The German logistics industry is expecting to grow by 1% in 2010 after it shrank by between 6% and 9% to around EUR 205bn (USD 307.81bn) in 2009. According to Raimund Klinkner, CEO of the German logistics industry association BVL, one third of the German logistics companies are investing to prepare for the upcoming upswing. Despite the crisis, the number of...
Nestlé Chile has chosen Kuehne + Nagel as the exclusive contract logistics service provider to manage its national distribution centres. Kuehne + Nagel is responsible for warehousing and distribution services for the shelf-stable range of Nestlé products. Under the terms of the agreement, Kuehne + Nagel manages Nestlé’s four dis...
Aramex, the global logistics solutions provider, announced today its financial results for the three months ending September 30, 2009. The company declared a net profit of AED 41.7 million for the period, an increase of 23% compared to AED 33.9 million in the corresponding period of 2008. Revenues for the third quarter of this year stood at AED 487.6 millio...
The supreme administrative authority (Conseil General) of the French department of Bas-Rhin (capital: Strasbourg) has placed a major order for Setra regular rural-service buses in France. 52 vehicles of the Setra MultiClass 400 line offering 51, 59 and 65 seats and measuring 12 m, 14 m and 15 m in length will be delivered in Strasbourg by the end of October...
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and the Dutch social-networking site Hyves are challenging young people to present their visions of the future of the airline industry. The person who comes up with the best idea for making flying faster, more enjoyable, more efficient and more sustainable will win a World Business Class round-the-world t...
British Airways now officially offers more seats to the Caribbean from the UK than any other carrier. The airline cemented the number one spot with the launch of the new winter schedule this week introducing new services from Gatwick to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic and Montego Bay in Jamaica. With increased frequency to St Kitts, Grenada, Barbados...
Boeing forecasts that over the next 20 years, airlines in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific Islands will require 670 new airplanes valued at approximately US$90 billion. Boeing Commercial Airplanes Vice President of Marketing Randy Tinseth shared the company’s market data and forecast today at a media conference focused on the global and ...
According to InnoZ, the innovation centre for mobility, Germany's cargo transport sector will see performance decrease by 13.5% in 2009. Road cargo transport performance will be down 12% but the share of road transport on the modal split will rise. The performance of river cargo shipping and rail cargo transport will fall by 18% and 18.5%, Logistics Finlan...
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