Canon inks contract with Maersk Logistics
Maersk Logistics has been awarded the contract for the warehousing and distribution operations of Canon Consumer Imaging in the Nordic area.
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Strike averted in Norwegian Postal Service
A strike in Norway’s postal service has been averted, after the parties reached a new wage agreement earlier today (14 May).
The new agreement means a 5% increase in postal workers’ salaries. As part of the deal the present pension arrangement will continue.
The threatened strike would have affected around 20,000 employees at the postal service, reports the Norwegian broadcasting service NRK.
TPG purchase “fills a strategic white spot“
In an attempt to fill a gap in its market, TPG has bought a 50% stake in a pan-Nordic parcel firm through its TNT Logistics subsidiary. TNT has bought half of DFDS Transport Logisitics, part of DSV A/S which is a transport, logistics and environment group with bases in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Read MorePostal workers brace for long strike
Norway’s mail service can be hard hit by industrial action after 20,000 postal workers were offered an overall wage reduction during this year’s salary negotiations.
Talks broke down a week and a half ago and in all probability a massive walkout will take place on Tuesday, May 14. The mood among postal workers is palpably tense. After a year of restructuring, layoffs and shutdowns, employees are in no mood to accept a wage cut. Negotiations are now the responsibility of the state arbitrator and a solution has to be in by midnight May 13.
TPG fills logistics strategic gap in the Nordics with DSV A/S joint venture
2 May 2002 TPG has bought a 50% stake in DFDS transport logistics business in Scandinavia, DSV A/s. DSV A/s has a turnover of €110m and 700 staff and provides logistics services throughout Scandinavia in the FMCG automotive and Hi-tech business areas. The price for the 50% was 271m dkr.
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