The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) and Schenker China Limited announced Schenker as the Official Freight Forwarding and Customs Clearance Exclusive Supplier of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

“With the 2008 Olympic Games fast approaching, we are ready to take on the challenges of what will be the world’s greatest sporting event and a great success for Schenker in China”, commented Matthew Clarke, Project Director for the Schenker Beijing 2008 Olympic team. “We have the infrastructure and the experienced personnel to step up to the challenge.”

“For the Olympic Games and other major global sporting events, Schenker has an outstanding track record for providing freight forwarding and customs clearance for many of the world’s leading sporting organizations, broadcasters, press agents, sponsors and suppliers”, said Dr. Thomas Lieb, Member of the Management Board of Schenker AG.

The appointment of Schenker China Ltd as the Official Freight Forwarding and Customs Clearance Supplier by BOCOG mirrors the company’s participation in the Athens 2004 Olympic Games and Torino 2006 Winter Olympic Games. Since 2003 Schenker has been the Official Supplier to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for freight forwarding and customs clearance for the Olympic Games.

Panalpina has received two more prestigious industry awards.

Last month, Panalpina was honored with two further awards as testimony to its outstanding performance and reliable service quality in different sectors and areas.

Project Forwarder of the Year 2006
At this year's Asia Logistics Awards 2006 held in Singapore, Panalpina was awarded as "Project Forwarder of the Year", elected by the readers of the three reputable industry magazines Freight Transport Buyer, Containerisation International and International Freighting Weekly in Asia, North America and Europe.

Panalpina's special project division offers integrated logistics, forwarding and management services for all types of turn-key project transports to various industries on a global scale. Among these are engineering procurement and construction companies, oil & gas and mining companies, power and energy providers as well as suppliers of other industrial plants, heavy and over dimensional equipment and modules, including manufacturers of railway rolling stock, steel and paper mills.

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. announced that it has acquired certain assets of Triune Freight Private Ltd. and Triune Logistics Private Ltd., collectively ("Triune"), a third party logistics provider based in India. Triune has approximately 160 employees in 19 offices throughout India, and has annual gross revenues of approximately $11 million.

Triune has more than 600 customers and provides primarily air and ocean international forwarding along with customs clearance services. They also have a projects division focused on highly specialized movements and solutions. Like C.H. Robinson, Triune is non-asset based. Headquartered in Chennai, Triune was founded in 1999 and is privately held; terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

"Further expansion of our international freight forwarding network is one of our core growth strategies, and Triune is an excellent introduction for us into one of the world's fastest-growing economies," said Jeff Scovill, C.H. Robinson vice president of international. "They are a great company with a driven, service-oriented team of people and a well-balanced mix of forwarding services and customers. With Triune on board we can offer full coverage from northern to southern India, and we have a key platform to develop the C.H. Robinson network further into Southeast Asia."

In addition to acquiring selected assets of Triune, C.H. Robinson has offered employment to all of its existing employees. T.J. Srinivasaraj, 36, the managing director of Triune, will continue with the company as C.H. Robinson's director of Indian subcontinent.

"We are very excited to be joining C.H. Robinson and its international freight forwarding network," said Srinivasaraj. "The transportation market in India is growing very quickly, and C.H. Robinson's global network of owned offices and financial strength will enable us to provide our customers with tailor-made global solutions through our expanded capabilities. The company cultures are very similar and we are happy to be joining hands as together we expand our presence in the international forwarding marketplace."

Founded in 1905, C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., is one of the largest non-asset based third party logistics companies in the world, with 2005 gross revenues of $5.7 billion. C.H. Robinson is a global provider of multimodal transportation services and logistics solutions, currently serving over 20,500 customers through a network of over 210 offices in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. C.H. Robinson maintains one of the largest networks of motor carrier capacity in North America and works with approximately 40,000 carriers worldwide.