Monday, 2 May 2011

Deepsea lines prepare for profit drop ,Maersk pioneers new index-linked contracts, Row over freight hub redevelopment

Latest News Monday 2nd May

Deepsea lines prepare for profit drop

Deepsea lines prepare for profit drop Japanese lines cut net income forecast for the current financial year

Maersk pioneers new index-linked contracts

Breakthrough could herald new way of pricing ocean transport

Japanese earthquake and tsunami to have small impact on imports

A 30% reduction in trade from Japan would have minimum impact, say experts

Row over freight hub redevelopment

Protestors warn loss of terminal would be a setback to modal connectivity

DHL opens new centre in Vienna

Centre will tranship 20,000 pallets annually

APM denies Kaliningrad investment rumours

Rumours arose from official Russian visit, says terminal operator

FS Mackenzie launches Europe and Iraq service

New service is in response to growing markets in Iraq

UK manufacturers expect exports to grow

New research reveals nearly half expect increase in overseas demand

Zim to implement rate increase

Rate rise is the second in two months
 

Opinion

Longer lorries may undermine rail freight

Government should look at improving efficiency instead of increasing lorry lengths

RSAS: the means for a safer railway

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Interviews

An improving picture for hard-pressed carriers

Super slow-steaming, container shortages, vessel lay-ups and rising demand will help boost freight rates on key liner trades in the coming months, APL President Eng Aik Meng tells Mike King

Organic growth now the way forward as DSV makes its presence felt

Rene Falch Olesen tells Damian Brett how a logistics firm can boost marketshare without making an acquisition or taking on new business at a loss

Features

OneExpress growth plans for the future

Matteo Ravazzin from pallet network OneExpress Italia tells IFW about the companies growth plans for the future.

The (not so) happy life of the modern seafarer

David Savage on injustice on the high seas

Friday Focus: Automation, a flexible friend

As companies emerge from the recession and reassess their supply chain models in an attempt to maximise efficiency, warehouse automation is back on the agenda; but the agenda has changed, says Steve Richmond

Evaluating total cost of enterprise ownership

In recent conversations with executives from various freight forwarding companies, Andrea Robinson has realised that there is a lot of confusion over how to evaluate total cost of ownership (TCO) for logistics IT systems.

People

Bullish Simarco looks to add more sales staff

Nightline to create 50 jobs in Dublin

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