‘Dual View – X Ray Machine’ and ‘Terminal 5’ for air cargo centre at the blue danube airport linz blue danube airport linz is launching two important initiatives to maintain their position as a hub to handle air freight shipments. Acquiring and installing a ‘Dual View – X Ray Machine’ the airport in the…
J. Müller corporate group to construct state-of-the-art silo facility after throughput record in 2012 2012 has been a year of strong business development for the J. Müller corporate group. Handling a total of 6.165 million tonnes of cargo they reached a throughput record in sea borne freight transport in the port of Brake. This…
EUR 26 million investment: Knorr-Bremse 1520 to build a plant for rail vehicle brake technology products The Federal Cargo Company FGK, a subsidiary of Russian Railways RZD, and Knorr-Bremse have established a joint venture in Russia by the name of Knorr-Bremse 1520. The new joint venture company is to manufacture rail vehicle brake technology…
DB Schenker to construct a new 54,520 m² logistics facility in Singapore DB Schenker Logistics is to build a new integrated logistics centre in Singapore. The facility, located at the Tampines LogisPark, close to Changi International Airport, is designed as a shared warehouse, for customers from various industries, such as healthcare, electronics, and automotive….
DB Schenker invests EUR 23.5 million in a new logistics centre in Rudná u Prahy with 8,000 m² covered area and 92 loading platforms DB Schenker Logistics has just started the construction of a new logistics centre in Rudná u Prahy. The new facility close to the Czech capital is designed to meet most…
Article by Cathy Morrow Roberson from Transport Intelligence – Published on 10th January 2013 This article was originally produced at http://www.americaslogistics.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/despite-gloomy-2012-logistics-and.html by Cathy Morrow Roberson Despite some bumps throughout the year, North America remained a bright spot in an otherwise dismal global economy. For 2012, the growth was slow but the region’s economies…
DHL Supply Chain has been awarded a long-term contract worth over £100m with Panasonic, to manage its warehousing and transport operation The contract, which was won as part of a competitive tender, will see DHL assume end-to-end responsibility for Panasonic’s UK supply chain, resulting in increased efficiency, improved services, reduced costs and greater visibility….
Barcelona: Grimaldi Group (Naples) laid the foundation stone for the new epicentre of its short sea services in the Western Mediterranean On January 14th, the ceremony for the laying of the foundation stone of the new Grimaldi Group terminal was held at the Muelle Costa in the port of Barcelona. Thanks to this…
Intermec erweitert seine Mobilcomputer der 70er-Serie – CK70, CN70 und CN70e – um Radio-Frequency Identification(RFID)-Funktionen. Die Geräte sind ab jetzt optional mit integrierten passiven Ultra-High-Frequency(UHF)-RFID-Lesemodulen ohne externe Antenne verfügbar. Das kompakte und extrem robuste Design der Modelle der 70er-Reihe bleibt auch bei den neuen Varianten mit RFID-Funktion erhalten. Die Plattform der Intermec 70er-Serie mit RFID-Reader…
New location of Lagermax forwarding in Istanbul to start with five employees – potential second location in Izmir The transport and logistics enterprise Lagermax is now also providing forwarding services in Turkey. Having opened a new location in Istanbul, the enterprise headquartered in Salzburg has now its locations in twelve countries from Middle Europe…
Joined logistics competence in the port of Nuremberg: DB Schenker Logistics to construct a highly modern logistics centre for EUR 28 million. From the start of 2014 about 380 employees shall offer comprehensive one-stop-shop logistics services at the 54,000 m² area at Bremer Straße. Thus Schenker Deutschland AG joins the logistics competences of its Nuremberg…
Obwohl die Entwicklung in den Absatzmärkten sehr unterschiedlich verlief, konnte der Absatz im Jahresvergleich erheblich gesteigert werden. Per Ende November belief sich der Absatz der sechs Marken Mercedes-Benz, Fuso, Freightliner, Western Star, Thomas Built Buses und BharatBenz auf rund 424.000 (i.V. 371.000) Einheiten. Damit wurde nicht nur das Vergleichsergebnis des Vorjahres um 14 Prozent…
Prologis, Inc. (NYSE: PLD) hat gestern die endgültige Vertragsunterzeichnung für die Bildung des in Euro notierenden Joint Ventures Prologis European Logistics Partners Sàrl bekannt gegeben. Das neue Unternehmen wird ein Portfolio aus hochwertigen Logistikimmobilien erwerben, die sich im vollständigen Besitz von Prologis in 11 europäischen, global relevanten Zielmärkten befinden. Partner von Prologis ist Norges…
Die VITRONIC Machine Vision Ltd. freut sich bekannt zu geben, dass das Unternehmen einen Auftrag in Millionenhöhe zur Automatisierung der manuellen Verarbeitung von Päckchen und Großbriefen von einem großen Paket- und Postkunden in den USA erhalten hat. Im Rahmen des Vertrags wird die VITRONIC Machine Vision Ltd. Anfang 2013 mehr als 1.000 VICAMsnap! Kamerasysteme…
DHL Freight complements its road freight network with an office with a key role as the access point to Central Asia DHL Freight opened a new office in Almaty, Kazakhstan. This strategically important location provides direct transport routes to the key logistic hubs of Europe, Russia and China. With this development, the DHL Freight network…
