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On behalf of our client Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd, (“K” Line) we are pleased to send you notification of their Financial Highlights for 2nd quarter of F2011.
English version
http://www.kline.co.jp/en/20111001/ir/pdf/fh2011_2con_e.pdf
This is also available to download from their website : http://www.kline.co.jp/
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line) is proud to announce the launching of “ZEN-NOH GRAIN MAGNOLIA,” an 82,000 DWT-type
Kamsarmax bulk carrier at the Fukuyama Tsuneishi Shipyard of Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Japan on October 26, 2011.
She will be involved in long-term service carrying grain to “K” Line’s esteemed customer National Federation of Agricultural Co-operative
Associations (JA Group).
Her name is connected with the state flower of Louisiana where Zen-Noh Grain Corporation’s grain shipment elevator is located and
where she is scheduled to make periodic calls in the future.
VESSEL’S SPECIFICATIONS:
LOA: 228.99M
BEAM: 32.26M
DEPTH: 20.05M
FULL DRAFT: 14.429M
DEADWEIGHT TONS: 82,165MT
GROSS TONS: 43,012T
NET TONS: 27,239T
HOLD/HATCH: 7/7
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line) has extended its deepest condolences for the victims of the recent Flood and sincerely hopes for swift recovery of the people and areas affected by the disaster that has occurred in Thailand.
“K” Line and its subsidiary, K Line (Thailand) Ltd., donated THB 2 million (about 5 million Japanese yen) to The Thai Red Cross Society in support of the recovery of affected areas and relief for those impacted by the flooding in Thailand.
The “K” Line group is also cooperating with the Thai government by providing ocean shipping containers for use in areas inundated by the high water.
“K” Line continues to consider other support activities such as cooperating in transportation by monitoring future conditions.
Kempten/Dallas, 20 October 2011. Dachser USA, the US subsidiary of the Kempten-based logistics provider, Dachser, has opened a new branch office in Dallas, Texas, to serve the growing import and export business in North Texas and Oklahoma.
Janis Mullman is manager of the new Dachser branch office in Dallas, Texas
Janis Mullman, a seasoned logistics executive with more than 25 years’ experience in the Texan metropolis, has been appointed branch office manager. Three logistics specialists and a sales manager will work with Ms Mullman. By mid-2012, the office is expected to expand to 15 personnel.
With its new branch office, Dachser is extending its service offering, focusing in particular on continued growth in the region of import and export trade with Asia.
“The North Texas and Oklahoma Sunbelt region is a strong and growing market for air and sea import trade,” says Frank Günzerodt, President & CEO of Dachser USA. “Our new branch office will enhance our service offerings throughout the US and globally, as well as ideally complement our Houston location, which is focused mainly on project logistics for the oil and gas industries.”
Dachser plans to add more branch offices in the USA in coming months. “The United States is the number one trading partner for many countries in the world,” says Thomas Reuter, managing director of Dachser Air & Sea Logistics. “We are expanding our US capabilities to support the growth of Dachser’s global network.”
Dachser Transport of America Inc. (Dachser USA) was founded in New York in 1972 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The company employs a staff totalling 150 at 11 locations in Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York and Phoenix. Dachser’s branch offices in the US ensure seamless integration of all import and export activities via air or sea to and from Europe, Asia and South America, offering American customers optimal access to international markets.
In 2010, the internationally operating logistics provider generated total revenue of EUR 3.8 billion. 19,250 staff working in 310 profit centres worldwide handled 46.2 million consignments weighing a total of 35.5 million tonnes.
18th October 2011
David Heaselden, Loss Prevention Director, The Shipowners’ Club
The Shipowners’ Club, the mutual P&I insurer specialising in small and specialist vessels has appointed David Heaselden to the new post of Loss Prevention Director, with immediate effect.
The post, which is an appointment to the Shipowners’ Protection Limited Board reflects the importance Shipowners’ Club accords to loss prevention advice provided to its Members. Announcing the appointment Charles Hume, Chief Executive commented, “David’s outstanding cross-branch leadership of loss prevention is recognised by his appointment; we will also be looking to his organisational skills to enhance our emphasis on loss prevention at Board level and strengthen the liaison in productive effort between our branches in Singapore and London”.
