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Posts Logistics
| 06/11/2007
You know what ?
| | The famous bottles of Cognac are shipped weekly from Cognac to the port of Le Havre by ……. train !2 trains of 30 cars transport the Cognac bottles every week. The bottles are then shipped to Asia.The trains come back to Cognac with wood and goods for the retail market.good to know !! > more |
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| 07/11/2007
France?s logistics property market
| | waaww, that is a title for sure. It’s not mine, it is the title of the very very interesting report about France’s Distribution and Warehouse markets released by the developer PROLOGIS (the one).A dozen of pages that give you an extremely good overview of the market in France, history included. I found very good information [...] > more |
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| 09/11/2007
the prototypical modern distribution facility
| | According to the very interesting report issued by PROLOGIS (see previous post), France’s prototypical modern distribution facility spans at least 10,000 square meters of floorspace with ceiling heights of at least 9 metres, load-bearing floors to support at least 5 tons per m², one loading dock for every 1,000 m², and truck-turning areas of at [...] > more |
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| 05/12/2007
New locations: go East and West
| | The subject will be widely debated at the coming SITL next March.On one side, from a European point of view, the new locations for logistics and supply chain investments are further East. Poland, Roumania, Czech Republic, Slovakia are part of these new promising locations. Investors such as PROLOGIS, PANATTONI or PARKRIDGE are developping massive logistic [...] > more |
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| 06/12/2007
Road Safety Excellence Award for a French company
| | Just a few days after the announcement of the takeover of the logistics company CHRISTIAN SALVESEN, the NORBERT DENTRESSANGLE group received on November 26th the European Commission’s Road Safety Excellence Award.The logistics company has been awarded by the European Union vice president and transport commissioner Jacques Barrot himself.In terms of sustainable development, the reduction of [...] > more |
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| 13/02/2008
Western France: 2 major events in 1
| | Save the dates: 4 to 6th June 2008 in La Baule (the sea-side resort) in Western France.2 major events are taking place at the same time with cross-meetings : one is focused on CEO levels from very large multinational companies: the La Baule-WIC (World Investment Conference), and the othe one is focused on innovative start-ups [...] > more |
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| 26/03/2008
videos about new places to invest in logistics in Western France
| | I posted several videos (in French only), I should say ‘interviews’, about new places to invest in logistics in Western France, on my French blog: http://www.western-france.info/logistiqueIf you want to have a brief overview about the outcoming places to invest, check out the videos. You’ll learn a bit more about Laval, Saumur, Angouleme, Le Mans… [...] > more |
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| 14/05/2008
Facility location: how to choose
| | Excellent article in a recent Suplly Chain Management Review about the 7 keys to facility location : http://www.scmr.com/article/CA6558638.html?rssid=68I totally agree in the fact that computer models can’t do everything and that a visit, on site, is the best complement. Local Development agencies (like the one I work in) can help in « humanizing » the location [...] > more |
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