DSV Panalpina takes over Agility GIL in $4.2bn deal
It’s big news that will shock no one. Some two years after DSV leapt into the list of forwarding superstars with its bold acquisition of Panalpina, it is now adding some $4bn to annual revenues with...
View ArticleM&A radar: DSV + Agility – photo album packed up
Without being pedantic, as only certain stories can be, let’s try to sum up the most serious, and in turn the funniest, definitions we have all come across about the DSV Panalpina + Agility GIL tie-up...
View ArticleDavid Wystrach joins Scan Global Logistics from Flexport
David Wystrach has left Flexport to join Scan Global Logistics as global head of airfreight, taking over from Rickard Ingvarsson, who will focus on his role as Asia chief executive. Mr Wystrach, who...
View ArticleRashika Vijayakumar is Bolloré Logistics’ new country manager in Qatar
Bolloré Logistics has promoted Rashika Vijayakumar (above) to country manager of its Qatar operations, replacing Ken Hacquoil-Smith, who has joined JAS Worldwide as MD Qatar. Ms Vijayakumar has over 12...
View ArticleM&A radar: Why Kuehne + Nagel will never, ever be taken over
Building bookshelves is not commonly thought of as a philanthropic experience. Yet the expletive-laden, sweat-soaked frustration of last weekend has given way to the warm fuzzy feeling that comes with...
View ArticleUpset as DSV erases ‘Panalpina’ to ‘secure brand consistency’
Just two years after DSV promised it would change its registered name to DSV Panalpina, it has decided to ditch the name of its Swiss acquisition. In an extraordinary general meeting this morning, the...
View ArticleRJ: It is not about the building
Robert Jungblut, senior advisor air freight solutions for pharmaceuticals, writes: When I took this picture of the former Panalpina building at Amsterdam-Schiphol airport it was 2 months before my...
View ArticleAnalysis: How green is DSV’s Green Logistics initiative?
At the November Glasgow climate conference, COP26, the Danish government along with other states and carrier Maersk Line, agreed to push for zero emissions from shipping by 2050, doubling the maritime...
View ArticleCMA CGM + Bolloré Logistics – ‘this is not the end of the story’
Following the disclosure of exclusive talks between CMA CGM and Bolloré Logistics (BL), I promptly reached out to those senior sources who gave Premium a massive lead at the end of 2022 as far as the...
View ArticleForwarding veteran Robert Reiter is DHL GF’s new CEO in the US
DHL Global Forwarding has appointed freight forwarding veteran Robert Reiter (above) as its new chief executive for the United States. Mr Reiter has spent the past two decades in Asia, the last six...
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