Samskip and its subsidiary Van Dieren have signed a long-term agreement with Duisport to make the newly combined KV-Terminal Hohenbudberg at the Port of Duisburg their new base. In addition to Samskip/Van Dieren traffic, companies located in the immediate proximity – which includes CHEMPARK in Krefeld-Uerdingen – will also use this bimodal terminal. Samskip is…
Raben Logistics has opened a new warehouse at the depot in Würzburg/Reichenberg, expanding its capacities by 15%. 51 ramps instead of twelve create adequate conditions for fast and flexible response to customers‘ needs – even if transport volumes continue to increase. A video surveillance system with 72 cameras allows for full track and trace of…
Cargotec files a lawsuit against SweFrame for theft of Bromma’s product information, and plans to establish a joint venture in China with Jiangsu Rainbow Heavy Industries. Cargotec has filed a lawsuit in Sweden against SweFrame Port Equipment, claiming inter alia for damages due to theft of sensitive product information belonging to Cargotec’s Bromma Conquip. SweFrame…
LAN Cargo’s affiliate in Colombia, Linea Aerea Carguera de Colombia (LANCO) has opened a 6,050 m² facility at the El Dorado Airport in Bogota. The US$7 million investment is part of the more than US$200 million dollars in assets that the LANCO has invested in Colombia. With 2,400 m² for cold storage and 3,400 m²…
Emons Spedition establishes a new location just beside the trimodal container handling facility at the Port of Nuremberg: The Emons forwarding company is investing more than EUR 10 million into the construction of its new location at bayernhafen Nuremberg. On a 30,000 m² plot a throughput and logistics hall with 55 gates (6,200 m²), offices…
New combined transport terminal for Samskip and Van Dieren at the Port of Duisburg will provide a maximum capacity of 250,000 TEU per year in the final stage: Samskip Multimodal Container Logistics and its subsidiary Van Dieren have signed a long-term agreement with Duisport to expand their activities. The duisport group will construct the new…
Vocollect, ein Geschäftsbereich von Intermec Inc. (NYSE:IN) und Weltmarktführer bei voice-basierten Lösungen für mobiles Personal, hat das zweite Kapitel seines E-Books "Das sprechende Lagerhaus: Wie sich mit Voice die Performance in der Distribution steigern lässt" veröffentlicht. Unter dem Titel "Die Entmystifizierung von Voice im Lagerhaus"untersuchen die Autoren des Buches, Vocollects Mitbegründer und Chief Technology Officer…
Umsatz H1-2011: EUR 93,9 Millionen entsprechen einer Steigerung um 16 Prozent im Vergleich zu EUR 80,8 Millionen in H1-2010 // EBITDA H1-2011: EUR 9,5 Millionen im Vergleich zu EUR 9,8 Millionen in H1-2010 // Dr. Christian Fischer, CEO: “Im Vergleich zur außergewöhnlich starken Nachfrage in 2010 ist der Markt in den ersten sechs Monaten 2011…
A joint-venture company, Saudi Global Ports (SGP), formed between the Public Investment Fund (PIF) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and PSA International has been awarded the concession to develop, operate and manage the second container terminal in the King Abdul Aziz Port in Dammam. The port is the largest Gulf port in the Kingdom…
Ressourceneffizienz ist eine wichtige Stellschraube für Nachhaltigkeit und Kostensenkung in der Intralogistik. Mit dem Software-Modul PMS-E hat die Aberle Automation GmbH nun ein Prozess Management System für Energieeffizienz in der Intralogistik entwickelt, mit dem Einsparungen im Energieverbrauch zwischen 25 und 40 Prozent und der Einstieg in Green Logistics kurzfristig realisierbar sind. Die Konzeption wird innerhalb…
Auf dem Dach des zur Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) gehörenden Logistikzentrums Altenwerder hat HAMBURG ENERGIE eine der größten Solaranlagen Hamburgs errichtet. Der HHLA-Vorstandsvorsitzende Klaus-Dieter Peters und HAMBURG-ENERGIE-Geschäftsführer Dr. Michael Beckereit nahmen am Dienstag dem 19. Juli 2011 eine der größten Solaranlagen der Hansestadt im Hamburger Hafen in Betrieb. Auf dem rund 29.000 Quadratmeter…
OPAL und das SOU Systemhaus präsentieren eine mobile Lösung zur Vereinfachung der Bestandsaufnahme im Warenlager OPAL, AutoID System Integrator, setzt auf Kooperationen mit erfahrenen Hard- und Softwareanbietern. Gemeinsam mit SOU, einem der führenden Anbietern von betriebswirtschaftlicher Standardsoftware, hat OPAL eine mobile Lösung zur Vereinfachung der Inventur entwickelt. Die Synchronisation mit den Bestandsvorgaben auf dem mobilen Gerät erfolgt über eine Dockingstation. Danach lassen…
Lufthansa Cargo: Considerable increase in volumes in the first half of 2011 and introduction of new light weight containers: Lufthansa Cargo registered a tonnage plus of 14.8 per cent to 953,000 tons in the first six months of the current business year. Its load factor reached 69.1 per cent. “We have harnessed the robust development…
Expanded location of DHL Express Austria in Guntramsdorf near Vienna permits a maximum throughput of 4,000 parcels per hour: In the presence of 120 guests DHL Express inaugurated its new Austrian headquarters and the expanded terminal in Guntramsdorf near Vienna on 6 July. The previously separated production sites in Vienna and Guntramsdorf were now…
Purchase of 50 per cent of Procargo Group opens Röhlig group direct access to four more markets in South America: The South American branch of the Röhlig group has gained growth impetus. The purchase of 50 per cent of the Procargo Group announced at the start of this week, the enterprise based in Bremen expands…
