LPR’s Daytime Operations Now on SAP
LPR GmbH, a specialized provider of a complete range of logistics services, is now using the best4log-x SAP logistics software solution, which already handles its nighttime express spare parts logistics, to operate its more complex daytime express business processes. LPR once again called on arvato Systems to provide integrated services in implementing the system. Located in Neuss, Germany, the logistics service provider has been using the SAP-based solution since 2009. Read more
Agility Launches New China Freight Service
Agility, a leading global logistics provider, has introduced a scheduled freighter service that will directly connect key origins in China via Shanghai to Kaunas, Lithuania. With few freight options that cover this routing, the new service delivers stable and faster access, helping customers move goods from China into the rapidly growing markets of Northern Europe, the Nordics, Russia and the Baltics. Read more
Price Fixing Cartel among Air Cargo Carriers
The European Commission has fined 11 air cargo carriers a total of €799,445,000 for operating a worldwide cartel which affected cargo services within the European Economic area (EEA). Read more
Outsourcing of Logistics Processes
Cost pressures reduce logistics budgets worldwide, with an average of 11 percent of company sales revenues devoted to logistics. 42 percent of that are directed to the outsourcing of logistics services, which is a decrease of 10 to 15 percentage points from recent years. Read more
New Panalpina Cargo Airfreight Services
The forwarding and logistics group Panalpina will commence additional own controlled regular airfreight services connecting Luxembourg with destinations such as South Africa, Dubai and Hong Kong. It will also cover the transpacific route to Huntsville, Alabama in the USA, complementing Panalpina’s existing transatlantic airfreight service, Dixie Jet. Read more
Fraport Starts Marketing Development Land
Frankfurt Airport is offering an additional 27 hectares of development land at CargoCity South. Fraport AG has issued a worldwide “Call for Expression of Interest” inviting the logistics industry to specify its locational and space requirements. Read more
Transport Prices up by 13.5 Percent
The fourth edition of the Transport Market Monitor (TMM) by Transporeon and Capgemini Consulting reveals that transport prices went up by 13.5% in in the second Quarter of 2010 compared to the first Quarter 2010. For the first time, price levels equal the levels of the pre-crisis period (H1 2008). Read more
Dachser Expands in Poland
The internationally operating logistics provider, Dachser, is continuing to expand its global logistics network. The Dachser Air & Sea Logistics business segment is setting up its own team in the Polish air and sea freight market. Read more
Intralogistics Fair CeMAT 2011 in Brazil
Deutsche Messe is organizing for 2011 an intralogistics fair, for the first time in South America. It is scheduled to debut 4-7 April 2011 at Centro de Exposições Imigrantes in São Paulo, Brazil. Read more
Green Logistics at transport logistic China
Messe München International is organizing in June, together with mit Supply Chain Asia, a Green Logistics Workshop at the transport logistic China 2010. To supplement this, international transport and logistics companies present their sustainable solutions for the world market at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC). Read more
