to International Container Terminal Services Inc’s (ICTSI) Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) in the Port of Gdynia. The transfer of OOCL’s feeder service from Gdansk to the BCT starts this month. The feeder service…
DHL has announced the launch of its new direct LCL service from Nhava Sheva in India to Los Angeles in the US. Operated by DHL’s in-house carrier Danmar Lines, the new service will reduce transit time between the two ports to 26 days. Container traffic at India’s major ports surged 21.5% in April compared with…
CEVA Logistics has entered the pharmaceutical market in Italy with the acquisition of DIMAF Pharma Supply Chain. Active in the pharma logistics sector for more than thirty years, DIMAF is among the top five in pharmaceutical logistics in Italy, and manages the supply chains of about thirty pharmaceutical companies, including several multi-nationals. DIMAF is present throughout…
Bosch Automotive Aftermarket receives TNT Innight’s value added services for spare parts reprocessing The automotive division of Robert Bosch GmbH is to enhance its longstanding cooperation with TNT Innight Austria by another task. Since May 2010 the after sales logistics specialist attends also to logistics processes related to “remanufacturing“ (use of recycled parts of…
Weidmüller Klippon® Kabelverschraubungen KDSU, KDSW, KDSX, KSG und KUB sind für den Einsatz in explosionsgefährdeten Bereichen prädestiniert. Das Programm umfasst Ex e und Ex d Kabelverschraubungen für armierte und nicht armierte Kabel. Weidmüller Klippon® Kabelverschraubungen: Die neue Klippon®Familie an Kabelverschraubungen für armierte und nicht armierte Kabel ist prädestiniert für den Einsatz in Ex e (erhöhte…
Panalpina appoints Chris Kent their new Global Head of international project business activities A personal change is to take place at the mangement level of Panprojects, a 100% Panalpina subsidiary. Chris Kent assumes the function of Global Head. The Brisith citizen succeeds Heinz Zech who decided to pursue new professional challenges outside of the Panalpina…
Bavarian trimodal Danube port Regensburg expands its rail infrastructure The bayernhafen Regensburg took two jubilees at once to organise a three-days festival for port visitors last weekend. 100 years ago, in June 1910, the west port, known as Luitpoldhafen at that time, started operating. 50 years later it was followed by today’s east port, where…
New long-haul jets are aimed to prolong Emirates Airline’s high flight Emirates Airline remains on its course of expansion. On Monday the Dubai-based international airline placed an order with the US aircraft manufacturer Boeing for an additional 30 jets of the 777-300ER series, worth approximately USD 9.1 billion (in list prices!). This increases the number…
Hamburg’s HHLA group is well equipped to handle large container vessels of the latest generation As of now a berth to service large container vessels of the latest generation is available at the terminals of HHLA Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG. In the middle of the week a new berth for mega-containerships was taken into…
Joined Management shall further develop DB Schenker’s international business from Frankfurt The Transportation and Logistics division of Deutsche Bahn, with the umbrella brand DB Schenker, is to bundle its management functions in Frankfurt am Main. In a press release Dr. Rüdiger Grube, DB Chairman and CEO, announced the future concentration of the corporate units currently…
Overnight specialist GO! Express & Logistics gained significantly in volumes in the first half of 2010 Started 15 years ago, the express logistician GO! headquartered in Vienna records an unbroken uptrend. In the period from January to June 2010 the volumes that were forwarded have risen considerably compared on the previous year. In a…
Austrian Lufthansa Cargo markets freight capacities of Austrian Airlines and Lufthansa Cargo in Austria Today Austrian Lufthansa Cargo GmbH is officially presented in Vienna. The new cooperation between Austrian Airlines and Lufthansa Cargo has started operation on 1 July 2010. On a press conference Carsten Spohr, CEO of Lufthansa Cargo AG, together with the two…
Hamburg Süd shipping company launches its own liner service between North Europe and Israel this autumn The shipping group Hamburg Süd puts its scheme to handle container consignments between North Europe and Israel on a new basis. In a press release the enterprise announced the withdrawal from the joint service with ZIM Lines. With effect…
20 new articulated trucks with safety equipment acquired by LOG-IN Internationale Spedition The forwarding company LOG-IN Internationale Spedition GmbH is expanding its fleet these weeks. The European-wide acting provider of transport and logistics services for high quality goods adds 20 articulated trucks to its vehicle fleet, which will then count 200 trucks in total. LOG-IN…
