(> explains André Heintz, President of Heintz Transports SA, Forbach (France). He is a member of Astre and chairman of the Eastern France regional section, where the international Transport Journal was recently invited to attend one of their meetings at Epinal.
Read MoreDusseldorf-based GDSK is having to face up to the restructuring currently at hand in the European market, following a 5 million euro fall in revenue on imports last year. With major business lost when German post office bought out Dutch freight forwarder, Nedlloyd last year, Karsten Daniels, general manager international, for GDSK, sees more and more import work, particularly from the large mail operators going in a similar direction.
Read MoreThe Deutscher Paket Dienst (DPD) has an exciting and successful year behind it, as the senior management of the courier, express and parcel services provider told journalists at a recent press conference in Frankfurt! Main.
Read MoreDespite an avalanche of adverse publicity Consignia has enjoyed some success by attracting a number of big-name retailers to its expanding logistics solutions division. From its warehouse in Swindon, Wiltshire, the company has drawn the likes of JJBSports, Homebase, mail order stationerycompany Viking and Kingfisher’s ULY operation, Screwfix, to use its ‘Deliver & Build’ service. But more important to the company’sfuture success — to help it offset its broader problems– is its fledgling’ reverse logistics’service. It has already signed up a major high street entertainment retailer, as well as Safeway to use the service. It is also close to bringing on board a number of major book retailers.
Read MoreThe airport operator wants to improve the quality of its services by exploiting as yet untapped freight capacity. Bans on night flights, demanded by an increasing number of those who live on or near the flight paths, would stymie any attempt to raise service quality The ITJ spoke to Antoine Milatos, head of cargo operations atAéroports de Paris (AdP).
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