Platform for pharma logistics providers 
Boehringer Ingelheim is one of the first pharmaceutical companies to have outsourced its operational tender management to a cloud-based platform since mid-2020. Transporeon, founded in 2000, today links more than 1,300 globally active shippers and around 120,000 freight... more
Balimpex becomes Dutch
Rotterdam-headquartered Customs Support is taking over Balimpex in Basel. Founded in 1981, Balimpex is an experienced provider of customs clearance and complementary logistics services. With about 70 employees at ten locations, the company serves its customers at all... more
GW launches "zero emissions" programme
From 1 November 2021, Gebrüder Weiss customers can fully offset the CO2 emissions caused by the transport of their cargoes. With the new "zero emissions" service, the group calculates and documents the CO2 footprint for every shipment carried by road, rail, sea and air... more
ID Logistics expands in Poland
In September, France-headquartered ID Logistics inaugurated new logistics centres in Zgorzelec, Gorzów Wielkopolski and in the vicinity of Wroclaw. Now the international logistics group is teaming up with Goodman to build yet another facility in Poland. The investments seem... more
Oasis' next location is London Gateway
Oasis Group has become the latest business to locate in DP World's logistics park at London Gateway. The Italian Oasis, a provider of management services to clients across the UK and Europe, leased its 33,000 sqm warehouse to provide information management services to... more
Logwin continues well into Q3/2021
In the first nine months of 2021, the revenues of the Grevenmacher (Luxemburg)-based Logwin Group rose by 53.2 % to EUR 1.26 billion (2020: EUR 822.9 million). The air + ocean business segment contributed the lion's share by an increase in revenues from EUR 574 million to... more
Gefco electrified in Italy
Citroën has contracted Gefco as its logistics partner for a fully electric vehicle in Italy. The Citroën AMI is a lightweight quad that can be driven by 14-year-olds with an AM license. The agreement covers the transport, post-production operations and storage of the... more
More funds for Beacon
The UK-based digital freight forwarder Beacon completed its second finance round in October. The company raised USD 50 million in a series B funding, with previous investors including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. The cloud-based services provider pointed out that its business... more
Giant wind blades on the road
Heavylift and project cargo haulier Laso Transportes, headquartered in Milharado, Portugal, is working on another major national as well as international project on the Iberian peninsula. For the wind farm P.E. Gardunha, twelve projects will be run in the Iberian Peninsula... more
50 candles for Trans-o-Flex
Express services provider Trans-o-Flex, a specialist for medical health products and other sensitive goods, is celebrating its 50th anniversary with all its employees at all its locations in Germany: On 2 November the company will kick off an online event from its headquarters... more