Tag: Russia

New offices in Kaliningrad and at Domodedovo Schindellegi for Kuehne and Nagel

With the opening of a branch in Kaliningrad and an airfreight office at Moscow Domodedovo International Airport, Kuehne + Nagel is continuing its expansion course in Russia.

Kaliningrad is an important import route into mainland Russia. With its yearround ice free port, the exclave offers interesting logistics potential. Kuehne + Nagel’s new branch office will initially focus on offering seafreight services. In the course of next year, the portfolio will be expanded to include overland, warehousing and airfreight solutions.

Kuehne + Nagel has also opened a new airfreight office at Moscow Domodedovo (DME), the country’s largest and most important airport. Located on the premises of the cargo terminal, customers are offered the full scope of airfreight import, export and transit services, including Kuehne + Nagel’s new Cargo 2000 based airfreight products, as well as comprehensive customs services.

Clemens Abt, Regional Manager North East Europe and Managing Director of Kuehne + Nagel in Russia: “The opening of these two new locations is a further step in our strategy of establishing a logistics network across Russia to ever better support our customers in developing this dynamic market.”

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Europlus expands DHL's express offering

DHL has expanded its Europlus Day Definite delivery service to Romania, Bulgaria, Russia and Turkey.

The new service expansion brings the total number of European destinations serviced by DHL Europlus to 34 countries and territories.

The Europlus service provides fast, reliable and convenient business-to-business Day Definite deliveries for single and multiple parcel shipments as well as pallets guaranteeing extremely competitive transit times.

Angus Whiteman, product director at DHL Express, said: “Customer feedback has told us there is a real need for one supplier that can offer a complete delivery solution to Eastern Europe and we are delighted to be able to respond to that need. DHL Express is always looking for new opportunities to grow the business and the expansion into Eastern Europe represents an exciting challenge for us.”

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Russian parcels firm Armadillo re-brands to DPD

Russian parcels firm Armadillo, a GeoPost subsidiary, is re-branding to DPD to benefit from the strong international name. The move follows similar re-branding of GeoPost subsidiaries in Poland, the Baltic States and Benelux.

The previous product name Bizpak for the domestic parcel service is being phased out in favor of DPD, the main brand of the GeoPost group, DPD announced in a statement. The re-branding, which should be completed by the end of this year, is being carried out in a phased program covering depots, staff uniforms and the vehicle fleet, with delivery vans bearing a “Bizpak is now DPD” slogan.

The re-branding is designed to benefit from the high international reputation of the DPD brand with values such as reliability, efficiency and customer friendliness.

The parcels company already launched parcel services for Russian exports to Europe using the DPD brand last autumn. The “DPD Classic” service offers door-to-door deliveries of documents and goods up to 31.5kg to countries throughout Europe, with transit times of 2-5 days.

In 2006, the Armadillo Group, a joint venture between GeoPost and Turkey’s Yurtici Kargo, increased revenues by 51 pct to 1.5 billion roubles (EUR 44.2 million). It delivered over 2.8 million parcels for 11,500 customers across Russia, and shipped volumes with a combined total weight of 70,000 tons. The group opened six new branches to extend its network to 22 locations in Russia.

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FedEx switches partners in Russia

FedEx has dropped its Russian partner Emex and signed a new Global Service Partner (GSP) contract with transport group Major. Russia is developing into a more important market for FedEx.

The new Russian GSP is Major Express, the express division of the freight transport group Major and founded in 2003. The Major group, created in 1998, is represented all over Russia with 90 regional offices and 2,500 sites, and offers a wide range of freight transport by road, rail, air and sea. According to information on its website, Major is an exclusive partner of air freight forwarder Expeditors, gained an ISO 2001 certificate in 2006 and joined FIATA and IATA in February 2007.

FedEx would work with Major and also other Russian transport firms to broaden its network in the country.

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