Road Solution (Wels) opens branch in Greece

Road Solution Hellas M.E.P.E. starts scheduled groupage cargo service from Greece on 3rd January 2011    In response to certain customer demands Road Solution GmbH Logistik-Service with its headquarters in Wels founds a location in Geece. Road Solution Hellas M.E.P.E. situated in Katerini is to start officially operating on 3rd January 2011. “This milestone in…

duisport reaches historical record in container throughput

Total handling of Duisburger Hafen AG thanks to containers, chemicals and mineral oils almost at pre-crisis level in 2010   The year 2010 brought a positive business development for Duisburger Hafen AG. Container handling on the three modes of transport ship, train and truck rose to about 2.25 million TEU, which is a historic record…

OOCL places order for two large container vessels

Strong growth in volume and turnover at OOCL container shipping company (Orient Overseas Container Lines)    The liner shipping company OOCL (Orient Overseas Container Lines) from Hong Kong is to receive two new „flagships“. In a press release the enterprise announced having placed an order for two 8,800 TEU container vessels. 47 carriers ranging from…

Intercontainer Austria expands Southeastern Europe network

New regular service of Intercontainer Austria from Austria to Macedonia, Romania, Greece and Turkey   Intercontainer Austria starts new intermodal offer to Southeastern Europe. From 14 January 2011 the subsidiary of Rail Cargo Austria AG completes the schedule of daily trains from the Ruhr zone via Wels and Vienna to Budapest (BILK) by regular services…

Rhenus builds customs and logistics terminal in western Russia

Rhenus group sets up new customs terminal according to European standard at Krasnaja Gorka near Smolensk   Rhenus group has recently laid the foundation stone for a customs and logistics terminal in the Smolensk region in Russia. The subsidiary OOO Rhenus Customs Broker takes thereby into account the new strategic orientation of the Russian Federation’s…

Huettemann group (Duisburg) grows 25 per cent

Majority holding of Merkel-Wetzel forwarding company consolidates position of Huettemann group in contract logistics   The Huettemann group with its headquarters in Duisburg is to acquire 70 per cent of the shares of the forwarding company Spedition Merkel-Wetzel GmbH based in Kuppenheim, Baden, with effect from 1 January 2011. “Thus we grow 25 per cent,…

New locations and optimised structure at Augustin Network

Augustin Network takes steps to improve truck rotations and boosts branch focuses   Augustin Network is continuously optimising its European location network and adjusting the structures to its branch focus strategy. At the start of this week CEO Christian Fürstaller announced the opening of two new branches for customer service and a third station for…

IRS (Berlin) takes over CIS transport from ICF

CIS container transport of ICF Intercontainer-Interfrigo remain to their full extent   The disposal of the activities of ICF Intercontainer-Interfrigo SA (in liquidation) has gained a facet. Having sold its Scandinavian operations the enterprise has now also found a solution for its CIS container transport. By the change of the years 2010/2011 IRS InterRail Services…

ARS Altmann constructs „Solar Carport“ in Italy

New location with branch connection and capacity for 10,500 vehicles of ARS Altmann group in Piadena   ARS Altmann group, a European market leader in the automotive logistics industry, establishes a new site in Italy. Together with Phoenix Solar AG, an internationally renonwned photovoltaic system company, the company will construct a „Solar Carport“ in Piadena…

BLG Group attends to new VW major contract logistics order

2010 results at BLG Logistics Group exceeds expectations despite lack of imports at the car terminal Bremerhaven   The contract logistics division of BLG Logistics Group (Bremen) was able to seal a major new deal from the automotive industry. The enterprise supplies the worldwide VW factories with car parts since November 2010. The annual volume…

External computing centre for AFS Logistic Solutions

AFS All Freight System Spedition (Innsbruck) uses from now land transport know how of IT specialist active logistics   The AFS All Freight forwarding company in Innsbruck has reorganised its transport management. Since recently the enterprise uses for its complete order management in the land transport segment the software „active m-ware“ of active logistics, a…

DHL Global Forwarding launches two new climate friendly products

CO2-neutral shipping service for air, sea and intermodal freight transports at Deutsche Post DHL   Deutsche Post DHL launches two new environmentally friendly products. Global Forwarding customers can obtain the new "Carbon Footprint Report" which offers them a detailed overview on the CO2 emissions generated by their shipments per trade lane. Additionally they can compensate…

Upgrade of pharmaceutical logistics with FM Logistic in Romania

Opening of a new distribution centre for pharmaceutical products of Aexxdis-FM Health Supply Chain in Bucharest   The FM Logistic Group has considerably improved its range of services for customers from the pharmaceutical industry in Romania. In Bucharest a distribution centre for medicines was recently opened. The facility spreads on a total area of 2500…

TNWA lines launch direct service from Vietnam to Northern Europe

Port of Cai Mep in South Vietnam to be integrated into the intercontinental schedule of TNWA (The New World Alliance)    Integrating Cai Mep into the schedule of the JEX service, the TNWA alliance, formed by the container shipping companies Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (Japan), APL (Singapore) and Hyundai Merchant Marine (South Korea) responds to the…

Expanded management board of Müller Transporte

Müller Transporte: Regina Sturm-Lenhart is the new authorised officer of the specialist for the forwarding of temperature-controlled transportations   The management board of the Müller Transporte company in Wiener Neudorf has a new member. Regina Sturm-Lenhart was appointed authorised officer of the enterprise specialising in the transport of sensible and temperature sensitive goods in December….

