Growing through business partnerships in Malaysia 
Best Express Malaysia gained a foothold in Malaysia in April 2020 by setting up a courier service. Since then, the company has steadily expanded this unit, even during the pandemic period. Now, it is looking for more business partners in Malaysia to unlock more potential and... more
This side of utopia 
Automated warehouse for retro goods coming up in Oxfordshire. There wouldn’t appear to be an end in sight to a strong ongoing trend – demand for music on CD and records, and for films on DVD and video. Now Utopia Music is building a distribution warehouse in Bicester as part of... more
‘Flexible storage’ initiative launched
Supply chain and logistics specialist Bis Henderson Space has joined forces with logistics property company Prologis to pilot a flexible warehouse model in UK. A new 31,120 sqm facility will be available on a flexible, pallet-by-pallet basis at Prologis Park, Wellingborough West... more
JAS inaugurates new office in India
The new facility is located in Pune, Maharashtra in Western India. It will further strengthen JAS’ position as logistics provider in the Indian market and marks the establishment of Pune as an independent branch, the company said. JAS Worldwide is a privately owned international... more
Freshippo opens twelve new stores in just a day
The new stores of Alibaba Group's digital intelligence-powered new retail company are spread over eight cities in Mainland China, including Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. Over half of the new stores are adopting an upgraded Freshippo store image. Several of these newly... more
GW acquires freight forwarder B+A
The new wholly owned subsidiary in Germany specialises in the import and export of groupage freight containers by air and sea between Asia and Germany. It was integrated into the Gebrüder Weiss (GW) network on 27 June 2023. With the takeover, the logistics specialist... more
South Korea investing in logistics centres in USA
South Korea-based provider CJ Logistics and Korea Ocean Business (KOBC), a South Korean government entity, are partnering to construct large-scale logistics centres in USA. With a total investment of USD 457 million, these hubs will prioritise the handling of import and... more
MSK Pharmalogistic opens new distribution hub
The family-run, full-service pharmaceuticals service provider is planning to use the new site in Bensheim (Germany) as a GDP (good distribution practice) and GMP-certified (good manufacturing practice) logistics centre for the storage and transhipment of pharmaceuticals and... more
More Italianità in Lithuania
The Italy-headquartered 3PL Codognotto is continuing its international expansion by opening a new branch in Vilnius, Lithuania. The company aims to create its own intermodal network for transporting goods between Central Europe, the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea. The new site... more
DB Schenker adds capacity in strategic location
The logistics service provider is setting up a new cross-dock terminal with an office building on more than 70,000 sqm in a strategically favourable location in Neunkirchen, Germany, by the end of 2024. With 119 loading gates and 10,500 sqm of warehouse space, the new... more