DSV withdraws offer to acquire CEVA Logistics
DSV has withdrawn its offer to acquire CEVA Logistics after the board of the Swiss firm rejected the offer. The Danish company sent a revised offer of 30 Swiss francs per share to CEVA’s board of directors on 18 October. Under the proposals, CEVA shareholders would have received a premium of 60 per cent to […]
Sauzedde to run Eastern European cluster for CEVA
CEVA Logistics has picked Guillaume Sauzedde as managing director of its Central and Eastern Europe, taking over from Piotr Zborowski. Sauzedde has more than 20 years of experience in the logistics industry, including 15 years in Eastern Europe. Prior to joining CEVA, he was managing director of Kuehne + Nagel in Poland, where he was […]
CEVA completes Phase One of Rolls-Royce project
CEVA Logistics has completed Phase One of a major global inbound aero logistics project for Rolls-Royce to manage shipments of aerospace parts for its civil and defence divisions. Over 1,200 shipments per week weighing on average 300-500 kilogrammes and ranging from small parcels to out-of-gauge are moved into multiple Rolls-Royce facilities across the UK, Germany, […]
CEVA Logistics picks Niels Weithe as global head of eCommerce
CEVA Logistics has appointed Niels Weithe to the newly created role of global head of eCommerce, reporting directly to chief operating officer of contract logistics, Brett Bissell. He joins CEVA from Arvato where he was president of its consumer products division and brings more than 25 years experience of the fast-growing market segment to his […]
Brussels Airport’s slot booking app gains eight new members
Brussels Airport’s cloud based data sharing platform, BRUcloud has had a successful first two months with eight more companies using the application in their live operations. The slot booking app eliminates the problem of waiting and idle times at ground handling facilities by coordinating the match between supply and demand of time slots, streamlining the […]
CEVA Logistics opens multi-user facility in Penang
CEVA Logistics has opened a multi-user facility in Penang, Malaysia, located close to Penang International Airport. The 70,000 square foot facility is situated within the Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone Phase IV and is 10 minutes away from Penang International Airport and 10 minutes away from the Penang Bridge, connecting the island to mainland Malaysia. […]
CEVA Logistics moves Iberia hub to new location near Madrid
CEVA Logistics has moved its Iberia cluster to a new site in Madrid, just south of the city’s Barajas Airport. The former head office was at Alcobendas, north of Madrid, and the new office, which became fully operational this month is at Coslada, just south of Barajas Airport and close to Spain’s major road network. […]
CEVA picks Aston to run UK, Ireland and Nordics operations
CEVA Logistics has picked Eddie Aston for the role of managing director, UK, Ireland and Nordics (UKIN), taking over from Michael O’Donoghue. Aston joins from commercial van hire and leasing organisation, Northgate, where he was UK managing director. He brings extensive, international executive level experience in supply chain management, logistics and business-to-business service companies where […]
CEVA Logistics promotes Lorrain and O’Donoghue to new roles
CEVA Logistics has promoted Jerome Lorrain to the role of chief operating officer for freight management, while Michael O’Donoghue will take over as managing director for North America. Lorrain will be adding the responsibility for air and ocean freight to his position as head of the ground business line, which he has taken over from […]
CEVA opens new UK pharma facility
CEVA Logistics has opened a fully refurbished 132,000 square foot facility at Redditch. The renovated site further adds to the forwarder’s investment in the pharmaceutical logistics industry and will serve a number of customers across the healthcare sector. Refurbishments at the West Midlands site included the addition of LED lighting as well as the installation […]
Air & Sea Cargo Americas: Industry flies to Miami to talk about cargo
Top executives from the aviation, maritime and logistics industries will return to Miami for the Air & Sea Cargo Americas conference held from 1 – 3 November 2017. The Miami Airport & Convention Center will welcome top decision makers who will exchange views and experiences to enhance cargo growth across in the Western Hemisphere. The […]
CEVA expands in Dublin with temperature controlled facility
CEVA Logistics has enhanced services in Dublin with a 15,000 square foot temperature controlled facility at its warehouse. The new building has been constructed as an insulated building-within-a-building on the city’s airport industrial park and will allow it to better serve customers with medical products requiring to be kept within a constant temperature range of […]
Revenue and profit boost for CEVA Logistics
CEVA Logistics’ posted revenue of $1.72 billion in the second quarter (Q2) up 6.4 per cent in constant currency, on the $1.66 billion in 2016. The forwarding and logistics company says adjusted earnings before interest taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) in Q2 was $70 million, up $9 million in constant currency versus the prior year. […]
Kerry Logistics launches rail service between Europe and China
Kerry Logistics has launched a weekly scheduled less than container load (LCL) rail freight service between Duisburg, Germany and Shanghai via the Yiwu terminal in the Yangtze River Delta, China, using its own consolidation containers. Last week, fellow freight forwarder CEVA Logistics also launched a new rail service linking Shilong in southern China’s Guangdong province to […]
CEIV Pharma certificate for CEVA in Singapore
CEVA Logistics has been awarded the International Air Transport Association’s CEIV Pharma certificate at its facility in Singapore. The freight firm’s staff in Singapore have undertaken the training program conducted jointly by IATA and Changi Airport Group, in readiness for the certification. A quality team was established at the company’s facility at the Air Logistics […]
CEVA starts rail service between China and Germany
CEVA Logistics has launched a new rail service linking Shilong in southern China’s Guangdong province to Hamburg in Germany. In conjunction with the Chinese state railway company, the new regular block trains will route Shilong, Manzhouli (China), Zabakalsky (Russia), Brest (Belarus), Malaszewicze (Poland) and Hamburg with a station-to-station lead time of 17-19 days. CEVA’s says […]
Myanmar office opened by CEVA Logistics
CEVA Logistics has opened an office in Myanmar’s capital, Yangon – as part of its strategic expansion in the emerging Mekong markets. For the last five years, CEVA has been operational in the country through a network partner, providing Freight Management services to a number of multinational and local customers. From June 2017, the company […]
DHL Global Forwarding retains place as top forwarder for volumes
DHL Global Forwarding has retained its place as the top freight forwarder in terms of volumes in 2016, according to the latest Armstrong & Associates (A&A) Top 25 Global Forwarders List. A&A says that total airfreight volumes in 2016 across freight forwarders in the top 25 increased by 5.6 per cent on 2015 to 14.5 […]
CEVA makes $57m first quarter loss despite revenue increasing
CEVA Logistics has made a $57 million loss in the first quarter of 2017 despite revenue increasing. The loss compares to a profit of $3 million in the same period of 2016, while revenue grew by 1.9 per cent to $1.59 billion. Chief executive officer, Xavier Urbain says: “Our top-line performance demonstrates the strength of […]
Air Cargo Europe 2017: How will industry improve technology and sales?
