Regional hub moved from UK to Netherlands 
Houston-based Crane Worldwide Logistics has invested in a warehouse near Amsterdam Schiphol airport (Netherlands). The facility comes on top of operational centres in Tilburg and Rotterdam, will provide additional space and is also a reaction to the implications of Brexit.... more
Double strike for Agility
Kuwait-headquartered Agility has now finalised the sale of its Global Integrated Logistics (GIL) business to DSV Panalpina. It also reports good figures for Q2/2021. The group's revenues grew by 26.6% to KWD 112.2 million (USD 373 million) and net profit amounted to KWD 38.6... more
More international investors in China
The Dutch pension fund asset manager APG Asset Management (APG), ESR Cayman (ESR) and another global institutional investor have agreed to launch a logistics development platform in China, the ESR China Development Platform (ECDP). With an initial equity commitment of USD 1... more
DPD to swallow City Sprint
DPD UK, part of the European DPD Group owned by La Poste in France, will acquire City Sprint, a major same-day and last-mile delivery company based in UK. The financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed and the transaction is still subject to regulatory clearance.... more
Dachser USA banks on e-commerce fulfilment
According to a recent market report, US-American consumers spent USD 861.12 billion online with US merchants in the full year of 2020 – a leap of 44% in comparison to 2019. This represents the highest annual US e-commerce growth over the last two decades. Dachser USA Air... more
A first-timer in Vietnam
SLP (SEA Logistic Partners), a Southeast Asia focused industrial and logistic facilities developer and joint venture partner of GLP, has started building the SLP Park Hai Phong. It is the company's first logistic development in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. The new development... more
New facility at Colchester
The Woodland Group’s warehouse and fulfilment business, founded in Great Britain in 2010, has opened a new 14,000 sqm facility in Marks Tey, Colchester. The warehouse has been designed to expand capacity by 5,000 pallets and has over 4,000 pick faces dedicated to e-commerce.... more
Fresh logistics approach for fashion player
Germany-based fashion and lifestyle company S. Oliver Group is setting up a new service centre in Dettelbach close to Würzburg. Commissioning is planned for March 2024. Miebach Consulting is the Group's planning partner, including the oversight of the construction of the... more
“Improve our operational efficiency” 
Stormy demand and the turbulences churning up the logistics markets have also had an impact on freight forwarders. Jenny Vargas-Lamprecht, CEO of Lamprecht Pharma Logistics, teamed up with managing director Gian Carlo Alessi to tell Christian Doepgen in an interview conducted in... more
East Africa as a model
The clocks don’t necessarily tick at the same pace all across Africa, as Folashade Akanni-Shelle, the managing director of Bolloré Transport & Logistics in Nigeria, also pointed out. She believes that some East African countries can be role models for her own country’s national... more