E-commerce player big in Italy 
A major e-commerce player has chosen a central distribution centre for the Italian market in Landriano, near Milan: Web-based portal Yoox Net-a-Porter has opened a new single hub that doubles the store’s existing inventory capacity. The EUR 47 million project is the company's... more
New technology in cold storage
Kühlhaus Neuhof from Gossau, Switzerland, has introduced the Prolag World fit warehouse management system (WMS) two years after completing the upgrade and expansion of its warehouse. The company specialises in the storage of frozen meat, processed potatoes, vegetable-based... more
Major logistics park in South Africa
Danish logistics corporation DSV has opened its Gauteng HQ in South Africa, a major logistics centre in Africa. The group has consolidated its operations from different locations in South Africa into this centralised facility, which is situated near O.R. Tambo International... more
3PL buys transport broker
It is an American approach: The Pittsburgh-headquartered PLS Logistics Services, a third-party logistics company, has acquired D&L Transport, a transportation brokerage company based in Overland Park, Kansas. Founded in 2004, D&L Transport is a non-asset provider of... more
Project 44 takes over Convey
Seven-year-old Chicago-based supply chain data provider Project 44 has acquired last-mile technology company Convey in a transaction valued at USD 255 million. Before this deal, Project 44 had already bought vessel visibility company Ocean Insights and supply chain planning... more
Smooth AGM for Spedlogswiss Romandie
Thierry Moreno, the president of Spedlogswiss Romandie, the association of forwarders and logisticians in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, welcomed the 50 or so members and around a dozen invited guests (including two representatives of the ITJ) to the body’s annual... more
A distribution network without drivers
Miami-based truck leasing company Ryder and Embark Trucks, a developer of autonomous technology for the lorry industry, are partnering to build a network of logistics transfer points in USA. Ryder will provide yard operations, maintenance and fleet management for Embark... more
New parcel centres Down Under
An enlarged parcel hub in Perth, this is Australia Post's next goal. At 23,000 sqm, the new purpose-built facility will be equipped with adequate automated sortation and the capacity to process 14,000 parcels per hour on its first day of operation, allowing for an acceleration... more
More GDP-certified sites in Switzerland
DHL Freight has received GDP certification (guidelines on good distribution practice of medicinal products for human use) for its two Swiss sites in Pratteln and Buchs. Since its introduction in Europe in 2013, this qualification certifies that the logistics service provider... more
One more pharmaceutical warehouse in Poland
Maersk is pushing its logistics activities on land. The group’s second dedicated pharmaceutical warehouse in central Poland is now operational. The project was launched in late 2020 to create a second pharmaceutical warehouse as part of its existing warehousing and distribution... more