Month: April 2019

The new Silk Road has added another stop with the first Luxembourg-China journey. The train departs from Bettembourg-Dudelange Intermodal Terminal towards Chengdu Qingbaijiang International Railway Port. The train will cross Germany, Poland, Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan, entering the Chinese territory in Alashankou and will finally arrive at the Chengdu Qingbaijiang International Railway Port in only 15 days.

With this new connection, the Intermodal Terminal of Bettembourg-Dudelange contributes to strengthen the intermodal offer between Europe and China, as a consolidation hub for South Western Europe. Simultaneously, Chengdu International Railway Services (CDIRS) improves further its coverage in the hinterlands of Europe as well as its service quality.

The train inaugurated carries 41 containers loaded with food, medical equipment, electronics, hardware, ceramics and daily consumer goods.

Located on the Rail Freight Corridor 2 and at the crossroads of the North-South and East-West routes, the Intermodal Terminal of Bettembourg-Dudelange is ideally positioned to act as an international hub for the consolidation of multimodal transport flows between South Western Europe and China. With daily combined train shuttles to major European economic centres, CFL multimodal is constantly striving to develop and enhance its multimodal service offering.

From 31 trains launched in 2013 to 1.595 trains in 2018, Chengdu has been topping the EU–China rail platform companies for the third consecutive year.

Imperial Logistics has made a number of key appointments to its China management team in Shanghai, and has moved to larger offices, preparing for planned growth.

Joshua Mclarin (above) has been named as the company’s new Managing Director for China. Originally from New Zealand, Mclarin has spent the past 13 years of his logistics career in senior positions at Singapore Post group companies in New Zealand, Thailand, Australia and (most recently) Singapore, where he was Vice President, Group Sales, responsible for 13 countries.

Mclarin has considerable experience in providing logistics solutions for some of the world’s largest and best-known online and retail brands, and successfully drove the positioning of Singapore as an e-commerce consolidation and distribution centre for Asia.

He is joined by Owen Li as Head of Commercial, leading the Shanghai-based sales team. Li has over 20 years’ logistics and freight management experience working with Gondrand, Damco and, most recently, CEVA Logistics.

Blair Hu has been appointed IT Infrastructure Manager, responsible for network design, setup and maintenance for the Imperial Logistics office and two warehouses. Hu previously spent 10 years at Nestle’s Research & Development Center in Shanghai, most recently as Project Manager. He has degrees in Electronics Technology, and Computer & Science Technology.

Ricky Nan has joined Imperial Logistics as IT System Manager. His first assignment is setting up the Transport Management System, Warehouse Management System and related systems for a major new contract. He has over 10 years’ experience gained in similar positions for DSV Cargo Service and Prime Cargo.

Matthew Zhu has been appointed Warehouse Manager at Imperial Logistics’ Yangshan location, looking after a major new automotive contract. He has previously handled similar projects during 12 years with Kerry Logistics and Expeditors.

Sofia Ruan has been appointed HR Manager. She has 10 years’ experience in recruiting, training and organization development, including working with a global freight forwarding company. She holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration and HR Management from East China University of Science and Technology.

Finally, Lion Luo joins Imperial Logistics’ China team as Senior Operations Manager after 12 years with SITC Logistics Co., Ltd – most recently as Assistant General Manager. He has comprehensive experience in air and ocean forwarding of imports and exports.

Imperial Logistics has meanwhile relocated to larger offices in Shanghai’s Jing An district, providing additional room for planned growth, and improved facilities for meetings with customers, vendors and service partners.

Says Imperial Logistics International CEO Hakan Bicil: “We are delighted to welcome Joshua, Owen, Blair, Ricky, Matthew, Sophia and Lion to our Shanghai team. Their appointments reflect our increasing commitment to the Chinese market, and their collective skills and experience will play an important part in further strengthening our foothold and delivering on our ambitious development targets.”

Imperial Logistics’ China operations were launched in 2012. The company’s current activities in China include warehousing, internal distribution by road, and global multimodal freight management.

Mosca is presenting a new variant of its timber-specialist KOV-111-16, including a high-performance sealing unit, at Ligna 2019. The strapping unit has a tensile force of up to 7,000 newtons and allows the use of 19-mm strapping material for securing heavy products. The machine is also equipped with a scantling device and a fully automated edge protection setter. This makes it an ideal choice for businesses that need to quickly and efficiently secure large volumes of timber products for transport with minimal downtime. The Mosca display in Hall 16 (B12) in Hannover at the end of next month will also feature the MK-50, a particularly solid machine for strapping non-palleted products. The RO-M-RI and the RO-MP-6 T, which are especially suited to bundling long, narrow products such as roof battens or profiled timber, round out the Mosca portfolio for the timber industry.

When large quantities of sawn wood, chipboard, or other timber products are prepared for transport, the strapping technology must work smoothly and efficiently. Downtimes, especially for refilling consumables such as strapping, scantlings, and edge protection for securing the product must be as short as possible. This is the only way the process of securing goods for transport can keep pace with upstream production systems. “We have created a new variant of the KOV-111-16 with a scantling device and edge protection setter to master this challenge with a large magazine,” says Mosca GmbH CEO Timo Mosca. “Combined with the high-performance sealing unit we have developed, this gives us a solution that is specially tailored to the wood industry.” Integrated into conveying systems made by Mosca or other manufacturers, the fully automated machine feeds scantlings under the product to be strapped and protects the upper edges with solid cardboard.