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D’après http://www.eyefortransport.com/ : Problèmes pour DHL en Chine ?? " A clash between DHL and China's postal service over the German group's entry into the domestic express delivery market has highlighted the tensions between foreign companies and the Chinese government over regulation of the country's parcel delivery market, reports the Financial Times. (6/3/2004) Last month, the DHL-Sinotrans partnership announced the launch of a domestic express delivery service, the first operated by a foreign company in China. But the State Postal Bureau, which runs China Post, said it had never approved such a service. The Financial Times points out that the reaction underlines one of the peculiarities of China's parcel delivery industry – that the regulator is also a competitor in the market. In a statement, DHL said: “DHL-Sinotrans has followed the necessary regulatory processes, and this business is in full compliance with the current regulatory and lic

Communiqué de presse de BNSF : “BNSF Logistics Acquires Sumark Services _________________________________________ SPRINGDALE, Ark., June 7, 2004: BNSF Logistics, LLC announced today that it has acquired Sumark Services, a Versailles, Ohio-based third-party logistics (3PL) company that provides multi-modal transportation execution, nationwide. Sumark has 54 employees and had gross revenues of $40 million in 2003. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The newly acquired operations are being added to BNSF Logistics’ Transportation Execution Services (TES) product line. Chuck Borchers, owner of Sumark since 1987, has been appointed Director of TES-East for BNSF Logistics, based in Versailles, Ohio. Eric Wolfe, Vice President and General Manager, BNSF Logistics, said, "Sumark is expertly operated and offers leading business processes in multiple areas. Their strengths are very complementary to our existing business and we will provide additional services to Sumar

Communiqué de Geodis : Geodis Züst Ambrosetti acquiert 100% du logisticien Trate Sud ______________________________________________________________________________________ “ Le 12 mai dernier, Geodis Züst Ambrosetti, filiale italienne du groupe logistique français Geodis, a acquis 100% du capital de Trate Sud, jusqu'ici détenue à hauteur de 50%. Trate Sud est une société logistique possédant deux plates-formes près de Rome - l'une de 30 000 m? à Aprilia, l'autre de 18.000 m? à Pomezia. Elle compte parmi ses principaux clients des groupes internationaux, tels que Bridgestone Firestone, Colgate Palmolive, Dim-Playtex, Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson et Nokia. « A l'instar du groupe Geodis auquel nous appartenons, nous nous positionnons en Italie comme un opérateur logistique global, offrant à ses clients la gestion de chaque étape de sa chaîne logistique, indique Francesco Cazzaniga, directeur de Geodis Züst Ambrosetti. Transports internationaux

Débusqué sur : http://www.transportintelligence.com/ Deux nouvelles acquisitions pour DSV et pour Kuehne & Nagel ______________________________________________________________ Two more acquisitions for DFDS and Kuehne & Nagel - Tuesday, June 08, 2004   "Two new acquisitions have been announced by European logistics companies, continuing the trend towards consolidation in the industry. Danish based transport company DSV, owner of the DFDS group of companies, has increased its presence in the German road haulage market through the acquisition of BOES Spedition + Logistik GmbH. The company has annual revenues of €42m and employs 236 staff.  The acquisition will more than double DFDS’ turnover in Germany to €77m and increases its headcount to 386. No financial details about the deal were revealed. The move by DSV is part of its attempts to build scale in the highly competitive German market. However there may be other implications from the acquisition. BOES is pa

DPWN met sur le marché 50 % de Postbank Selon la presse économique, DPWN introduira en bourse 50 % du capital de la Postbank. Cette introduction devrait pouvoir rapporter 3 millards d’€ à la Deutsche Post. Les débats actuels qui animent les analystes financiers portent sur le cours d’introduction retenu, qui est jugé trop élevé par certains.

