All Freight Forwarder Articles – Page 87
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Inefficient supply chains cost UK businesses £1.5bn per year
Inefficient supply chains and miscommunication in air and oceanfreight are costing UK businesses £1.5bn per year, according to a new study.The research, published by digital freight forwarder Zencargo, found that processing each shipment takes on average three hours, with 50,000 jobs tied up in procurement, managing suppliers and freight administration.Red ...
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Geodis builds on French e-commerce with e-tailer Cdiscount
Geodis and Cdiscount are expanding their logistics partnership by opening an 80,000 sq m storage facility in Moissy-Cramayel to manage products weighing less than 30 kg sold by the French e-commerce leader.As part of its development strategy, Cdiscount entrusted Geodis with the operation of its new logistics platform in the ...
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CEVA renews and expands $100m logistics contract with tech customer
CEVA Logistics has renewed a global freight management contract with an unnamed technology customer and has been awarded important additional services in air and ocean freight. The Switzerland-headquartered logistics provider estimates that existing and new business will "exceed $100m of revenue" over the next twelve months, depending on actual volumes ...
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Bolloré Group signs partnership deal e-commerce giant Alibaba
Conglomerate Bolloré Group has signed an agreement with e-commerce firm Alibaba Group covering logistics and several other areas.The companies signed an extensive Memorandum of Understanding outlining the areas in which their respective business units and subsidiaries, including Alibaba Cloud, Cainiao Smart Logistic Network, Bolloré Logistics and Blue Solutions, have agreed ...
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German teamwork is the goal for the nation's air cargo industry
Germany’s airfreight industry has called for closer cooperation and teamwork with regulators to increase digitalisation in the European country's air cargo logistics.Matthias von Randow, managing director of the Federal Association of German Air Traffic Industry (BDL), told a symposium in Berlin that a “significant increase in demand” meant that airfreight's ...
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DHL: Digging for Hanover–Langenhagen
DHL Freight, the trucking arm of the German-owned global logistics giant, has celebrated the groundbreaking ceremony for its new freight hub in Hanover–Langenhagen, Germany.The freight centre on the 63,000 sq m site will not only will handle freight for DHL Freight’s European network, but will also test innovative technologies and ...
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UK forwarders, training for a new Customs system and waiting for Brexit clarity
UK freight forwarders are preparing for the introduction of a new Customs Declaration System (CDS) which is due to go fully live in January 2019, but await political clarity on the additional challenge of Britain leaving the European Union (EU).Only this week, the UK's National Audit Office (NAO) warned that ...
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Cargo-partner to build new Ljubljana airport logistics centre
Freight forwarder cargo-partner will construct a new logistics centre close to Ljubljana Airport as it looks to capitalise on growth in the Slovenian market.Work on the new centre, which will offer 20,000 pallet slots on more than 25,000sq m, will get underway this year.The centre will also include a 6,000sq ...
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B&H appoints two in the Oceania region
As part of its global strategic expansion plan, B&H Worldwide has made two appointments in the Oceania region - Colin Kaltner becomes head of operations and Sita Tauakipulu takes on the role of commercial accounts manager based in Auckland, New Zealand.Both individuals had previously worked for B&H and are now ...
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Broekman Logistics adds air cargo charter desk
Broekman Logistics has introduced a dedicated Global Air Charter Desk as demand for air cargo services changes.The freight forwarder said it had decided to launch the desk in response to tightening capacity and shorter supply chains.The new charter division will be led by Ton Smulders, a "well-known airfreight veteran" with ...
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Panalpina embraces disruptors with digital hub launch
Panalpina has launched a digital Hub to “embrace new technologies” that have the potential to disrupt its freight forwarding business.The Panalpina Digital Hub, which reports directly to chief executive Stefan Karlen, will have a focus which includes the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, predictive analytics, artificial intelligence (AI) and ...
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CH Robinson prepared for Brexit
Freight forwarder CH Robinson is preparing from the potential fall-out in additional Customs procedures as a result of the UK’s departure from the European Union (Brexit).Ivo Aris, vice president global forwarding at CH Robinson, said: “Every change, including Brexit, will bring along challenges, but first and foremost presents opportunities for ...
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WiseTech continues rapid expansion with move for Pierbridge
Rapidly expanding logistics software firm WiseTech Global announced its third acquisition in less than two months by purchasing parcel transportation management solution (TMS) provider Pierbridge.Headquartered in Massachusetts, with development offices in the UK and Finland, Pierbridge offers a multi-carrier parcel shipping solution, which allows for carrier selection, booking, label printing, ...
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MNX opens pharma hub in New York
MNX Global Logistics has opened a pharma logistics facility in New York, located next to JFK International Airport.This healthcare and life sciences supply chain facility will serve as the operations and warehousing hub for the forwarder's pharma and medical device customers throughout the northeast US region."The demand for our services ...
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CEVA appoints head of e-commerce
CEVA Logistics has appointed Niels Weithe to the newly created position of global head of eCommerce.He will be based in Germany and will report directly to chief operating officer of contract logistics, Brett Bissell.He joins CEVA from Arvato where he was president of its consumer products division and led the ...
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Flexport: new LA facility will support Hong Kong charters
San Francisco-headquartered freight forwarder Flexport has leased a 136,685 sq ft industrial facility in the South Bay area of Los Angeles.A statement said: “Now operating a charter flight from Hong Kong a few times a week with plans to intensify ahead, Flexport needed the building in order to be bonded ...
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Panalpina continues perishables expansion with Newport Cargo deal
Freight forwarder Panalpina has continued to expand its perishables network with the acquisition of Argentina’s Newport Cargo.The Switzerland-based company is aiming to be the preferred global supplier of perishables logistics services by 2020. Its Perishables Network currently spans 25 countries.Panalpina chief executive Stefan Karlen said: “Panalpina’s perishables activities originated in ...
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Evolving freight forwarders remain optimistic
A white paper entitled The Evolving Freight Forwarding Market (2018) and based on 50 responses to a survey carried out by logistics research and consultancy firm Logistics Trends & Insights (LTI) in April reveals a great deal of optimism among the forwarding community – in spite of questions of viability ...
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cargo-partner sees revenues rise on airfreight growth
Austria-based logistics firm cargo-partner has posted a 2% rise in its consolidated turnover for 2017, at €698m. Net profit for the year totalled €6m.Chief executive Stefan Krauter said: “We had a successful start into the business year and have achieved volume growths in all our business areas. The general upward ...
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DHL Global Forwarding looks to expand dedicated freighter service
DHL Global Forwarding (DHL GF) is looking at addition routes with dedicated freighters, providing steady and predictable cargo uplift on trunk routes for customers as demand continues to outpace capacity.David Goldberg, chief executive of DHL Global Forwarding in the US, said that the global economy looks set to continue a ...