UPS delivers Quiagen coronavirus testing kits worldwide 
UPS is working with Qiagen, a global provider of molecular diagnostics and sample preparation technologies, to deliver nucleic acid extraction kits critical to Covid-19 testing, as well as the company's novel Qiastat-Dx Coronavirus testing cartridges to destinations around the... more
Rhenus acquires freight forwarding business in Düsseldorf
Effective 1 June 2020, Rhenus Freight will take over the freight forwarding operations of L.W. Cretschmar at this company's headquarters in Düsseldorf, Germany. The takeover involves customer and business relations for this segment and the staff employed in the freight... more
Realterm closes EUR 100 million European logistics fund
Realterm has announced the successful closing of Realterm Europe Logistics Fund (Relf) at its hard cap of EUR 100 million to invest in the high flow-through (HFT) logistics real estate sector in Europe. Relf is the ninth fund raised across the Realterm platform and the firm’s... more
Kimera Labs opts for Csafe Global parcel solutions
Csafe Global, a provider in temperature-controlled container solutions, will begin delivering its passive parcel shipping containers to Kimera Labs this month, allowing the company to ship their products anywhere in the world to further ongoing medical research. Kimera Labs... more
Kuehne + Nagel plans no dividends for the moment
Kuehne + Nagel's ordinary annual general meeting for this year will take place as scheduled in Schindellegi (Canton Schwyz, Switzerland) on Tuesday, 2 May 2020. Pursuant to the guidelines issued by the Swiss federal council on the measures to combat the coronavirus... more
Cargoclix installs Slot within 24 hours
The spread of the Covid-19 pandemic is throwing supply chains into confusion. Truck drivers in the food industry often report long waiting times at ramps for the loading and unloading of their cargo. The Freiburg (Germany)-based on-line market platform Cargoclix has now set... more
Portfolio changes hands 
E-commerce is growing rapidly and could be worth EUR 500 billion soon. Logistics firms such as U-Freight are adapting their business to the development, and also have to invest in infrastructure. This is becoming increasingly important for financial investors. more
Ceva renews contract with Mondadori Group
Ceva Logistics has further extended its market-leading position as a book logistics provider in Italy through the renewal of its contract with Mondadori Group, an Italian publishing house for books and magazines. The new contract extends a partnership that began in May 2017 for... more
Elsen runs transports for clinics
Elsen Logistik, the logistics arm of the Elsen group, is operating shuttle transports for the Catholic clinic Koblenz-Montabaur in Germany, bringing supplies to and from the three locations of the clinic group. A closer cooperation involving additional activities is planned for... more
Tigers releases updates for Smarthub:Connect
The logistics and transportation company Tigers has released new updates for its Smarthub:Connect freight and e-commerce portal, which are designed to help customers during current disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and to support them in the aftermath of the crisis.... more