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38 Forwarding & Logistics International Transport Journal 35-36 2013In briefDSV stable. DSV, a Danish transport andlogistics company based in Brøndby nearCopenhagen, improved its turnover slightlyin the first half of the 2013 business year,namely by 0.9% to DKK 22.39 billion (aboutEUR3 billion). The company’s operatingprofit (ebit) dropped by 4%, however,from DKK 1.242 billion (EUR166 million) toDKK1.189 billion (EUR159 million).www.dsv.comKerry expanding in Mexico. The HongKong-based firm Kerry Logistics has boughta majority stake in the Cargo Master’sGroup (CMG), a Mexican logistician andforwarder. www.kerrylogistics.comwww.cargomastersgroup.comLa Poste profits down. La Poste, France’sstate-owned post office, improved its salesby 0.6% in the first half of 2013 vis-à-vis thesame period last year, to EUR 10.95 billion.Its operating and net profits declined by23.6% and 9.3% respectively, to EUR 483million and EUR 396 million respectively.www.laposte.comPhoto: AgilityAgility is doing wellAgility is on course for success.The global transport and logistics corporationAgility, which is based in Kuwait,reported excellent results for H1/2013.The company boosted its net profit byjust under 50% vis-à-vis the same periodlast year, reporting a figure of KWD21.6million (EUR56.8 million). The corporation’searnings before interest, tax, depreciationand amortisation (ebitda) grew by31%, to KWD45.3 million (EUR119 million).The group’s turnover grew by 5.5%to KWD708 million (EUR1.86 billion).Agility’s chairman and managing directorTarek Sultan believes that his company is«on a very healthy growth path.»www.agilitylogistics.comOnline business givesDP DHL strengthSteady growth in the e-commerce segmentin Germany and rising income fromexpress activities contributed strongly toDeutsche Post DHL’s good quarterly andsix-month results. The group’s consolidatednet profits climbed from EUR 196million in Q2/2012 to EUR 422 millionin Q2/2013, due in part to one-off effects.Its consolidated ebit jumped by 14% visà-visthe previous period, from EUR 543to 619 million. Revenues produced by thegroup totalled EUR13.6 billion betweenApril and June, a slight 0.6% dip comparedwith the EUR 13.7 billion recordedin the same period last year.The group’s operating profit (ebit) inH1/2013 rose by 7.8%, compared withH1/2012, climbing to EUR1.3 billion.H1’s consolidated net profit climbed by27%, to EUR920 million in the year sofar. In the first half of the year consolidatedrevenues remained at the previousyear’s level of EUR 27.1 billion. rawww.dp-dhl.detransport&logistikBernBERNEXPO, Hallen 1.1 &1.218. &19. September 2013Hier finden Sie innovative Lösungsansätze,die neusten Technologien und attraktiveAngebote.Fachmesse für Transport,Intralogistik&DistributionslogistikJetzt Messebesuch einfach und kostenlos online registrieren:www.easyFairs.com/logistikbern