DSV Corporate News

Colombia: The Port of Cartagena is increasingly drawing in multinational companies and gaining ground as Latin America’s premier logistics hub. (Photo: Port of Cartagena / SPRC)

16 Juli 2019 09:00

Good cards for Cartagena and Panalpina’s LCL Ocean Freight hub

Cartagena, Colombia’s premier port, is becoming increasingly important as a regional transportation hub. Last year, Panalpina set up the first ocean freight hub in Cartagena for Central and South American LCL (Less than Container Load) cargoes. The international freight forwarder also tops the Port of Cartagena’s import and export rankings.

Exclusively focused on the cold chain segment, Panalpina’s warehouse in Cajamar, São Paulo is targeted to be GDP-certified in the second half of 2019. (Photo: Panalpina)

2 Maj 2019 10:00

Panalpina expands its network of GDP-certified sites

Straight from bagging Good Distribution Practice (GDP) certifications for 11 sites in 2018, Panalpina expects to get over 10 sites certified to GDP in 2019. With currently 37 GDP-certified locations around the globe, the logistics provider is well-positioned to serve the healthcare and pharmaceuticals industry with comprehensive, end-to-end supply chain solutions.

The bay and port of Cartagena, Colombia (Photo by Makalu on Pixabay)

8 Oktober 2018 14:10

Colombia: Panalpina opens first ocean freight hub operation

Panalpina brings to the market another industry first with the Less than Container Load (LCL) Ocean Freight hub in Cartagena, Colombia, which connects services in Europe, Asia and Latin America with Central America and the Caribbean. Operated entirely by Panalpina, this new development offers customers more than 30 new LCL services, reduced transit times and greater coverage.

Bird’s eye view of Bogotá: Colombia is Latin America’s fourth largest pharmaceutical market after Brazil, Mexico and Panama. (Photo by raulplatino, pixabay)

27 August 2018 17:20

Colombia: Panalpina Bogotá obtains GDP certification

Panalpina Bogotá has been certified according to WHO Good Distribution Practice (GDP), an important international standard for the proper distribution of medicinal products for human use. The business unit in Bogotá is Panalpina's 31st location globally to obtain such an important certification for the healthcare industry.

Picture from left: Joseline Ulloa, Operations Supervisor, Jonas Thoroe, Managing Director and Annette Harris, Finance Manager.

16 Maj 2018 11:12

DSV opens first office in Panama

Today, 16 May 2018, we open the doors to our new office in Panama City, an important hub for Central America and the Caribbean, not least due to free zones.

Panalpina engineers assemble, configure and test cabinets at the new LMS hub in Dubai.

30 Maj 2017 09:15

Speed to market

Last week, Lloyd’s Loading List reported on Panalpina’s pioneering Logistics Manufacturing Services (LMS). Panalpina first introduced LMS for the telecoms industry in Brazil in 2014 and soon afterwards expanded the offering to Panama and Dubai where a new state-of-the-art facility was officially opened in March 2017.

Mike Wilson, winner of the LEO Award 2017 in the category "Zukunftsmacher - Business Model"

27 Marts 2017 16:30

“Der Zukunftsmacher"

There is no good word for “Zukunftsmacher” in English. “Zukunft” means future and a “Macher” is a doer, a maker. Put the two together, and you have someone who is shaping the future, the future of logistics that is: Mike Wilson. Mike, global head of Logistics and Manufacturing at Panalpina, was presented with the prestigious LEO Award by German trade publication DVZ on Friday evening in Hamburg.

Main building of Cardiff University (UK)

12 Oktober 2016 14:00

Panalpina opens new Logistics Manufacturing Research Centre with Cardiff Business School

Panalpina and Cardiff Business School have strengthened their partnership with the launch of a new Logistics Manufacturing Research Centre. The center will conduct leading research into the fields of distributed manufacturing, 3D printing, the circular economy and the impact of digital manufacturing on global supply chains. The new center has already secured its first research grant.

27 Januar 2016 09:35

Making the physical digital (Part I)

Will the flow of information become more important than the flow of goods? Fact is, new modes of transport are not where the frontier of transportation lies. Digital transformation is. This blog post in two parts looks at five major trends that are shaping the freight forwarding and logistics industry – all of them linked to digital transformation.

17 December 2015 14:00

Panalpina expands Logistics Manufacturing Services with Ericsson

Dubai has become the latest location where Panalpina offers Logistics Manufacturing Services to its customers. Rather than holding stock to cover every possible outcome, Panalpina assembles products from semi-knocked down (SKD) units to specific customer requirements at the last possible stage before shipping them to the end customer.

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