Big money for Paycargo 
Freight payment platform Paycargo has found more investors. A USD 125 million Series B investment was secured by global venture capital and private equity firm Insight Partners. The freight payments network currently counts 67,000 active users remitting and receiving... plus
The art of logistics
At its Somaglia site in Italy, Ceva Logistics turned a logistics park into an open-air, urban art gallery. As part of the Prologis Parklife initiative, eight internationally Italian urban artists used 40,000 sqm of building facades and water tanks as canvases to create works of... plus
Menzies continues shopping spree
In UK, Menzies Distribution has acquired JBT, a Scottish logistics and supply chain services company with an annual turnover of GBP 23 million. With the takeover, Menzies adds 200 vehicles and six operating sites to its network. Based in Bathgate, West Lothian, with further... plus
GAC breaks ground in Doha
In Ras Bufontas Free Zone Doha, construction is underway on GAC Qatar’s new 27,000 sqm multi-user contract logistics facility. It follows the signing of an agreement between GAC and Qatar Free Zones Authority (QFZA) in February this year. The facility is expected to be... plus
Renovating automation
The VVA (Vereinigte Verlagsauslieferung) Group, an affiliate of Arvato Supply Chain Solutions, has reshaped its distribution centre in Guetersloh in Germany. SSI Schäfer has built an automated shuttle warehouse with order picking system in the existing facility on a limited... plus
Mobiliser toutes les forces 
En mai, l’Inde a établi un triste record avec 28 M. de cas de la nouvelle variante de Covid-19 (Sars-Cov2). Le délestage du système de santé indien depuis l’étranger constitue aussi un véritable défi logistique. L’ITJ a discuté avec Mukesh Aghi, président du forum de partenariat... plus
Jan de Rijk Logistics shifts focus
In its recently published results for 2020, Roosendaal (Netherlands)-based Jan de Rijk Logistics is in the black, with profits before tax of EUR 6 million for 2020 compared to EUR 5.5 million in 2019, while turnover moved sidewards to EUR 228.6 million (2019: EUR 230.4 million).... plus
Universal Wolf and Ferguson collaborate
Fergusons Transport, a major haulier in the northeast of England, has expanded its partnership with design and manufacturing specialist Universal Wolf. This moves follows the companies’ joint effort to build and deliver 750 hospital beds to support the NHS during the... plus
DPD France contracts Axians
Parcel service provider DPD France will continue to use Cargonet, a logistics system developed by Axians ICT Austria, for another ten years. DPD has been working with the software platform for 25 years. "We have been working with DPD on a pay-per-use model from the very... plus
Dynamisme durable
Au cours du salon international de Munich transport logistic, qui s’est tenu en ligne en mai, Lkw Walter a présenté entre autres des possibilités permettant de faire baisser les émissions de CO2 et les trajets à vide grâce à des solutions de transport durables impliquant le... plus