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KN reorganises

Forwarder Kuehne + Nagel is to merge its current Central Europe, North West Europe and Southwest Europe units into a single “West Europe” region, headquartered in Hamburg as part of a reorganisation aimed at shortening decision making processes and improving responsiveness to changing market conditions. The East Europe region with a head office in Vienna remains unchanged. The Middle East/Central Asia and Africa will also be consolidated into a new Middle East/Africa ... [+]

KN extends Iveco contract

Logistics provider Kuehne + Nagel has extended its service contract with truck and bus maker Iveco for another three years. KN manages five regional spare parts distribution centres in Europe for Iveco, including one in Winsford, Cheshire. An important element of this logistics offering is thermic treatment for wooden packages ... [+]

New chapter for KN’s toy story

British-based toy seller Hamleys has extended its partnership with Kuehne + Nagel. A new logistics solution based on a hub at the Yantian Bonded Logistics Park in China will consolidate of inbound supplier volumes, and help future growth. Established over 250 years ago, Hamleys is now a global company with stores ... [+]

Kuehne + Nagel ends US legal saga

Kuehne + Nagel has entered into an agreement to settle a US lawsuit over alleged anticompetitive practices in relation to freight surcharges. The Swiss-based forwarder will pay US$28 million, and in addition, assign proceeds it itself receives from a pending class action against airlines. Chairman of Kuehne + Nagel International, ... [+]

New Warehouse for KN in NZ

Kuehne + Nagel has opened a new warehouse in Auckland. With an available space of 86,000sq ft, including a 65,000 sq ft outdoor secure yard for the handling and storage of bulk cargo, it is the third facility managed by Kuehne + Nagel in New Zealand. [+]

KN volume up, profit down in tough market

Kuehne + Nagel Group said on 16 July that ut had increased its turnover by 2.8% to 10bn Swiss francs in the first half of 2012, despite the difficult economic conditions. While gross profit was up 2.6%,operational profit was down 9.6% to CHF454 million. The company said that there had been ... [+]

Canadian perishables buy for KN

Kuehne + Nagel is to take over the business of Vancouver-based Perishables International Transportation. Established in 1991, PIT is an independent freight forwarder, specialising in handling and transportation of fresh and frozen perishable goods.   [+]

More warehousing in Hong Kong

Kuehne + Nagel has opened its second contract logistics facility in Hong Kong. Located at the Hutchison Logistics Centre, adjacent to Kuehne + Nagel’s warehouse at Asia Terminals Limited and its container freight stations (CFS) in Kwai Chung, it adds a further 75,000sq ft of warehousing space. [+]

KN offers Singapore aerospace solution

Kuehne + Nagel has opened a new aerospace industry regional hub at Singapore Airport Logistics Park's free trade zone. It forms part of the forwarder's global spare parts logistics solutions and enables aerospace customers to supply their clients flexibly with parts and subsystems according to their individual needs and time ... [+]

Keeping ’em in the air

Kuehne + Nagel has set up a new airside service at Heathrow airport's Terminal 3 for critical aerospace parts. It allows engineers to remain on stand with the grounded aircraft while KN delivers parts directly to them, helping to reduce aircraft downtime. Storage of critical spare parts at the airport ... [+]

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