A massive earthquake and the tsunami that followed have closed three of Japan’s airports and all of the country’s sea ports. The earthquake, reportedly a magnitude of 8.9, struck eastern Japan at 14h46 local time today, triggering a ten metre tsunami that hit the port in Sendai city, which is 300 km northeast of…
Grand Alliance members Hapag-Lloyd, Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) and Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) have announced the enhancement of their transpacific West Coast services. The Japan China Express (JCX) will be re-launched in conjunction with the competitive restructuring of the Central China Express, (CCX), South China Sea Express (SCX) and Super Shuttle Express (SSX), offering…
Hanjin Shipping, CNC and KMTC will launch a joint service connecting Japan and Indonesia on March 22nd. The new weekly service, which is in response to increasing trade activity between Japan and Indonesia, will deploy four 1,700 TEU vessels – two from Hanjin and one each from CNC and KMTC. The Japan – Indonesia…
Weiss Röhlig has launched a new weekly consolidation service between Taiwan and Prague in the Czech Republic. According to Holger Stoelker, managing director at Weiss Röhlig, Taiwan, the company has scheduled trucking and rail services from all major European ports into Eastern Europe supported on the ground through its network of offices in Austria,…
According to Journal of Commerce economist Mario Moreno, transpacific container trade is forecast to grow at a healthy rate of 9.1% in 2011, compared with 10.4% in 2010, despite continuing economic challenges in the global economy. While still eluding peak volumes of 2007, eastbound trade1 is expected to increase by 8.2% to 13.5 million…
DHL Supply Chain has developed an innovative solution to track and consolidate almost 25 million parts and their associated trace documents scattered over 100 locations and worth an estimated €300 million to give KPMG (as administrators of Aero) the option of managing insolvent UK firm Aero Inventory out of administration. The solution also means a…
Maersk Line will enhance its transpacific service network at the end of May in order to deliver comprehensive coverage of key markets in Asia and North America. In particular, the expanded coverage of the Yangtze River region and outlying cities is Maersk’s direct response to customer demand in that region. The new network will…
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) baut die Zusammenarbeit mit Traxon Europe aus. Der international tätige e-Kommunikationsdienstleister für die Luftfrachtindustrie hat am 9. März auf dem World Cargo Symposium 2011 in Istanbul einen Vertrag mit ABC für die Implementierung des Cargo Data Management Portals (TRAXON CDMP) unterschrieben. Die TRAXON CDMP-Lösung erhöht die Prozessqualität und Transparenz der Transportkette. Tatyana…
Dafür wurden neue Strukturen geschaffen. Persönlichkeiten, wie Dr. Magda Bleckmann, Arno Fischbacher, Antonio Aliquò oder MMag. Gerald Beigl, die selbst über anerkanntes Wissen und ein enges Beziehungsgeflecht verfügen, übernehmen die Marktverantwortung und Kundenbetreuung für SVAX in Österreich und in der Schweiz. Jeder der Marktverantwortlichen war und ist mit seinem Unternehmen schon Kunde von SVAX und…
CMA CGM Group will upgrade its services between Asia and California to meet the growing demand on the transpacific trade expected from this year onwards. Effective in May, the consolidation of its partnerships will enable CMA CGM to reinforce its coverage of the transpacific trade and to provide its customers with the following services:…
American Airlines Cargo has commenced services to Tokyo Haneda from New York John F. Kennedy International Airport, and on February 20 began the return service, to New York from Haneda. American is the first airline in the USA to launch service between continental United States and Japan’s Tokyo Haneda Airport. Following the historic Open Skies…
Vom 1. bis zum 3. März stellt ELATEC RFID SYSTEMS auf der Embedded World Komponenten und Systemlösungen für verschiedenste Anwendungs-, Protokoll- und Frequenzbereiche der Ident-Technik aus. Besondere Schwerpunkte der Präsentation an Stand 12-355b in Halle 12 der Messe Nürnberg sind Leser der TWN3-Familie, die neben MIFARE- und LEGIC-Chips auch den neuen NFC-Standard unterstützen, sowie diverse…
MCC Transport has introduced a new intra-Asia (IA-8) service, which provides direct and fast transit between ports in Indonesia, Philippines, Japan, China, Taiwan and Malaysia. Benefits to customers operating in these markets include: Indonesia: Direct and fast product from Jakarta to Japanese ports One of the fastest products from Surabaya to Nagoya, with a transit…
Less than a week after confirming that the two companies were in discussions, the "possible merger" of ProLogis and AMB is a done deal. AMB Property and ProLogis have announced a definitive agreement to merge the two companies, which will create a global owner, operator and developer of industrial real estate with a total market…
FedEx SupplyChain has announced significant enhancements to its Critical Inventory Logistics service, including global real-time inventory, order and shipment status visibility. FedEx Critical Inventory Logistics customers around the globe can now track their inventory levels, order and shipment status in real time, irrespective of where the order was placed or where it will be delivered….
