Press Releases by Category Logistics & Transport
HaCon and IBS combine expertise in railway operation
Hanover (2010-07-06). Two Hanoverian companies now combine their expertise in questions of railway operations: With effect from 1 July 2010, the HaCon Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH, took over the engineering firm for railway operating systems (Ingenieurbüro für Bahnbetriebssysteme GmbH – IBS). This way HaCon expanded its services to include the areas operation simulation, vehicle and personnel planning and construction operations planning.
This also includes consulting services concerning railway systems issues, such as travel…
Fleet Management in Latin America: community4you includes specific functions in …
Fleet Management Software is of high importance for companies with large vehicle fleets. It has to cater for the different requirements emerging when administrating corporate fleets. Generally, it has to include functions like master data management, cost administration and contract management.
In Latin America, especially the market for commercial vehicles is growing and there is evidence that this development will continue. Moreover, most of the transport is carried out on the…
New State-of-the-Art Shipping Industry Website Launched at Lilly & Associates fo …
Miami---Lilly & Associates International, announced the official relaunch of their new, technologically advanced shipping industry website with its many enhancements, shiplilly.com/.
The new web site is designed with the latest technology for easy communications, tracking and document access for ocean freight shipping customers. Recent advances in the operations of the ocean cargo industry led to the many enhancements offered on the new website.
“The streamlined ocean freight shipping process available on…
Rhys Davies – making reliably timed deliveries
Being able to guarantee time of delivery is, in some cases, a logistics company’s strongest selling tool. Failing to meet these deadlines, whether it be due to adverse weather conditions, traffic or any other unforeseen circumstance can be disastrous, both to the logistics company and the customer receiving the delivery. Here Gary Phillips, Commercial Manager of Rhys Davies Freight Logistics, talks about how they beat the jams that can affect…
HITACHI electric chain hoists in jib-crane at Royal Marina Loosdrecht Holland
Ad.A.KLEIN Transporttechniek b.v. in Weesp/NL is importer of HITACHI electric chainhoist since 1968.
Thousands of Hitachi hoists and trollies are delivered in the Netherlands since.
In May 2010 a new electric jibcrane was delivered to the Royal Marina Loosdrecht in Holland, equipped with 2 Hitachi hoists model 5 FN and 1 SN, 5000 kg and 1000 kg capacity.
This multifunctional jibcrane has a 1 ton hoist with liftingspeed of 4,6 and 1,2 m/min…
roTeg presents trendsetting gripper solutions for robot systems at Automatica’s …
New solutions for robotic gripping-systems were presented at the user forum of this year’s Automatica. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Graefenstein gave a lecture on this thematic focus and demonstrated many practical examples of how control and gripping systems work together as a team.
This year’s participation in the trade fair for automation and mechatronics, already taking place for the fourth time, this year focusing on robotics turned out a great success for roTeg.…
Port of Amsterdam connected to the Betuweroute
As of this week the Port of Amsterdam will be connected to the Betuweroute, a dedicated cargo rail track towards Germany and into Europe. This means the port has managed to efficiently expand its railway connections to the hinterland. This week the railway connection to the Betuweroute near Meteren/Geldermalsen, which is intended for the city of Amsterdam, has been taken into operation. It is a significant milestone in strengthening the…
Movers Specialty Service, Inc. Announces New Business Development Strategy in Na …
Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania – June 9, 2010 - Movers Specialty Service, Inc. (MSS) has announced a new business development strategy to expand its nationwide logistical capabilities to commercial markets.
MSS announced its new Logistics Division in late 2009 and invested in dedicated operations staff to launch the new enterprise. MSS additionally set up special internal teams to conduct market research, identify new prospects, qualify leads, and establish marketing and sales…
PSI Awarded Contract by Cologne-Bonn Airport and Lufthansa
Berlin, 16 June 2010 – PSI subsidiary PSI Logistics GmbH has been awarded by the Flughafen Köln/Bonn GmbH and Lufthansa AG with the delivery of the standard product PSIairport/BRS for the control and documentation of the luggage handling.
Along with Berlin-Tegel, Hamburg and Nuremberg, the Cologne-Bonn Airport is now also using PSI’s Baggage Reconciliation System. The airport will continue to use the existing infrastructure and the data from the luggage conveyor…
Train Planning System TPS is building bridges over the Pyrenees: TPS by HaCon co …
Hannover (2010-06-16). For future planning and coordinating its train paths, TP Ferro will utilise software supplied by HaCon. The bi-national Spanish and French rail infrastructure manager will use the planning tool on the 44 kilometres long new line through the Pyrenees from Perpignan in France to Figueres in Spain.