Selon http://www.truck-business.com : L’Allemagne, champion européen des contrôles poids lourds
Selon le rapport de la Commission européenne sur le respect de la directive européenne sociale 3820/85 au cours des années 1999 et 2000, l’Allemagne arrive en tête des pays européens avec 3,45 % des jours ouvrables contrôlés pour les poids lourds. On retrouve ensuite la France, avec 2,85 %, puis la Belgique (1,88 %), le Danemark (1,55 %), l’Autriche (1,42 %), les Pays-Bas (1,03 %) et le Luxembourg (1,01 %). Ce dernier respecte tout juste la législation européenne, qui prescrit au moins 1 % de jours ouvrables contrôlés. Avec 0,66 %, le Portugal se classe bon dernier. Notons que la Grèce ne figure pas dans ce rapport, faute de données pertinentes. En ce qui concerne les contrôles des chauffeurs, le classement est relativement similaire, l’Allemagne arrivant en tête, le Portugal dernier. Souvenons-nous qu’en avril dernier, le Parlement européen a préconisé l’augmentation des contrôles de

D’après truck-business.com : Heppner intéressé par XP France _____________________________________________________________ Le groupe Heppner annonce un projet de reprise de la totalité du capital de XP France au holding Caravelle. Ce dernier avait acquis XP France à la mi-2001. L’entreprise était alors une filiale de messagerie du groupe néerlandais TPG et avait terminé l’année 2000 sur un déficit d’exploitation de 15,24 millions EUR. Aujourd’hui en bonne santé financière (139 millions EUR de chiffre d’affaires), XP France pourrait rejoindre le groupe familial Heppner dès la fin du premier semestre 2004. Cette opération de croissance externe permettrait à Heppner de renforcer sa position sur le marché de la messagerie nationale, mais aussi de poursuivre ses autres objectifs que constituent la croissance de l’activité internationale et l’élargissement du périmètre d’activités via la logistique. XP France emploie actuellement 1180 personnes et Heppner 2.150. Ce dernier réalise un chif

D’après www.eyefortransport.com : Expansion de Geopost à l'Est _______________________________________________________________ GeoPost expands in Poland, Baltic States and Russia GeoPost and Posten Sverige AB have announced that GeoPost has signed an agreement with the Swedish Post for the acquisition of Baltic Logistics System International AB (BLS-I), with operations in Poland, the Baltic states and Russia. (5/31/2004) Paul-Marie Chavanne, chairman & CEO of GeoPost, said: “This acquisition represents one more step towards the constitution of the GeoPost pan-European network. This comes precisely at the right moment, with the entry of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in the European Union. Moreover, we want to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the huge Russian market.” The operations concerned are: Masterlink Express (Poland), Armadillo (Russia), BLS Lithuania, BLS Latvia and BLS Estonia. The turnover of these companies in 2003 was in excess of €3

Communiqué d'EXEL Acquisition de Fujitsu Logistics par Exel ______________________________________ EXEL ACQUIRES FUJITSU LOGISTICS LTD 02 June 2004 (London, UK – 2 June 2004) Exel, the UK based, global leader in supply chain management, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Fujitsu Logistics Limited (FJL) from Fujitsu Limited, a leading provider of customer-focused information technology and communications solutions. FJL provides a range of logistics services to Fujitsu’s companies in Japan and in 2003 had turnover of £200m (Y40bn). The transaction is supported by a five-year outsourcing agreement under which Exel will continue to provide domestic logistics services to Fujitsu utilising the acquired infrastructure. The initial consideration of £25m (Y5bn) will be settled from existing cash funds, with up to a further £12.5m (Y2.5bn) payable after three years, dependent on future performance. Exel will incur some modest integration costs which will be ta

Communiqués de Rail4chem : _____________________________ 1. Rail4chem offers haulage services to the United Kingdom : Rail4chem Eisenbahnverkehrsgesellschaft now offers its customers haulage services for fast block trains from Germany and Central Europe direct via France and through the Channel Tunnel to the UK. The new services provided by the company and partners are suitable particularly for main multimodal transport routes. After detailed preliminary negotiations with several partner companies in France and the UK, rail4chem will be able to run attractively priced, extremely fast regular train services to and from the UK from the beginning of 2005. Haulage will be provided by modern multi-system electric locomotives registered for service in both Germany and France, thus avoiding the need to change engines at the old national borders as in the past. rail4chem will, for example, offer a through time of only 26 hours between Nuremberg and Dollands Moor.

