Tennessee-based logistics company OHL said Wednesday it has created a new position to expand its international presence. The company has named Fred Loeffel executive vice president of global account management. Loffel, who has been at OHL for 14 years, was senior vice president of global business development. Before that he was senior vice p...
DHL said Wednesday it has landed a 300 million euro deal to continue to handle logistics for Norwegian mining company Sandvik Mining & Construction. The new five-year deal follows 25 years of work between the two companies. Sandvik, which operates in 130 countries, provides equipment for rock excavation, surface mining and bulk materials handling...
On 18, 19, and 21 December, a Czech Airlines special will carry the Czech national ice-hockey team to Malmö and Moscow for the pre-Christmas Channel One Cup. Czech Airlines is a long-term traditional partner of the Czech hockey team. Czech hockey players will open the Channel One Cup on 18 December in Sweden, by playing the home team, after which the...
Continental AG, Hanover, is drawing further necessary consequences for the closing fiscal year 2008 following an extensive analysis of the substantial negative development in the automotive industry in the last six weeks. At the same time, operational measures for 2009 are being adapted to the predictably poor economic environment in the industry. A cost-...
As part of an ongoing strategy of portfolio management, Shell Petroleum NV (Shell) has successfully completed the sale of its 50% shareholding in Refineria Dominicana de Petroleo, S.A. (REFIDOMSA), for a total value of $110 million, to the Government of the Dominican Republic, who is now the sole owner of the refinery. This concludes a share purchase agre...
The Logistics Council Germany (LCG), an initiative set up by the Federal Government, will be seeking to persuade companies to set up a logistics base in Germany at the CeMAT INDIA in Bangalore on 10-13 December. The international logistics fair is being held for the second time and will attract more than 180 international exhibitors to a site measuring ap...
Addressing the European Association for Forwarding, Transport, Logistic and Customs Service (CLECAT), IRU General Delegate to the EU, Michael Nielsen, today stressed that, “the current European Commission approach on internalisation of external costs via the revision of the Eurovignette Directive discounts the significant sustainability gains already achi...
Vanguard Logistics Services, a global neutral non-vessel-operating common carrier, has partnered with RoadLink to start a new national intermodal service. According to the companies, the service, called DrayMate, is supported by a common information technology platform, and will be available to U.S. customs brokers and freight forwarders. Vangua...
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