David joined the Shipowners’ Club in 2001 as Loss Prevention Manager with overall responsibility for loss prevention initiatives and the Ship Inspection Programme. In 2003 he was appointed Chairman of the International Group’s (IG) Ships Technical Committee (IGSTC), where he supervised the technical aspect of the Committee’s input to the IG’s response to the OECD Policy Statement on Sub-standard Shipping in 2004; and the development of the Group’s initiatives on monitoring the quality of tonnage joining IG Clubs.
In April 2009 David transferred to the Singapore branch as Principal Officer, assuming responsibility for the management of the office function as well as continuing to run the Loss Prevention team. Following his move to Singapore he has continued in the role of Chairman of the IGSTC.
David sees his new role as having two major objectives: “The first, to enhance and continue the success of the Club’s Loss Prevention initiatives driven by a team which has grown in size and stature to a total of seven staff; and the second, to continue and further enhance the cooperation between the three Shipowners’ branches in London, Singapore and Vancouver in order to deliver the highest standard of loss prevention advice to Members and the industry as a whole”.
ENDS
Notes for Editors:
The Shipowners’ Club is a mutual marine liability insurer, providing Protection & Indemnity insurance to small and specialist vessels since 1855. The Club currently insurers over 30,000 vessels from more than 6,200 Members worldwide and is a member of the International Group of P&I Clubs.
The Club has branches located in Luxembourg, London, Singapore and Vancouver.
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd (“K” Line) is pleased to announce the newly-added weekly service called Jaseco-J from North East Asia to South East Asia as a slot operator.
“K” Line aims to expand the service coverage to/from China to the Philippines and Indonesia with this direct service providing an even better quality service to our valued customers in this region.
Details of the service are as follows:-
Qingdao – Shanghai – Ningbo – Hong Kong – Manila South Port – Manila North Port – Jakarta – Surabaya – Manila South Port – Hong Kong – Qingdao
Weekly
King Adrian V377S, ETA Qingdao on November 3rd, 2011.
For further information, please contact:
Fumiyoshi Sato
Manager, Planning Team, Containerships Strategy Group
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.
Tel: +81-3-3595-5341 Fax: +81-3-3595-5288
Email: sato.fumiyoshi@jp.kline.com
Kempten/St. Gallen, 17 October 2011. With a new location in St. Gallen, the Dachser Air & Sea Logistics business field now serves the eastern part of Switzerland even better through its global air and sea freight network.
St. Gallen is now the fourth Dachser Air & Sea Logistics branch office in Switzerland in addition to Basle, Geneva and Zurich. Customers in eastern Switzerland have been looked after by a sales rep since 2007. The new branch office will enable the logistics provider to offer even better service. “We believe an operating facility will enable us to significantly expand our service offering,” says Florian Schwizer, manager of the new branch office.
The service portfolio extends from air and sea freight imports and exports, to warehousing and the handling of customs modalities. The St. Gallen location is optimally linked to Dachser’s overland network, enabling it to offer customers an integrated and transparent door-to-door service. “Eastern Switzerland is an up-and-coming economic region. The proximity to the borders with Germany and Austria has advantages: new routes to the EU area mean shorter transport times,” explains Dachser Air & Sea Logistics’ managing director, Thomas Reuter.
In 2010, the internationally operating logistics provider Dachser generated total revenue of EUR 3.8 billion. 19,250 staff working in 310 profit centres worldwide handled 46.2 million consignments weighing a total of 35.5 million tonnes.
Unique concept in European network design
28 September 2011 – Überherrn, Bratislava and now Clermont-Ferrand: Dachser’s three-hub concept is at the heart of a pan-European network design that is unique in the logistics world. In declaring its third Eurohub open for business in France – after Überherrn in Germany and Bratislava in Slovakia – Dachser has put the finishing touches to this concept. The logistics company has invested ten million euros in the transshipment centre, where it has also created 100 new jobs.
The new Eurohub is situated in the municipality of Combronde, around 30 kilometres from the French city of Clermont-Ferrand. It acts as a central logistics platform to which all of the branch offices in the French network are linked. Every night around 60 trucks converge on the 98 loading bays. From there the shipments are forwarded on directly to their target destinations.
Thanks to the hub Dachser can operate daily services within France. All of the French branch offices can be reached within a maximum of 48 hours, while France’s economic centres benefit from direct links. In the near future there will also be daily services between France and Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy, Spain and Portugal. By intelligently consolidating direct and hub services Dachser can dispense with expensive express services.
