In the first three months of 2012 the Port of Hamburg achieved total throughput of 32.6 million tons (+ 3.8 percent). At 2.2 million TEU (20-ft standard containers), throughput on the container handling that predominates in Hamburg as a universal port was 5.2 percent higher than in the first quarter of 2011.

All companies are seeking cost savings in these tough economic times, but US companies are most open to exploring new ideas and strategies, says Tony Leach, Director and Chief Sales Officer, Virtualized Logistics.

Pharmaceutical companies are facing increasing challenges in the coming years to comply with official and country-specific rules for storing and transporting their temperature-sensitive products. For that reason, Panalpina, a leading provider of supply chain solutions, continues to obtain GDP (Good Distribution Practice) certifications at strategic locations around the globe.

Two of the UK’s leading logistics companies have backed apprentice, graduate and back to work schemes to help solve the expected shortfall in future logistics employees.

During her maiden voyage the HANJIN SOOHO, the Korean shipping company HANJIN’s largest containership to date, berthed in the Port of Hamburg on 4 May 2012. With a slot capacity of 13,100 TEU (20-ft standard containers), this mega-containership was handled at Eurogate Container Terminal Hamburg (CTH).

The EU project ‘Amber Coast Logistics’ went down extremely well with representatives of the eastern European transport and logistics sector at the TransRussia Transport Exhibition. Considerable discrepancies in terms of infrastructure in the new and old EU member states and Russia represent a challenge for the project.

A new airside service at Heathrow airport has been launched by Kuehne + Nagel to enhance its critical spare parts logistics offering to the aerospace industry.

The Kühne Logistics University held its second case competition for Bachelor’s students last weekend. Eighteen competitors from Germany and Europe spent all Saturday poring over a humanitarian logistics case study with a view to presenting a good result to the jury.

Supply chain solutions provider SBS Worldwide team has appointed John Klausing as Regional Vice President of Operations, Midwest USA.

The Port of Hamburg is among the most flexible and best performing universal ports in Europe. Hamburg’s eight multi-purpose terminals with their total of 30 berths are notable for having years of experience and cutting-edge equipment.

Despite further volume growth, cost increases, lower margins in the forwarding business and an antitrust fine of CHF 65 million imposed by the European Commission led to unsatisfactory results for the first quarter 2012.

The 5th Air Cargo China will open its doors on 5 June 2012 with a 20 per cent increase in the amount of exhibition space compared with the previous event. It is Asia’s most important exhibition for air cargo and will be held – incorporated in the 3-day-long leading trade fair transport logistic China – at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre.

Maersk Line, the world’s largest liner shipping company, has added the Port of Hamburg to the port rotation of its Maersk AE-6 Service. The MATHILDE MAERSK berthed at Eurogate Container Terminal Hamburg (CTH) as the first vessel on this liner service to call in Hamburg on 24 March 2012.

The globally operating Kuehne + Nagel Group is rolling out KN PharmaChain, a product tailored to the specific needs of the Pharmaceutical- and Health Care industry.

International supply chain provider SBS Worldwide has appointed Jim Frentheway as Human Resources Director USA.

The Port of Hamburg will showcase for representatives of the Russian and international transport industry at TransRussia in Moscow between 24 and 27 April 2012. “This means that for the thirteenth time we are represented at Russia’s top transport trade fair with a joint venture stand,” emphasizes Claudia Roller, CEO of Port of Hamburg Marketing (HHM), CEO of the largest German seaport’s marketing organization.

Panalpina, one of the world’s leading providers of supply chain solutions, has launched four new direct Less than Container Load (LCL) services in Latin America through its in-house carrier Pantainer Express Line.

Hamburg, Antwerp and Rotterdam satisfied with the European Parliament Environment Committee voting results. The Ports of Hamburg, Antwerp and Rotterdam are satisfied with the European Parliament resolution to transpose international legislation regarding sulphur content in marine fuels into European legislation.

Kuehne + Nagel has established a central hub in Vienna for groupage overland operations to and from Eastern Europe. The hub is another important step in Kuehne + Nagel’s strategy to continuously expand its European roadfreight network.

Supply chain solutions provider SBS Worldwide has launched three new direct consolidation services with weekly departures from Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Shanghai to New York.

In 2011, the globally operating Kuehne + Nagel Group maintained its growth momentum in a challenging market environment and achieved remarkable results. Net earnings were slightly above the previous year and reached with CHF 606 million a new record high (currency adjusted: increase of 12.2 per cent).

Following a slight downturn in 2010, volumes in container handling between the Port of Hamburg and Poland recovered notably in 2011. Feedership container traffic with Poland, for instance, grew by 33.3 percent to 238,000 TEU (20-feet standard containers) and with Eastern Europe as a whole by 38.7 percent to 1,07 million TEU.

The Kuehne + Nagel Group is setting new standards in the handling of pharmceutical products. As part of its KN PharmaChain product, the company is introducing newly developed active wireless sensors which record and transmit the temperature of pharmaceutical airfreight shipments along the entire supply chain.

PD Ports has taken the next step in its programme to almost double its container handling capacity at Teesport, with the completion of the ground works in January.

Ingram Micro EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), a division of Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM), the largest global wholesale provider of technology products and supply chain management services, today announced it has won three awards at the DISTREE EMEA event.

The globally operating Kuehne + Nagel Group has implemented a worldwide cold chain education programme for which the company recently received the “Life Science Logistic Partner of the Year 2012“- award.