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TRANSPORT & LOGISTIC WORLDWIDE
* Germany - DHL foresees double digit growth in Americas
Germany -DHL (Press Release) -30 Oct 2006: -- DHL Express International Americas has announced that it is aiming for double-digit growth for its business volumes in 2007, based on forecasts of continued economic growth in the region...
* Germany - DHL wins new US express client
Germany -DHL (Press Release) -30 Oct 2006: -- DHL has been selected by U.S. Recordings as its exclusive U.S. express delivery provider. U.S. Recordings, the industry leader in real estate document recording solutions, will use DHL for transportation of real estate document filings to and from lenders and mortgage companies...
* Germany - DHL launches new online Import Express product
Germany -DHL (Press Release) -30 Oct 2006: -- Global express company DHL has launched DHL Import Express Online, its latest web-based tool designed to give customers more control over their imports or third-party (country-to-country) shipments...
* USA - UPS partners with IT provider to drive lean supply chains
Atlanta,GA,USA -UPS (PR) -30 Oct 2006: -- Pelion Systems, a market leader in Manufacturing Operating Systems based on Lean principles, and UPS have announced a new relationship designed to help manufacturers drive lean supply chains...
* USA - ProLogis exploits strong market conditions
Denver,COL,USA -ProLogis (PR) -23 Oct 2006: -- In its quarterly results ProLogis, one of the world's largest owners, managers and developers of distribution facilities, has reported strong markets with rents growing at their highest level for more than four years...
* Swiss - K+N continues to expand across all sectors
Schindellegi,Switzerland -Press Release -30 Oct 2006: -- Logistics group Kuehne + Nagel has released its results for the first nine months of 2006. Sea, air, road and contract logistics businesses all grew strongly as a result of organic development in the market and acquisitions...
* Swiss - K+N Belgian logistics centre to serve Lexmark
Schindellegi,Switzerland -Press Release -30 Oct 2006: -- Kuehne + Nagel has opened a new logistics centre in the Belgian town of Geel. For the key customer at the location, Lexmark, one of the world's leading providers of printing solutions, the logistics terminal serves as European import, warehousing and distribution centre...
* UK - Wincanton wins new 'relief' contract from Sainsbury's
UK -Press Release -30 Oct 2006: -- Building on its existing relationship with Sainsbury's, European logistics provider Wincanton, has secured a contract to handle the grocery retailer's UK Northern seasonal relief operation...
* UK - UTL/Vodaphone invest in new facility
UK -Press Release -30 Oct 2006: -- Vodafone UK and Unipart Technology Logistics (UTL) have announced joint investment in a new facility to manage all of Vodafone UK's handset and accessory storage plus distribution...
* Holland - TNT Logistics wins automotive contract with Chrysler
Hoofddorp, the Netherlands -Press Release -30 Oct 2006: -- TNT Logistics North America has been awarded a multi-year contract by the Chrysler Group in the US. TNT Logistics will provide lead logistics services and inbound transportation for stamped parts and components to KUKA Toledo Production Operations LLC (KTPO)...
* France - Geodis continues to see strong sales
France -PR -30 Oct 2006: -- Geodis group continued to show increased revenue in the third quarter of 2006. Sales remained strong in France as well as in Eastern Europe, Germany and Asia despite the weakness in volume from major customers in the high-tech sector...
* France - Norbert Dentressangle revenues leap 15%
France -PR -30 Oct 2006: -- Norbert Dentressangle Group has posted sustained revenue growth of over 15% for the first 9 months of 2006, in line with its forecasts. The logistics business increased 18.2% over the period...
* USA - JDF Distribution opens new Texas warehouse
Coppell,TX,USA -PR -30 Oct 2006: -- US logistics company JDF Distribution has announced the opening of a 155,000 square-foot addition to its Coppell, Texas warehouse outside Dallas...
* Japan - K Line receives Japan's largest container ship
Kobe,Japan -PR -30 Oct 2006: -- Shipping line Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. ("K" Line) has announced that it has taken delivery of a new 8000TEU container vessel "HUMBER BRIDGE" at the Kure Shipyard...
* Hong Kong/China - Grand Alliance adds ship to AsPac - Europe trades
HK/CHI -PR - 30 Oct 2006: -- The Grand Alliance member lines, Hapag-Lloyd (HL), MISC Berhad. (MISC), Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK), and Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) have announced the restructuring of the Asia/North Europe EU2 service from early 2007...
