A big surface in Germany 
B+S Logistik und Dienstleistungen has acquired a logistics property in Hammersbach in the northeast of Germany’s Rhine-Main region, thus adding 40,000 sqm of space to its portfolio. One of the customers is Pepsico, a major player in the food sector. B+S will take over the... more
Logistics for an African pipeline 
The decision-makers of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (Eacop) project have chosen their main logistics contractor services (MLC). The contract goes to Bolloré Logistics after an extensive and detailed tendering process. The Eacop project will construct a 1,443 km buried... more
Ten years in Vietnam
It’s a double ten. Gebüder Weiss has opened branches in ten different countries in East Asia to date, and it is also celebrating its tenth anniversary in Vietnam this year. The logistics provider runs two offices in the country, one in the economic hub Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)... more
Europa launches sales branch in Liverpool
UK based Europa Worldwide Group's road division has opened a new office at the Royal Albert Docks in Liverpool, its first sales branch in the city. The potential is there. At the end of 2021, the road freight market will have seen an overall increase of 27.5% compared to... more
Record figures for Cargo-Partner
Despite a difficult market environment, Cargo-Partner was able to record a significant improvement in revenue in 2021, exceeding the EUR 1.5 billion mark for the first time. The company also posted a growth of volumes in all its business segments. Compared to 2020, revenue rose... more
Domarin sells majority share
Felbermayr has taken over the majority share of the Domarin Group of companies in southern Germany. The Domarin locations and facilities in the water and shipbuilding sector will remain unaffected, as will the name of the long-established company. Domarin was founded in 1986... more
Emerging in two more markets
Six months after expanding its business into Chile, Emergent Cold Latin America, a refrigerated storage and logistics service provider based in São Paulo, Brazil, has acquired two more companies. The acquisition of Polo Logístico de Frio (PLF), which has a strong market... more
Connecting Thailand with China
The Chinese branch of the former Nippon Express Group, now NX Group, recently launched a new multimodal transport service linking up China and neighbouring Asean countries. With lead times of five days, this new offer is a multimodal service for transporting cargo by rail... more
Luxury contract for Wincanton
In UK, luxury lifestyle retailer The “White Company” has contracted Wincanton for a period of five years, which includes an outsourcing element. The cooperation is beginning immediately via multi-channel fulfilment services, including international e-commerce order... more
Expeditors tackling the cyber attack
1979-founded Expeditors International based in Seattle has reported its results for Q1/2022. The group with 18,000 employees saw its revenues climb by 46% compared to Q1/2021, achieving USD 4.7 billion, while its operating income rose by 20% to USD 462 million. According to... more