It has been an eventful week so let’s kill it with a swift tour of the rumour mill on a sunny, happy Friday that couldn’t be sunnier and happier and colder down here.
First things first.
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Rhenus Logistics has opened a fourth office in Indonesia, despite a “very challenging” year in the country’s air and ocean freight markets.
It said the expansion, in Medan, the capital of North Sumatra, would “reinforce relationships with key airline and shipping partners”.
The forwarder added: “As a key regional economic hub and commercial centre, Medan is a gateway for goods and financial services on domestic, regional and international levels. The city is also a …
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Rhenus takes over BLG freight forwarding sites and opens up new markets, says a press release published on their website.
The strategic decisionThe BLG LOGISTICS GROUP has made a strategic decision to focus on its domestic and international business in its Contract, Automobile, and Container divisions in the future.
Rhenus Air & Ocean is consolidating its position in Germany with the planned takeover of the freight forwarding business of the logistics company, BLG International Forwarding GmbH...
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Last month it was LOXX Group; this month Rhenus is further cementing is position in Europe with the acquisition of BLG Logistics Group’s freight forwarding sites.
BLG wants to focus on its contract, automotive and container divisions and is selling BLG International Forwarding to Rhenus, which has been acquisitive for some time in almost all parts of the globe. Rhenus will make its network available to BLG’s remaining business.
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Sky-high airfreight rates and the global container shortage are driving demand for less-than-container load (LCL) shipping services.
Jan Philipp Harnisch, global COO and Far East Asia CEO at Rhenus Logistics, says the Covid-crisis has also accelerated some logistics trends, including the need for more flexible shipping options.
“With air travel far less frequent and reaching record-high prices, as well as stock quantities fluctuating, LCL gives our clients the flexibility to fill up …
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Tigers has appointed Jana Schebera (pictured above) as the new managing director of its China operations.
Ms Schebera has spent over a decade in the freight industry and was most recently MD for Hong Kong and South China at Rhenus Logistics. Prior to that she held a variety of business development roles at M+R Spedag Group.
Tigers chief executive Andrew Jillings said: “Jana brings a sound forwarding knowledge to the China team and, …
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Germany’s Rhenus Group is in acquisitive mode – which will no doubt itself attract interest from the increasingly M&A-focused logistics market.
This week the company snapped up not one, but two forwarders, strengthening its global network.
Today, it announced it had acquired South Africa’s World Net Logistics, which not only has operations in Africa but also Germany, Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand and Singapore.
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Kerry Logistics has appointed Oliver Loch as managing director for its operations in Germany.
Mr Loch joined from Rhenus Freight Logistics Air and Ocean, where he served as international key account manager for Europe.
He brings with him more than two decades’ experience in the transport and logistics sector, having held roles at a number of large global logistics companies.
Managing director for global freight forwarding at Kerry Logistics Mathieu Biron said he …
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