Tag: Europe

Christian Salvesen wins contracts with Continental, Goodyear

Posted by | Jan 30, 2006 | |

Christian Salvesen has been appointed by Continental Tyre Group to provide warehousing and distribution throughout the UK. From July this year, the European Logisitcs business will manage the tyre storage, handling and distribution of Continental Tyre Group Limited Brands. The contract was put out to tender last year, and nine companies took part in the process. Christian Salvesen was successful in securing a five year contract which will be fully operational by July 1, 2006. Christian Salvesen has also extended its logistics partnership with Goodyear Dunlop Tyres UK Limited. Christian Salvesen will take over the operation of the National Distribution Centre at Tyrefort in Erdington, Birmingham, which has more than 500,000 sq ft. of warehousing space and provides the capacity to store one million tires. Operating 24 hours a day, the center incorporates 47 loading bays and has become established as the UK’s leading tire distribution centre.

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Estonia: Turnover of BLS Logistics company up by 25 percent in 2005

Posted by | Jan 30, 2006 | |

Baltic Logistic System (BLS) Estonia posted a turnover of more than 45.5 million kroons (EUR 2.9 mln) last year, a quarter higher than in 2003. The number of consignments forwarded increased by 66 percent in 2005. On the average, the company forwarded nearly 5,000 consignments a day. Tarmo Tael, CEO of BLS Estonia, said the number of courier-delivered packages sent to countries of the European Union clearly increased side by side with domestic packages.
BLS Estonia has operated on the Estonian market since 1999. Since September 1999 the company has been part of GeoPost.

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Unions fear UK Royal Mail could loose 40,000 jobs to cut costs

Posted by | Jan 30, 2006 | |

Royal Mail is to begin a fresh round of cost-cutting that unions fear may trigger 40,000 job losses and a huge switch from full-time to part-time work, citing a Royal Mail spokesman, The Times reported. The plans could spark industrial unrest with the Communication Workers Union (CWU), especially because the two sides have just begun pay talks in which the union is seeking a 25 pct rise, the newspaper said. It wants to bring postal pay in line with the national average. A spokesman for Royal Mail told The Times that it was looking at job cuts and more use of part-time staff, but would not comment on the size of the plans. He said that automation would cut the need for labour and that competition meant that Royal Mail’s workload would be less. ‘It is too soon to speculate on the size of Royal Mail, but it is no secret that we intend to be more efficient and flexible than our competitors,’ he told The Times.

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UPS completes expansion of European air hub

Posted by | Jan 30, 2006 | |

After two and half years of construction, UPS has opened a greatly expanded, more automated package sorting hub in Europe that will accommodate the shipping needs of its growing customer base for years to come. The expanded facility, located at the Cologne/Bonn Airport, almost doubles the original hub’s sorting capacity to 110,000 packages per hour, or more than 30 packages per second. Much of that increase in speed has been accomplished through the deployment of new automation technology, making the hub the most advanced as well as the largest facility of its type in Europe. “UPS continues to experience strong growth in Europe and this facility will ensure we are able to provide our customers with reliable, global distribution solutions,” said Wolfgang Flick, president, UPS Europe. “The investment is part of a long-term strategy to help customers compete and succeed in the key trading lanes within Europe and linking Europe to North America and Asia.”

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TNT Express Netherlands awarded ISO14001 accreditation

Posted by | Jan 30, 2006 | |

TNT Express today announced that its Netherlands operations has been awarded the ISO14001 accreditation for its efforts to reduce environmental damage, by minimising harmful CO2 emissions and moderating fuel consumption and wastage. The standard – which has been obtained by a number of TNT locations – was achieved by implementing a management system which focuses on the environmental aspects of the company’s operations. The upgrading of TNT’s Euro III compliant vehicles to a fleet that meets the more stringent Euro IV emission regulations was a key part of the programme. This will be further refined during 2006 when TNT introduces vehicles that comply with the Euro V emission standards, as part of the existing stock is due for replacement.

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