Panalpina and LGI launch logistics platform for HP in Czech Republic

Panalpina and LGI Logistics Group International open joint platform in Czech Republic in Jirny near Prague   By order of Hewlett-Packard, Panalpina, as its Lead Logistics Provider, has developed a tailored logistics solution based at Jirny in the Czech Republic. In tackling this complex task, the logistics company cooperates with contract logistics provider LGI Logistics…

Martinair Cargo: AF-KLM Cargo assumes sale in Austria

Air France Cargo, KLM Cargo and Martinair Cargo set up joint sales and service platform in Austria   Air France Cargo, KLM Cargo and Martinair Cargo are joining their forces in Austria. From 1 January 2011 there will be one sales, customer service and handling division for all three companies. The employees of AF-KLM Cargo…

Hapag-Lloyd returned to its previous position of strength

Hapag-Lloyd orders four vessels with a capacity for 13,200 TEU each and buys back its company headquarters in Hamburg   Following the successful year 2010 Hapag-Lloyd is again investing in future growth. The Hamburg-based shipping company ordered four large vessels with a capacity for 13,200 standard containers (TEU) each from the Korean shipbuilding company Hyundai…

Strategic alliance of JCL Logistics and RCA

JCL Logistics and Rail Cargo Austria cooperate at freight station in Wolfurt   By mid-December JCL Overland Logistics GmbH, located in Wolfurt, and OEBB Rail Cargo Austria AG have agreed on a far-reaching cooperation in system groupage services within the Austrian network. The cooperation consists of joint services within handling of goods, collecting and delivering…

Broekman Group celebrates memorable jubilee

Dutch Broekman Group proves as a full range provider of transport and logistics services   These days the Broekman Group celebrates its 50-years jubilee. The enterprise headquartered in Rotterdam had started in autumn 1960 as a small agency under the name Broekman Motorships N.V. and presents itself today as a full range provider of transport…

Road Solution (Wels) eröffnet Filiale in Griechenland

Road Solution Hellas M.E.P.E. startet am 3. Jänner 2011 mit geregelten Sammelgutabfahrten ab Griechenland Als Reaktion auf entsprechende Kundenanfragen gründet die Road Solution GmbH Logistik-Service mit Sitz in Wels eine Niederlassung in Griechenland. Die Road Solution Hellas M.E.P.E. mit Standort in Katerini geht am 3. Jänner 2011 offiziell an den Start. „Dieser Meilenstein in der…

Neue Zentrale für Kühne + Nagel Bulgaria

Zentrale der bulgarischen KN-Organisation bezieht Anlage mit 900m² Lagerfläche am Flughafen Sofia Kühne + Nagel Bulgaria hat seinen Hauptsitz in das Sofia Airport Centre verlegt. An dem neuen Standort bietet der Logistikdienstleister seinen Kunden 900 m² Lagerfläche. Die Logistikanlage verfügt über Temperaturkontrolle, einen 24 Stunden Sicherheitsdienst und Video-Überwachung. Dieser Schritt ermöglicht Kühne + Nagel besser…

Historische Rekordmarke für duisport im Containerumschlag

Gesamtumschlag der Duisburger Hafen AG liegt 2010 dank Container, Chemie und Mineralöle fast auf dem Vorkrisenniveau Das Jahr 2010 bescherte der Duisburger Hafen AG einen positiven Geschäftsverlauf. Der Containerumschlag bei den Verkehrsträgern Schiff, Bahn und Lkw erreicht mit cirka 2,25 Mio. TEU eine neue historische Rekordmarke. Das Wachstum im Vergleich zum sehr starken Vorjahr beträgt…

OOCL bestellt zwei Großcontainerschiffe

Starke Zuwächse beim Aufkommen und beim Umsatz für die Containerreederei OOCL (Orient Overseas Container Lines) Die Linienreederei OOCL (Orient Overseas Container Lines) aus Hongkong bekommt zwei neue „Flaggschiffe“. In einer Aussendung gibt das Unternehmen die Bestellung von zwei Großcontainerschiffen à 8.800 TEU bekannt. Derzeit operieren 47 Carrier in der Kategorie von 3.161 bis 8.063 TEU…

Post- und Lieferverkehr in Berlin unter Strom

In Berlin werden Kurier-, Express- und Paketsendungen sowie Güter nun auch mit Elektro-Lkw und Elektro-Transportern geliefert. Das Projekt E-Stadtlogistik wird im Rahmen der Modellregionen Elektromobilität vom Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung (BMVBS) mit insgesamt 1,3 Millionen Euro gefördert Projektpartner sind die Spedition Meyer & Meyer, die Deutsche Post DHL und die Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung…

duisport erstes positives Fazit für 2010

Am Ende des Jahres zieht die Duisburger Hafen AG ein erstes positives Fazit des Jahres 2010. So wird der Containerumschlag, der bereits im Krisenjahr 2009 sein hohes Niveau halten konnte, eine neue historische Rekordmarke erreichen. Auch der Gesamtumschlag, der im vergangenen Jahr besonders durch schwere Einbußen im Montanbereich zurückgegangen ist, hat sich deutlich erholt und…

HHLA hat Deutschlands besten Azubi ausgebildet

Deutschlands beste Fachkraft für Hafenlogistik kommt von der Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG. Der 23-jährige Jonas Maybaum absolvierte seine Ausbildung mit der Abschlussnote 1. Jonas Maybaum beendete seine Ausbildung zur Fachkraft für Hafenlogistik bei der Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) im Frühjahr 2010 mit der Abschlussnote 1. Damit gehört der 23-Jährige zu Deutschlands Top-Absolventen…

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