Logistics more digital 
From autumn 2021 the service provider Albert Craiss will be the new logistics partner for the production needs in Austria of the German technology corporation Siemens. To this end Albert Craiss is having a logistics centre built in the eastern Austrian town of Weiz. more
Ceva opens central hub in Vietnam 
Ceva Logistics, the logistics arm of CMA CGM, is again investing in South East Asia. A new warehouse located in Bien Hoa City, Dong Nai Province, in Vietnam, has become operative. Located in the north east of Ho Chi Minh City, this facility has a range of connections to the... more
Agility believes in Victoria
Kuwait-headquartered Agility will invest USD 35 million in Queen’s Gambit Growth Capital, a blank-check company that will target businesses offering sustainable solutions in a number of sectors, among them clean energy, healthcare, financial technology, industrials, mobility and... more
Ipsen's integration completed
As of 1 February, Gebrüder Weiss adds Poland and Malaysia to the countries where the company operates under its own brand: the country organisations and the 126 employees taken over from Ipsen Logistics in late 2020 are now fully merged with the logistics provider’s corporate... more
Combitras joins Gruber Logistics
Gruber Logistics - repre has acquired provider Combitras, thus adding two new branches to its network in central Italy. Combitras is a historically grown company with over 30 years of experience in part loads and integrated logistics and one of the major players in the region of... more
HSF changes hands
Danish DFDS has acquired the cold chain logistics company HSF Logistics Group, which provides temperature-controlled services for food producers. The group operates four brands, with HSF Logistics being a major player in the Netherlands, Germany and UK. N&K Spedition and... more
Jan de Rijk augments fleet
Dutch company Jan de Rijk Logistics, with headquarters in Roosendaal, is enhancing its fleet. Daniel Uijtdewillegen, its director for international transport, recently received the keys of the first batch of new trucks from Johan Claassen, sales manager with TB Bastianen.... more
The industry remained lively
The contradictory news of 2020 included hiring freezes and people frequently changing jobs. Moritz Blaser, a specialist in human resource services, explained the background of this and other paradoxes to Christian Doepgen. more
More capital for Prologis
Over the year 2020, the San Francisco-based real estate developer Prologis completed USD 25.0 billion of investment activity on an owned and managed basis. From the ProLogis – AMB merger in 2011 to year-end 2020, Prologis completed investment transactions totalling over USD... more
Strong quarter for J.B. Hunt
Arkansas-headquartered J.B. Hunt Transport Services, a Fortune 500 company, has announced Q4/2020 earnings of USD 154 million, 0.7% more than in Q4/2019. Revenues for the current quarter amounted to USD 2.74 billion, compared to USD 2.45 billion in the same period in 2019 (+1%).... more