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sure that Whirlpool Corporation maintains Deutsche Bahn delays weekly Agility opens new APEC head-
its leadership position in today’s changing China express quarters and Logistics hub in
A roundup of supply chain news global marketplace,” said Paulo F.M.O. Deutsche Bahn (DB) Schenker has de- Singapore
Periquito, president of Whirlpool Interna- layed the launch of its weekly Trans Eu- Agility has announced the establishment
tional. rope Express (TEE) container rail service of an Asia Pacific headquarters in Singa-
- Reuters linking South China and Russia with West- pore and unveiled an additional state-of-
ern Europe due to the global economic the art Regional Distribution Centre (RDC
Delphi to sell suspension, brakes downturn. there, in order to strengthen its presence
units to China Following a test run late last year carry- in Asia and provide a platform for further
Delphi Corp. will sell its remaining sus- ing 50 containers of Fujitsu Siemens com- growth in the region. The new 14,500 sq.
pension and brakes businesses to China’s puter peripherals from Xiangtang in China m five storey bonded facility at Changi
newly founded Beijing West Industries Co. via Mongolia and Russia to Hamburg via North has three floors designed for an
Ltd. as part of the U.S. auto-parts sup- Poland, the company said
plier’s restructuring efforts. Beijing West it would launch its regular
will acquire equipment, property and intel- service in February.
lectual property in the deal. Two Chinese Meanwhile DB Inter-
companies and the Beijing municipality national, a wholly owned
have recently formed Beijing West Indus- subsidiary of DB Mobility
tries Co. Ltd. to own and run the Delphi Logistics, has won a con-
businesses. tract to construct a 162
mile freight line to carry
Logistics coal from Ukhaa Khudag
in the south of Mongolia
Air China plans to own cargo unit to the Chinese border at
Air China plans to buy a 24% stake Gashuun Sukhait. Total (Left) Lim Siong Guan, Chairman, Singapore
in its cargo unit, Air China Cargo, for cost of the project is es-
Economic Development Board, (Right) Tarek Sultan,
Chairman and Managing Director of Agility at
USD105.1m. Air China, together with its timated at $800 million
the opening ceremony of Agility’s new Regional
indirect interest through China National and construction work is Distribution Centre in Singapore on April 22, 2009.
Aviation, now holds a 76% stake in Air scheduled to begin before
China Cargo. Upon completion of the deal, the end of this year with first trains running ambient temperature warehouse with two
Air China will wholly own Air China Cargo, in 2011. Mongolia is an important transit levels for warehousing and a conventional
whose operations include general cargo country between China and Russia and is racking system and can hold a total of
services, mail and express delivery ser- also assuming an increasingly significant 6,500 pallet positions.
vices. role for rail freight traffic between Asia and
Europe said the company. Kerry Properties to build 3 lo-
gistics parks
Kerry Properties, a Hong Kong-based
property investment and development
company, has earmarked HK$180 mil-
lion to build logistics parks in Chengdu,
Chongqing and Kunshan, according to
the vice chairman of the firm’s logistics
unit. Kerry Properties chose the locations
based on where the most goods are pro-
duced. The three parks, covering potential
floor area of 700,000 square feet in total,
will be completed in 2010. Reportedly,
the Hong Kong-listed enterprise earned
HK$3.05 billion in net profit and HK$13.12
in operating revenue last year.
Four shipping companies award-
ed US$850,000
Impacted by the downturn, DB Schenker is delaying its container rail service China - COSCO and Maersk are two
linking China, Russia and Europe.
of the four shipping firms to receive a
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