TP Ferro was founded by the Spanish group ACS and the French construction company Eiffage, each holding 50 percent of the stakes…
Advertising VIP’s driven by Hamburgers - BDRIVEN realises Shuttle Service at Can …
Hamburg, 14th June 2010 – Every year in June, the international communication industry meets at the beautiful Côte d’Azur. Hamburg-based agency BDRIVEN is, for the 2nd year in row, official VIP shuttle provider at the 57th Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival.
From Saturday until June 26th, the creative elite participates in numerous workshops, seminars and top-class lectures, amongst others by Spike Jonze, Ben Stiller or Martin Sorell. As every year, one…
Aplicom releases an advanced vehicle telematics device, which uses both GPS and …
Aplicom is one of the first manufacturers to launch a vehicle telematics unit combining GPS and GLONASS positioning systems. A product, such as the launched A5 GLX, which uses both positioning systems, always has more satellites available to it than a device only connecting to either positioning system. Four or more satellites are needed to gain 3D location information, so the more satellites there are to connect to, the quicker…
HAFAS app for the iPhone cracks the one million download mark
Hanover (2010-06-03) . End of May was the time: HAFAS mobile as an application for the iPhone reached a seven-digit number of downloads. Via the App Store from Apple passengers have downloaded HaCon’s mobile journey planner for the popular Smartphone more than a million times.
Most downloads recorded the “DB Navigator” for the iPhone by Deutsche Bahn AG (DB). Their passengers have transferred the application about 700,000 times on their Smartphones.…
comm.fleet – the new fleet management system: individual and future-proof
When it comes to professional fleet management, transparency and individuality are vital. A software solution for this segment must therefore offer both a high degree of flexibility and a comprehensive reporting. These and other features are provided by comm.fleet, the fleet management system of community4you GmbH, which was developed in cooperation with Hiepler + Partner GmbH.
This product offers a comprehensive and powerful complete solution, tailored to the individual needs of…
Vitronic Helps Interlink Express Reduce CO² Emissions
Vitronic has supplied five VIPAC D2 volume-measuring units to Interlink Express. Used in the company’s Smethwick distribution centre, they allow operators to optimise valuable transport space in vehicles. This means Interlink Express can plan delivery routes efficiently, keeping costs and CO² emissions to a minimum.
Interlink Express is one of the UK’s leading parcel carriers. It offers a range of domestic and international services, and primarily serves the SME sector. Interlink…
Robot Technology in the Ascendant
Multi Talent PARO® Juggles with Balls
At the shared booth of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, the PARO® palletising robot demonstrated its skills and flexibility when handling unusual package types: In addition to boxes, also balls were palletised in Hannover this year.
The PARO® robot, originally designed for palletising processes at the end of production lines, placed balls onto an air stream at the…
Kanoo Shipping and MSCS Form New Joint Venture Company
The new JV Company to offer existing and future customers a new benchmark in quality port agency services in Asia
Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong, 20 May 2010: Kanoo Shipping, today announced that it has signed a joint venture (JV) agreement with MSCS Holdings, a leading Hong Kong based shipping and freight services provider, to form a new company called Kanoo MSCS Shipping (Asia) Pte Ltd, which is…
Axxom awarded as top supply chain solution provider
Axxom Software AG has been awarded as one of the leading supply chain service and solution providers by the renowned US-magazine Supply & Demand Chain Executive. With the inclusion in its Top 100 provider list the journal stated that Axxom and its solution and services assist customers achieve supply chain excellence and prepare their supply chains for the post-recessionary return to growth.
As an example, the various modules of Axxom`s solution…
Grupo Modelo selects GT Nexus to provide Global Logistics Operating Platform
Mexican beer producer deploys cloud-based system for export logistics visibility and control
Hamburg, Oakland and Mexico City – May 11, 2010 – GT Nexus today announced that it has been selected by Grupo Modelo, S.A.B. de C.V. to provide an operating platform for global logistics management and control. Delivered as a Web service, the platform will integrate to internal Grupo Modelo software systems and provide shipment visibility, documentation standardization and…
PSI wins follow-up order from Russian logistics service provider ItellaNLC
Berlin, 11 May 2010 – PSI subsidiary PSI Logistics GmbH won the order from Russian logistics service provider ItellaNLC back in autumn last year to supply the warehouse management system PSIwms for its client Marks & Spencer, one of the biggest retail chains in the world. Within the scope of a strategic partnership, PSI Logistics and ItellaNLC have already succeeded in implementing several logistics projects.
