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15.04.2021

New space for more facilities

In Bitterfeld-Wolfen, 30 km north of Leipzig, Germany, Hamburg-based real estate specialist Garbe Industrial Real Estate has acquired a 200,000 sqm plot of land ready for construction. A logistics property with a hall area of...

14.04.2021

Train connects Turkey and UK in eight days

MSC has introduced the Omerli-Tekirdag rail service with three roundtrips daily on six days per week. The new train is operated by Medlog, MSC’s logistics arm in Europe, and connects the Omerli Depot in Istanbul’s industrial...

14.04.2021

Agility: blue skies above Maputo

After opening warehouses in Ghana, Cote D’Ivoire and Nigeria, Agility has now launched its new African logistics park in Maputo. The 290,000 sqm park is located on the new Maputo ring road in the Marracuene-Chiongo district,...

14.04.2021

Air freight director for Asia Pacific

Geodis has promoted Yigit Saricinar to regional air freight director, Asia Pacific (APAC). He will join the company’s regional management board, reporting to Onno Boots, Geodis’ regional president and CEO, APAC. Saricinar has...

14.04.2021

Faster transport with less emissions

CFL Cargo Sweden has started a new shuttle service for a forest producer in the north of Sweden wishing to export more products via the Port of Gothenburg and its rail network. The 500 m long new train operates four weekly...

14.04.2021

Better screening at USA's biggest mail facility

The International Mail Facility (IMF) at New York JFK has undergone a multi-million-dollar renovation. Troy Miller, senior official performing the duties of the commissioner: "I am immensely proud to cut this ribbon and step...

14.04.2021

Fresh segments to offset decline in cargo

At 5.6 billion EUR (-0.9%), the Dachser Group's turnover remained stable in 2020, yet saw a downturn in the volume of goods transported. The number of shipments at group level fell by 2.5% to 78.6 million, while tonnage fell by...

14.04.2021

A peak in Long Beach

While the run on the US West Coast ports continues, the Port of Long Beach achieved its busiest month and the second-best quarter in its history in March 2021. Although March is traditionally one of the slowest months in the...

14.04.2021

Iconic cargo facility opens at Brussels airport

After two years of construction work, a logistics building for goods handling has been officially opened in the West of Brussels airport's logistics area. This 50,000 sqm facility with direct airside access will henceforth...

14.04.2021

New headquarters in Strasbourg

After about a century spent in rue de la Nuée-Bleue, on 12 April 2021, the Ports de Strasbourg moved to its new headquarters at 1 rue du Port du Rhin. For its 95th anniversary, the second river port in France is settling in the...

14.04.2021

WFS appoints Smith

Paris (France)-based air cargo handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has appointed Jennifer Smith as UK commercial director, cargo & ground handling. In this newly-created position, her task will be to strengthen WFS’...

14.04.2021

Big contract from Poland

Polish logistics company Koimex has ordered 29 plateau semi trailers – eleven Power Line Mega and 18 Power Line Cargo trucks - from Schwarzmüller to expand its vehicle fleet. The Mega trucks have a larger storing space within...

14.04.2021

El Grupo Contenosa goes north

Copenhagen-based Scan Global Logistics Group (SGL Group) continues its international expansion strategy. In Spain, the group acquired Grupo Contenosa, a Spanish family-owned logistics service provider founded 43 years ago, from...

14.04.2021

Bolloré chooses Delvecchio

Bolloré Logistics has appointed Pino Delvecchio as head of healthcare vertical Canada. This nomination takes part of the continuous focus on the expansion of the company’s healthcare vertical in the Americas. Delvecchio has been...

14.04.2021

Port Esbjerg reduces carbon footprint

The Danish Port of Esbjerg and Honeywell are working together to reduce carbon emissions at the port by 70% by 2030 in line with the country’s climate target. The initiatives also contribute towards the International Maritime...

14.04.2021

Back to normal?

In March 2021, road haulage capacity on the routes between France and UK rose to 134.6 index points, 7.8% up from the previous month and also 7.8% higher than in March 2020. Capacities on this route have been growing since the...

14.04.2021

Logistics marathon continues

42 days after the first doses of Covax, the global mechanism for equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines, were shipped and delivered internationally, to Ghana, more than 38 million doses of vaccines from AstraZeneca,...

14.04.2021

"Curiosity of the Day"

Tomatoes and cucumbers are in fact berries.

14.04.2021

Mousset picks a fitting fizz

Another takeover in the food, beverages and living animals segment: The French Mousset group is acquiring transport company Transavoielait. In France, Transavoielait specialises in collecting milk in the Savoie, Haute-Savoie...

Ein Fonds als Schlüsselfaktor

Die 2016 gegründete «Drei-Meere-Initiative» hat sich als ein Dach etabliert, unter dem inzwischen 24 Grossprojekte der logistischen Infrastruktur in zentral- und osteuropäischen Ländern platziert wurden. Bulgarien, das 2021 den...