El DSV de Dinamarca hace una oferta de USD 4,1 mil millones para adquirir a PANALPINA. La oferta está destinada a la adquisición de sus operaciones y acciones del agente de carga con sede en Suiza. En cambio, esto ocurre meses después de no haber podido comprar a CEVA LOGISTICS. La propuesta no...
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I had yet to be born in the early 1970s, when Hans Willam (pictured above), chairman of WCL Worldwide Consultants in Logistics GmbH, Germany, already had a few years under his belt in logistics, working for Swiss 3PL Kuehne + Nagel (K+N), the undisputed ocean freight market leader with over 4m teu shipped worldwide.
I asked Mr Willam to break down his experience over four decades – the changes he witnessed and what …
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DB Schenker has announced a triple appointment to its management board, covering air and ocean freight, contract logistics and land transport.
Xavier Garijo becomes board member for contract logistics, joining from Revlon, where he served as chief supply chain officer for more than five years. He brings two decades’ experience to the role, having begun his career at the end of the 90s as a project manager for Unilever in the US.
Thorsten Meinck becomes …
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German 3PL and road freight operator Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has announced that Reiner Heiken (pictured above) will become its new chief executive on 1 December.
Mr Heiken is currently DB Schenker’s Europe region chief executive, a post he has held since 2016, after 19 years at Kuehne + Nagel.
Hellmann said the appointment coincided with the conclusion of a restructuring programme led by acting chief executive and “restructuring specialist” Thomas Knecht and chief commercial …
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One of the thorniest questions I have been struggling with lately is the priority of the main actors in the supply chain arena: is it now a fight for power or a race for cash, let alone higher profitability?
Ultimately, I can’t help but come to the conclusion that it is all about shareholder returns, particularly for the freight forwarders. Pleasing investors is more pressing than dealing with their customers’ needs – although they …
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Corporate Germany and its financiers have never been busier: Deutsche Post-DHL last week announced a restructuring of its PeP unit; Thyssenkrupp has this month decided to spin off its shipbuilding business; and, finally, troubled lender Deutsche Bank could itself be a break-up candidate – if you believe the rumour mill.
Yet these latest news and speculation could be soon overshadowed by major corporate action which might be brewing in the secret rooms of …
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