Port of Vienna recorded growth in almost all segments in 2010 and considers construction of a 6,000 m² covered block warehouse: The Port of Vienna is heading for growth. The management board formed of Ing. Rudolf Mutz, Dr. Herbert Szirota and Mag. Monika Unterholzner reported growing container volume and high capacity utilisation of the…
DHL is investing €100 million with the addition of three Boeing 747-400 Converted Freighters (BCFs) to its Asia Air Network. Operated by Air Hong Kong, a joint venture between Cathay Pacific and DHL, the three B747-400 BCFs with a payload of 100 tonnes each will service three high capacity routes six days a week: Tokyo…
OAG Cargo has released an enhanced and upgraded version of its AFRA Air Freight Rates application – an online real-time rate management and distribution product originally launched in Western Europe in 2003. The optimised AFRA product is expected to become the standard for air freight rates management by airlines and their customers. The application is…
New building increases throughput capacity of Jöbstl forwarding company at its site in Wundschuh, southern Styria: These days an additional building of the logistics facility of the Jöbstl forwarding company at the site in Wundschuh near Graz starts operating. The expansion implemented with a total investment of EUR 3.5 million increases considerably the throughput capacity…
Schenker & Co AG posts declining rail volume and growing transport volume in the segments overland, air and sea freight: The 2010 financial year was characterised by difficult conditions for Schenker & Co AG (Vienna). CEO Mag. Elmar Wieland reported a trend towards smaller shipment units and simultaneously increasing lack of loading equipment, growing diesel…
Raben Logistics Germany opened new warehouse at the depot in Wuppertal and shortly will open a warehouse in Würzburg: Raben Logistics Germany is running an ambitious program to expand and modernise its network. On 17 June Raben opened a new warehouse at the depot in Wuppertal. With the enlargement of capacities by 35 per cent,…
Dachser’s Eurohub Bratislava links 12 countries between the Baltic, the Adriatic and the Black Sea: In the presence of high ranking representatives from politics and industry, the internationally acting logistics service provider Dachser opened its Eurohub in Bratislava on 18 June 2011. The new logistics facility in Slovakia is one of three European hubs in…
Singapore Post has announced the acquisition of a 30% stake in Vietnam-based Indo Trans Logistics (ITL) for US$10.8 million. ITL provides integrated logistics solutions with businesses in air and sea freight forwarding, third-party logistics solutions and distribution, and general sales agency for airlines. According to SingPost’s CEO Dr Wolfgang Baier, the acquisition gives the company…
Having enhanced the branch operations in Graz the international forwarding company Schneckenreither is about to tackle a new investment. They recently turned the first sod for the expansion of the facility at their headquarters in Ansfelden. According to managing director Alfred Schneckenreither the headquarters is to be enhanced by an undergroud parking with 63…
Nachdem die Fusion der AMB Property Corporation® und ProLogis abgeschlossen ist, übernimmt Peter Schuijlenburg die Funktion des Senior Vice President, Regional Director Northern Europe. Künftig verantwortet er sämtliche Geschäfte von Prologis in Deutschland, Österreich, Benelux und Skandinavien. Er folgt auf Joseph Ghazal, der nun für Prologis als Senior Vice President, Head of Land, Development &…
Foodstuffs – Neuseelands größter Retailer im Lebensmittelbereich, mit landesweit über 680 inhabergeführten Filialen und 30.000 Angestellten – hat erfolgreich eine Lösung zur automatisierten Filialdisposition von SAF implementiert. Dank der SAF-Technologie konnten die Foodstuffs-Filialen sowohl ihre Bestände reduzieren als auch ihre Abverkäufe steigern. Die SAF AG, die im Prime Standard der Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse gelistet ist (ISIN…
Einkäufer treffen Lieferanten aus CEE und anderen Best Cost countries. Die BMÖ Sourcing Days sind: Marktnah, kostengünstig, warengruppenspezifisch Informationen unter www.bmoe.at >> Kopfleiste Sourcing-Services Sourcing Day Tschechien Ort: Wien, Tschechische Botschaft Termin: 25. Oktober 2011 Bereits zum 5. Mal veranstaltet BMÖ den Tschechientag mit CzechTrade. Tschechien – ein Land mit hoch entwickelter Technologie, großem Potenzial…
NICTA, Australia’s ICT Research Centre of Excellence, has teamed up with DB Schenker to tackle the task of improving productivity in the transport and logistics sector. Schenker Australia will engage with NICTA as a partner and project collaborator in NICTA’s Future Logistics Living Lab (FLLL) in Sydney. NICTA and DB Schenker have identified a…
DHL Express is expanding its global capabilities and improving customer service through a significant investment in its infrastructure and its people. The company has introduced an additional next-day intercontinental flight between Asia-Pacific and the US and another one from the US to the Middle East to help meet growing demand for services on these…
BAE Systems has agreed to sell its commercial aircraft lease portfolio and Asset Management business to investment affiliates of Fortress Investment Group for $187 million in cash, subject to certain post-completion adjustments. Completion of the deal, which is expected to close in Q3 2011, is subject to regulatory approval. With sixteen lease customers…
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