DSV has announced that it had acquired the remaining 60% of the shares in ABX Logistics (Australia) Pty Ltd to give it full ownership. According to DSV, the revenue of ABX Logistics (Australia) for the financial year July 2007-June 2008 was AU$42,347 thousand (DKK163,840 thousand), with the EBITA figure being AU$2,595 thousand (DKK10,040 thousand).

China has approved the merger between China National Foreign Trade Transportation, better known as Sinotrans, and China Changjiang National Shipping. Chanjiang National Shipping vice-president Shen Guanghan said the government is now considering the management structure of the merged entity. There’s no timetable yet for the launch of what could be China’s second-largest shipping logistics firm by assets after China Ocean Shipping (Cosco). Sinotrans Group is a freight-forwarding and express-delivery service provider, and Sinotrans Shipping is China’s third-largest dry-bulk shipper by capacity.

NOL has officially announced that was pulling out of the bidding for Hapag Lloyd, leaving the consortium from Hapag-Lloyd's home town as the sole bidder. Investors led by financier Christain Olearius, head of Hamburg-based bank MM Warburg, logistics entrepreneur Klaus-Michael Kühne, and the city council had bid about €4bn ($5.3bn) to keep the container shipping company German.