panalpina

Logistics and academic brains get together

Panalpina has signed a knowledge transfer agreement with Cardiff Business School to develop lean practices in complex supply chains. According to Mike Wilson, Panalpina’s global head of logistics and himself a graduate of the university's MBA programme in 1993, the forwarder's focus is not on the storage of products but more on holding as little inventory as possible for its customers, and working with them to keep products moving – or ... [+]

Panalpina’s Passion Wagon

The second of two new Boeing 747-8 freighters has gone into service on Panalpina's own controlled air freight network. The Atlas Air aircraft in Panalpina livery was delivered at Boeing’s manufacturing facility in Everett, Washington on 24 July and went into operation for Panalpina on 25 July. The aircraft, christened ... [+]

Energy boost for Aberdeen

Panalpina has invested £750,000 in its Aberdeen operation and plans to add 15 people to its existing 160-strong workforce at its base in Bucksburn, Aberdeen, reports the Press & Journal newspaper. Increased oil and gas business also prompted the purchase of six new trucks, taking its total Aberdeen fleet to ... [+]

Panalpina opens competence centres

Global forwarder Panalpina is to set up four new Logistics Competence Centres in Prague, Singapore, Buenos Aires and New Jersey and a Supply Chain Solutions Centre. The Logistics centres will provide support for Panalpina's local teams and will support the deployment of the best-in-class tools and techniques in terms of ... [+]

Planes for Panalpina

The first of two new Boeing 747-8 Freighters entered scheduled service on 30 May as part of Panalpina's own controlled air freight network - the first ever aircraft in the forwarder's own livery – a first in the company's history. The Atlasair-operated planes were handed over to Panalpina at Boeing’s ... [+]

US puts five forwarders on banned list

Five freight forwarders who have performed significant work for the US Government and its contractors have been added to the Excluded Party List System (EPLS), debarring them from similar work in future. They are BAX Global, Kühne + Nagel, Panalpina (in Switzerland and New Jersey) and Schenker. The move follows ... [+]