The Future Group,a partnership of five forwarders based in Germany became the first group member to be accepted into Lufthansa Cargos Business Partnership Programme.
The move is seen as a significant advance for the group, set up in May to allow the medium-sized forwarders to compete with the air cargo buying power of the big global forwarders.
he Spanish parcels service provider Guipuzcoana Euro Express, which belongs to Deutsche Post World Net (DPWN), increased its turnover last year by 11% to EUR 277 million. It handled about 14.4 million orders and 39 million shipments. According to Guipuzcoana the development of the international parcels business substantially surpassed expectations. On the national level the rate of growth was more modest. Guipuzcoana Euro Express also recently opened a new logistics centre in Valladollid. The terminal has a total warehouse and handling area of 10,000 sqm.
Read MoreForwarder Danzas has faith in rail freight, but believes liberalisation and partnerships are the way forward. The argument in favour of intermodal transport is an old and much mooted one. Everybody accepts that Europe needs to get more cargo on to its railways, if only to beat congestion on the motorways, while road transport is still necessary for the to-door leg of a consignment’s journey. The solution to this is clear: combined transport
Read MoreSecuricor sounded its first note of optimism for some time today when it said it expected better secondhalf performances from its core security business and its 50% owned distribution arm.
Read MorePostal workers are ready to walk off their jobs for as long as necessary to get the 6.5 percent pay increase they are asking for, a union official said Sunday, a day ahead new wage talks. “If there isn’t a breakthrough, Germany will have to brace for a long postal strike,” said Rolf Buettner, who represents postal workers in the ver.di service union.
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