Latest news
Tags
Latest news
Perishables and e-commerce: Is the real promise in B2B?
Blog posts • Feb 05, 2019 12:30 CET
Perishables continue to spur the growth of global logistics. With Fruit Logistica in Berlin this week, we look at how e-commerce is factoring into the perishables industry. Driver or disruptor: the views are not clear-cut, and business-to-business (B2B) might turn out to be the big winner.
Statement from Panalpina regarding DSV and the position of Ernst Göhner Foundation
Press releases • Feb 04, 2019 07:20 CET
Panalpina confirms that the Ernst Göhner Foundation, Panalpina's largest shareholder representing approximately 46% of the total share capital, informed the Board of Directors that it does not support the current non-binding proposal from DSV and that it supports Panalpina’s Board of Directors in pursuing an independent growth strategy that includes M&A.
From local hero to global player in the growing perishables market
Blog posts • Feb 01, 2019 09:30 CET
Panalpina has acquired seven companies specializing in the worldwide export and import of perishables since 2015. With its vision to become the preferred global supplier of perishables logistics by 2020, Panalpina not only acquires companies in the sector, it then also invests locally to develop the business further and support the communities where they operate.
Agents of the Perishables Network: local expertise meets global reach
Blog posts • Jan 31, 2019 11:45 CET
The Panalpina Perishables Network was launched with ambitious growth plans in 2017. Today it has members, including agents, in 26 key countries and it keeps growing, offering customers, at both origin and destination, complete end-to-end solutions on a global scale. Agent members of the Panalpina Perishables Network enjoy unparalleled reach thanks to solutions from field to shelf.
New charter tool for ad hoc charters: any aircraft, anytime, anywhere
News • Jan 25, 2019 09:43 CET
The Panalpina Charter Network can now be easily accessed online. Panalpina’s new charter tool provides an up-to-date overview of scheduled cargo flights and of all cargo aircraft in the world – big and small – available for chartering on any given day. The charter tool features drag-and-drop origin and destination functionality, and shows current aircraft availability by geography and routes.
Three ways to make supply chains lean with value stream mapping
Blog posts • Jan 23, 2019 16:20 CET
Value stream mapping allows oversight of the entire supply chain and enables businesses to create holistic solutions, optimize and remove waste, as Maria Pía Caraccia, corporate Logistics business improvement manager at Panalpina, explains in an interview with Cardiff University’s Panalpina Centre for Manufacturing and Logistics Research.
IT Center of Excellence in Lisbon celebrates its second year with more growth
News • Jan 21, 2019 10:10 CET
Panalpina continues to expand its digital capabilities through its IT Center of Excellence (CoE) in Lisbon, with more office space, new employees and more projects aimed at accelerating the company’s IT initiatives.
Lower sulfur limits: Panalpina actively helping customers deal with supply chain impact
News • Jan 17, 2019 18:15 CET
Panalpina is ready to support Ocean Freight customers in dealing with higher costs and potential disruptions as a result of the lower sulfur limits. Already this year, cargo owners will feel the impact of new rules on ship emissions coming into force. From 2020, the sulfur content of bunker fuels will be reduced to 0.5 percent, compared to 3.5 percent now in most parts of the world.
DSV can confirm that it has made an indicative and private proposal to Panalpina’s Board of Directors
Press releases • Jan 16, 2019 08:49 CET
In response to Panalpina Welttransport Holding AG’s (“Panalpina”) announcement today, we can confirm that DSV has made an indicative and private proposal to Panalpina’s Board of Directors to acquire Panalpina.
Panalpina statement on unsolicited, non-binding approach from DSV
Press releases • Jan 16, 2019 06:30 CET
The Board of Directors of Panalpina announces that it has received an unsolicited, non-binding proposal from DSV to acquire the company at a price of CHF 170 per share, comprising a mix of cash and DSV shares.
Panalpina strengthens marketing and sales in Europe
News • Jan 15, 2019 11:00 CET
Christian Stingl has joined Panalpina on January 14, 2019 as regional head of marketing and sales for Europe. Christian will be based in Frankfurt and report directly to the regional CEO Europe with a dotted line to the chief commercial officer.
After a very good 2018 for Panalpina in Querétaro, the Mexico-USA-UK-Luxembourg roundtrip is Brexit-ready
News • Jan 14, 2019 12:44 CET
Last May, Panalpina added Querétaro International Airport (QRO) in Mexico to the “Speedy” loop of its Charter Network, making it the first and only company to offer a transatlantic flight from Querétaro to London Stansted Airport (STN) in the UK and to Luxembourg (LUX) via Huntsville, offering contingency solutions for medical, food supply and other urgent goods in light of Brexit.
DSV plans big HQ expansion in greater Copenhagen, Denmark
Press releases • Jan 02, 2019 08:11 CET
More than 250,000 m2 of prime logistics space will be available to clients by 2024
Panalpina partners with Plug and Play
News • Dec 20, 2018 15:05 CET
Panalpina has joined the global innovation platform Plug and Play, the best known and most active accelerator program in the area of supply chain and logistics.
Panalpina surpasses 1 million tons of Air Freight in 2018
News • Dec 19, 2018 15:40 CET
Christmas came early this year for Panalpina’s Air Freight department in the form of another transport record.
Food for Thought | It’s Kenya Fresh
Blog posts • Dec 19, 2018 10:20 CET
In the latest installment of his Food for Thought series, Colin Wells, global head of industry vertical perishables at Panalpina, speaks of how perishables were flown out of Kenya in the 80s and what has changed since...
Panalpina and Cargolux make great strides in Cargo iQ performance
News • Dec 13, 2018 13:40 CET
Together with Cargo iQ fellow member and long-standing partner Cargolux, Panalpina has just been awarded with the first prize of the first ever Cargo iQ Q Rally, an industry initiative aimed at continuously improving data quality in air freight. As Panalpina’s Marie Seco-Köppen explains, “Better data quality results in a better air freight product, for example in terms of shorter transit times.”
LATAM Cargo begins direct service between Bogotá and Panalpina's Huntsville gateway
News • Dec 07, 2018 15:20 CET
For the first time in its history, LATAM Cargo flew a direct route between the cities of Bogotá, Colombia, and Huntsville, Alabama, United States. The new cargo-only route was opened on December 2, 2018, and will be operated once weekly. The new service marks an important milestone for Panalpina as the company continuously expands its Charter Network and the Perishables Network.
Panalpina donates sixth UNICEF relief flight to Africa
Press releases • Dec 06, 2018 09:30 CET
Same as last year, Panalpina assisted UNICEF by flying relief aid to Africa to help children in South Sudan, where the humanitarian needs after years of conflict remain massive. A Panalpina chartered cargo aircraft landed last night in neighboring Uganda, carrying nearly 70 tons of supplies. The supplies will be trucked to South Sudan and distributed across the country as the dry season begins.
A palace for pills – or the best address in Weiterstadt
Blog posts • Dec 04, 2018 15:30 CET
What is the best address in Weiterstadt? Hang on; you don’t know where Weiterstadt is? Well, as the name implies, Weiterstadt is a city (= Stadt) in Germany, right next to Darmstadt and a few kilometers south of Frankfurt Airport. Many would argue that Schloss Braunshardt is the best address in this city of 25,000 souls. The 18th century castle is undoubtedly a fine address, but...