A bridgehead in Hamburg 
Xstaff, a company formed in 2016 by the firms Coop Schweiz and the Belgian Colruyt Group, will open a new location in Hamburg on 1 January 2023. The international purchasing network of over 50 service providers in Europe and Asia represents the interests of its clients by... more
How the lights will shine
The shipper Ledvance, a supplier of lamps and luminaires, contracted the 3PL Hellmann to manage some of its European warehousing operations. In addition to managing a central Ledvance warehouse in Molsheim (France), Hellmann has also been in charge of the warehouses in Spain and... more
A 3PL strikes in France
D-Groupe Logistique, a French 3PL, has acquired Logsytech, an e-commerce and retail logistics specialist. The Logsytech Group operates five warehouses covering 30,000 sqm. Its services include e-commerce, marketing, telecoms and POS logistics, as well as distribution and... more
XPO remains European too
The US-headquartered group XPO Logistics has decided to delay the sale of its European activities. The divestiture of its European business, as announced in March 2022, has been called off for the time being. The reason given was “weakened capital markets”, the company said in a... more
Warehousing takeover finalised
Bluejay Capital, a specialist for logistics and transport industry investments, has completed the acquisition of the Atlanta-based US firm Best Warehousing and Transportation (BWT), a 3PL and B2B warehousing and transportation business with 30 locations in 15 US states. The... more
BBL swallows Share Logistics
The French logistics company Groupe BBL wants to further extend its international profile and to this end has purchased the Share Logistics Group, from the Netherlands. The Rotterdam-based company was run by Jan Crezee and a team of managers since an MBO in 2008. The... more
Extending its network in Poland
The Polish subsidiary of the German company Nosta Logistik has opened a new office in Warsaw, thus bringing the number of the logistician’s branches in Poland to four. Airfreight team leader Daniel Głuchowski pointed out that “air cargo activities are crucially important to... more
A strong end in Ostend
Ostend-based Europa Road Belgium has successfully extended its road freight services. The operator has invested in the business recently, expanding and rebranding – from ‘Continental Cargo Carriers’ to ‘Europa Road’ – its services in September. The company has now... more
WDS complements its US west coast activities
A takeover has been completed in the USA, with the World Group, the parent company of World Distribution Services (WDS), acquiring Pacific Cascade, including both Pacific Cascade Distribution and Pacific Cascade Trucking headquartered in Sumner WA. Pacific Cascade, founded in... more
Second warehouse close to Gothenburg
In Sweden, Geodis has enhanced its capacity by adding a 20,000 sqm warehouse close to its existing facility at Arendal, near Gothenburg. A year after establishing its own operational footprint close to the biggest Swedish port, the French group’s contract logistics line of... more