Less than 10 months into the…
IES Joins J.P. Morgan, UPS and Others in Strategic Sponsorship of AAEI
Washington, DC - For more than 80 years, the American Association of Exporters and Importers (AAEI) has been one the preeminent voices of the international trade community.
This year, transportation software provider IES, Ltd. (iesltd.com) will join J.P. Morgan, UPS and others in strategic sponsorship of the organization. AAEI has proven to be a major sounding board in the industry and has been one of the key forums for major…
Schneider Freight USA, Inc. Signs with Transportation Software Provider IES, Ltd …
“After a thorough selection process, we are proud to announce that we have chosen transportation software provider and fellow innovator IES to ensure our ISF compliance,” Mark Aerne of Schneider Freight, USA explains, “IES has proven that they are on-board with our ideals and have stayed on top of ever-increasing compliance regulations. We feel that Schneider and IES are in-line not just as far as our business models, but also…
PSI implements new warehouse management system for Görtz
Berlin, 29 April 2010 - PSI Logistics GmbH has been awarded by Görtz Logistik GmbH with the implementation of the new warehouse management system PSIwms. The PSI subsidiary will replace its 17-year-old software at the central Görtz warehouse in Norderstedt.
PSIwms will manage all processes from incoming goods and warehousing to dispatch and handle returns and cross docking. At the same time, a pick-by-voice system will be used for picking and…
Apriso Recognized as a Top Logistics IT Provider for 2010
Selection by Inbound Logistics based on ability to drive supply chain excellence by synchronizing material flows with production for greater flexibility, ROI and ease of implementation
LONG BEACH, CA – (April 28, 2010) – Apriso®, a leading provider of manufacturing software solutions for sustained manufacturing operational excellence, today announced selection as a Top 100 Logistics IT Provider for 2010 by Inbound Logistics. Delivering much more than a Manufacturing Execution System,…
MAN optimizes vehicle delivery with ORion-PI® of Axxom
Axxom Software AG will support MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG in analyzing and optimizing its European vehicle delivery network. Therefore, Axxom will model the distribution network with its solution ORion-PI®, analyze different scenarios and identify concrete optimization potential. This way, MAN wants to increase transparency in vehicle delivery and to analyze further possibilities to optimize the network – for example by the implementation of regional hubs.
Every year, several ten thousand commercial vehicles…
Douglas Cantriel Promoted to Waller & Associates Managing Director, Government & …
March 12, 2010
ATLANTA, GA – Waller & Associates, LLC today announced the promotion of Douglas Cantriel to the role of Managing Director, Government & Global Services. He is responsible for leading the organization in building and enhancing collaborative marketing, supply chain, and logistics initiatives with our government contract customers and global partners.
Douglas joined Waller & Associates in 2009 as an Executive Consultant and has contributed significantly to the growth and…
High Spirit at Second MOST® Forum
Conference Focused on Consumer Device Connectivity to MOST and Applications Reaching Beyond Infotainment
Starnberg (Germany) April 20, 2010 – The second MOST Forum took place on March 23rd, 2010, in Frankfurt, Germany. 150 professionals from the automotive electronics industry and academia participated in the very informative conference and visited the accompanying exhibition. The broad international audience was composed of attendees from Europe as well as India, Japan, South Korea, and…
PSI receives contract from ZUFALL logistics group for software migration
Berlin, 19 April 2010 – The PSI subsidiary PSI Logistics GmbH has been contracted by the freight forwarder and logistics service provider ZUFALL logistics group to migrate the existing Warehouse Management Systems PSIwms to the new version 1.9.2.
The implementation of the new version will enable PSI’s long-standing client Zufall to exploit previously unused potential for a swifter and more cost-effective integration of new clients. The location administration feature in the…
Freightgate Selected as 2010 Top 100 Logistics IT Provider
Huntington Beach, California - April 15, 2010 - Inbound Logistics magazine has selected Freightgate as a 2010 Top 100 Logistics IT Provider. Inbound Logistics Magazine editors recognize logistics IT companies that support and enable logistics excellence. Freightgate, a global industry leader in Web 2.0 technology supply chain software solutions, has achieved this distinguished recognition of excellence for last consecutive years. Freightgate reflects Inbound Logistics readers’ diverse needs for: simplicity, ROI,…
HAFAS User Conference sets the course for the future of travel by bus and train
176 participants, 87 companies, 14 countries – these are the facts and figures of the HAFAS User Conference 2010. All these customers of the Hanover-based software company HaCon followed this year's invitation to the 13th HAFAS User Conference on April 13th and 14th in Hanover. There they have learned about the latest product developments around the leading timetable information HAFAS. The so far unmatched statistics reflect the high status of…
For 5 Consecutive Years, IES, Ltd. Named as a Top 100 Logistics IT Provider
New York, NY, Every April, Inbound Logistics editors recognize 100 logistics IT companies that support and enable logistics excellence. Felecia Stratton, Editor of Inbound Logistics, explains the choice of software provider IES, “Selecting the annual Top 100 Logistics IT providers is no small task, given the pace of change and the number of new entrants in the logistics technology market. Inbound Logistics editors whittled down this year's list through a…
Freshlinc replaces current telematics providers and signs six-year contract with …
Leading chilled food distributor Freshlinc has signed a six-year tracking contract with Isotrak, replacing incumbent providers Navman and Masternaut, to boost the efficiency of its refrigerated delivery fleet and provide its customers with real-time visibility of the work being done for them.
