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TRANSPORT & LOGISTIC NEWS * WORLDWIDE
from Freight Forwarding
* UK - Where will the latest business cycle take freight forwarders?
Understanding the business model of freight forwarding − and the immediate prospects for the big forwarders. Read Full Brief Here
* Japan - NYK Logistics launches global NVOCC service
NYK Logistics Group has announced the launch of Double Wing Express, a global NVOCC (non vessel operating common carrier) service. Read Full News Here
* Germany - DHL expands European services for life sciences industry
DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight business of Deutsche Post World Net, this week launched its intra-European overnight transport solution for the life sciences industry. Read Full News Here
* Germany - DB Schenker plans to purchase Romanian forwarder Romtrans
German global forwarder DB Schenker reported yesterday (September 24) that it was aiming to acquire all the shares in Romanian forwarder S.C. Romtrans. Read Full News Here
from Contract Logistics
* UK - Portents of a slump in Asia Pacific?
Ti’s latest report, Asia Pacific Transport & Logistics 2008, reveals that industry growth rates in the region are falling. However, despite many problems, the region remains well placed to ride out the economic storm. Read Full Brief Here
* The Netherlands - CEVA launches vehicle logistics division in Thailand
Netherlands-based CEVA Logistics has announced the launch of a new vehicle logistics division in Thailand to provide nationwide services. Read Full News Here
* UK - Wincanton wins contract from UK herbal remedies retailer
Wincanton announced yesterday (September 22) that it has been awarded a three-year contract with UK retailer Neal’s Yard Remedies. Read Full News Here
* UK - Arvato secures UK/Ireland logistics contract from Teleflex Medical
Teleflex Medical Group has appointed arvato services healthcare as the exclusive UK and Ireland logistics partner for its catheter product distribution division. Read Full News Here
* Kuwait - Agility to provide KNPC with 4PL services in
Agility has announced the signing of a US$12m contract with Kuwait National Petroleum Company to provide fourth party logistics solutions in Kuwait. Read Full News Here
from Express & Mail
* Germany - Special logistics service provider time:matters opens Belgian office
Time:matters, a special service provider for courier, sameday and emergency logistics which is part of German airline group Lufthansa, has opened a branch office in Belgium. Read Full News Here
* The Netherlands - TNT demands changes to draft bill on German postal market VAT
TNT Post has issued a statement outlining its response to a German Federal Government draft bill relating to the application of VAT (value added tax) in the German postal market. Read Full News Here
from Road Freight
* Denmark - EU clears DSV acquisition of ABX Logistics
DSV’s previously-reported acquisition of ABX Logistics has been cleared “unconditionally” by EU competition authorities. Read Full News Here
from Air Cargo
* UK - Airline cargo fuel surcharges continue downward path
Airline cargo fuel surcharges are continuing to fall. British Airways World Cargo, for example, has just announced a further reduction in its charge, effective October 2. Read Full News Here
* Qatar - Q.Airways launches cargo route to northern Spain
Qatar Airways Cargo this week announced the introduction a weekly A300-600 freighter operation linking the airline’s operational hub of Doha with Zaragoza in northern Spain. Read Full News Here
* Canada - Halifax airport to get new multi-tenant cargo facility
A lease agreement has been signed relating to the building of an approximately 40,000 sq ft multi-tenant cargo facility at Halifax Stanfield International Airport in Canada. Read Full News Here
* USA - DoT proposes Evergreen as new US-China cargo airline
The US Department of Transportation announced this week that it proposed to name Evergreen International Airlines as a new all-cargo entrant in the US-China aviation market. Read Full News Here
* Swiss - Panalpina partners with Envirotainer in pharmaceutical cold chain sector
Panalpina has signed a global master lease agreement with Envirotainer covering the provision of temperature-controlled air cargo containers for its pharmaceutical logistics cold chain business. Read Full News Here
from Warehousing
* USA - Ominous signs are emerging for US warehousing rents
Current global economic problems are beginning to have an impact on the US warehousing property market. Read Full Brief Here
* The Netherlands - AMB commits to 25-acre acquisition at Schiphol Airport
AMB Property Corporation has announced its commitment to acquiring a further 25 acres (10 hectares) of land at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, the Netherlands. Read Full News Here
* Canada - P&WC establishes new parts distribution centre in Australia
Pratt & Whitney Canada, a United Technologies company, has announced the establishment of a new parts distribution centre in Sydney, Australia. Read Full News Here
* USA - ProLogis to develop distribution facility for UK retailer M&S
US-based ProLogis announced this week that it was going to develop a new 1.1m sq ft distribution facility for major UK fashion, food and home products retailer Marks & Spencer. Read Full News Here
* The Netherlands - AMB leases 14,600 sq m of a Madrid Airport development
AMB Property Corporation this week announced it had leased more than 14,600 sq m of a development in Spain immediately adjacent to Madrid’s Barajas International Airport. Read Full News Here
* USA - Matson parent acquires new distribution centre near Houston port
Matson Navigation’s parent company, Alexander & Baldwin, has completed the acquisition of a major distribution facility near the US port of Houston’s two major container terminals. Read Full News Here
from Shipping/Ports
* UK - New ship orders fall in 2008 after freight rates crash
Drewry Shipping Consultants reports there was a more than 40% decrease in container tonnage ordered from shipyards between the second quarter (Q2) of 2007 and Q2 2008. Read Full Brief Here
* China - Self-confident China continues to invest in infrastructure
John Manners-Bell, at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New Champions, in Tianjin, China, reports that a self-confident China is continuing to invest in transport infrastructure, despite economic woes elsewhere. Read Full Brief Here
* China - Asia to US and Europe ocean trades suffer as slowdown continues
Volumes in both the eastbound transpacific trade from Asia to the west coast of North America and the westbound sector from Asia to Europe have reduced significantly in 2008. Read Full Brief Here
* France - CMA CGM revamps North Europe-Med-Oceania service
CMA CGM has announced its intention to launch a new “rationalised” version of the line’s NEMO (North Europe, Mediterranean, Oceania) service at the end of November. Read Full News Here
from Intermodal
* Canada - CN petitions US Court regarding proposed EJ&E acquisition
CN has petitioned the US Court of Appeals regarding its proposed acquisition of Chicago area railroad operator Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway. Read Full News Here
* Germany - Container train carrying IT products departs Chinese city for Germany
German global forwarder DB Schenker has reported that a container train left Xiangtang in China at the end of last week on its way to Hamburg, Germany. Read Full News Here
from IT Solutions.
* USA - Dow deploys Savi software to monitor chemical tank rail cars
Savi’s SmartChain asset management software is being used by The Dow Chemical Company’s toxic inhalation hazard rail tank car fleet. Read Full News Here
Data from: Transport Intelligence (London,UK) -29 Sept 2008
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