“Thanks to targeted and systematic consolidation of consignments at the three Eurohubs, we can offset imbalances in European traffic flows using national and regional freight. This enables us to achieve better capacity utilization rates, increasing the economic efficiency and reducing the environmental impact of our forwarding services,” says Bernhard Simon, head of Dachser’s management board.
The location of Clermont-Ferrand was a deliberate choice according to Simon: “It is true that France’s economic centre is Paris, but its geographical centre is actually Combronde,” explains the head of Dachser’s management board. At this geographical centre, on a 60,600-square-metre site, Dachser has constructed a 7,000-square-metre transit terminal and a three-storey office building, measuring around 1,600 square metres. Both buildings reflect Dachser’s policy of sustainability: 3,000 square metres of the transit terminal’s roof have been fitted with solar panels and the office building has been constructed to low-energy building standards.
The logistics company is using double-deck swap bodies both at the Eurohub and at many other locations in France. In so doing, Dachser is playing a pioneering role in the French groupage market. The “road container” offers the following advantages:
In 2010 Dachser generated total revenue of EUR 3.8 billion. 19,250 staff working in 310 profit centres worldwide handled 46.2 million consignments weighing a total of 35.5 million tonnes.
SAN MATEO, Calif. — Oct. 3, 2011 — Menlo Worldwide Logistics, the global logistics subsidiary of Con-way Inc. (NYSE: CNW), today announced the roll out of Menlo Transportation Services, its next-generation transportation management portfolio designed to deliver optimized solutions that remove waste, create new efficiencies and introduce Lean continuous improvement processes to transportation network operations.
Menlo has long been a leader in the adoption of Lean principles and practices in the global supply chain management arena, noted Robert L. Bianco Jr., Menlo’s president. The introduction of Menlo Transportation Services marks a concerted effort by the company to leverage this experience and expertise — which has delivered proven results in 3PL and 4PL customer supply chain engineering engagements — into a comprehensive, next-generation service offering for transportation network management, both regionally and globally.
“Transportation networks and the operating costs they generate are one of the largest expenditure areas for any supply chain,” Bianco said. “And while we have managed transportation capacity for our customers since Menlo’s inception, the difference today is that customers want more specific capabilities and solutions, with rapid deployment and faster cost-saving results.”
“They want proven best practices, coupled with experienced people using the latest systems to plan, optimize, execute, measure and improve their transportation processes as a whole, across the full gamut from sourcing to settlement, or at the individual node level,” Bianco continued. “And they want it delivered as an outsourced, flexible service that can scale to their needs and flows in the supply chain. That’s what Menlo Transportation Services will do.”
Within the Menlo Transportation Services portfolio are two primary service offerings: Solution Engineering and Transportation Management. Both offerings leverage seasoned transportation and logistics professionals applying Lean methodologies and best-in-class standardized practices to deliver innovative, cost-efficient services unique to individual customer needs.
Solution Engineering: utilizes expert personnel employing state-of-the-art technology tools to design more efficient, faster and more reliable transportation networks, globally or regionally. This service offering encompasses capabilities to:
Transportation Management: deploys expert personnel utilizing disciplined processes and integrated best-of-breed software applications to execute a full menu of transactional transportation functions, across all modes, within or between geographies. This service offering encompasses capabilities to:
As a comprehensive service offering, Menlo Transportation Services provides a powerful combination of skilled people, proven processes and best-in-class technologies, all built on a foundation of Lean principles and practices. This structured approach provides a framework for collaborative engagement, and keeps the focus on driving out wasteful practice and achieving consistent gains in efficiency — a key tenet of Lean, noted Anthony Oliverio, vice president, supply chain services for Menlo.
“We know Lean works in many discrete areas of the supply chain, we’ve proven it over years of taking customers through Kaizen events and other Lean practices to find new savings,” said Oliverio. “We have now focused the power of Lean on the transportation function, creating a next-generation service offering that can achieve significant, transformative savings and value. It’s a huge opportunity for our customers.”
“Menlo’s strategic extension of its Lean expertise into a formalized transportation management offering is a natural evolution for the company, which has long been using Lean practices to drive continuous improvement in warehousing operations and re-engineered supply chains,” noted Evan Armstrong, a respected industry analyst and principal with Armstrong & Associates, Inc.
