LUFTHANSA Cargo has not seen "any dramatic decline in freight being loaded" in Japan despite the earthquake and tsunami earlier this month, according to its chief executive Karl Ulrich Garnadt. Reuters said the carrier also reported a good start to the year, with stable earnings from the business unit, particularly, as freighter plane capacity is said to ...
A UNIT of Germany express delivery giant Deutsche Post DHL said it has signed a contract with Bristol-Myers Squibb - involving the purchase of one of its major pharmaceutical facilities - to handle US distribution. To swing the deal, DHL's Exel subsidiary bought Bristol-Myers Squibb's distribution centre in Mount Vernon, Indiana, and will assume operati...
THE National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) says China's "social logistics", the total value of turnover in the country's logistics sector, came to CNY125.4 trillion (US$19.1 trillion) last year, up 15 per cent year on year, also representing 3.7 per cent more growth than in the previous year, Xinhua reports. The sum is slightly higher than t...
TAIWAN's Evergreen Line has launched a weekly Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia (TMI) service from March 16 to meet the growing demand in this region. The new TMI service, replacing its existing Indonesia-Malaysia (IS1) service, adds news calls to Bangkok and Laem Chabang in Thailand. Deploying the existing 900-TEU containership plus an additional 820-TEU...
JAPANESE shipping company MOL has announced that it will provide containerships to transport aid supplies from overseas for victims of the massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan in dry containers. "We express our heartfelt sympathies to the families and friends of those who lost loved ones in the earthquake," the shipping line's president Koichi Muto sa...
HONG KONG-based Kerry Logistics has opened two new logistics centres in Chongqing and Kunshan, expanding the company's national network and range of services to its customers in these fast growing cities. The first phase of the Chongqing Kerry Logistics Centre occupies 20,500 square metres, which will offer regional distribution service in southwest Chin...
DB Schenker in the Philippines recently inaugurated a new central facility in Manila. Three units in Metro Manila are now located in a central complex in the Sabrina Compound in Sucat/Paranaque City. The new facility provides 2,400 square meters of office space for the corporate office and accommodates the teams for air and ocean freight, customs clearan...
Caterpillar Inc is reviewing options for its third-party logistics business, including a possible sale, reported Dow Jones Newswires. The business has more than 50 customers worldwide and is part of the company's Caterpillar Logistics Services Inc. The company said manufacturing logistics, transportation operations and brand-parts distribution – wh...
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