Isotrak is already installing tracking units on 120 trailers as a direct replacement for existing Navman units, and on another 65 trailers that are new to the fleet and…
HaCon realises HAFAS timetable information for Google Android™
Hanover – 2010-04-08. With HAFAS for Google Android™ Deutsche Bahn AG (DB) gets the travel planner DB Railnavigator going for all the Smartphones that use the new operating system by Google for mobile devices. As from now the application is available for free download in the Android Market. Android runs on mobile devices from different manufacturers such as HTC, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and Motorola.
HAFAS Mobile for Android is much…
Carat Duchatelet and Centigon Unveil New Global Brand and Website Portal
Vito Covalucci, Director Global Marketing, today unveiled CaratSecurity.com, a combined enterprise portal designed to highlight the combined capabilities of the Carat Security Group, an international mobile security company comprising the world's two premier brands, Carat Duchatelet and Centigon.
March 30, 2010 -- The Carat Security Group, headquartered in Liège, Belgium, today unveiled CaratSecurity.com, an innovative enterprise portal featuring informational tools and resources for executive and governmental decision makers focused on mobile…
Freightgate Achieves ISO 9001-2008 Re-Certification
April 06, 2010 Huntington Beach, CA, United States - Freightgate, a global industry leader in Web 2.0 technology supply chain software solutions, is pleased to announce its approval by Orion Registrar, ANAB accredited, for the latest revision of the ISO 9001 standard, ISO 9001:2008. To achieve this recertification, Orion Registrar conducted an intensive audit of the processes and procedures in place at Freightgate to verify compliance to the ISO standard.…
PSI Logistics offers freight cost check-up
Berlin, 26 March 2010 - The PSI subsidiary, PSI Logistics GmbH, enables shipping agents and service-providers to examine and optimise their freight terms. Using the real as-is data of their dispatch structures and freight terms, producers and contract logistics experts can now use a freight cost check-up to establish their possible savings potentials in the area of transport logistics.
Transport organisation, tariff design, freight purchasing and IT systems undergo testing, whereby…
Optimal Supply Chain Design despite Uncertainties
In cooperation with Henkel, Bergische Universitaet Wuppertal and the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Axxom analyzed the impact of fluctuating parameters on production and logistics networks. In a recent, successfully finished two-year research project the involved parties identified and developed new approaches and concepts for considering volatility in supply chain design.
The new approaches allow a robust supply chain optimization, which considers uncertainties in input parameters for the supply chain design. For this,…
The FleetBoard formula for success: 10 years of telematics history
Anniversary year for FleetBoard: transport companies have been profiting from the established telematics services since 2000
- More than 60,000 vehicles world-wide have been equipped with FleetBoard
- Customers reduce CO2 emissions by a total of 174,000 tonnes per year
Stuttgart – Daimler FleetBoard has been developing and marketing profitability-boosting telematics solutions for commercial-vehicle fleets for the past 10 years. The company with a 140-strong workforce has to date equipped more than 60,000…
Cargo Cats, Inc. Has Subscribed the Services of SMARTURN, an Online Inventory Ma …
Mira Loma, California, March 12th, 2010— CARGO CATS, INC., a third party logistics provider which operates as an asset based corporation has subscribed the services of SMARTURN, an online inventory management system.
CARGO CATS, INC. has recently announced that they have subscribed the services of SMARTTURN, an online inventory management system which allows them to provide customer access to their inventory data 24/7. The SmartTurn inventory control system helps…
Montech at Photovoltaic Technology Show: new and proven conveyor and handling so …
At the Photovoltaic Technology Show 2010 in Stuttgart, the belt conveyor manufacturer Montech is introducing new and proven solutions to carry and handle wafers, cells, carriers and modules in the solar industry.
