»GEODIS appoints new Head for its Industrial Projects network in Europe and South2015-09-29

GEODIS Freight Forwarding, the international transport division of leading global logistics group, GEODIS has announced two new appointments in its Industrial Projects arm.

»DB unit to offer parcel service as GLS expands freight offering in 20162015-09-29

Germany's DB Schenker Logistics and the GLS Group have signed a strategic partnership agreement on European level, the company announced.

»CEVA wins major new contract with Continental2015-09-29

CEVA Logistics has been awarded a major new contract to provide UK warehousing and transportation services to Continental, one of the world¡¯s leading tire manufacturers and distributors.

»EBRD acquires a stake in Turkish port operator Global Ports2015-09-29

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is investing in a minority stake of the Turkish port operator Global Ports Holding (GPH) in a move to boost the company¡¯s operations.

»Jan de Rijk Logistics takes over Omega Logistics2015-09-29

Dutch air freight trucker Jan de Rijk Logistics has acquired Omega Logistics as it looks to expand its temperature control operation, reports London's Air Cargo News.

»CEVA wins the 2015 Top Transport Award among Automotive Industry cargo shippers2015-09-24

CEVA Logistics, one of the world¡¯s leading supply chain management companies, has received the 2015 Top Transport Award, selected among the Automotive Industry cargo shippers serving the Brazil market. In its ninth year, the Top Transport Award competition included a total of 17 categories ¨C 16 specialties and a national preference. The award presented to CEVA reflects the result of the ninth survey on the Performance of Transportation Service Vendors, which indicated the 222 best companies selected by the market. In the 2015 edition, the survey also included the participation of 474 cargo shippers from 14 different economic sectors.

»FedEx Express quarterly profit soars 45pc2015-09-24

US delivery giant FedEx Express posted a 45 per cent year-on-year quarterly operating profit increase to US$545 million, drawn on revenues of $6.59 billion, which declined four per cent, according to Shipping Gazette.

»Yusen Logistics opens office in Karachi2015-09-24

Yusen Logistics has established and opened its own branch office in Karachi to forwarding, domestic transport and customs clearance after Pakistan was recognised as a 'NEXT11" country for its high potential as a leading economy in the 21st century.

»TAPA launched a global campaign2015-09-18

The Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) is launching a global campaign to double the number of TAPA-certified warehouse facilities to over 2,000 in Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific in the next three years and to make a ¡®quantum leap¡¯ in the number of trucking companies operating in compliance with the Association¡¯s Security Standards.

»IMPERIAL continues to record stable results2015-09-18

The Logistics International division of IMPERIAL Holdings Limited completed the 2014/2015 business year, which ended on 30 June 2015, with a slight increase in profits. Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) rose by almost two percent from EUR 69 to EUR 70 million. In comparison with the previous year, turnover rose by one percent from EUR 1.37 to EUR 1.39 million with a constant operating margin of five percent.

»Panalpina opens an office in Yangon2015-09-16

Swiss forwarding giant Panalpina has now opened an office in Yangon to provide services in Myanmar "at the crossroads between India, China and south east Asia", the company announced.

»DHL Global Forwarding celebrates 15 years of delivering chocolate2015-09-16

DHL Global Forwarding Americas has seized the opportunity to commemorate 15 years of transporting finished chocolate products and raw cocoa ingredients by air and ocean, according to Shipping Gazette.

»Logistics Supply Chain Boss Will Raise 3PL Hackles2015-09-06

UK ¨C According to one supply chain supplier many companies which outsource control of their supply chain function to specialist third party logistics (3PL) companies are increasingly forced to look to replace the supplier in short order, often within months of the start of their contract period, due to shortcomings in the quality and range of services that the chosen logistics company is able to provide.

»Transparent delivery chain management for logistics centers2015-09-02

The growing quantity of transported goods keeps causing traffic jams at many transshipment points of the logistical chain. With the logistics platform AX4 which links ports, traffic and logistics centers with incoming traffic the Frankenthal-based software company AXIT now has an IT solution in their portfolio which defuses the situation.

»Road Waybills and Rail Waybills2014-08-14

The road waybill (road consignment note) or rail waybill (rail consignment note) serves as a receipt for goods and an evidence of the contract of carriage, but it is not a document of title to the goods. The consignee can obtain the goods from the carrier at the destination point without presentation of the road waybill or the rail waybill, as the case may be.

»What is Rail Freight2014-08-14

Rail freight is popular in multimodal transport and transhipment. It is widely used in landbridges.

»Panama Canal and Dry Canal in Relation to the Landbridge Services2014-08-14

The panamax is the draft limits of the Panama Canal, which imposed a ship's carrying capacity limit to around 3,500 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units). Modern container ships exceed the panamax, that is, cannot transit the canal. The future container ships in the deep-sea voyage are expected to be much bigger than those currently in service. The landbridge service that utilizes the West Coast ports in North America becomes more important in the Trans-Pacific Route.

»Panama Canal and Dry Canal in Relation to the Landbridge Services2014-08-14

The panamax is the draft limits of the Panama Canal, which imposed a ship's carrying capacity limit to around 3,500 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units). Modern container ships exceed the panamax, that is, cannot transit the canal. The future container ships in the deep-sea voyage are expected to be much bigger than those currently in service. The landbridge service that utilizes the West Coast ports in North America becomes more important in the Trans-Pacific Route.

»The Use of Landbridges as Alternate Routes to the Conventional Ocean Traffic2014-08-14

Shipment to the European Ports from the West Coast Ports in North America Use the minibridge (mini-landbridge) or the land-sea carriage, that is, freight container from the West Coast port send via rail to the East Coast port, and then by ship to Europe.

»Feeder Vessels and Transhipments in Relation to the Landbridge Services2014-08-14

As export and import traffic increases worldwide, large container ships having a load capacity of 80,000 metric tons or more are expected to service the Trans-Pacific Route and other sea routes, calling at a limited number of deep-sea ports at each end of the voyage. Consequently, the network of feeder services serve by the smaller container ship, called the feeder vessel, serving the large deep-sea ports is expected to expand. In the process, a wider application of the landbridge is indispensable, particularly in North America, and the transhipment of export goods will become more frequent in certain trade routes. The ports of Hong Kong (China) and Singapore in Asia and the port of Rotterdam (Netherlands) in Europe, for example, are popular ports of transhipment in the deep-sea voyage.