CMA CGM will upgrade and reinforce its ACSA service linking Asia to Mexico, Central America and the West Coast of South America, effective end-April. This new configuration will enable CMA CGM to consolidate its presence in the Asia – Mexico – Central – South America trade through the following enhancements: Faster transit times between Asia,…
Hamburg-based breakbulk, heavy lift and project cargo specialist, Rickmers-Linie, has appointed Gerleinco in Bogota as agent for its activities in Colombia, effective immediately. According to Rickmers-Linie’s marketing & sales director, Gerhard Janssen, the nomination of a Colombian agent is a logical stop following the launch of the NCS service to the North Coast of South…
Qantas has reached a settlement, subject to court approval, to resolve its liability under a class action that began in the US in 2006. The class action was brought against a number of airlines regarding the activities of their freight divisions. Under the terms of the settlement agreement, Qantas will pay US$26.5 million, which is…
Logwin has opened a new high-end logistics centre in Shanghai to meet growing demand from international and local customers for value-added services. Located in Waigaoqiao, the 2,000 m2 facility includes warehousing, a bonded area, temperature-controlled storage and a processing zone. Logwin has operated in the Waigaoqiao Bonded Area since 2000, and the new facility expands…
Wincanton secures multi-million pound contract renewal with Magnet; Suzuki awards a contract to BLG Logistics in Austria; PUMA selects Menlo Worldwide as its Singapore 3PL; Vos Logistics and Agri Retail sign a three-year logistics service agreement; Damco renews its contract with PETCO. Kitchen and joinery specialist, Magnet, has renewed its contract with Wincanton for another…
The International Air Transport Association has announced international traffic results for October, showing a 14.4% year-on-year increase for international freight. According to IATA’s director general & CEO Giovanni Bisignani, growth is returning to a more normal pattern, with freight demand 1% above pre-crisis levels of early-2008. "Where we go from here is dependant on…
Neuer Talkman A500 und neue Vocollect Voice Software Suite sorgen mit ihrer Leistungsfähigkeit, Vielseitigkeit und geringen operativen Kosten für deutliche Verbesserungen über fast alle Arbeitsprozesse hinweg. Vocollect, weltweit führend im Bereich voice-basierter Lösungen für mobiles Personal, stellt im Rahmen der LogiMAT 2011 in Stuttgart sein neues, wegweisendes Voice-Centric Solution-Set vor. Das Set beinhaltet eine besonders…
An Atlanta grand jury has returned an indictment against a former executive of Japan Airlines International (JAL) and two former executives of Nippon Cargo Airlines for participating in a conspiracy to fix air cargo rates on shipments to and from the US. The indictment charges Takao Fukuchi, former president of JAL Cargo Sales, and Yoshio…
FedEx Express has launched a new dedicated flight to and from Hanoi four times a week, improving transit time for outbound shipments from Hanoi by one business day to multiple destinations, including China. This is part of the company’s commitment to launch service enhancements that enable FedEx to be more responsive to the needs of…
The European Commission has fined eleven air cargo carriers a total of €799.445 million for operating a worldwide cartel during a six-year period (December 1999 – February 2006), which affected cargo services within the European Economic area (EEA). The carriers contacted each other to ensure that worldwide airfreight carriers imposed a flat rate surcharge per…
Tokyo International Air Cargo Terminal (TIACT) has started using IBS‘ iCargo JTO (Japan Terminal Operations) solution to manage its complete ground handling operations at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport. The new iCargo JTO product has been specially designed and developed to meet the unique business and Customs requirements of the air cargo market in Japan. The…
DHL has expanded its intra-Asian services with the launch of a direct LCL service between Shanghai and Tokyo. The new service will enhance DHL’s already strong presence in China and boost connectivity between two of the biggest markets in the Asia-Pacific region. In the first seven months of the year, bilateral trade between China and…
Wie die Daimler AG bekannt gab, hat das Unternehmen seinen Anteil an der Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC) um 30 Milliarden Yen (271 Millionen Euro) erhöht. Angesichts der zunehmenden Erholung des globalen Nutzfahrzeugmarktes nach der Wirtschaftskrise wird Daimler Trucks mit dieser zusätzlichen Investition die weitere Expansion von Fuso unterstützen. Fuso hat sich in…
Seit Kurzem sorgt bei tobaccoland ein brandneu organisiertes Distribu-tionszentrum mit vollautomatischer Kommissionierung dafür, dass heimische Trafikanten so kurzfristig wie verlässlich ihren Bedarf an Rauchwaren, Vignetten und mehr decken können. Als selbstständiges Großhandelsunternehmen ist tobaccoland, Teil des JTI – Japan Tobacco International-Konzerns, Marktführer für den Tabakwareneinzelhandel in Österreich. Kein Wunder: bei 160 Zigaretten- und über 400…
Port of Cai Mep in South Vietnam to be integrated into the intercontinental schedule of TNWA (The New World Alliance) Integrating Cai Mep into the schedule of the JEX service, the TNWA alliance, formed by the container shipping companies Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (Japan), APL (Singapore) and Hyundai Merchant Marine (South Korea) responds to the…
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