How the industry embraces new technologies and improving sales and customer service will be two major talking points for air cargo professionals at Air Cargo Europe in Munich. The first of the two sessions, ‘The age of the digital and the connected – the end of traditional LSPs (Logistic Service Providers)?’ will take place at […]
Germany, the Netherlands and Italy exports boost CEVA
CEVA Logistics senior vice president global product airfreight, Peter Baumgartner (pictured below) says it has been a “very positive” few months for the logistics services provider, and for the airfreight forwarding sector across Europe in general. He notes airfreight volumes in the fourth quarter of 2016 showed a global seven per cent year-on-year growth and […]
CEVA expands partnership with Mercedes-Benz in Brazil
CEVA Logistics is consolidating its partnership with Mercedes-Benz in Brazil by renewing its existing business partnership and the awarding of additional contracts. CEVA’s services to Mercedes-Benz are in the southeast region of Brazil. Under the renewed contract, in-house logistics services at the customer’s plant in the city of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, will be […]
Velez Rodriguez to lead CEVA Australia & New Zealand cluster
Carlos Velez Rodriguez has joined CEVA Logistics from FM Logistic, taking over as managing director for the Australia & New Zealand cluster. Velez Rodriguez, who was born in Colombia and is an Australian citizen, will be based in Melbourne and will report to CEVA chief executive officer, Xavier Urbain. Urbain says: “I am delighted to […]
CEVA expands relationship with Mercedes-Benz in Spain
CEVA Logistics has expanded its relationship with Mercedes-Benz at the automotive manufacturer’s facility in Vitoria, Spain. Mercedes-Benz, part of the Daimler Group, has been working with CEVA in Iberia since 2012, alongside a number of other European countries including Italy, Germany and UK, as well as México and Australia. CEVA’s collaboration with Mercedes-Benz at the Vitoria […]
Waller appointed CFO at CEVA Logistics
CEVA Logistics has appointed Peter Waller as chief finance officer and member of the executive board with immediate effect. Waller succeeds Arjan Kaaks, who has chosen to leave CEVA to pursue new opportunities. He has previously been Group CFO at Eurofins Scientific and spent over eight years with the Thomas Cook Group where he held […]
CEVA reacts to market movements with new strategy
CEVA Logistics has drawn up new strategies for the European market as it targets further growth, reports Mike Bryant. Chief operating officer for air and ocean at supply chain services, Helmut Kaspers explains: “Our main focus in Europe is on growing outbound volumes to increase our market share. “Especially in Europe, we have significantly increased […]
Parra the main man for CEVA in Costa Rica
CEVA Logistics has appointed Willie Parra Fonseca as country manager for the growing market of Costa Rica in Central America. He will be based at the logistic firm’s San José office reporting to Mike Wilson, senior vice president and head of the Central America cluster. Parra has an extensive track record in both project management and […]
Revenue fall for CEVA in first half of the year
CEVA has seen revenue fall year-on-year (YOY) by 7.8 per cent in the first half of 2016 to $3.23 billion, after recording $3.5 billion in the same period last year. The freight forwarder’s Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) also fell 5.6 per cent in the six months to $118 million, down from the […]
CEVA has John West Foods contract renewed
CEVA Logistics renews contract with John West Foods renewed and expanded for an additional three years. CEVA started its partnership in 2007 and says it has seen a 25 per cent increase in throughput since signing the new deal. The operation is based at CEVA’s multi-user site in Mendlesham, Suffolk and includes management of 150,000 […]
Former Alibaba business guru Guo joins CEVA Logistics
CEVA Logistics has appointed Ching Guo to the role of senior vice president for global contract logistics – technology operations. He will be based in Seattle in the US reporting to chief operating officer for contract logistics, Brett Bissell. Guo joins CEVA from Alibaba where he co-founded the “Village Taobao” business for the development of […]
