CEVA Logistics has clinched a five-year deal worth a total of EUR50 million (US$61.4 million) from AKI, a DIY (do-it-yourself) company selling gardening and decorating products. AKI has a network of 35 stores in Spain and is a sub brand of ADEO Group, which has a presence in 11 countries. This contract award sees CEVA managing AKI's end-to-end supp...
SINGAMAS Container Holdings Ltd, a Hong Kong-listed container manufacturing and logistics service provider, aims to produce 240,000 containers in the first half of this year and 500,000 units in 2010. The company's container output for the first quarter of this year hit 90,000 units, surpassing the more than 86,000 units produced in 2009. President...
DB Schenker’s country organisation in Croatia recently moved into a highly modern facility in Zagreb offering 2,500 square meters of storage space with a bonded warehouse and customs office, as well as 1,000 square meters of office space making it one of the most modern facilities of its kind in Croatia. The site is TAPA FSR A-level compliant, whi...
National Air Cargo (NAC) has registered a company in Seoul as part of an overall strategic plan to enhance growth and develop new business opportunities in developing marketplaces. "Our official presence in South Korea is an exciting development that demonstrates the company's resolve to continue to invest in key markets," said Christopher Alf, chairma...
Lufthansa Cargo, the logistics arm of German flagship airline Deutsche Lufthansa, expects demand for freight capacity to rise continuously, Dow Jones reported. The company aims to activate one more out of the four planes temporarily grounded in the Californian desert in the coming two months The first of the four planes was taken back into service a...
Swissport Cargo Services has launched an improved version of it’s FREIGHTfinder Track and Trace website. New functionality includes customer specific information available in real-time, with access through secure log-in. This compliments historic AWB tracking. One of the key advantages to the system is that information can be seen at airline or st...
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals (Hactl) said its air cargo volume rose 44.6 percent in May from a year earlier, as the global economic recovery boosted cargo traffic, Dow Jones reported. The company, which handles about 80 percent of air cargo that pass through Hong Kong International Airport, said it handled 257,315 metric tonnes of cargo in May. It hand...
British Airways (BA) said it will increase its flight schedule from London's Heathrow Airport during the next phase of strikes as representatives of the UK carrier and unions resume discussions to settle their differences, Dow Jones reported. BA and Unite, the union representing cabin crew, were due to return to the negotiating table this week to try t...
Port of Tallinn is the biggest port authority in Estonia and as far as both cargo and passenger traffic are taken into account, the biggest port on the shores of the Baltic Sea.
Qingdao Saint Voyage Logistics Inc. (SVL) is an Experienced International Shi