Offshore terminal and expansion of the railway infrastructure will be the benchmarks of future port investments in Bremen Following century-investments such as the construction of container terminal 4 and the Kaiserschleuse lock, the ports of Bremen are about to tackle more projects to attract logistics customers. One key area of the future investments is…
B+ Equipment wird auch wieder Live ausstellen mit einer funktionelle I-Pack® Maschine auf der Logimat Messe 2013 in Stuttgart. Deutsche Firmen sind sehr vertraut mit Automatisierung und Technik im Allgemein, und die meiste Distribution Zentrums die über 500.000 Pakete Jährlich versenden benutzen heute schon Handling, Picking oder Automatische Storage Systeme. B+ introduziert automatische Verpackungslösungen für die…
Belief in Europe’s future incites German Dachser group to takeover the Spanish general cargo croesus Azkar Effective 15 January 2013, the internationally operating group Dachser is to acquire the Spanish logistics service provider Azkar, which is still subject to the approval of the anti-trust authorities. Dachser acquired a ten-percent stake in its Iberian logistics…
Senior retail and consumer goods supply chain executives from Carrefour, Footlocker, John Lewis, P&G, Nestlé, Metro Group and many more will gather in Dusseldorf, April 11-12th to discuss the big issues affecting retail and consumer supply chains today, as well as debating what the future holds for the industry. “With a speaker faculty of…
New study underlines that a modern railway link is essential for Port of Koper and the Slovenian logistics sector The most recent study conducted within the European INWAPO project by the Ljubljana-based Ljubljanski Inštitut za Finance in Ekonomijo d.o.o. – L.I.F.E. institute, confirmed that a modern railway link between Koper and the mainline at…
Trimble erweitert sein Spektrum von Angeboten im Bereich Flottenmanagement: Auf der LogiMAT 2013 in Stuttgart präsentiert das Unternehmen seine neue mobile Telematiklösung FleetExpress für Android (FleetXps). Die Smartphone-Anwendung ergänzt den Bordcomputer Car-Cube und bietet alle wichtigen Telematik-Daten, ohne LKW mit festeingebauten Geräten ausrüsten zu müssen. Wie Logistikdienstleister noch mehr aus der Telematik her-ausholen, erklärt Trimble…
Innovatives Pick-to-Light-System mit modularen Ausbaustufen Fertigungs- und Lagerprozesse zu verschlanken, mit dem Ziel Kosten zu reduzieren, ist wichtiger denn je zuvor. Mit dem modular aufgebauten PickVision- und AssemblyVision-System von WIBOND lassen sich solche Strategien einfach und flexibel umsetzen. WIBOND präsentiert Neuheiten im Bereich Lager- und Fertigungslogistik sowie Fertigungsprozessoptimierung (Poka-Joke-System). Mit der Weiterentwicklung des PickVision-Systems…
Favourable capital-market conditions motivate Deutsche Post DHL to borrow funds up to EUR 2 billion Deutsche Post DHL, the world’s leading mail and logistics group, is taking advantage of the favourable capital-market conditions to obtain long-term funding for a further portion of its pension obligations. The Group plans to use an array of financing…
Danube port Enns/Ennsdorf upgraded through expansion of the quay wall by 75 metres With immediate effect the Danube port Enns/Ennsdorf offers enhanced opportunities for the transhipment of goods on the waterway. As an action to further increase transhipment performance the Kai 1 quay facility (operated by Fuchshuber Agrarhandel) on the Lower Austrian section was…
Vienna-Linz: European Investment Bank (EIB) invests a total of EUR 1 billion to the new ÖBB western line The European Investment Bank (EIB) finances the expansion of one of Europe’s most important transport corridors. Following EUR 400 million-loans in 2007 and 2008 for the expansion to four-tracks on the route between Vienna and St….
Honold-Dietrich joint venture to build a logistics facility with 10,000 m² hall space in Timisoara, Romania The Honold logistics group expands the presence of their joint venture with Dietrich Logistik in Timisoara/Romania by 10,000 m². Construction works started recently, they shall be finished and operation shall start by 1 April 2013. The facility…
Vienna International Airport: Clear decline in cargo volume and good economic performance in the first nine months of 2012 The first nine months of 2012 had two earmarks at the cargo segment at the Vienna Airport: Cargo volume (air cargo and trucking) fell by 8.9 per cent year-on-year to 189,074 tonnes as a result…
Masternaut, Europas führender Anbieter von Lösungen für das Mangement mobiler Mitarbeiter, unterstützt den diesjährigen bfp-Kongress am 06. Dezember 2012 in Mainz. Im Atrium Hotel treffen zum 10. Mal zahlreiche Fuhrparkverantwortliche und Lösungsanbieter zusammen und tauschen unter dem Motto „Basiswissen für Einsteiger – Fachwissen für Profis“ wertvolle Informationen für die praktische Arbeit im eigenen Fuhrpark miteinander…
Start der umfassenden Neu- und Umbauten am Firmenhauptsitz der Transport- und Logistikgruppe Gebrüder Weiss in Vorarlberg Mit einem traditionellen Spatenstich haben die Gebrüder Weiss-Vorstände Wolfgang Niessner, Peter Kloiber, Wolfram Senger-Weiss und Heinz Senger-Weiss mit zahlreichen Ehrengästen, unter ihnen Landesstatthalter Karlheinz Rüdisser, der Lauteracher Bürgermeister Elmar Rhomberg sowie Heidi und Paul Senger-Weiss, Aufsichtsratsmitglieder von Gebrüder Weiss,…
Half Year Results for six months ended 30 September 2012 Improved performance and strategic progress achieved Key Points Underlying performance of the Group has been positive with good wins assisting future growth, including the following within the retail sector Agreement with B&Q to support their multi-channel operations across the UK …
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