Extension at Prague airport 
Cargo-partner recently started operations at a 1,400 sqm temperature-controlled warehouse near Prague airport. The facility has 1,800 slots for storing pallets at a 2°C - +8°C temperature range. The company is using the warehouse in response to the demands of its Czech food... more
Logistics Property signs lease for Southport logistics park
Logistics Property Company (LPC) continues its growth in the Dallas market by leasing an area of 102,200 sqm at Southport Logistics Park, a master-planned logistics destination covering more than 1 million sqm within the South Dallas submarket of Dallas-Fort Worth (TX,... more
IRU wants more women 
To address driver shortages, the International Road Transport Union has made the matter a key priority for 2019. It will cooperate with governments, authorities and firms to tackle the problem. more
QSL tries out a new app
Until the end of June, Meyer Quick Service Logistics (QSL) is testing an app developed by Spedion, a company that specialises in telematics systems for the transport industry. The mobile application enables a more transparent and consistently digital organisation and... more
Prologis enlarges portfolio
Prologis Europe reported a successful first quarter in 2019. Customer sentiment remained positive, despite some headwinds from political and trade tensions and weakening economic growth. Demand was robust and largely driven by the need for supply chain reconfiguration and... more
Origin Logistics opens office in Ankara
The Turkish company Origin Logistics has launched its fourth office in the country in Ankara. The new location will be run by branch manager Gencay Türkmen Kuru. It will offer the same level of services as the company’s other offices in Istanbul, Izmir and Mersin, which... more
Panattoni builds hub at Leipzig-Halle airport
Panattoni Europe has secured the centrepiece – a plot of land covering about 114,510 sqm – of the Airport Park Leipzig-Halle (Germany). The project developer plans to build a logistics centre, the Panattoni Park Leipzig Airport, comprising a 51,000 sqm warehouse, about 2,000 sqm... more
Toll Group and Kontainers sign multi-year software deal
Toll Group (Toll), a provider of transport and logistics services in the Asia Pacific region and part of Japan Post, has signed a three-year software contract with Kontainers, the UK-based software company, to power its global digital client-facing platforms. With the new... more
GAC supports Special Olympics
GAC Abu Dhabi played a vital role in the success of the Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi in 2019. The capital of the Emirates welcomed more than 7,000 athletes and 3,000 coaches from 195 nations – all of whom needed equipment and infrastructure from around the world.... more
The end of an era
DSV has acquired Panalpina and thus brought an era to an end in Swiss logistics history. In the early years, when the companies grew and prospered, there were parallels between them. Over the decades however, DSV has pursued a more consistent growth strategy, so that today the... more