Dispute between TNT and investor Jana hots up 2012-2-9A dispute between TNT Express and a key investor intensified on Monday when US-based Jana Partners rejected TNT's new board nominees and said it would propose its own candidates at the annual shareholder meeting in April, reported Reuters.
See best in class energy efficiency at Logistics Link 2012-2-9The Jungheinrich stand at this year's Logistics Link exhibition will feature examples from the company's EFG range of electric counterbalance forklift trucks.
PetroChinaTaizhou Marine Company to implement AMOS 2012-2-9China-based SpecTec Asia Pacific East Ltd has recently signed a contract with PetroChinaTaizhou Marine Company Ltd, in Zhejiang province, the People's Republic of China.
Goods transport in 2011: volume of transport increasing 6.5% 2012-2-9Goods transport in Germany increased markedly in 2011. According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the volume of transport in 2011 is expected to have risen 6.5% on the previous year, reaching 4.3 billion tonnes.
United Parcel Service fourth quarter profit up 9.3pc 2012-2-9US Global package company United Parcel Service (UPS) has reported net profits of US$1.2 billion in the last quarter of 2011, up 9.3 per cent in the same quarter last year attributed to healthy demand in domestic package demand a result of e-commerce in the run up to Christmas, according to the Shipping Gazette.
Israel approved the construction of high-speed Tel Aviv-Eilat railway line 2012-2-8Israel has approved the construction of a 350km high-speed Tel Aviv-Eilat railway line, which will offer a new Asian-European trade route to compete with the Suez Canal, Railway Technology informs.
QRC to award six major contracts 2012-2-8The Qatar Railways Development (QRC), which is implementing a $37bn integrated rail system in the country, is set to award six major contracts in April 2012, according to Railway Technology.
Rail Freight May Be More Environmentally Friendly But Still Poses Problems 2012-2-8Freight associated news for the first few days of February this year would seem to be all about derailments as stories abound of cargo carrying trains leaving the tracks.
St Albans Intermodal Strategic Rail Freight Exchange Awaits Final Day of Reckoning 2012-2-8There is real hope for all concerned that the ongoing dispute over the future of the former Radlett aerodrome will be decided for once and for all by the 5th April this year.
Amsterdam Plots its Future as a Freight and Logistics Hub 2012-2-8Amsterdam is often seen as the 'nearly man' of European freight but taken overall the City's cargo facilities prove that, far from being second to Rotterdam in terms of the versatility of its freight and logistics movements.
National permit fee for commercial vehicles to be reviewed soon 2012-2-7The national permit fee payable by commercial vehicles may be hiked from the current Rs 15,000 to Rs 20,000, with the Road Transport Ministry planning a review soon.
Siemens presents the first Desiro RUS 2012-2-7Russian Railways (RZD) visited their first Desiro RUS regional multiple-unit train at the Siemens factory in Krefeld and released it for shipment: Delivery by ship to Ust Luga is scheduled to start in February.
US railways to spend US$13 billion on rail freight expansion 2012-2-7US rail freight will gain a record sum of US$13 billion to build and maintain tracks that move 42 per cent of the nation's cargo and will create 15,000 new jobs during the course of 2012, said the Association of American Railroads (AAR).
Freight and Road Haulage Interests Must Support UK Truck Crime Unit 2012-2-7Over the past year we have often written about the activities of TruckPol, the national Police Intelligence Unit which forms part of the national ACPO Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service and is dedicated to the investigation and elimination of crimes against hauliers.
LNG Upswing Means Expansion for Another Freight and Logistics Group 2012-2-7As with so many traditionally based freight forwarding organisations GAC has concentrated much effort over the past few years on the burgeoning liquid natural gas (LNG) market and in this, the 30th year of its presence in the Republic, the Dubai headquartered logistics and marine service group is to relocate its Singapore head office in anticipation of an increase in business expected as a result of a number of major infrastructural improvements quite literally in the pipeline.
5,000th second generation Tourismo delivered to Omnibus Hauser 2012-2-6No other Mercedes-Benz coach has achieved sales figures approaching those of the permanently best-selling O303 and certainly none has been as successful in the medium price segment.
sive Mercedes-Benz Atego 917 covers one million kilometres of mountain driving 2012-2-6A million kilometres, accumulated in short-radius distribution work on Austria's Alpine roads - no problem at all for the Mercedes-Benz Atego 917, as our example from the company BS Transport in the Austrian village of Tristach shows.
Allcargo Logistics, Tuticorin handles record 760 TEUs 2012-2-6Allcargo Logistics Ltd handled a record 760 TEUs of export LCL consol boxes in 2011 through its Tuticorin branch. The branch oversees operations of Tirupur, Karur, Salem and Coimbatore, according to Exim News Service.
Appointments This Month In Shipping, Freight and Logistics 2012-2-6A quick round up of who's been transferred where in the world of shipping, freight, logistics and associated sectors in the past few weeks. There has been much movement within the AP Moller Maersk group of companies this month so we'll start there.
Wanted - Top Executive To Shape The Future of Road Haulage Freight Truckers 2012-2-6A real challenge awaits someone as the Australian Government today announced they were to launch an international search for a Chief Executive Officer to be based in Queensland for the new office of independent National Heavy Vehicle Regulator.
