WLDPO sets up China office in Beijing

World Logistics Development and Promotion Organisation (WLDPO) got approval from the Chinese authority to set up its China office in Beijing recently.

Mr. Xu Shouzhen was made president of the WLDPO China office, the report said. WLDPO held an opening ceremony for the China office on January 26 in Beijing and a promotion conference for mega logistics projects in China on the same day, the report said. As an international logistics organization, WLDPO will boost regional logistics development with its mature experience. The opening of WLDPO China office will better unite logistics forces of different nations to promote logistics development in the Greater China region, a statement of WLDPO said.
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DPWN chief quits after police raid his home, office in million dollar tax evasion case

German logistics giant Deutsche Post World Net CEO Klaus Zumwinkel has resigned in the face of tax evasion charges that he secreted EUR1 million (US$1.4 million) of taxable income into a Liechtenstein bank account.

DPWN executive committee of the supervisory board of Deutsche Post AG, the DHL parent company, issued a statement that they had received Mr Zumwinkel's resignation as chairman of the board of management of Deutsche Post AG and as chairman of the supervisory board of Deutsche Postbank AGMr Zumwinkel, CEO of Deutsche Post since 1990, experienced dawn police raids on his home and office. He was taken in for questioning at the state prosecutor's office in Bochum before being bailed. The UK's Transport Intelligence agency said there is widespread belief that Mr Zumwinkel's tenure would have been be shortened in any case because of an expected restructuring to address DPWN's ailing US DHL express operation and press on with the sale of Postbank.
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Wenzhou to add 10 deep-water berths in five years

WENZHOU, in Zhejiang province, plans to add 10 berths with over 10,000 tonnes capacity

Wenzhou, in Zhejiang province, plans to add 10 berths with over 10,000 tonnes capacity each in the next five year, providing basis for the 100 million tonne throughput goal in the 12th Five Year Plan period (2011-2015), Xinhua reported. The port authority of Wenzhou will lay emphasis of its work in port planning and construction and establishment of ports alliance with Ningbo port in 2008, the report said.Major port projects in Wenzhou this year will include the opening of Wenzhou-Ningbo feeder service, construction of four 10,000-tonne multi-use berths for containers in Lingkun, the inauguration of an international container service in Zhuangyuan Ao port area, which follows the completion of the 50,000 tonne container berths in Zhuangyuan Ao, the report said. Zhuangyuan Ao port area will also attract calls of more container services to Southeast Asia, Europe, Middle East and Africa in the coming years, the report added. Wenzhou port authority started to compile development plans for the seven port areas including Oujiang and Yueqingwan in 2007. This year the port authority will launch fundamental research to the three major port areas including Yueqingwan, Daxiaomen Island and Zhuangyuan Ao and boost the construction of two 50,000 tonne berths in Yueqingwan as well as set up strategic alliance with Ningbo port, the report said.

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