Rhenus takes over Malcolm Total Logistics in New Zealand 
The Rhenus Group has entered into an agreement to buy 100% of the shares of the operating companies in the Malcolm Total Logistics Group. The company, founded in 1985 and headquartered in Auckland, offers services for the local market including air freight, sea freight, 3PL... more
Geodis has grown in the USA
Geodis, the logistics division of the French rail SNCF, is maintaining steady profitability in a challenging international environment. The contract logistics business was buoyant in 2019, especially in the United States. Freight forwarding volumes came under pressure in the... more
Gefco launches new web portal
Automotive logistics provider Gefco is supporting its customers with Gefco Visibility, a new web portal. Developed by Wisetech Global, the tool helps users to administer all shipments from booking to invoicing. The software features several modules, including a reporting... more
Careful optimism and a radical step
Deutsche Post DHL Group has announced that its 2020 earnings guidance excludes, as of now, any possible impact induced by the coronavirus. Deutsche Post DHL Group posted profitable growth during the past financial year. Group revenue was up 2.9% year-on-year to EUR 63.3 billion,... more
Gebrüder Weiss expands network in Russia
Effective immediately, Gebrüder Weiss offers its customers overland transport services to all regions in Russia. The logistics services provider guarantees wide-ranging deliveries across the world's largest country through its new exclusive partner JDE (Zheldor Ekspeditsiya).... more
Swissport equips cargo warehouses with bluetooth sensors
Swissport will work with Unilode and Descartes to track and monitor unit load devices (ULD) using bluetooth technology at its cargo warehouses. The cargo handling division will equip its 115 cargo warehouses with tracking sensors during the course of 2020. This technology... more
Loxx travels to Casablanca
Loxx Logistics has introduced a direct link to Casablanca (Morocco) from the logistics hub in Gelsenkirchen (Germany). Loxx provides distribution services in Morocco with its partner Ipsen Logistics, which has been established on the market in Casablanca and Tangier since 1995.... more
Dematic automates Israel's national library
Intralogistics specialist Dematic is installing an automatic small parts store in Israel's new national library in Jerusalem. The Dematic solution ensures that the "source of knowledge" will not dry up in the future. The new store will supply users of the library with... more
Last-mile facility for Amazon
Panattoni is developing another property for Amazon Logistics, the division that handles Amazon's last mile deliveries. In Magdeburg (Saxony Anhalt, Germany), Panattoni will set up a 6,666 sqm logistics area and 1,025 sqm of office and social spaces on a 60,000 sqm site.... more
K & N: good overall performance, air freight stays afloat
The Kuehne + Nagel group recorded a significant improvement in its results in the business year 2019. Compared to the previous year, net turnover increased by 1.5% to CHF 21.1 billion, and gross profit rose by 3.5% to CHF 8 billion. Ebit improved by 7.5 to CHF 1.1 billion,... more