“Menlo has carved out a strong position as one of the leading U.S.-based 3PLs in large part because of its Lean management expertise,” said Armstrong. “This approach, already proven in complex supply chain re-engineering projects, has significant promise to bring similar efficiency gains to its customers’ transportation management operations.”
Armstrong added that Menlo’s expanded technology portfolio, which now leverages Oracle’s OTM top-tier TM platform, has appreciably increased both its strategic and tactical LLP (lead logistics provider) transportation network management capabilities. “We see the evolution of Menlo’s transportation management operations into Menlo Transportation Services as a significant move in recognizing its expanded capabilities and ongoing LLP service line growth,” Armstrong concluded.
For more information about Menlo Transportation Services, call (866) 466-3656 or visit us on the web at www.con-way.com/menlotrans.
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About Menlo Worldwide Logistics
Menlo Worldwide Logistics, LLC, is a US$1.5 billion global provider of logistics, transportation management and supply chain services with operations in five continents, including North America. As a third-party logistics provider, San Mateo, Calif.-based Menlo Worldwide Logistics’ services range from dedicated contract logistics to warehouse and distribution management, transportation management, supply chain reengineering and other value-added services including packaging, kitting, order fulfillment and light assembly through a strategic network of multi-client and dedicated facilities. With more than 17 million square feet of dedicated warehouse space in North America, the Asia Pacific, Europe and Latin America, and industry-leading technologies, Menlo Worldwide Logistics creates effective, integrated solutions for the transportation and distribution needs of leading businesses around the world.
Menlo Worldwide Logistics, LLC, is a subsidiary of Con-way Inc. (NYSE: CNW), a $5.0 billion diversified freight transportation and logistics company. For more information, please visit us on the Web at www.con-way.com.
From L-R: Jürgen Unglehrt, Managing Director Unglehrt Building Company; Bernd Großmann, Dr. Frank Mentrup, member of the State Parliament Baden-Wuerttemberg for the constituency Ettlingen and Parliamentary Secretary of State in the Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs, Thomas Reuter, Elmar Himmel
Kempten/Karlsruhe, 30 September 2011. The Dachser subsidiary SWS Karlsruhe, Germany is embarking on a major construction project. The company is investing EUR 25 million in building new branch office premises on an 85,000-square-metre plot in the commune of Malsch near Karlsruhe. The ground-breaking ceremony on 30 September marked the official start of the building work. In future the Dachser subsidiary plans to take on between 20 and 30 new staff every year.
The new premises will stand adjacent to the two existing warehouses, which together measure 36,000 square metres and provide 60,000 pallet spaces, and are expected to be completed by the end of 2012. Dachser is constructing a 10,000-square-metre transit terminal with 124 loading bays and a 4,100-square-metre office building. SWS will bring all of the modes of transport under one roof in Malsch, thus creating an optimal environment for the two business fields Dachser European Logistics and Dachser Air & Sea Logistics to dovetail with comprehensive contract logistics services.
“Best service, optimal size, ultra-modern plant” – those were the press headlines back in 1974 when the then newly built facility was officially opened in Ottostraße in Karlsruhe. “We are proud of these roots and since then we have always worked in accordance with these principles,” explains Bernd Großmann, branch office manager in Karlsruhe. He particularly emphasizes the following point: “We believe that our customers and our staff are the company’s most important asset. We owe our success and the growth that we have experienced in recent years entirely to the strong relationships that we have built up with our customers, sometimes over decades, and to a value-oriented corporate culture, which promotes partnership, dialogue, transparency and high standards.”
Elmar Himmel, mayor of the commune of Malsch, is delighted about Dachser’s decision to move from Karlsruhe to Malsch. “SWS is an important driver of employment in the region and will now be bringing 460 jobs with it to Malsch,” says Himmel. “In the medium term we will create between 20 and 30 additional jobs and traineeships every year,” adds Bernd Großmann. “Qualified staff are an essential prerequisite if we are to further enhance our consulting expertise.”
The location is an important intersection in the pan-European Dachser network and ensures that the region has optimal links to all of the world’s major economic regions.
In 2010 the internationally operating logistics provider, Dachser, generated revenue of EUR 3.8 billion. 19,250 staff working in 310 profit centres worldwide handled 46.2 million consignments weighing a total of 35.5 million tonnes.