Switzerland-based international freight forwarding and logistics company Panalpina has now opened its own office in Myanmar. Established in Myanmar’s largest city of Yangon, Panalpina’s new office officially took up operations in mid- August. Panalpina’s team on site is able to handle end-to-end ocean and air freight shipments, both imports and exports, for local and international customers. “Panalpina has worked with customers in Myanmar for many years through dedicated agents,” said … [Read more...] about Panalpina sets up shop in Myanmar
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Agility opens pharma centre in Brazil
Agility, a leading global logistics provider, has opened a Pharmaceutical Competence Centre in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The dedicated facility will off er pharma companies world-class solutions and industry know-how in pharmaceutical and life sciences logistics, the company said. The Agility Pharmaceutical Competence Center is managed by Agility experts trained in the benchmark Good Distribution Practice (GDP) standards developed by the World Health Organisation and European Union. Strict … [Read more...] about Agility opens pharma centre in Brazil
K+N snags major US cold chain logistics deal
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, one of the world’s leading providers of in vitro diagnostic products and services, has awarded an exclusive six-year contract to Kuehne + Nagel to manage its complex cold and temperature-controlled warehousing and distribution requirements in the US. Th e Kuehne + Nagel Memphis operation is considered to be one of the largest cold chain logistics premises ever designed by a third party logistics provider on behalf of a specifi c client. As part of an ongoing … [Read more...] about K+N snags major US cold chain logistics deal
Another big move for XPO with Con-way buy
XPO Logistics has made headlines again with yet another multi-billion dollar acquisition with its recent announcement it had agreed to buy US trucking and logistics company Con-way in a deal that values publicly-listed Con-way at $3 billion. Th e deal is expected to close at the end of October and comes on the heals of XPO’s recent acquisition of French haulage and logistics company Norbert Dentressangle. Acquiring Con-way’s large less-thentruckload (LTL) business will make XPO the … [Read more...] about Another big move for XPO with Con-way buy
Confronting fear: The industry grapples with change
There is fear he said, “whether the customer will come to us and what do we have to do to keep the contract,” he said in reference to all parts of the air cargo supply chain. Saying that the industry needs to keep things as simple and consistent as possible, he urged the industry to embrace change. The need for change is multifaceted – from the steaming growThof e-commerce, to security and regulatory changes, the push for e-freight, mode and modal competition, changing production and … [Read more...] about Confronting fear: The industry grapples with change
Qatar does own cargo management system
Qatar Airways has designed and implemented a next generation cargo management system named CROAMIS to manage its endto- end airline cargo business processes. CROAMIS, Qatar Airways’ Cargo Reservations, Operations, Accounting and Management Information System, is a single system serving the airline’s entire global cargo network, designed to scale with the future growth expected. … [Read more...] about Qatar does own cargo management system
