Swiss Post: from a letter to a parcel centre
As the general trend of decreasing letter volumes and increasing parcel volumes continues, Swiss Post has decided to reconfigure a section of its existing letter centre in Härkingen and install a parcel sorting system that effectively creates a regional parcel hub. Part of... more
Another warehouse for the Seattle region
WFS-affiliate World Distribution Services (WDS) has opened a new warehouse in Tacoma, Washington. The 28,000 sqm facility represents the company's fourth new location in less than two years with a particular focus on the US West Coast. The site also provides support for the... more
More European hazmat via Duisburg
The Nosta Group is further expanding its location for dangerous goods transport in Duisburg, Germany. With its own fleet of vehicles and its own storage areas and other services, the group will now offer its full range of services from the Duisburg branch. Marc Brune, who... more
Supplying 3,000 service stations
The new contract is to run to 2024. Logista Retail and Repsol will continue their current cooperation and the Logista subsidiary will remain responsible for delivering supplies to the stores of the multi-energy company’s service station network. The renewal of the agreement... more
40 candles for ECT in Venlo
Hutchison Ports ECT Rotterdam opened its first railway terminal in Venlo forty years ago, in 1982. Since then, it has gradually been transformed into a large logistics centre. With five weekly barge connections to and from Rotterdam and Antwerp and 24 rail connections to and... more
A big deal about cash
The Spanish company Prosegur Cash, which specialises in logistics services for securities and cash management, has bought the majority of shares from the 1991-founded Change Group, a global provider of foreign currency and financial services. The takeover of a non-specified... more
For direct rule in Kloten
ATS-Hellmann is giving up its air and sea freight activities in Switzerland and handing them over to Hellmann directly. From 2023 on, Hellmann will be working with its own Swiss national company and taking over part of its long-standing partner’s team and market presence in... more
DHL is not Fedex
Deutsche Post DHL Group is celebrating its preliminary results for Q3/2022. A particular focus lay on the group’s ebit, which passed the threshold of EUR 2 billion over the period (Q3/2021: EUR 1.78 billion). Thus, with its group ebit for the first nine months of 2022... more
Two for a special site in the Netherlands
The Dutch ministry of defence contracted Rhenus Warehousing Solutions Netherlands for the construction of a centralised logistics centre at the site of the Kamp Soesterberg military barracks to better support logistics operations for land-based systems. The 37,800 sqm... more
New logistics fund in the making
The Asian ESR Group has raised AUD 540 million (USD 351 million) for its new venture, EADP II, a develop-to-core logistics fund. With a targeted fund size of AUD 1 billion (USD 650 million) for EADP II, GIC, ESR's Pan Asia Fund, has committed the lion's share with AUD 490... more