All Europe Articles – Page 154
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Air cargo boosts K+N's growth
A MARKET-BEATING airfreight contribution helped Swiss global logistics company Kuehne + Nagel [K+N] back on the road to profitable growth last year.Overall operational profits (EBITDA) increased by 4.6 per cent to US$1,083 million after an ‘excellent’ airfreight performance, states Dr Detlev Trefzger, chief executive.The company met its profit margin target ...
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Panalpina expects airfreight market to grow by 2-3 per cent
AIR, ocean and logistics company Panalpina made steady progress in 2013 – and expects the airfreight market to grow by 2-3 per cent this year.In 2013, the Swiss group reported pre-tax earnings of US$54million, more than double the 2012 result. The company outperformed the market in both air and ocean ...
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New cargo sales manager at Chartersphere
GLOBAL aircraft charter provider Chartersphere, has promoted Nacho Carretero as is its new cargo sales manager.Spanish-speaking broker Carretero, who has been with the company since 2012, has developed the UK-based business in key market areas, including Europe and Latin America, says a statement.Paul Bennett, managing director of Chartersphere, comments: “Nacho ...
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Asian e-commerce fuels UK firm’s growth
UK-BASED Europa Worldwide Logistics has seen its Asian air cargo operations soar, fuelled by the continuing boom in e-commerce, especially from China.The company’s Hong Kong office experienced year-on-year growth of 116 per cent last year.Consignments are consolidated locally and then shipped on daily services into the UK. Europa offers what ...
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'Local hero' forwarders can survive globalisation
Not so long ago, the orthodoxy was that medium-sized forwarders based in a single country – so-called ‘local heroes’ – would either get taken over or become niche players.Davies Turner has done neither and is still thriving after 144 years of existence as a family-owned firm, recently rising into the ...
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How air cargo can be green
COMPANIES like to boast about what they are doing to combat climate change, but does it influence the way they design their supply chains? And what does that mean for air cargo? Will it inevitably always be seen as the bad boy for carbon emissions, or is there anything it ...
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Van de Weg joins Volga-Dnepr Group
AIRBRIDGECARGO Airlines (ABC), Russia’s largest cargo carrier, has appointed former key Cargolux executives Robert van de Weg and Peter van de Pas as senior vice-president, marketing and sales, and senior vice-president, scheduled operations, respectively.Van de Weg will be responsible for the management of scheduled cargo sales, as well as the ...
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New CEO at Cargolux
CARGO airline Cargolux has appointed former Kuehne + Nagel management board member Dirk Reich as its new chief executive.He replaces Richard Forson, senior vice-president and member of the executive committee, who has been interim CEO since 3 August 2012.Forson will continue to serve as senior vice-president and chief financial officer, ...
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LH Cargo extends Jan de Rijk contract
LUFTHANSA Cargo has extended its road-feeder contract with ground transportation and distribution specialist Jan de Rijk Logistics.The extension is “a positive development in the current cargo market and proof of the trust Lufthansa Cargo has in our extensive trucking network”, says a statement by the Netherlands-based trucking company.Jan de Rijk ...
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DHL Global Forwarding to open Paris cargo warehouse
DHL Global Forwarding (GF) has strengthened its presence at Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport with the signing of a contract for this new 16,000-sq m airfreight warehouse and office building.GF has experienced “significant growth” in its cargo activities in the region and needs to relocate to bigger premises, admits Jean-Claude ...
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DB Schenker: How air cargo can be green
COMPANIES like to boast about what they are doing to combat climate change, but does it influence the way they design their supply chains? And what does that mean for air cargo? Will it inevitably always be seen as the bad boy for carbon emissions, or is there anything it ...
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Panalpina beats the market in 2013
PANALPINA increased its airfreight business by three per cent last year, beating the market’s one per cent growth.It transported some 24,000 tonnes more, reaching an annual total of 825,000 (2012: 801,000].At the same time, increasing competitive pressure led to gross profit per tonne decreasing by approximately two per cent.In total, ...
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K+N air freight volumes edge ahead
KUEHNE + NAGEL saw airfreight volumes increase 1.4 per cent in the 2014 first quarter to 285,000 tons, although divisional air cargo turnover fell 0.9 per cent to just over SFr1bn.The Switzerland-based logistics operator said that the volume increases in air cargo were mainly realised in Europe and North America, ...
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Swissport management changes
SWISSPORT International, a leading provider of ground and cargo services to the aviation industry, has announced that Erich Bodenmann, executive vice-president of group services, is to take early retirement from the end of this month.Luzius Wirth takes over responsibility for group services and will report directly to chief executive Per ...
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CAL starts Greater Moncton service
LIÉGE, Belgium-based CAL Cargo Airlines is expanding its reach with a series of B747-200 freighter flights to Greater Moncton, Canada.The initial service, with a full payload of temperature-controlled seafood shipments (lobsters) and industrial goods, is a manifestation of the company's 2014 strategy, focusing on North America, says a spokesperson.Originating at ...
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GEFCO appoints new sales and marketing director
AUTOMOTIVE logistics specialist GEFCO UK has appointed Charlie Weale as its new sales and marketing director.He is charged with leading the development of sales and promotional strategies as the company focuses on increasing visibility and generating commercial opportunities in air, ocean and international logistics, says a statement.With more than 30 ...
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Schiphol cargo up 7.3 per cent in Q1
CARGO volumes at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol rose by 7.3 per cent to 392,990 tonnes in the first quarter of 2014.This year’s first quarter was also the second best in more than three years, beaten only by the final (peak) quarter of 2013, when a total of 410,698 tonnes passed through ...
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New air cargo head at DB Schenker UK
THE UK arm of global logistics services provider DB Schenker Logistics has appointed Matthias Kraus as its new director of airfreight.Kraus, who has been working for the DB Schenker Group since 1997, has held several roles including business development manager and assistant to the managing director at Schenker Taiwan.In 2012, ...
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Norbert Dentressangle’s €1,078m revenue hike
NORBERT DENTRESSANGLE’s consolidated revenues rose by 13.6 per cent to €1,078m in the first quarter of 2014.The forwarding giant also enjoyed a 5.5 per cent increase in its transport business revenues to €527m and a 19.8 per cent hike to €522m from its logistics activities “reflecting a more positive trend ...
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SDV sets up in Myanmar
FRENCH logistics company SDV is growing its network in south-east Asia by setting up a new office in Yangon, Myanmar, formerly Burma.The development is happening with the support of KG Polestar, its long-standing partner since 1998.As of this month, experienced staff from both entities have joined forces to create SDV ...