Pentagon acquires Carlborn 
Pentagon Freight Services, headquartered in London and established in 1974, has acquired UK-based Carlborn Shipping. Carlborn, founded in 1897 in UK with strong Scandinavian connections, specialises in the renewable energy market, particularly the North Sea offshore wind... more
Hellmann takes over Czech CEP unit
Czech and Slovakian-based overnight express provider Optimnet Solutions is joining the German Hellmann group. Shareholder Ondřej Zíta remains managing director and will report to Wilfried Hesselmann (head of CEP Europe, Hellmann). The 37 Optimnet employees will be taken over by... more
New building for Bruckner Spedition
Real estate developer Panattoni is building a new logistics centre in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany, for Spedition Brucker. With 800 employees, the forwarder operates 205,000 sqm of logistics space in eleven branches and nine other logistics hubs. The future building is... more
Second cool move by Lineage Logistics
US-American Lineage Logistics is expanding its e-commerce fulfilment abilities by a second takeover. The group has acquired Perishable Shipping Solutions (PSS), an e-commerce pick-and-pack order fulfilment service for goods requiring temperature-controlled storage and shipping.... more
Will South Korea's truckers' strike widen?
The South Korea truck drivers' unlimited strike action, which began a full week ago, is continuing. The ITF-affiliated Korean Public Service and Transport Workers’ Union Cargo Truckers’ Solidarity Division (KPTU-Trucksol), estimates that 15,000 members started the strike rallies... more
Better book disposal in Madrid
Logista Parcel and Nacex delivered more than 200,000 books for the Madrid Book Fair held in the Retiro Park. Logista Libros was one of the three distribution companies selected for the removal of unsold material and miscellaneous items at the end of the event. Until now,... more
Building up the air cargo branch
A takeover in the Netherlands: Global Transport Solutions (GTS), the holding company of Marinetrans and Best Global Logistics, has acquired Cargo Holland, a freight forwarder specialising in air freight solutions located at Schiphol Airport. Marc Kort (CEO of Cargo Holland) has... more
When two networks become one
It is a fresh marriage. The networks Ifln Global Projects and Largo are joining hands. The two project freight forwarder networks have formed “Project Logistics Solutions”, an alliance to strive for synergies that can accrue from greater global coverage, local know-how and... more
For Ikea in Bergkamen
DHL Supply Chain, an affiliate of DHL Group for contract logistics, has opened an automated fulfilment centre in Bergkamen, Germany, for its customer, home furnishings group Ikea. The facility is intended to store and distribute goods for Ikea’s fast-growing B2C online business... more
DC near Bangkok operational
Bolloré Logistics has officially opened the gates of its new warehouse and distribution centre in Thailand. The Smile Hub is situated in Bangplee, near Bangkok, 23 km from Suvarnabhumi International Airport. With a surface of 11,000 sqm, the facility will be dedicated to the... more