Door Dash's European expansion continues 
The world is not enough: food delivery giant Door Dash, which has just inked a USD 8 billion deal to buy Finnish startup Wolt, is widening the door to the European market. Before the deal with Wolt, the group only delivered in USA, Canada, Australia and Japan. The takeover... more
More Swiss logistics for shipper Busch
Busch, a global manufacturer of vacuum pumps and other vacuum solutions, is strengthening its logistics operations in Switzerland. The company has announced a 20% increase in its logistics cooperation with its long-standing partner Gefco. Busch serves customers from... more
Freezing in Thailand
Bangkok Cold Storage Service (BCS), a K Line affiliate, and K LINE Container Service (KSCT) are setting up new warehouses in the Bang Na district near Bangkok in Thailand. Currently, BCS is operating two freezing and refrigerating warehouses in the Thepharak and the Bang Na... more
A. Hartrodt: takeover in Australia
A. Hartrodt's Australian subsidiary recently acquired the OTS Group in Melbourne. Overseas Transport Systems (OTS) includes OTS Australia (OTSA) and OTS Plus (OTSP). They will now form a separate division of A. Hartrodt Australia. At this stage, the independent brand will remain... more
Emirates Skycargo sent by Post
The Dubai Airshow formed the background for Emirates Skycargo, the freight division of Emirates airline, and Emirates Post Group (EPG), to ink an agreement. Nabil Sultan, Emirates divisional senior vice president, cargo, and by Abdulla M. Alashram, Group CEO, Emirates Post... more
For Barsan Global in Nuremberg
Panattoni is building a new extension for Barsan Global Logistik in Nuremberg, Bavaria (Germany). The company, headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey, offers transport solutions, warehousing, customs and supply chain services. Within the framework of a sale and lease-back model,... more
Hegele Healthcare in Singapore
Simon Hegele Healthcare Solutions is establishing a presence in Singapore to offer on-the-spot maintenance services for OEMS of large medical devices for customers in the Asean region. In order to further expand its business in the Asia Pacific market, Simon Hegele will base... more
Banking on UK business
With an additional 110,000 sqm of warehousing space that came on stream across two new UK sites in October, Geodis aims to enlarge its contract logistics activities in "Europe’s third biggest retail market", as the company said in a press release. Geodis opened a... more
Laurels for Rafed
Rafed, an UAE-based group purchasing organisation (GPO) for the supply chain management, storage and distribution of medical equipment pharmaceuticals, has received certification status from the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (Cips) for ethical procurement and... more
Agility scores - with and without GIL
Kuwait-headquartered Agility Group has released its results for Q3/2021. Revenues grew by 27.7% to KD 124.5 million (USD 410 million) while ebit increased by 6.6% to KWD 19.6 million (USD 66 million). For the first nine months of 2021, revenues surged by 17.9% to KWD 344.7... more