Logistics Providers

In-depth coverage of air freight-forwarders, including earnings, rates, volume and more.

Commentary

 
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News & Analysis

 
17 May 2013
Transnet has concluded a two-year wage agreement this week covering all of its employees in the bargaining unit, represented by the Satawu and Utatu-Sarhwu unions.
 
17 May 2013
Janel World Trade reported a net loss of $289,060 in its fiscal second quarter ending March 31, 2013, an improvement from a net loss of $397,831 in the same period last year.
 
17 May 2013
Damco’s profit slipped on increased revenue in the first quarter as the global freight forwarding and logistics group saw air freight tonnage soar while ocean container traffic stalled.
 
16 May 2013
Transport Corp. of India reported its group net profit in fiscal year 2012-13, which ended March 31, 2013, was $12.86 million, jumping 17 percent from $11 million in 2011-12.
 
16 May 2013
DHL Supply Chain plans to invest €10 million (approximately US$13 million) to expand its presence in Vietnam over the next couple years.
 
16 May 2013
Logwin has moved its Vietnam warehousing and logistics operations into a new facility close to Hanoi, which will serve the country’s northern region.
Kent Bicycles plans to move more than 7,000 TEUs per year through the Port of Savannah.
 
16 May 2013
Kent Bicycles has opened a distribution center in Savannah, Ga., with plans to move more than 1.3 million bicycles, or 7,000 20-foot-equivalent units, a year through the Port of Savannah.
 
16 May 2013
PostNord reported its net profit in the first quarter of 2013 was 185 million Swedish krona (about US$27.8 million).
 
15 May 2013
Japan’s Hitachi Transport System Ltd. acquired a stake of about 87 percent in U.S. logistics firm James J. Boyle & Co. as part of efforts to further expand its global operations.
Crane Worldwide Logistics will use the space to service an energy client.
 
15 May 2013
Crane Worldwide Logistics has leased 150,000 square feet of industrial space in Houston from property owner Levey Group.