The Link Between Supply Chain and Financial Performance
________________________________________________________ By Robert D'Avanzo, Hans von Lewinski, and Luk N. Van Wassenhove -- 11/1/2003 A team of Accenture, INSEAD, and Stanford University researchers has drawn a statistical correlation between companies' financial success and the depth and sophistication of their supply chains. Specifically, the supply chain leaders are showing market-capitalization growth rates significantly higher than the industry average growth rate. In addition to that powerful supply chain-financial performance link, the team identified the best practices, challenges, metrics, and success factors that accompany a bottom-line-focused supply chain transformation. Le texte complet de l’article est en ligne : http://www.manufacturing.net/scm/index.asp?layout=articlePrint&articleID=CA373284

Banks derail Eurotunnel’s freight plan _____________________________________ Eurotunnel’s banks have declined to back the company's plan to launch a European rail freight service. In February, Eurotunnel announced plans to build a ?7 million terminal at Folkestone, UK and haul freight trains to Basle in Switzerland. (5/26/2004) Already owed ?6.4 billion, the company's banks reportedly refused to support the idea, only a month after French rebel directors ousted Eurotunnel’s board and took control of the company. The refusal is seen as a signal that bankers Citigroup, MBIA and Credit Agricole, will take a hard line in future debt restructuring negotiations. Last year, the beleaguered Eurotunnel posted a net loss of almost €1.9 billion (£1.25 billion). Investors have watched their investment drop 90% of its value since the shares were listed in 1987, as construction costs spiralled, revenues failed to meet forecasts, and debt reached €9 billion. Source : www.ey

Selon http://www.worldcargonews.com/ : Kühne & Nagel/EWS deal --------------------- Main port connectivity problems in the UK are driving non-traditional customers to intermodal rail. Kühne & Nagel has reached a 3-year agreement with EWS which will result in up to 200,000 container movements/year across the UK being switched from from road to rail. Kühne & Nagel, probably the world’s biggest NVOCC, uses rail-road combined transport in many countries around the world, but this is its first recourse to rail in the British Isles. “In response to the ever increasing volumes and demands of our customers we see rail as an effective alternative to complement traditional road haulage concepts,” said Peter Ulber, CEO of Kühne & Nagel UK and Ireland..

Communiqué de SEUR SEUR SA exerce son droit de préemption et s’associe à GeoPost pour l’achat de SEUR Madrid Le Conseil d’Administration de Seur SA, opérateur de logistique intégrale, leader du transport urgent, a signé l’accord d’exercer le droit de préemption pour l’achat de Seur Madrid, par la ratification du contrat par l’Assemblée Générale des Actionnaires de Seur SA. Une fois l’achat des actions de Seur Madrid finalisé, Seur SA laissera entrer Geopost dans le capital à hauteur de 60% de la société - à travers lequel elle a acquis Seur Madrid. Cette décision est la conséquence de la volonté de Seur SA de conserver dans ses franchises des partenaires industriels qui lui permettent de préserver son leadership en tant qu’opérateur de logistique intégrale et de transport urgent et de poursuivre sa croissance du CA annuel, qui est située à environ 10%. Conformément à cet objectif, Seur SA s’est associée à GeoPost dans la franchise de Seur Madrid en considérant qu’elle bénéfic

