Beware of Brexit in Belgium 
Belgium-based company Tailormade Logistics (TML) has set up a new entity to better serve international transports. Tailormade Customs will be headed by Omar Boukhzar. Boukhzar brings over ten years of experience in customs handling. Boukhzar said that “the company's focus is... more
Ceva’s best-kept secret
Ceva Logistics, the logistics arm of CMA CGM, has won a contract from Best Secret, a European online retailer for premium and luxury off-price fashion. The logistics provider will take over the shipper’s new 80,000 sqm e-commerce fulfilment centre in Sulechów, in Poland’s... more
Develop globally and locally 
50th anniversary of Sisa Studio Informatica taking place in an international context. The rapid pace of change in this hectic era is best gauged by looking at the world of IT, which plays an important role specifically in the customs clearance segment of Switzerland’s forwarding... more
Cargo-Partner: Viva Mexico!
Cargo-Partner has opened a new branch office in Mexico City. The company set up its first representation in Mexico in September 2021 with an agents’ liaison and key account support office in Puebla, serving one of its key customers from the automotive industry. The new... more
Slump across the board?
Reuters reports that Fedex lost approximately USD 12.5 billion in market capitalisation after it withdrew its original financial forecast on 16 September 2022 and predicted a USD 500 million drop in turnover for 2022. However, some bank analysts did not agree with Fedex’s... more
Warehouse boom at London Gateway continues
In UK, demand for logistics space continues to grow. DP World has just broken ground to build a new speculative 11,000 sqm green warehouse at London Gateway’s port-centric Logistics Park. According to the company, demand in the Southeast of England is even "reaching... more
Moving to a new site in San Diego
In San Diego, DHL has moved to another facility which is about double the size of the previous location. The integrator spoke of an investment of USD 22 million. The service centre, which is near San Diego International Airport (SAN), is currently the company’s third-largest... more
An energy drink for ID Logistics
In USA, energy drink specialist Nutrabolt has contracted a subsidiary of ID Logistics to cover the management of logistics and co-packing activities in New York State. The new 21,000 sqm site is the fifth operation the logistics company is running for Nutrabolt. It is located... more
Cool chain close to Stockholm
The Swedish grocer ICA Sweden is building an automated fulfilment centre 100 km from Stockholm to be completed by 2026. Once opened, the new facility is intended to significantly speed up the company’s deliveries to the retailers. A 30 m high frozen pallet warehouse will be... more
What crisis? It’s an opportunity!
In conversation with Nurgül Karabaki, LAM’s airfreight business development manager. Turkey’s skies are full of airfreight activities. Might the Iata World Cargo Symposium, which was scheduled to take place in Istanbul in 2020, return to the Bosphorus again next year? The... more