Viennese station of Austrian Airlines and Lufthansa Cargo certified as security hub Austrian Lufthansa Cargo GmbH (74 Lufthansa Cargo; 26% Austrian Airlines) aims to reach its goal of increasing the market share by two to three percentage points and simultaneously raising synergies at the amount of around EUR 10 million per year. The enterprise covers…
Considerable increase in freight volumes at the Vienna International Airport in the first half of 2010 Vienna International Airport registers a sustainable uptrend in freight business. In the period from January to June the airport handled 148,353 tons of goods (air freight and trucking). This is a 30.4 per cent growth on the previous year’s…
Hohe Warenverfügbarkeit und schnelle Warenbewegung ist für den Handel essentiell. Dabei hat jedes Unternehmen besondere Anforderungen und spezielle sowie ganz individuelle betriebsinterne Abläufe. So wie ein Herz das Blut durch den Körper pumpt, werden auch vom Lager die Waren in das Logistik-System „gepumpt“. Ein effektives Lager ist somit Herzstück der Logistikkette und schon viele Unternehmen…
New feeder service of Maersk Line links Gdansk and St. Petersburg with Kotka (Finland) The deepwater container terminal in the Polish seaport of Gdansk is given the status as a hub to serve the Baltic States with the Danish Maersk Line. Since the beginning of the month the shipping company has a feeder service to…
Growing world trade stimulates container traffic at the Belgian seaport of Antwerp The Belgian seaport of Antwerp is connecting to its pre-crisis success in cargo throughput. In the period from January to June around 87 million tons were handled at the quay facilities. This is a 12.7 per cent increase on last year. Antwerp registered…
Kuehne + Nagel posted market average-exceeding volume development the first half of 2010 Kuehne + Nagel group’s business goes like clockwork again. In the period from January to June the provider of air freight, sea freight, contract logistics and overland services registered a volume development that exceeded the market average. The management is optimistic…
Upper Styrian transport enterprise GKT Transport-Logistics faces severe economic turbulences On 15 July the regional court Landesgericht Leoben opened bankruptcy proceedings about the assets of the GKT Transport-Logistics GmbH based in Spielberg near Knittelfeld. According to a notice from the KSV1870 – Austrian association for the protection of creditors the bankruptcy was due to application…
Britischer Cybit Konzern auf Rang 13 der international am schnellsten wachsenden Unternehmen – Süddeutsche Cybit GmbH ermöglicht Erfolg durch neue und bestehende Kunden – Studie der Sunday Times Nach einer Studie der renommierten englischen Zeitung Sunday Times liegt der britische Telematik-Konzern Cybit auf Rang 13 der international am schnellsten wachsenden Unternehmen des Landes. Zu…
Ein neuartiges Lösungsmodell soll Unternehmen helfen, Ordnung in ihr Datenchaos zu bringen Die IT-Spezialisten der Ludwigsburger LIS.TEC GmbH haben ein Modell entwickelt, mit dem Unternehmen aus der Logistikbranche ihre Ablaufprozesse straffer organisieren, die Tourenplanung effizienter gestalten und die Auslastung ihrer Transportmittel optimieren können. "Eines der größten Probleme, mit dem sich Logistiker heute konfrontiert sehen,…
TGW, der Lösungsanbieter für innerbetriebliche Logistik, gewinnt einen prestigeträchtigen Auftrag im Designer-Modehandel. Einer der weltweit bekanntesten Online-Händler für Premium-Mode vertraut auf die Erfahrung und die Technologie von TGW und realisiert ein hochdynamisches, kosten- und ressourceneffizientes Lager-, Kommissionier- und Verpackungssystem. TGW gewinnt ein weiteres, prestigeträchtiges Projekt im Premium-Modehandel. Die von TGW entwickelte…
Bosch Automotive Aftermarket bezieht von TNT Innight Mehrwertdienste im Bereich Ersatzteil-Wiederaufbereitung Der Geschäftsbereich Automotive der Robert Bosch GmbH erweitert die langjährige Zusammenarbeit mit TNT Innight Austria um eine weitere Aufgabenstellung. Seit Mai 2010 betreut der Spezialist im Bereich After-Sales-Logistik auch die zur Kategorie „Remanufacturing“ (Verwendung von wiederaufbereiteten Fahrzeugteilen) gehörenden Logistikprozesse. „Es freut uns besonders, dass…
Panalpina bestellt Chris Kent zum neuen Global Head der Aktivitäten im internationalen Projekttransport-Geschäft In der Chefetage der 100%igen Panalpina-Tochtergesellschaft Panprojects kommt es zu einem personellen Wechsel. Chris Kent übernimmt die Funktion des Global Head. Der britische Staatsbürger tritt die Nachfolge von Heinz Zech an, der in Zukunft eine neue berufliche Herausforderung außerhalb der Panalpina-Gruppe wahrnimmt….
Ausbau der Gleisinfrastruktur im trimodalen bayerischen Donauhafen Regensburg Gleich zwei denkwürdige Jubiläen nahm der bayernhafen Regensburg am Wochenende zum Anlass für ein dreitägiges Besucher-Fest im Hafen. Vor genau 100 Jahren, im Juni 1910, nahm der Westhafen, damals als Luitpoldhafen in Regensburg bekannt, den Betrieb auf. 50 Jahre später folgte ihm der heutige Osthafen oder Ölhafen,…
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