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FeatureKuehne + Nagel launches sea freight platforms
Logistics services provider Kuehne + Nagel (KN) has launched two new platforms this month that is said would let its customers manage their global ocean-bound supply chains more effectively.The KN ESP supply chain management system lets customers connect with their own vendors, buyers and sellers, and cargo flows, as well ...
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FeatureKuehne + Nagel joins Temasek to invest in technology start-ups
Global logistics services provider Kuehne + Nagel (KN) has signed an agreement with Singapore’s state-owned investment company, Temasek, to establish a joint venture to invest worldwide in start-ups developing cutting-edge technology for logistics and supply chains.The partnership “will be able to accelerate the transformation of the logistics industry,” said Joerg ...
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FeatureKuehne + Nagel opens eighth logistics control centre in China
Logistics services provider Kuehne + Nagel (KN) has opened its eighth regional integrated logistics control centre (LCC) in Shanghai to serve the automotive, consumer, high-tech, industrial and healthcare industries.The new hub will provide a wide range of managed services for the fulfilment of customers’ orders across international supply chains.Tobias Jerschke, ...
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FeatureKuehne + Nagel expands Eurasia Express services with rail to Europe
Kuehne + Nagel (KN) has expanded its Eurasia Express rail service to take shipments between China, South Korea and other Southeast Asian countries to Europe. It said its service from Changchun in northern China, which connects weekly to Hamburg in Germany, would be attractive to automotive customers, and that the ...
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FeatureKuehne + Nagel to support production of Mercedes-Benz vans in South Carolina
Kuehne + Nagel (KN) will begin a multi-year contract this autumn to provide production logistics services for Mercedes-Benz Vans’ new assembly line and manufacturing facility in Charleston, South Carolina.The logistics provider will be taking care of all production logistics for the plant, including receiving, inventory management and delivery of parts ...
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FeatureKuehne + Nagel fights off margin pressure in the first half of 2017
Earnings at Kuehne + Nagel (KN) in the first half of 2017 remained unchanged compared to the last year at 356m Swiss francs ($372m) – despite an 8.2% increase in net turnover to 8.8 billion Swiss francs. Gross profit during the period rose 3.7% to 3.38 billion Swiss francs.The company’s ...