March 2012

From the Editor

• It’s the emerging markets

  As many in the industry are well aware, it’s the emerging markets that hold out not only great promise of future cargo growth, but also function now as a key backstop to global cargo lethargy.... Read More

Cover Story

• Obsolescence: Are you willing to risk it?

  In the currently fragile global economic environment made all the more challenging by a barrage of seemingly ever changing regulations, air cargo carriers need to be at the top of their game.... Read More

Logistics

• Toll rides through challenging conditions

  Toll Group, a leading provider of integrated logistics in the Asian region, has released interim results for the six months ended 31 December 2011, with a net profit after tax of A$158 million, down four per cent compared to the corresponding period, and sales revenue of A$4.4 billion, up five per cent.... Read More

• Major Paris hub expansion for Geodis

  French logistics giant Geodis has announced a major extension to its hub in Evry Lisses, in the southern suburbs of Paris, under an agreement with logistics property developer ProLogis.... Read More

• Kerry Logistics acquires Spanish JV

  Kerry Logistics, a leading global logistics services provider, has completed the acquisition of its former joint-venture, Kerry Salvat Logistics S.A., through a buy-out of the remaining shares from its partner Salvat Logistica, S.A. Kerry Logistics has been a major player in Spain since 2005, providing a broad range of international freight and logistics services including, sourcing and buying from Asia as well as providing a platform for its Spanish customers to create opportunities to sell their products in Asia.... Read More

• IJS Global opens Stuttgart office

  Amsterdam-headquartered IJS Global, a worldwide logistics service provider with a network spanning 77 countries, has opened a new branch office in Stuttgart, Germany.... Read More

• Lufthansa Technik opens SG pool storage

  Lufthansa Technik AG has opened a pool storage facility in Singapore for aircraft components, effective 1 February.... Read More

• time:matters opens Aberdeen station

  Global speed logistics company, time:matters, continues to expand its Sameday Air network with the Scottish airport Aberdeen (ABZ) available as an additional station for the transport of highly urgent and complex shipments.... Read More