The Group's headquarters in Bonn Deutsche Post DHL Group’s freight unit has to improve significantly to make sure the German logistics group hits its 2020 targets, its chief financial officer told a German newspaper. The group last month said it expects earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) to rise to more than 5
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Rising Opposition to Cargo Palletization
Eromosele Abiodun examines maritime stakeholders’ resistance to the federal government’s directive that all containerized cargoes coming into Nigeria must be on a pallet In late 2017, the federal government directed all containerized cargoes coming into Nigeria to be on a pallet as effective January this year. The Minister of Finance, KemiAdeosun
The 5 R’s of Reverse Logistics – UPS
FedEx buys P2P Mailing for £92m
FedEx has acquired P2P Mailing Limited, the e-commerce transport solutions company, for £92 million. London - P2P, which is headquartered in Laindon, UK, will operate as a subsidiary of FedEx Cross Border within the FedEx Trade Networks operating company. Laindon is an ancient town in Essex, England. It was based on
New German pallet cuts weight by 80 percent
German steel manufacturing company Trilatec yesterday unveiled a new lightweight air cargo pallet made from recycled cardboard, called the “squAIR-timber system.” Trilatiec said its goal is to replace conventional pallets, which it says are 80 percent heavier than the squAIR product, which can carry more than twice the weight. One meter
DHL Steps Back Into U.S. Package Delivery in Challenge to UPS, FedEx
DHL pulled back from U.S. domestic delivery services 10 years ago and has focused on international shipments since then. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG NEWS Express service aimed at e-commerce shipments will start in major cities, will offer new competition for growing online commerce delivery to homes Deutsche Post AG’s DHL business is tiptoeing back into the domestic
Uber debuts Uber Freight Plus to lower operating costs for carriers
Uber is sweetening the pot for its Uber Freight offering aimed at commercial trucking. The company is launchingUber Freight Plus today, a program designed to help alleviate costs around some of the more expensive aspects of owning and operating a transport vehicle, including fuel, tire and maintenance discounts, as well as new
Package bound for Austin Texas explodes at FedEx facility
Overloaded heavy duty vehicle owners to pay N10m fine – FG
Owners of overloaded heavy-duty vehicles that ply federal highways will start paying fines ranging from N1m to N10m, the Federal Government has announced. It stated this in an official gazette dated February 6, 2018, entitled: ‘Federal Highways (Control of Dimensions, Weights and Axle Load of Heavy Duty Goods Transport Vehicles) Regulations,
DHL looks to seize on potential growth in U.S. e-commerce market
The parcel and express carrier has begun to expand its U.S. market presence by offering a new delivery program that caters to urban e-commerce retailers and shoppers. DHL has begun to expand its U.S. market presence by offering a new delivery program that caters to urban e-commerce retailers and shoppers, the