More development near Duisburg 
Garbe Industrial Real Estate has acquired a 56,000 sqm of land in the Meiderich district of Duisburg (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). The plot will be used for a new multi-user park covering a floor space of 29,000 sqm. Construction is scheduled to begin in the middle of this... more
B&H World augments OBC offering
Onboard courier (OBC) services are thriving as a result of cargo capacity constraints due to the ongoing reduction in global flights. B&H Worldwide, an aerospace logistics specialist, says that customers are turning to OBC as a reliable means of delivering their time... more
Posti fishing in Swedish waters
The Finnish Posti Group Corporation recently acquired the Swedish company Veddestagruppen, which is majority-owned by PEQ Invest and members of the company management. The Posti Group, which recently sold its Russian affiliates, is now expanding in Scandinavia, amongst others.... more
GDP for pharmaceuticals facility in Brussels
Nippon Express (Belgium) has gained good distribution practice (GDP) certification for air and ground forwarding operations, inclusive of inventory control, at its facility in Brussels Airport’s cargo area. Belgium has become a hub for pharmaceutical manufacturing and Nippon... more
An American-European software marriage
The US-American company Four Kites has acquired NIC-place, a European supply chain visibility provider. With its own data control centre (DCC), NIC-place offers carriers ways to share supply chain data with customers and keep complete control of their business, their networks... more
The French-Belgian connection
The French Groupe Heppner is taking over the Belgian family-run forwarding and logistics company Dina Logistics which is headquartered in Brussels. With this new purchase, Heppner, which is already represented in the Netherlands by Heppner Hacas, continues its international... more
Good marks for Bertschi
In 2021, the Bertschi Group, a Switzerland-headquartered company specialising in chemical logistics, saw its turnover pass the threshold of CHF 1 billion. Group-wide sales, especially in Asia, surged by 13%. The turnover share of its global activities, which the group launched... more
Another warehouse on the Swiss border
The Noerpel group, which currently operates 18 freight forwarding and logistics locations in Germany and Switzerland, is planning a new warehouse. Panattoni, a project developer for industrial and logistics real estate in Europe, is building another logistics centre for the... more
A proper global e-commerce division
The global e-commerce market grew by 24% in 2020, producing market sales revenues of USD 4.2 trillion. Another year of record growth in 2021 is expected to boost sales to nearer USD 4.9 trillion. USA-headquartered Seko Logistics is launching a new e-commerce business... more
Shipping election materials for the Philippines
U-Freight’s Phils and U-Ocean brands in the Philippines have won a competitive government tender held by the country’s commission on elections (Comelc) to deliver the material and equipment from the Philippines to various foreign service posts, and return them subsequently, so... more