March 2013
Forwarder Nippon Express (China) has opened a Changsha branch. The capital of Hunan Province and home to a population of about seven million, Changsha is enjoying a boom in its manufacturing industry, especially construction machinery.
It has also opened new branches in Tianjin and Shanghai.
[+]
Industrial relocation and installation specialist Vanguard has opened a new depot in Bristol and a sales office in the Midlands. Vanguard’s team of engineers and project managers move and install all types of precision and heavy industrial machinery, for the aerospace, automobile, manufacturing, industrial engineering, food and drink and pharmaceutical ...
[+]
Norbert Dentressangle's freight forwarding division has opened a representative office in Vietnam. A subsidiary of Norbert Dentressangle’s established Chinese freight forwarding business, the office in Hanoi will initially focus on services between Vietnam and China but will, over time, expand to Vietnam’s other major trading partners in Asia and beyond.
[+]
Yusen Logistics has renewed its contact with AstraZeneca for the pan European distribution of prescription drugs. The two companies have been partners since 2007, when Yusen Logistics was appointed to work with AstraZeneca on the creation of a lean, multi-plant supply chain. It uses Yusen Logistics' 'Superhighway' high security European ...
[+]
Kuehne + Nagel Group CEO Reinhard Lange is to step down on 7 May because of health reasons. He will support the group in a consultancy role until the end of his contract on 31 December 2013. A search has already started for his successor but in the interim a ...
[+]
Forwarder Kuehne + Nagel is to merge its current Central Europe, North West Europe and Southwest Europe units into a single “West Europe” region, headquartered in Hamburg as part of a reorganisation aimed at shortening decision making processes and improving responsiveness to changing market conditions.
The East Europe region with a ...
[+]
Eurotunnel boss Jacques Counon has accused Dover Tory MP Charlie Elphicke of xenophobia and 'ferry-centricsm'. In a letter to Mr Elphicke, the Eurotunnel chairman and chief executive officer accused him of taking “a one-sided and limited view of developments in the cross-Channel market,” according to BBC reports.
The letter concerned the ...
[+]
Belgian left-wing MEP Saïd El Khadraoui, who heads the Socialist members in the European Committee on Transport, says he wants to put the brakes on plans to further liberalise road cabotage laws in the EU. He said that as long as the social and working conditions of drivers and enforcement ...
[+]
Start up freight ferry line North Sea RoRo ended its sailings between Killingholme and Gothenburg last weekend. The line has been operating three days a week in competiton with established carrier DFDS's more frequent sailings from Immingham. Last sailing from both ports was on Saturday 9 March. In a statement, ...
[+]
DP World London Gateway took delivery of what it says are the largest cranes ever to arrive in the UK on 1 March. The giant quay cranes, at 138 metres tall two and a half times the height of Nelson’s column at 138 metres tall, were delivered into the Thames ...
[+]
« Back
More »
