IFW E-Bulletin: Idle containership fleet at its lowest for 30 months; Cost-cutting pays dividends for Panalpina

Latest News Thursday 5th May Idle containership fleet at its lowest for 30 months Number of laid-up vessels falls to pre-financial crisis levels Cost-cutting pays big dividends for Panalpina Forwarder sees Q1 profits quadruple, year on year, and air and ocean volumes increase New logistics gateway set to open in UK North-west Modern container facility and feeder service will link Workington with Rotterdam Industry doubt adds pressure to US deadline for air cargo screening Lobby groups say December is too soon to ratify foreign security regimes Transport operators have still not recovered from the financial crisis New report suggests top firms' revenue still around 2007 levels and profit margins are too low Singapore and Cathay co-operate in air cargo price-fixing probe New Zealand drops non-compliance charges after carriers produce required information Asia Pacific carriers soar back into the black Airines returned to profit in 2010 after two years of heavy losses APL sees ocean container earnings fall Average revenue dips despite increase in volumes Got a question about the freighting industry? Ask Kat IFW reporter Katerina Kerr answers your questions about the industry. It's our birthday Celebrate with us as IFW hits 40 this year Social networking with IFW Use Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter to get the news and make the news Have you got news for us? If you have a story that impacts on the freighting industry, we'd like to hear from you René Kircil New Senior Sales Manager at Traxon Europe Dean Rodin New Maersk MD in the Caribbean We Have Mail Re: Thieves as cargo carriers   Opinion Customer service: mediocre or magnificent? For decades, customer service in the logistics industry has been associated with being mediocre. It's an area that often isn't given as much attention as it deserves; after all, great customer service can be the route to full customer buy-in, argues Matthew Marriott Longer lorries may undermine rail freight Latest Jobs Job of the Week DAVIES TURNER & COMPANY Ocean Services Manager and various other vacancies Ocean Export Clerk MB5962 Middlesex Salary Neg Junior Import Clerk DS5742 Aberdeen Salary Neg For all the latest job listings and people news View all jobs Latest Classifieds Fundamentals of Transport Logistics IBC Global Academy Distance Learning Lloyd's List Group Company Credit Reports & Ratings Reefer & Cold Chain Logistics Conference 2011 1st & 2nd June 2011 For all your announcement opportunities and events View all classifieds 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 company's 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 Dean Rodin René Kircil

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