Kuehne + Nagel saw operating profit (EBITDA) rise by 5.7 per cent (currency adjusted) to CHF 502 million (£382m) in the first half of 2011, while sales at CHF 9,786m (£7,440m) were slightly down on last year owing to negative currency effects.
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Hermes has opened a 100,000 sq ft hub is at the Warrington South Distribution Park to replace an existing site in Bradford. The move is expected to reduce mileage and journey times for the trunking operation
Mobile phone maker, Sony Ericsson, has blamed “supply chain constraints” caused by the Japanese earthquake for the 50 million euro (£44 million) loss it experienced during the second quarter of 2011
The British Shippers Council, a democratic arm of the FTA, has lambasted proposals to impose a bunker levy on shippers to fund environmental compensation schemes, saying it would simply pass on shipping carbon costs rather than actually reducing emissions
Electrocomponents, the distributor of electronics and maintenance products, has recorded a 14 per cent rise in first quarter revenue compared to last year
Lufthansa has today started a six-month biofuel trial running on its Hamburg-Frankfurt-Hamburg route four times daily, at a cost of 6.6 million euros
Today is the closing date for entries to the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2011
The long-awaited last instalment of the Harry Potter series, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2”, has been delivered to cinemas across the country by DHL Express
Yodel has launched a catalogue tracking tool called Houndit in partnership with mobile solutions provider Skillweb to enable tracking, tracing and reporting on the delivery of catalogues
MAN Truck & Bus is consolidating all its R&D activities in the field of hybrid technology in a newly created Centre of Competence