Espagne : La Poste française entre dans la course pour Seur L’équipe de direction de Seur est parvenu à un accord avec Geopost, filiale logistique du groupe français La Poste, afin d’éviter l’entrée dans le capital de la société de messagerie espagnole de deux sociétés à capital à risque, l’européen Bridgepoint et l’américain JP Morgan Partners. Ces dernières avaient obtenu le mois dernier un accord avec le fondateur de Seur, Justo Yufera, pour racheter la franchise de Madrid et 21,2 % du capital de la société. Mais les gestionnaires actuels ont réussi à convaincre La Poste française de se relancer dans la course pour l’acquisition de leur entreprise. Demain, vendredi 14 mai, aura lieu une assemblée générale extraordinaire des actionnaires, au cours de laquelle les 63 franchisés devront décider s’ils exercent ou non leur droit de préemption. Selon une estimation réalisée il y a deux ans par le groupe Santander Central Hispano, le groupe atteindrait une valeur approximative de 127 m

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Eurogate establishes JV with MSC, and announces record results for 2003 Eurogate and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) have founded MSC Gate Bremerhave, a 50:50 joint venture that will operate a terminal at Eurogate Container Terminal Bremerhaven (CT I South). (5/10/2004) MSC Gate Bremerhaven will handle MSC’s container ships using a 600-metre quay (two berths). The terminal is scheduled to begin operation on October 1st, with an initial volume target of 400,000 containers per year, planned to increase to 600,000. Eurogate will be investing about €34 million in new equipment and the refurnishing of this section. Eurogate will provide the infrastructure and premises and lease them to MSC Gate on a long-term agreement, and will also rig six container cranes of post-panmax capacity and sell them to MSC Gate. MSC Gate has already ordered 20 new van carriers for delivery by October 1st. The managing director of the company will be Harry Mohns, presently sales director of

Greater Toronto Airport Authority's (GTAA) is out of control, says IATA and ATAC “Stakeholders deserve better than the Greater Toronto Airport Authority's (GTAA) appalling financial performance over the past year,” said Giovanni Bisignani, director general & CEO of the International Air Transport Association (IATA). “Airlines cannot continue to foot the bill for the airport's gross disregard of the industry-wide cost reduction. It is high time that the airport reins in costs and ends extravagance,” warned Bisignani. (5/6/2004) GTAA reported a 34% increase in operating costs for 2003 over 2002 and a budget overrun of 18%. “The GTAA is not only out of touch with fundamental industry realities, it's performance indicates an inability to comprehend even the most basic of business principles: controlling costs,” said Cliff Mackay, president of the Air Transport Association of Canada (ATAC). According to a joint statement issued by ATAC and IATA, the GTAA, contrar

Pollution atmosphérique en milieu urbain _________________________________ Deux rapports distincts sur l’impact sanitaire de la pollution atmosphérique viennent d’être publiés par l'agence française de sécurité sanitaire environnementale (afsse) (http://www.afsse.fr/) On peut les trouver sur le site de l’Agence : http://www.afsse.fr/afsse1024/menugauche.php?page=etude.php?id_et=25&titre_et=Pollution+atmosph%26eacute%3Brique+urbaine ___________________________________________________________________

Stratégies ferroviaires : D'après http://www.eyefortransport.com/ ------------------------------------------------- BNSF Logistics acquires Rite Choice Transport BNSF Logistics has acquired Rite Choice Transport, a Roland, Oklahoma-based 3PL company that specialises in serving the perishables and refrigerated market. (5/5/2004) The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Rite Choice will be operated as a unit within BNSF Logistics’ Transportation Execution Services business. Penny Wright, one of the former owners of Rite Choice, joins BNSF Logistics as manager of Operations, reporting to Mica Jordon, Director of TES, South. Eric Wolfe, vice president and general manager, BNSF Logistics, said: “The acquisition of Rite-Choice further demonstrates our commitment to align BNSF Logistics with what our customers are demanding. We are pleased to add Rite Choice’s experience in the perishables and refrigerated market to our service offerings.” [BNSF Logistics