All Freight Forwarder Articles – Page 112
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BCW Engineering appoints B&H Worldwide
BCW Engineering has appointed logistics provider B&H Worldwide to manage the inbound delivery of its rotative components for use in specialist engines in equipment around the world.B&H Worldwide has designed a solution for BCW Engineering which enables them to import the rotative components from Chennai in India in a far ...
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Kerry round the clock in Schiphol
Asian-owned Kerry Logistics Network can now offer a 24-hour warehouse operation at Amsterdam Schiphol following its move to new premises. Located at Freight Terminal 207, the facility is five minutes from the airport and 30 minutes from the port of RotterdamIt offers 20,000 sq m of warehouse space, 38 loading ...
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DHL provides airfreight links for mobile phone firm Transsion
DHL Global Forwarding has become the airfreight solutions provider for mobile phone specialist Transsion Holdings.The carrier will provide services from Transsion’s manufacturing base in South China to 28 countries in Asia, the Middle East and Africa, along with seafreight and warehousing in India.Hong Kong based Transsion, which sold 59m cell ...
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Rhenus signs JV in Japan
German forwarder the Rhenus Group has set up a joint venture with Sankyo Corporation, part of Japan’s Fujiki Group.Rhenus Sankyo Logistics will mainly handle imports and exports to and from Japan, along with domestic distribution and warehousing. Rhenus Asia already works with Sankyo’s US subsidiary, Clearfreight.Rhenus board member Tobias Bartz ...
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Independent forwarders set to WIN from new app
Online forwarder platform WIN has launched a new mobile application that offers users real-time track and trace, an interactive agent directory, instant messaging, route checking, and shipment status tools.WIN, which is owned by independent forwarder network WCA, said the app allows users to track and update status on any shipment ...
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NewsTop 25 air forwarders 2015: DHL leads the way but rivals close the gap
DHL maintained its position as the world’s leading airfreight forwarder in 2015 despite rivals closing the gap, while the top 25 forwarders saw air volumes climb by 2.2% on 2014 levels.The latest top 25 Global Freight Forwarders List from consultant Armstrong & Associates showed that European forwarders once again took ...
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IJS Global GEFCO UK gains pharma authorisation for Heathrow facility
IJS Global GEFCO UK has been granted Wholesale Dealer Authorisation (WDA) by the UK Regulatory Body, the MHRA, for its operations at the London Heathrow site with immediate effect.To sell or supply medicines to anyone other than the patient using the medicine, you need a wholesaler licence – also known ...
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Agility expands in South Africa
Global logistics operator Agility is expanding its African footprint through a joint venture South African supply chain specialist Super Group after acquiring a minority stake in Micor, the Johannesburg-based company’s freight forwarding unit.The new unit will be led by Henk Theron, formerly chief executive of Micor.Super Group, listed on the ...
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Rhenus Group eyes Middle East expansion
Freight forwarder the Rhenus Group has set up its own country organisation in the UAE and is already eyeing further expansion in the Middle East.The new business will operate as Rhenus Group logistics Gulf DWC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Rhenus Group.It will offer air and sea freight handling ...
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NewsRosen to retire as DP DHL chief financial officer
Deutsche Post DHL Group has announced that chief financial officer Lawrence Rosen, often known as Larry, has resigned from his position and will be replaced by Melanie Kreis.Rosen, who is retiring, spent seven years in the position and over thirteen years as chief financial officer at DAX-listed companies.“Larry Rosen very ...
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MIQ wins French Connection logistics deal
MIQ Logistics has scooped a five-year deal to provide inbound logistics services to fashion retailer French Connection.The $40m deal sees MIQ provide inventory management and multimodal transport services from French Connections factories in Asia, India, Turkey, Romania and Poland to stores in Europe and North America and wholesalers in a ...
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UK forwarders say avoid over complicated trade procedures following EU vote
Freight forwarders are calling for the UK government to avoid implementing over complicated trade procedures following the country’s vote to leave the European Union.The British International Freight Association (BIFA) pointed out that it is a neutral body but would support its members as forthcoming legislative changes become apparent between now ...
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Pharma industry needs Heathrow decision now
Freight forwarder, Rhenus Logistics UK, is calling on the government to make a quick decision on a third runway at London Heathrow.It says that a recent postponement of a final vote on the issue until at least summer 2016 could hamper the country’s pharmaceutical industry. This, coupled with the UK's ...
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Schenker man to join reorganised Kuehne + Nagel
Freight forwarder Kuehne + Nagel (KN) is to set up two organisational units for Central/Eastern Europe and Western Europe from October 1, 2016.Central/Eastern Europe will have a head office in Hamburg while the Western Europe region will be headquartered in Amsterdam.Former DB Schenker chief executive for central Europe Dr Hansjoerg ...
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Mergers transform logistics landscape, says report
Third-party logistics was dominated in 2015 by mergers and acquisitions, overcapacity and sagging fuel prices, says analyst Armstrong & Associates in its newly published report on the sector.Major deals changed third-party logistics from mid-2014 through to 2015. Brad Jacobs and his XPO Logistics team helped make 2015 the largest merger ...
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Dachser opens in Baltimore
The Dachser USA Air & Sea Logistics subsidiary of the German-owned forwarder has opened its third office on the eastern seaboard, in Baltimore.The new location is two miles from the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore, and joins existing facilities at New York and Boston.President and chief executive of Dachser ...
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Cleaner and greener: DHL launches carbon calculator
DHL has launched a carbon calculator to predict transport-related emissions for almost all shipment sizes and modes of transport.The calculation, free of charge to customers, is carried out online, based on “intelligent algorithms” said the logistics operator, part of the German Deutsche Post group.Kathrin Brost, vice president, green strategy and ...
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K+N moves quickly to appoint new head of airfreight
Kuehne + Nagel has appointed Yngve Ruud as its head of airfreight logistics after earlier this year Tim Scharwath announced he would leave for rival DHL.Ruud is a K+N stalwart having worked for the company for the last 26 years and will replace outgoing Tim Scharwath from October.He is currently ...
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Tim Scharwath to be boss of DHL Global Forwarding, Freight
Deutsche Post has appointed Tim Scharwath as the new chief executive of its DHL Global Forwarding, Freight division.Scharwath will join the German logistics giant “within the next twelve months”. In the meantime Frank Appel, chief executie of Deutsche Post DHL Group (DPDHL) retains responsibility for this divisionScharwath joins from rival ...
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Davies Turner boosted by lifting of Iranian sanctions
Freight forwarder Davies Turner is slowly seeing improvements in its volumes to and from Iran following the lifting of sanctions.The UK-based company first established its Tehran office in the country in the mid-1960s and has maintained a presence since then.The company said its market knowledge and understanding of local rules ...