* China - COSCON launches new US services
Shanghai,China -PR -30 Oct 2006: -- Largest shipping line COSCON has announced that it will launch two new Asia -America Services in November 2006...
* Hong Kong/China - Dragonair takes delivery of new freighter
Hong Kong,CH -PR -30 Oct 2006: -- Airline Dragonair has taken delivery of the first of five new 747-400 Boeing Converted Freighters, taking the number of all-cargo aircraft it operates to seven...
* Hong Kong/China - Cathay adds Beijing to freighter network
Hong Kong,CH -PR -30 Oct 2006: -- Cathay Pacific Airways has announced that it will add Beijing to its freighter network in November after gaining approval from the Chinese Government to launch a new twice-weekly service...
* Japan - ANA obtains two new freighters for JP Express JV
Tokyo,Japan -PR - 30 Oct 2006: -- Boeing and ANA (All Nippon Airways) have announced that the airline exercised options for two additional 767-300 Boeing Converted Freighters as part of its joint venture cargo operation called ANA & JP Express, with partners Japan Post, Nippon Express, and Mitsui O.S.K Lines...
* USA - Trucking index down year-on-year in September
Alexandria,Va,USA -TTN -30 Oct 2006: -- The American Trucking Associations' seasonally adjusted for-hire Truck Tonnage Index gained in September. Year-to-date, the truck tonnage index was down 1.9 percent, compared with the same period in 2005...
* USA - Private equity company supports Arnold Logistics MBO
Stamford,CT,USA -PR -30 Oct 2006: -- Oak Hill Capital Partners has announced that it, in partnership with management, has executed a definitive agreement to acquire Arnold Logistics, a leading US outsourced warehouse and transportation logistics provider...
* UK - RH Freight forms Swiss/Austrian partnerships
Nottingham,UK -PR -30 Oct 206: -- International freight company RH Freight has recently formed partnerships with the Swiss business - M&R Spedag and the Austrian based transport company Transdanubia...
* USA - Swift revenues fall although yield improves
Phoenix,AR,USA -PR -30 Oct 2006: -- Trucking company Swift Transportation Co., Inc. has reported its latest financial results. Revenues fell due to a reduction in operating tractors and management complained about a 'softer freight environment'...
* USA - YRC Worldwide announces record revenues
Overland Park,KS,USA -PR - 30 Oct 2006: -- Logistics company YRC Worldwide Inc. has announced record third quarter 2006 quarterly operating revenue of $2.57 billion and operating income increased by 11%...
* USA - C.H.Robinson continues strong growth
North Dakota,USA -PR - 30 Oct 2006: -- Forwarder C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. has reported financial results for its last financial quarter. All its business lines show strong growth...
* Japan - Mitsui OSK Lines establishes China ocean consolidation subsidiary
Osaka,Japon -PR - 30 Oct 2006: -- Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. has announced the start of operations by MOL Consolidation Service Ltd., a new subsidiary handling ocean consolidation business (OCB) in China...
* Germany - Schenker to takeover BAX activities in Indonesia
Essen,Germany -PR -30 Oct 2006: -- Schenker and BAX Global Logistik (BAX Indonesia) have reached an agreement which will mean PT Schenker Petrolog Utama will take over the operations and activities of BAX Indonesia...
* USA - Forward Air releases record results
Greeneville,TN,USA -PR -30 Oct 2006: -- Forward Air Corporation has reported record results for its third quarter. This is the seventeenth consecutive quarter that the company has improved its year-over-year operating revenue...
* UK - Target Express provides 'cut-to-fit' service
UK -PR -30 Oct 2006: -- Target Express, a leading UK independent express delivery company, is providing a 'cut-to-fit' delivery service for one of the UK's most successful fashion retailers, Jane Norman...
* Jordan - Aramex revenues jump in third quarter
Amman,Jordan -PR - 30 Oct 2006: -- ARAMEX, the Middle East based transportation solutions provider, has announced a third-quarter revenue jump of 65 per cent. This was largely due to the acquisition of an Irish forwarding company earlier in the year...
* India - Four Soft to buy assets of FWL Technologies
Hyderabad,India -PR -30 Oct 2006: -- Four Soft Limited (4S), a global provider of software solutions for the transportation and logistics sector, has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of the freight and shipping software business of FWL Technologies...
* France - GEFCO to rollout information system to entire network
Courbevoie Cedex,France -PR -30 Oct 2006: -- Logistics provider GEFCO is to extend the use of the NOMAD information system to its entire network for movements of finished vehicles...
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