Kuehne & Nagel International AG said it has acquired Danish forwarder Ziegler & Co. ApS, retroactive to Oct 1. No financial details were disclosed. The group will be integrated into the Danish Kuehne & Nagel operations.
Read MorePilots at passenger airlines aren’t the only ones feuding with their managements about new contract terms. Pilots at two cargo airlines are in contract talks, too. The disputes at shipping giants UPS Inc. and FedEx Corp., however, don’t involve pay cuts, as both companies are offering wage increases.
Beyond pay, these pilots say their benefits and work rules are just as important – if not more important. UPS pilots have run newspaper advertisements prodding management to reach an agreement with them and have authorized their union to call a strike if necessary. Today, they will do informational picketing outside company storefronts in several cities. At FedEx, the company has asked for a federal mediator to join talks with its pilots. The major issues the companies and their pilot unions are grappling with in the talks include pay, pensions, work rules, health benefits and job security.
Independent Pilots Association has given UPS until December 23 to finalize the contract it began negotiating with its pilots in October 2002. “It has become clear that UPS’ recent overture for a settlement is not genuine, but a cynical move timed to prevent any disruption during Christmas Peak. Christmas 2005 will be our fourth holiday season during this contract negotiation, that’s long enough,” said Capt. Tom Nicholson, President of the Independent Pilots Association. He went on to say, “UPS has one more shot to deliver a contract that our pilot group can ratify when we get together with the National Mediation Board the week of December 19 thru 23 in Wisconsin.”
Read MoreDHL today announced plans to build its largest US on-airport service center facility at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina. DHL expects to invest USD6 million in the development of the new facility, consolidating four Charlotte, N.C.-area facilities into a single service center location. The new 80,200-sq.-ft. facility will serve the Charlotte, N.C. and surrounding areas, including Morrisville, Concord, Kings Mountain and Salisbury, as well as parts of South Carolina. The new facility will enhance the efficiencies of the Southeast operation and improve service delivery times as well as provide a later pickup service offering for customers in the area.
Read MoreDHL is considering investing USD70 million to build a cargo terminal and warehouse at Incheon International Airport, the main gateway to South Korea, government officials said Tuesday. DHL’s chief executive Frank Appel will deliver such an investment offer to Minister Choo Byung-jik on Wednesday, according to the officials at the Ministry of Construction and Transportation.
DHL’s holding company Deutsche Post World Net is set to invest USD20 million for its cargo terminal and USD50 million for its air cargo warehouse at the airport, the officials said.
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