Garbe Industrial Real Estate buys logistics space
Garbe Industrial Real Estate has purchased a 32,000 sqm logistics area in the growth region of Hanover (Germany). "Currently there is still an existing building on the site, but we will demolish it to make room for new logistics facilities," says managing director Jan... more
Ceva Logistics wins five-year contract with Airbus
Ceva Logistics has been awarded a five year contract to manage spare parts and components for Airbus at the aircraft manufacturer's site in Hamburg, Germany. The logistics services provider will be responsible for consolidating spare parts and components at the site from other... more
Flash Europe expands to Bulgaria
Flash Europe is entering the Bulgarian market with its franchise partner Cargo Sped. Georgi Tsvetkov, owner of Cargo Sped Bulgaria, has invested in the master franchise licence and in two – out of a total of five – regional franchise licences in Bulgaria. These two regional... more
Descartes acquires Peoplevox
Descartes Systems Group has acquired Peoplevox, a provider of cloud-based ecommerce warehouse management solutions. Headquartered in the UK, Peoplevox serves direct-to-consumer ecommerce customers around the world. Peoplevox’s web-based eWMS and ecommerce fulfilment... more
LIS inaugurates new office building
Logistische Informationssysteme (LIS) has inaugurated its new office building, the third on this site, in Greven (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). From now on, around 40 programmers and developers will be working in the 1,200 sqm building. With the new building, the... more
An Italian pioneer
Biological LNG is the environment-friendly continuation of LNG, so to speak, and can compete with diesel fuel. The Codognotto Group and San Marco Petroli Distribuzione are planning to start operations of the first biological LNG station in Italy this year. more
Noatum Logistics develops new facility
Noatum Logistics has agreed terms on a new 14,000 sqm facility at London Medway (UK), to develop a dedicated retail and e-commerce facility. The strategically located London Medway facility, which is due for completion at the end of 2020, will incorporate multiple mezzanines... more
China Logistics invests at Jade Weser Port
The state-owned logistics company China Logistics has signed a building rights agreement for an area spanning 200,000 sqm in the cargo handling centre (GVZ) of the Weser Port Wilhelmshaven (Germany). The company intends to set up the “China Logistics-Wilhelmshaven Hub”,... more
Agility reports 7% rise in net profit for 2019
Agility reported a net profit of KWD 86.8 million (EUR 261 million) in 2019, an increase of 7% from 2018. Revenue for the year reached KWD 1.578 billion (EUR 4.755 billion) and ebitda was KWD 193.1 million (EUR 580.7 million), increases of 1.8% and 24.7%, respectively.... more
Valsoft takes over Navitrans
Valsoft Corporation, a Montreal (Canada)-based company that specialises in the acquisition and development of vertical market software companies, has acquired Young & Partners/Navitrans International, a technology provider offering a complete and integrated suite of... more