Maximising pallet space 
Toyota Material Handling has overseen the redesigning and building of racking and storage systems at a warehouse belonging to Hemisphere Freight Services near Ipswich, UK. To maximise storage space, Toyota’s turnkey solution opted for a very narrow aisle racking, adding... more
GW's Georgian gateway
Gebrüder Weiss (GW)’s hub in Tblisi, Georgia, recently welcomed a delegation from the German committee on Eastern European economic relations. The newly expanded and strategically located hub has its own rail connection and is close to the Tblisi International Airport. With... more
A first step into Singapore
Geodis and L-Acoustics are joining forces to open a new distribution hub in Singapore. The new project builds on the companies’ previous partnership when Geodis took over the distribution of the manufacturer’s products in Europe in 2018. The new warehouse aims to strengthen... more
A new partner in Nuremberg
Transnatur Group kicked off its collaboration with the Nuremberg (Germany)-based AMM Spedition on 1 June 2024. The aim of the partnership is to expand Transnatur’s import and export operations from its native Spain. Working with this new agent, Transnatur will offer a daily... more
KN enlarges hub in El Paso
Kuehne + Nagel (KN) is consolidating four of its hubs under one roof to create a new facility in El Paso, Texas, in response to growing demand for cross-border operations and nearshoring. On an area of over 33,700 sqm, the site features office space and vertical racked... more
Logistics - an Olympic sport?
Woodland Group will be supplying the Irish team with logistics and storage services for the upcoming Olympics in Paris and Los Angeles. Woodland Group’s Irish business has signed an agreement to this effect with the Olympic Federation of Ireland. As part of the deal, the... more
Backing BlueRock TMS
BlueRock TMS is teaming up with Fortino Capital, a Europe-based software/B2B investor to help it expand its transport management solutions worldwide. BlueRock TMS has been active since 2013 and now has a network spanning over 30 countries. Aiming to simplify transport and... more
Bang for Bucky
Bucky is Arvato’s latest addition to its robot fleet. The palletising robot is in service at the logistics provider’s site in Venlo, the Netherlands. Off the back of Arvato’s previous implementations of depalletising robots, Bucky has now been launched as a further automation... more
Standardising supply chain tech
The Scheduling Standards Consortium (SSC) has welcomed FourKites as a new member, the first real-time supply chain visibility platform to join the SSC. J.B. Hunt and Uber Freight came together in 2022 to establish SSC and combat friction within the supply chain. Since then,... more
Two years of logistics in India
UPS is currently celebrating the two-year anniversary of its Indian joint venture. Dubbed Movin, it was launched in collaboration with Inter Globe Enterprises in 2022 and has since been offering logistics services throughout the country. The brand has confirmed its position... more