Building another palace in Potsdam 
In Potsdam, near Berlin, the parcel service provider GLS Germany has broken ground for a new company facility. A 9,200 sqm distribution centre is coming up on a 50,000 sqm site there, in collaboration with project partner Aurelis Real Estate. The building, scheduled for... more
American Expediting conquers Boston
American Expediting is taking over City Express, a Boston-based player in first and final-mile delivery. With this acquisition the company has enlarged its footprint and its healthcare logistics portfolio in New England. The price of the transaction was not disclosed. The deal... more
Direct Bangladesh-Japan service
From October 2022, Yusen Logistics is launching its own consolidation ocean and forwarding service from Chattogram port, Bangladesh, to the ports of Tokyo and Kobe. The company will employ feeder vessels from Chattogram port to Singapore and Port Klang. At present,... more
Bretzke to become FWN
The Bremen-based logistics company F.W. Neukirch (FWN) has taken over the entire operating business, staff and warehouse space of Bretzke Lagerhausgesellschaft in an asset deal with retroactive effect from 1 October 2022. The price was not disclosed. Bretzke was founded in... more
Own entities in Morocco
Morocco is popular. Nippon Express Europe, a group company of Nippon Express Holdings (NXHD), has spun off two of its existing business locations in the Kingdom of Morocco – the Morocco branch and the Tanger Med logistics centre – into subsidiary companies. The move follows... more
Reaching number ten
US-based Scannell Properties has completed its 10th successful local project since it entered the German market in 2019. The real estate developer has now also found a tenant for its second speculative logistics property in Kitzingen, Bavaria, a site of 23,500 sqm. All... more
New partners in the OSL network
Two new partners are joining Online Systemlogistik’s general cargo network in Germany. Oneflow in Ratingen, in the Ruhr area, has covered the area around Düsseldorf for Online Systemlogistik (OSL) since September. The forwarder Heinrich von Wirth, with its location in Gingen... more
Keep cool in the peak season, says Setlog
FMCG importers can now remain calm concerning big shopping events such as Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the pre-Christmas period in November, say the supply chain experts at German software house Setlog. According to their analysis, sea freight rates for containers from the... more
This road leads to Rome
Germany-based Arvato Supply Chain Solutions (Ascs) has acquired the Italian logistics service provider Quickly which is headquartered in Anagni near Rome. The supply chain and e-commerce service provider has been active in Italy since 2004 and operates two logistics centres... more
Nippon unveils new reefers
The Nippon Express Group in Shanghai has introduced six new temperature-controlled containers suitable for transporting precision tools such as semiconductor-manufacturing equipment. Semiconductors are built into all kinds of electronic devices such as smartphones, PCs, and... more