HONG-KONG-based Raeuber & Walle Solutions will showcase new methods to the members of its logistics alliances of the Combined Logistics Networks (CLN) on how to maximise new technology in marketing and branding at the group's annual meeting at Bangkok's Shangri-La Hotel May 25-30. CLN chief executive Christian Raeuber said technology and strategy ex...
GLOBAL logistics provider Kuehne + Nagel has opened a new logistics facility near the Colombian capital Bogota, in an effort bid to expand its integrated supply chain management solutions in the area. The facility is seven kilometres from Bogota within the Siberia industrial complex, which comprises an industrial park, dry port as well as business and log...
SUPPLY chain specialists Panalpina World Transport has opened a dedicated logistics centre for the oil and gas industry at Loyang Offshore Supply Base in Singapore. "Despite the crisis, Panalpina in south east Asia stayed its course and continued with the various projects already started or planned," said Volker Sachse, managing director for southeast Asi...
SWISS logistics giant Panalpina has reported that first quarter profits declined 13 per cent year on year, but increased five per cent from one quarter to the next. The company also reported strong volumes in both air, up 24 per cent, and ocean freight, up 22 per cent, against the results of the same quarter last year. Profitability per unit of cargo was ...
UPS has formed a strategic alliance with AliExpress ( www.aliexpress.com ), a new online wholesale marketplace launched by Alibaba.com, the world's largest small business e-commerce company, reported the Manila Bulletin. AliExpress allows customers to tailor orders to the needs of their small businesses, offering smaller-quantity orders, instant online t...
DUBAI's GAC group, a provider of shipping, logistics and marine services, has strengthened its global energy and logistics network with the opening of GAC Energy & Marine Services LLC (GEMS) in Houston. Located in the new Central Green development close to Houston International Airport, the GEMS facility provides 6,000 square metres of covered wareho...
The Air Cargo Security Alliance (ACSA), a coalition of 300 American indirect air carriers, direct shippers and customs brokers, has petitioned US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to have federal air cargo screening paid for by a $0.05 cent per pound fee on all shipments. As it stands, said ACSA spokesman Michael Whately, the TSA's Certified C...
ATLAS Air Worldwide Holdings has announced a year-on-year 44.5 per cent increase in first quarter net profit to US$23.4 million drawn on revenues of $244.5 million, reports the Seattle Post Intelligencer. Record earnings for the quarter compared with previous record first-quarter net income of $23.4 million for the three months ending March 31, said the c...
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