For cool freight in Singapore 
At Singapore’s Changi International Airport, Ceva Logistics has launched its temperature-controlled airfreight station as a healthcare logistics hub for the Asia Pacific region. The cold station lies within the free trade zone of Singapore's airport logistics park. Ceva's... more
Relocation around Atlanta
Tirehub, a joint tire distribution company of Bridgestone Americas and Goodyear, has opened a new logistics and distribution centre in Kennesaw, Georgia to better serve the Atlanta metropolitan area. The previous centre was in Lawrenceville in the same state, about 80 km... more
Diligent robots in Dortmund
The Auto Store system in Dortmund, which boasts the largest number of robots in one location in Europe, is operational. The system was built in a new hall with a floor space of 7,700 sqm and is specially designed for international players in the fashion industry with a... more
Heppner expands in Ruhr region
The French Heppner Group, which was founded in 1925 and specialises, among other things, in cross-border freight transports between France and Germany, has acquired ABC-Logistik, ABC-Warehousing and incharge, a family-run group of companies based in Düsseldorf and Krefeld.... more
Big deal over China Logistics
The real estate affiliate of the major e-commerce player JD.com has purchased a controlling stake in the Hong Kong-listed China Logistics Property Holdings (CNLP) with a portfolio of 65 distribution centres and logistics parks. The 26.38% stake in the company currently belongs... more
Panalpina's funeral and Agility's integration
The Danish holding has changed its name from DSV Panalpina to DSV. The DSV shareholders approved this step, which was proposed by the board of directors, at a recent extraordinary general meeting at the group's headquarters in Hedehusene near Copenhagen, Denmark. DSV... more
Amazon's German expansion manifest
As part of Amazon's expansion scheme in Germany, Garbe Industrial Real Estate is developing a sorting centre for the online retailer in Erding, 30 km north-east of Munich. The new facility will have a floor area of around 5,200 sqm. The property is scheduled to be ready for... more
“Always on the ball” 
CEO André Strebel has been on board for 30 of the 155 years that the freight forwarder Schneider can look back on today. He spoke to Christian Doepgen about 2020, strong business activities, potential acquisitions and corporate culture. more
Panattoni Europe conquers Paris
Real estate developer Panattoni Europe is opening an office in Paris and has appointed Salvi Cals as new managing director for the French market. French national Cals, a Sciences Po Paris graduate and member of the RICS (royal institution of chartered surveyors) since 2008,... more
Digital CRM customised for logistics business
Efficy and Akanea have formed a technological partnership to further digitise the transport and logistics sector. Efficy is a specialist in customer relationship management (CRM) headquartered in Evere (Belgium), while Lyon (France)-based Akanea publishes expert management... more