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Geodis offers air and rail solutions to beat the virus

Freight forwarder GEODIS is operating air charter services to move urgent shipments during the COVID-19 crisis along with rail alternatives to and from China. Weekly round trip flights have been established between Frankfurt and Shanghai, along with flights from Hong Kong to Europe. The schedule will remain in place throughout March when extension will be considered. Rail services are also being offered from major cities in China. Two options are scheduled from ... [+]

Geodis gains green rating

Freight forwarder Geodis is now categorized as a ‘Leader’ in environmental care after CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project) awarded it an A rating for 2019. It is in recognition of its actions to effectively reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and outstanding environmental management. Only 6% of companies assessed by ... [+]

Geodis ready for Asian road boom

Geodis says it will further expand its time-definite Road Network (GRN) services in Asia Pacific during 2020. The service now offers scheduled departures along the Singapore-Kuala Lumpur-Bangkok axis and will now be extended throughout the Southeast Asian landmass. Trade cooperation within the ASEAN bloc continues to strengthen and e-commerce activity is set ... [+]

Jolly hockey-sticks for Geodis

US-based sports equipment company True Sports has chosen Geodis Netherlands as its European logistics partner, building on their longstanding partnership in its home country. Geodis Netherlands will start providing warehousing and distribution services out of its Rotterdam warehouse for the True Hockey brand. The sports company chose the Netherlands for ... [+]

Geodis appoints legal eagle

Stéphane Cassagne has been appointed executive vice president of the distribution & express line of business at French-owned forwarder, Geodis. A member of the group’s management committee, he began his career in the legal affairs department at Calberson in 1993, becoming department head in 1998. In 2003, he was named senior ... [+]

New chief for Geodis’ German projects

Global freight forwarder Geodis has appointed Peter Anetsberger as industrial projects director in Germany. He reports to managing director of the German freight forwarding division, Antje Lochmann, who says: "Peter Anetsberger is one of our most experienced specialists. With his great commitment, he will further develop the German team in ... [+]

Geodis opens French fashion site

Geodis has opened a logistics campus in Douvrin in northern France. A team of 300 GEODIS employees will primarily serve retail and textile customers at the 48,000sq m site and over €3 million has been invested in technology such as corrugators, pick-to-light equipment and automated conveyors. [+]

Geodis appoints e-commerce chief

Geodis has appointed Ashwani Nath as vice-president and global head of e-channel solutions. He was previously global market line director – retail for Geodis and will be responsible for building and promoting end-to-end e-commerce omni-channel solutions, gathering all existing physical and digital expertise in the company. [+]

New boss for Geodis in Germany

Geodis has appointed Antje Lochmann as its new managing director of Geodis Freight Forwarding Germany, based in Hamburg. She joined Geodis in 2011 and has held several positions where she was responsible for sales, marketing, key accounts, tender management, and sales controlling and was most recently director national sales and ... [+]

Geodis admitted to magic circle

Freight forwarding and logistics company has been recognized as a 'Leader' by Gartner, the technology research and advisory company, in its May 2018 Magic Quadrant for Third-Party Logistics. Geodis chief executive Marie-Christine Lombard said: “We believe this recognition is a validation of our strategy to be the growth partner of ... [+]

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