Ceva Holdings still being streamlined 
Ceva Holdings LLC, an international logistics service provider and SCM specialist, has announced its Q2/2013 results in the middle of an intensive restructuring phase. A short while ago, the company launched a comprehensive cost-cutting programme which already involved the loss... more
New service between Miramas, Duisburg and Cologne
The Frankfurt (Germany)-based intermodal operator Kombiverkehr KG now provides rail access to the Marseille-Avignon industrial region in France with a new service. From Germany, trains start in Cologne and Duisburg on Mondays through to Thursdays and on Saturdays. They will run... more
CMA CGM extends Panama links
The French shipping company CMA CGM is upgrading its direct Panama service from a fortnightly to a weekly frequency as of 18 September 2013. The new direct weekly Panama service will offer an extensive coverage of the trade with 20 ports of call, as well as a fast... more
La Poste: Philippe Wahl nominated as successor of Jean-Paul...
The board of directors of La Poste, the state-owned mail service provider, recently began to organise a successor for the current president Jean-Paul Bailly by appointing Philippe Wahl, currently head of the Postbank, as a new board member. Several weeks ago, Bailly declared... more
K Line Zhenhua Logistics (Shanghai) opens new warehouse
K Line Zhenhua Logistics (Shanghai) Co Ltd (KLZH-Shanghai), a joint venture between the Japanese shipping company K Line and a Hong Kong enterprise, recently held an opening ceremony for new two-storey warehouse with 43,890 sqm of floor space on a 140,000 sqm plot of land. The... more
Ruscon launches dedicated train from Ust-Luga
Ruscon, one of Russia’s leading container transport operators, has launched a new blocktrain from Ust-Luga port to Nizhniy Novgorod to supply the Volkswagen assembly plant that is located there. The dedicated trains, carrying 54 x 40 foot containers of CKD parts, will leave the... more
K Line founds new ro-ro business entity
The Japanese carrier K Line has founded a new subsidiary to handle bookings for ro-ro cargo including construction machinery, agricultural machinery and static cargo, as well as used automobiles and used construction machinery. K Line RoRoServices Ltd will start operating on 1... more
Gebrüder Weiss opens another branch office in Hungary
The Austrian transport and logistics company Gebrüder Weiss (GW) is continuing to augment its network in Central and Eastern Europe by opening a new location in Györ (Hungary), close to the Austrian border. Operations at the terminal already began at the end of July. GW offers... more
Rickmers-Linie appoints agent in Sao Paolo
Rickmers-Linie, a Hamburg (Germany)-based specialist for the worldwide ocean transportation of breakbulk, heavylift and project cargo, recently appointed Celso H. B. Pavao as an owner’s representative for South America. He is stationed in Sao Paulo (Brazil) and is to meet... more
GS1 Schweiz demands standardized Euro pallet exchange pool
The International Union of Railways (UIC) has terminated its collaboration with Epal, the operator of the largest open pallet pool. In the wake of that move, the specialist association GS1 Schweiz is demanding that both UIC and EUR pallets, as well as those from Epal, can... more