New client for brownfield 
Panattoni, project developer for logistics real estate in Europe has found a lessee for the first unit of the logistics park in Voerde, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The tenant is Krefeld-based MT Deutschland, a subsidiary of MT Systems Group, a company specialising in RPC... more
Delisle snaps up Transport Antoine
Ile-de-France-based Delisle group is taking over Normandy-based Transports Antoine, a corporation specialising in the delivery of liquid food. "This acquisition gives us a competitive edge in the food market in which large groups such as Veynat and Alainé operate,"... more
Pilot Freight Services' next acquisition
Pilot Freight Services (Pilot), a transportation and logistics provider with 96 locations in North America and several locations in Western Europe and Asia-Pacific, has acquired the company’s Kansas City franchise. The station and employees were integrated into Pilot’s... more
Jacky Perrenot's new B2C division 
Jacky Perrenot group has just announced the takeover of the Paris-based company VIR, which specialises in home delivery of heavy products. The latter has 300 transport vehicles, 885 employees and a yearly business volume of EUR 105 million. VIR's services cover France and, since... more
Trimodal Logistik wins another shareholder
EKB Container Logistik, a provider of international container transport and logistics services, has acquired 23.8% of the shares in Bremen-based Trimodal Logistik, effective 1 April 2021. Trimodal Logistik, which among other things operates a weekday inland waterway shuttle... more
Logistics for Argentina's Yerba Mate exports
Argentine exporter of yerba mate beverages CBSé has contracted Dachser Argentina to manage export logistics for its yerba mate shipments to the Mexican market. Considered to be recession proof because of the beverage's loyal and growing fan-base around the globe, the global... more
Nestle and XPO
As announced in June last year, Nestlé and XPO Logistics have inaugurated their “digital distribution warehouse of the future.” The companies started to work on the project in 2018, in cooperation with technology partner Swisslog Logistics Automation. According to XPO, the... more
Jack Wolfskin's new digital interface
More digitisation at outdoor clothing specialist Jack Wolfskin: Since the end of January 2021, suppliers of the outdoor brand have been using the "Forwarder Booking API" to transfer new transport bookings via the interface directly into the booking system of a... more
Röhlig remained strong in 2020
Bremen (Germany)-based logistics company Röhlig is satisfied with its 2020 results in financial terms. Gross profit amounted to EUR 140 million and moves sidewards in comparison to 2019. While gross profit in sea freight fell by around 2%, air freight gross profit increased by... more
Move in Mexico
Simon Hegele Healthcare Solutions, which provides logistics services for large-scale medical equipment and other products, has opened another logistics centre in Mexico. The new hub is designed and licensed for the storage of medical devices and other specialised equipment... more