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TRANSPORT & LOGISTIC NEWS * WORLDWIDE
Briefing Weekly News
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* WEF Special Feature: What are the supply chain implications for a high cost China?
- One dominant theme emerging from the World Economic Forum event in Tianjin has been the anticipated increase in costs of Chinese manufacturing and the implication for supply chains. Read Full Brief Here
* OWL opens new office in Singapore
- Ocean World Lines (OWL), a US-based global door-to-door and end-to-end NVOCC, last week officially opened a new office in Singapore ahead of planned further expansion in the region. Read Full News Here
* Dachser establishes sea freight branch near Rotterdam
- German international forwarder and logistics provider Dachser has announced that it is now also providing worldwide sea freight services from and to the Netherlands. Read Full News Here
from Contract Logistics
* FedEx sees international volumes drive profits jump
- FedEx continued to see demand recover through the first quarter of its 2010 financial year with revenue climbing 18% year-on-year. Read Full Brief Here
* BLG to provide CKD logistics services for Volkswagen
- BLG Logistics has won a contract relating to CKD dispatch for the internal logistics service provider of Volkswagen, Wolfsburg, Germany. Read Full News Here
* JAL Group sells JAL Logistics stake to Hamakyorex
- Japan Airlines International Co Ltd (JALI) is selling its entire 72% stake in JAL Logistics to Hamakyorex Co Ltd by way of a stock transfer agreement concluded on July 13. Read Full News Here
* Red Arrow Logistics selected as prime contractor for US Navy
- Red Arrow Logistics has won an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract from the US NAVSEA Warfare Center Dahlgren Division. Read Full News Here
* DB Schenker Logistics invests €45m in Helsinki operations
- DB Schenker Logistics is building a new company hub and corporate office for Finland in Vantaa, near the airport, in the northern suburbs of Helsinki. Read Full News Here
from Express & Mail
* British government to sell Royal Mail
- In the most radical restructuring of any mail market in Europe, the British Government has decided to privatise and break up national postal organisation Royal Mail. Read Full Brief Here
* Swiss Post International UK launches returns solution for distance retailers
- Swiss Post International UK has announced the launch of an “innovative returns solution for distance retailers with an international customer base”. Read Full News Here
from Air Cargo
* Freighter conversion market indicates continuing economic recovery
- Recent news from a US passenger-to-freighter aircraft conversion company appears to further confirm global economic recovery. Read Full News Here
* World Airways to operate B747-400F for Jade Cargo
- World Airways has signed an agreement with Chinese carrier Jade Cargo International to operate a B747-400 freighter for a planned China-US service beginning next month (October). Read Full News Here
* Nairobi air cargo facility confirms first two customers
- Emirates SkyCargo and Astral Aviation will be the first airlines to be handled through the new Transglobal Cargo Centre on-airport facility at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Read Full News Here
* AF-KL and Martinair add two Amsterdam-Shanghai freighter flights
- Air France-KLM Cargo and Martinair Cargo are this week adding new twice weekly B747-400 ERF flights between Amsterdam Schiphol and Shanghai Pudong, via Moscow. Read Full News Here
from Shipping/Ports
* WEF: COSCO CEO says shipping lines ‘destroyed reputation and credibility’
- Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Tianjin, China, the CEO of COSCO said that many shipping lines had walked away from their commitments during the recent downturn. Read Full Brief Here
* Maersk takes action to reduce emissions
- Maersk Line has announced that the company will commence using low-sulphur fuel in their engines while at berth in Hong Kong. Read Full News Here
* Ports primed for investment surge, suggests new report
- An independent report conducted for Trelleborg Marine Systems depicts a buoyant port, harbour and terminal sector, with more than a third of decision-makers predicting a rise in spending. Read Full News Here
* INTTRA and Descartes establish alliance to streamline ocean cargo industry
- INTTRA and The Descartes Systems Group Inc have announced an alliance to “enhance international ocean shipping processes and capabilities available to the global user community”. Read Full News Here
from Intermodal
* Van Dieren launches new rail service linking Germany and Sweden
- Dutch intermodal transport specialist Van Dieren Maritime has launched a new rail service connecting Herne in Germany with Nässjö in Sweden. Read Full News Here
from IT Solutions
* NATO supply agency launches new logistics data routing hub
- Savi Technology this week announced that the NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency had launched a network exchange hub to facilitate better sharing of information about supply shipments. Read Full News Here
* Brazil - APM Terminals Takes Over Brazilian Berth
Itajai,SC,Brazil -The Journal of Commerce Online, by Peter T. Leach -Sep 22, 2010: ... APM Terminals, which owns and operates a terminal concession in the Brazilian Port of Itajai, will take over from the Itajai Port Authority the 895-foot Berth 2, which the Brazilian government reconstructed following massive floods in 2008 and handed back to the port authority on Sept. 13... APM Terminals Itajai said it will continue and finish the reconstruction with the installation of crane rails and electric power infrastructure for quayside ship-to-shore cranes... Dredging of the river to a channel depth of 46 feet is expected to begin later this year. The current depth is 34 feet, which limits calls by larger vessels... APM Terminals became in 2007 the sole shareholder in Terminal de Containers do Vale do Itajai, which was recently renamed APM Terminals Itajai. The Port of Itajai is located in southern Brazil in the State of Santa Catarina and is a major export gateway for frozen poultry... (Photo from wikipedia.org: Itajai & Port, aerial view)
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