Australia-based Toll Group has offi cially opened its new Logistics Optimisation Centre (LOC) in the northern Melbourne suburb of Campbellfi eld, to support its automotive customers in Australia. The 17,500 m2 centre is focused on providing a wide range of automotive logistics services to companies such as Ford, Toyota, Holden and a number of domestic and international components manufacturers and aftermarket suppliers. Toll Group managing director Paul Little said that Toll constantly … [Read more...] about Toll opens new logistics centre
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GAC boosts South African network
GAC Group has established a 50:50 joint venture with independent South African logistics group, Laser Logistics. The joint venture company – GAC Laser International Logistics – combines GAC’s existing local infrastructure and resources with Laser Logistics’ seventy years of expertise in air and sea imports and exports. The joint venture company will offer a more comprehensive suite of freight forwarding solutions through its three offi ces in Johannesburg, Durban and … [Read more...] about GAC boosts South African network
Ikea builds Shanghai logistics facility
Ikea has started construction of a mammoth distribution centre in Shanghai that will be its biggest in the Asia-Pacifi c region. The US$150 million facility, with a warehousing capacity of 300,000 cubic metres, will be in Shanghai’s suburban Fengxian District. The distribution centre, which will also be the biggest foreign-owned warehousing facility in China, is the second distribution facility for the Swedish furniture retailer in Shanghai. It set up a centre in Songjiang … [Read more...] about Ikea builds Shanghai logistics facility
SMEs want improved logistics in China
Over 70 percent of Chinese small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) leaders in China responded in a survey that there should be improvements including, among others, transportation infrastructure and adoption of technology in China, according to fi ndings of the UPS Asia Business Monitor 2007. The report says that the SME leaders also want to see improvements in supply chain management expertise, customs clearance, shipping processes, reliability of logistics advisors/partners and the … [Read more...] about SMEs want improved logistics in China
DHL relocates logistics division HQ
DHL has relocated the regional operations of its two logistics business units – DHL Global Forwarding and DHL Exel Supply Chain – to a single HQ in Singapore. The DHL Logistics division accounted for more than 22 billion euros or approximately 55 percent of DHL’s global revenue in 2006. According to John Allan, global CEO for the DHL Logistics division and board member of parent company, Deutsche Post World Net, the company’s choice of Singapore was based on the … [Read more...] about DHL relocates logistics division HQ
Beijing plans fourth mega logistics hub
Beijing has unveiled plans to build a number of new logistics facilities, including plans for a fourth mega logistics centre to be located in the eastern part of the city, Logistics Week reported. The fourth mega logistics centre, which will be linked by expressway to Beijing airport and the port of Tianjin, is scheduled to commence operations this year. In addition, Beijing also aims to build 10 smaller logistics facilities off the city’s trunk highways and 20 in the suburbs, … [Read more...] about Beijing plans fourth mega logistics hub