3PL launches new operation in Sydney to provide global telecommunications firm with warehousing, product configuration and direct fulfillment for the South Pacific market.
Menlo Worldwide (NYSE:CNW) announced  a contract with Siemens Ltd.’s Communications Group, a global manufacturer of telecommunications and telephony products, to provide warehousing, product configuration and fulfillment services in Australia.

New Capacity at Eersel Logistics Centre Supports Substantial Growth in Brabant Region.
Menlo Worldwide announced a major expansion of its European multi-client logistics center in Eersel, Holland, where completion of a 100,000 square foot annex has increased total available capacity of the facility to 350,000 square feet (35,000 sq. meters).
The expansion, the third for the facility since it opened in 1997, added 30 percent more space for inventory management, fulfillment operations, warehouse, distribution and supply chain management services.  It addresses Menlo’s growing business volumes, and the strong demand for outsourced logistics services in the Brabant region of the Netherlands, which is centrally located in a strategic triangle of major European air and ocean gateways.

On 14 August 2006, YICT welcomed a new European (AE3E) service operated by Maersk. The shipping line has deployed seven 5,000-TEU container vessels to the line-haul route, which includes a port rotation of Nanshan, Tanjung Pelepas, Suez Canal, Port Said, Damietta, Gioia Tauro, Port Said, Suez Canal, Singapore, Yantian, Nagoya, Yokohama and Shimizu. This new service calling at YICT is a direct response to an increase in demand for European routes during the peak shipping season.
 
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Mallory Alexander International Logistics opens new office and warehouse complex to serve 1 Trilion USD Chicago area logistics market
A new office and warehouse complex has been opened by Mallory Alexander International Logistics in Bensenville, Illinois, near Chicago O'Hare International Airport. The facility consolidates Mallory Alexander operations in the Chicago area.
A hub of commerce since the late 19th Century, Chicago and its surrounding suburbs today are a major center for international supply chains with highway, rail and air traffic worth some $1 trillion annually. The railroad and trucking industries employ 87,000 local residents whose annual compensation tops $3.5 billion, according to Chicago Metropolis 2020. Chicago's O'Hare International Airport is served by nearly a score of cargo airlines.

Cathy Spencer has been named general manager of the Northern Plains Commerce Centre (NPCC) by Mallory Alexander International Logistics. Spencer will initially oversee development of the NPCC, which is being managed by Mallory Alexander for the City of Bismarck, North Dakota.
"Cathy was instrumental in planning the NPCC for the city of Bismarck," says Paul Liddell, vice president warehousing for Mallory Alexander. "Her 'ground floor' involvement, and her extensive supply chain experience, made Cathy the ideal candidate to handle this important assignment for Mallory Alexander."

Maersk Logistics is celebrating the global recognition of its supply chain technology, Spective™, after it was named “Best Supply Chain Software Provider 2006” at a prestigious industry ceremony on 23rd March.  The award was made at the first Containerisation International awards ceremony, held in New York to mark the 50th anniversary of containerisation.

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corporation (MFTBC)  announced the expansion of its logistics center in Higashi Ohgishima, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture. The facility, which is an export shipping base for knockdown (KD) kits and other parts logistics activities, has been enlarged by 10,800 square meters to accommodate MFTBC's growing international business. The newly expanded facility, now encompassing 25,900 square meters, officially opened.

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line) has approved in a Board meeting held today, May 19, the merger of “K” Line's two subsidiaries, “K” Line Air Service, Ltd. and “K” Logistics Corp. effective July 1, 2006. Recently, “K” Line decided and published its newly-revised interim management plan “K” LINE Vision 2008 + starting from fiscal 2006, in which “K” Line ranked the freight forwarding/harbor transportation business as one of its strategic business fields.

Matson Navigation Company, Inc. (“Matson”) announced today that it is raising its fuel surcharge for its Hawaii and Guam/Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) services from 18.5 to 21.25 percent, effective June 4, 2006. The company also announced that due to the extreme volatility of the world oil market in recent months, it has decided to suspend its quarterly review process and resume adjusting its fuel surcharge based on sustained trends.