For the sixth consecutive year, UPS has ranked among the “50 Best Companies for Minorities” in an annual survey published by FORTUNE magazine. The company also this week was honored as among the “100 Best Places to Work in Information Technology” by ComputerWorld magazine.
Read MoreTNT Logistics in Spain has announced that it has won a long-term contract with EMI Music Spain, part of the EMI Group plc.
TNT Logistics will take over EMI’s logistics and distribution activities, which are currently managed in-house in Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid where EMI stores music CDs and other materials and prepares the orders for its clients in Spain and Portugal. The work involves picking, packing and shipping of EMI’s CDs, music cassettes and DVDs and shipping them to the sales point in the Iberian Peninsula.
Read MoreDHL will increase payload capacity on its Hong Kong-Shanghai and Hong Kong-Manila services in response to increasing demand and surging intra-Asia volumes.
DHL has announced that with effect from Tuesday, capacity on the Hong Kong-Shanghai service will be increased by 60 percent and operated by an Airbus A300B4 freighter with a capacity of 35 tons.
Read MoreDHL has launched an aggressive new advertising and marketing campaign to demonstrate the company’s firm commitment to bringing increased competition and choice to the U.S. express and ground parcel market. The integrated marketing campaign, in which DHL will invest approximately USD150 million over the next six months, will emphasize the company’s unmatched global network, enhanced domestic strength and comprehensive platform of products and services.
Read MoreFrench independent transport and logistics group Heppner is to buy the domestic deferred parcel delivery network, XP France, from investment group Caravelle.
The deal is expected to go through by the end of the monthsubject to regulatory approval.
Caravelle, which specialises in company rescues, acquired the firm from TNT in June 2001, after it made a Eur10m loss.
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