AirBridge Cargo Launches

Moscow-Khabarovsk Service

AirBridge Cargo, reportedly the largest airfreight operator in Russia, continues to develop its network in the Russian Federation with the launch of regular, once-a-week, airfreight service between Moscow and Khabarovsk.

AirBridge Cargo, founded in 2003 by Volga-Dnepr Group, is the first Russian airline to operate regular airfreight service in Europe, Russia and Asia. The airline plans to launch flights to North and South America.

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president and CEO. “In particular, because of Unity’s and Reserve’s extensive experience in the automotive and retail sectors, the acquisitions provide RoadLink with significant growth opportunities in these key sectors.”

Most recently, RoadLink acquired World S.S. Inc., a North American freight handling company. In January, it took over Transus Intermodal LLC, which provides intermodal trucking services in the southeastern United States.

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Coupa Software Releases

E-Procurement Solution

Coupa Software of Foster City, Calif., is targeting small and medium-sized businesses with technology combining electronic procurement, request-for-quote and invoicing capabilities.

Coupa eProcurement Enterprise expands on Coupa Express, the industry’s “first freely download-able e-procurement solution.” Coupa enables purchasing managers to streamline and control the purchasing process by driving its entire lifecycle, including setting buying policies, catalog management, requisitioning, purchase order automation, approvals, receiving, and invoicing. Additionally, Coupa’s community experience—in which employees can add classification tags or provide reviews of products—improves the system as it is used, while also providing constant feedback to purchasing management.

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RoadLink Acquires, Acquires and Acquires Some More

Intermodal logistics service provider RoadLink USA says it has expanded its North American service platform by acquiring Chicago-based Unity Distribution Group and Ohio-based Reserve Transportation Services, both leaders in the intermodal trucking business. RoadLink, based in Chicago, is a portfolio company of Fenway Partners, a middle-market private equity firm that focuses on the transportation/logistics/distribution and branded consumer industries.

Unity operates primarily in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. Reserve provides intermodal trucking services, with core volumes coming mostly from Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and the Chicago metro areas. Together, the two companies will add approximately 400 independent contractor drivers to RoadLink’s fleet, bringing its total truck count to more than 2,000.

“Through these acquisitions, RoadLink is building on our platform of strong operations in the Midwest, enabling us to continue to expand both our client base and the services we will be able to provide to our customers,” says Chris Munro, RoadLink

Kuehne & Nagel Expands Its

Network in Japan, Once Again

Kuehne & Nagel has opened another office in Yokohama, extending its network across the country to nine locations in five cities. The new facility offers comprehensive sea freight import and export services, including in-house customs clearance.

Kuehne & Nagel says it is the only foreign logistics provider to have in-house customs clearance capabilities in Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Kobe and Nagoya (air only), underlining the company’s objective of providing customers in Japan with comprehensive services from a single source.

“The new sea freight office is a further step in our strategy to continually enhance the attractiveness and reach of our offering across Japan,” says John Levin, president of Kuehne & Nagel Ltd. “Thanks to our customs clearance licenses in some of the country’s key cities, we are very flexible and can offer companies a one-stop service in pretty much all of the major centers of trade and commerce in Japan.”

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28 JUNE 2007