YELLOW GLOBAL ENTERS ALLIANCES TO SERVE EUROPEAN MARKETS

YELLOW GLOBAL ENTERS ALLIANCES TO SERVE EUROPEAN MARKETS    Yellow Global said it has entered into 14 additional alliances with transportation providers throughout Europe.
   The international transportation provider for Yellow Corp., Yellow Global is weaving the network of alliances to replace a 10-year relationship with Frans Maas, a European logistics and forwarding provider.
   'After nearly a year of due diligence and planning, we believe we have partnered with companies that have the best in-country proficiency and breadth of services to meet the needs of our customers,' said Jim Ritchie, president and chief executive officer of Yellow Global.
   The alliance partners and their markets are: Air Cargo Estonia AS ( Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia); Alloin International (France); Road Air Distribution (The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg); Cargo Partner AG (Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Croatia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania); Cargo Shuttle LTD/Emerald Freight Express (Ireland); Continor A/S (Norway); Waco Finland (Finland); Enterprise Forwarding Ltd. (United Kingdom); Hamann International GmbH & Co. (Germany); Hamann & Hellmann International Nakliyat Ltd. (Turkey); Inter-Scan Airfreight A/S (Sweden, Denmark); MAT Transport AG (Switzerland); Space Cargo S.A. (Spain); Tecnocarga Ag (Portugal); Tuvia S.P.A. (Italy); and Tuvia Hellas s.a. (Greece).