More North America for Maersk 
A.P. Moller-Maersk will buy USA-based Pilot Freight Services from ATL Partners, a sector-focused private equity firm in New York and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) in Canada. The transaction will cost USD 1.68 billion. After Performance Team (PT)... more
Intermodal route in Central Asia trialled
ADY Container has delivered the first container block train on the Assaka-Baku route. The block train consisting of 50 containers from the Assaka Logistics Centre in Uzbekistan has already reached the port of Alat. The 40-foot containers loaded with car parts were... more
Rhenus expands in India
Rhenus is launching Supply Chain Solutions, a new, integrated logistics services business unit in India. The provider reports that its Indian branch achieved "a record year-on-year average growth of 20 to 30% from 2010 to 2021” last year. Rhenus India is planning to... more
Fedex Express boosts capacity
Fedex Express is launching a new flight from UK to USA, boosting capacity for UK exporters requesting next-day deliveries to the world’s largest economy. The flight, operated with a Boeing 777, offers customers more transatlantic parcel and e-commerce capacity, adding... more
Another loan for ESR
With the completion of the ARA Asset Management (ARA) acquisition, ESR Cayman Limited (ESR) has enlarged its portfolio as a major APAC real asset manager, including logistics real estate in Asian countries. The integration with ARA, including its subsidiary Logos, also enables... more
JAS chooses Alexandre Cirodde
JAS EMEA has named Alexandre Cirodde as EMEA regional accounts director for aerospace. Cirodde brings over 20 years of experience in the aerospace and freight forwarding industry. In the early 2002s, he started in the procurement department of a European multinational... more
Habben Jansen expects congestion to end
Optimism is Rolf Habben Jansen's third motto, caution his second one. More punctual shipping connections and lower transport costs are on the horizon if additional terminal employees can be recruited, amongst other things, he explained at an online media event earlier in... more
Transfesa in the Top 101
Transfesa, based in Spain, was recognised by #Por El Clima’s member companies as one of the 101 most sustainable firms for the second year running. The award-winning project was ‘we are part of the solution’, which seeks to redefine the company’s processes to align them with the... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
A 1.75 m tall Barbie doll would have the body measurements 99-46-84. Her shoe size would be 34. more
PLP's new site to be finalised in 2022
PLP, a developer, manager and owner of logistics and industrial properties in UK, has contracted Glencar to build a 140,000 sqm (Crewe 460) speculative big box logistics unit at a development site at Basford West in Crewe. Construction work is expected to start imminently, and... more