Hellmann got around in 2020 
It is a look back in satisfaction. Despite the well-known challenges last year, Germany-based Hellmann is content with financial year 2020 and Q1/2021. While the first half of 2020 was characterised by declines in volume, especially in air freight, volumes for the year as a... more
Change of hands in South Carolina
Pall Corporation, a global manufacturer of high-tech filtration, separation and purification products servicing manufacturing, food and life sciences industries, has acquired a new logistics site from McCraney Property. The so-called "85 Logistics Park", a... more
Specialist with an eye for detail 
The Altishofen-based Swiss logistician Galliker remains on the lookout for opportunities to expand and to specialise – also in today’s difficult environment. Its logistics solutions cover the general cargo, foodstuffs, environment, health and automobile segments. more
Paneco to go on stream in July 2021
A new transport network is set to launch at the beginning of July. In 2019, the European Freight Association of International Freight Forwarders (Elvis), Kommodus' logistics networks (Poland), Cargo24 (Switzerland) and ABC Business Network (Italy) joined forces to create Paneco,... more
Interactive pick-up in Hong Kong
The MTR Corporation, a majority state-owned company that runs Hong Kong’s Mass Transit Railway (MTR), and the Kerry Logistics Network are jointly launching a new online-to-offline (O2O) retail solution in Hong Kong, through their sub-brands MTR Shops and Kerry eCommerce. O2O... more
E-Cargo bike runs pilot test
Hermes, founded in 1972 as a delivery service for Otto Versand, is testing cargo bikes for last-mile delivery in Leipzig and Dresden (Germany). For manufacturer Citkar, the aim of the pilot test is to bring a cargo bike tailored for the CEP industry to... more
M&M France rounds off its portfolio
Militzer & Münch France (M&M) has acquired 100% of the shares of Acte International, an SME based near Grenoble that offers global supply chain management solutions. This acquisition comes after M&M bought ITP and ITPL in December 2020, companies that specialise in... more
JD Logistics IPO is on
The logistics arm of the e-commerce group JD.com is issuing 609.2 million shares in its current Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO), which set to close on 28 May. The price per share for JD Logistics is at HKD 40.36. At this price and with good prospects on account of the... more
New hub for La Poste
The French post office La Poste has opened a new location in the heart of France. The parcel-sorting hub in Seine-et-Marne, in the Île-de-France, is the fifth and largest of the company’s new facilities. It follows hubs in Isère, Pas-de-Calais, Var and Val-d’Oise.The gateway,... more
Further Bremen location for B+S
The German logistics services provider B+S GmbH Logistik und Dienstleistungen has moved into a 20,500 sqm logistics facility in greater Bremen. The logistician already took over a centre in the Bremen freight village developed by Goodman in 2019. B+S makes use of a total of... more