APL has announced the launch of a new North Europe feeder service, the Lower Baltic Express (LBX). Commencing from Hamburg on June 5, APL will deploy the 400 TEU Euro Storm on a fixed-day, weekly frequency between Hamburg, Klaipeda (Lithuania) and Gdynia (Poland).

As predicted at the time of E.U enlargement in 2004, Davies Turner has experienced considerable growth in demand for its transportation services between the UK and Poland, and has increased the frequency of its overland trailer services to Poland in response.

On 17th June, Gdynia Container Terminal S.A. (GCT), a subsidiary of Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH), celebrated the official opening of Stage One operations at its facility in the Port of Gdynia, Poland. In commemoration of the special occasion, John Meredith, Group Managing Director of HPH and Wojciech Szczurek, Mayor of Gdynia, unveiled a plaque signifying the commencement of operations at GCT.

German company Robert Bosch GmbH, a manufacturer of industrial technology, consumer goods and building technology, has contracted Kuehne + Nagel for the operational design and management of a distribution centre in Wroclaw, Poland. The new facility will go into operation in late summer 2006.