From 27 to 29 April 2010, the Photovoltaic Technology Show visitors will find the full range of Montech’s belt conveyors specifically designed for the solar industry, in Hall 4, Stand J22: solar conveyors, unloading conveyors, swiveling conveyors,…
Cockpit4u at ADTS Training Conference in Dubai
The inaugural Aerospace & Defence Training Show (ADTS) took place on March 3 -4, 2010 at Dubai's Airport Expo under the aegis of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai's Department of Civil Aviation Authority, Chairman Dubai Airports and Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Airline & Group.
The two-day conference has featured a number of topics related to pilot training and human factor training. Despite the…
Isotrak wins Best Managed Service Provider at the IT Europa Awards
Isotrak has won the European IT Excellence Award for ‘Best Managed Service Provider’ with its ITMS (Integrated Transport Management System) solution for Sainsbury’s, on Thursday 25 February 2010. The award ceremony took place at the Tower Hotel in London and attracted entries from more than 26 European Countries.
The IT Europa Awards are the first pan-European awards which recognise the crucial role that Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Solution Providers…
Business Aviation leaders set to congregate in Abu Dhabi for MEBAC 2010
Aviation today touches nearly every aspect of our lives, and its success will, to a degree, shape our society and the world economy over the next century. Business aviation is an integral component to this growth and it unleashes the value of mobility to the fullest extent.
The Middle East Business Aviation Conference 2010 supported by the Middle East Business Aviation Association (MEBAA), the Middle East Aerospace Consortium (MEAC) and…
Rhys Davies accredited to ‘Responsible Care’ by the Chemical Business Associatio …
Rhys Davies Freight Logistics, the national haulage, transport and freight logistics network, has become accredited as a member of the Responsible Care Programme operated by the Chemical Business Association. The accreditation covers the warehousing and transport of chemical and hazardous products and shows that the company is aware of and complies with stringent working parameters in the chemical industry.
Responsible Care is a recognised standard that demonstrates the chemical industry’s…
ATC Global: New in-house developments by DFS
At ATC Global, stand H 208, the German air navigation service provider DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH will be showing several of its new developments and solutions for the air traffic services community. A newly built tower console will be at the stand plus the further enhanced radar data processing system Phoenix and its new flight data processing component, as well as a new position logging system for the electronic recording…
trans-o-flex facilitates the use of its Express and other Premium Services
New standard labels indicate premium-service shipments – Innovative idea spares the environment several millions of labels every year
Weinheim, 1st March 2010 – trans-o-flex Schnell-Lieferdienst and trans-o-flex ThermoMed, the specialist for the transportation of temperature-controlled goods, introduce a new address label that not only facilitates the shipment procedure for the customers but also spares the environment millions of labels every year. “The combination of standard shipments and flexible individual solutions is…
Perceptant Unveil Supply Chain Management Cloud for Logistics, Manufacturing & F …
Perceptant, the cloud computing based Supply Chain Management Company, today announced the availability of iBAM Logistics 3.6, its latest suite of solutions and services for the Freight and 3PL demand chain.
iBAM Logistics 3.6 brings FMCG, Manufacturers and their Logistic providers a complete supply chain management solution for the exchange and management of load plans, stock returns, in-cab proof of deliveries and consolidated load tracking.
Designed for businesses involved in the…
Freightgate announced today that Carotrans joined the Freightgate Rate Network
Huntington Beach, CA, United States, February 24, 2010 - Freightgate announced today that Carotrans International, a leading neutral NVOCC, has joined the Freightgate Rate Network, thereby extending its reach to the Freightgate user community. The Tariff-Trek!™ Platform as part of Freightgate’s Service Oriented Architecture enables carriers and global shippers alike to manage their numerous transportation choices, routing alternatives and lead time implications for all modes of Transportation. …
PSS Teams Up With BumbleBee Foods for Successful Mid-Blizzard DSD Program
PSS Distribution Services, in conjunction with BumbBee foods completes successful direct store delivery program during the region's largest snow storms.
PSS Distribution Services, the Northeast’s premier 3PL distribution services provider since 1983, in conjunction with BumbleBee Foods, recently completed a 90 store Direct Store Delivery (DSD) program despite adverse weather conditions during one of the region’s largest snow storms.
“The DSD program with our client BumbleBee Foods has been carefully…
New sales partner for Norway and Denmark
IT@strategy GmbH, Duisburg, Germany is the new sales partner for Norway and Denmark of INPLAN GmbH, the German market leader in port management software. The dedicated IT sales and consulting company, IT@strategy GmbH will coordinate all sales activities for the INPLAN software suites Port Management and Maritime Traffics.
“Expanding our activities to Northern Europe with the assistance of an experienced partner with local expertise is part of our strategy for international…
