The Mongolian project 
12,600 LED street lights and lamp posts were transported to Ulaanbaatar by rail recently. The logistician Gebrüder Weiss (GW) was contracted by the Zumtobel lighting group for the undertaking. More than 80 containers in twelve months were delivered on schedule from Austria to... more
More Bauhaus products in Czech warehouse
German DIY retailer Bauhaus has renewed and extended its e-commerce logistics contract with FM Logistic. The expanded range of services offered has doubled the size of the Lovosice fulfilment centre in Czechia, close to the German border, from 30,000 to 60,000 sqm. The... more
Laurels for technology in logistics 
Founded in 2016, technology company Insta Freight has reached seventh place in Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 2021. With this award, Deloitte honours the 50 growth champions in the tech industry, based on their percentage revenue growth over the past four financial years. The... more
DDS raises new funds
DDS Logistics, a French software developer for transport, logistics and international sourcing that specialises in transport management solutions (TMS), has just obtained new funds from its investors. The EUR 8 million fresh cash will be used to push two projects: the... more
Frigoscandia changes hands
Private equity holding Mutares is acquiring Frigoscandia from Posten Norge. Founded in 1948, Frigoscandia specialises in fresh, chilled and frozen food logistics solutions, providing transport services for goods at temperatures from -25° to +25°C. It operates out of 25... more
Cool chain and last-mile transport
Austria-headquartered Cargo-Partner is expanding its food logistics and warehousing segments and its last mile and value-added services. While the warehouse in Prague has taken over nationwide temperature-controlled deliveries for a customer's fresh and frozen fish products... more
AZA grows in Valencia
Spanish Grupo AZA and its subsidiary AZA Logistics are inaugurating a logistics facility in Sagunto close to Valencia with a capacity of 45,000 pallets on a complete warehouse surface of 25,000 sqm. The property features narrow aisle pallet racks (VNA racks), a high-density... more
An Italo-Hispanic healthcare deal
The Italian Bomi Group is expanding in Europe with special emphasis on the pharmaceutical sector. The takeover of Picking Farma, a Spanish company that has been providing logistics solutions to companies in the pharmaceutical, veterinary and cosmetics sectors for 20 years, is a... more
How to tackle Brexit, again
Brexit continues to pose major challenges for transport companies serving routes to UK. With Hegelmann Transport Ferry Service (HTFS), the Hegelmann Group has organised its own solution for logistics companies to help them handle cross-border transport, book ferry, bridge,... more
Imperial's new facility in Terneuzen
Imperial Logistics has inaugurated a larger tank-cleaning facility to extend its cleaning services for third parties as well as its own Netherlands-based tanker fleet. The new location, at Terneuzen, replaces Imperial’s smaller operational site at Axel. It has three separate... more