Geodis opens new logistics centre in Northern France 
Geodis has opened its new logistics campus in Douvrin (Hauts de France). A team of 300 Geodis employees is ready to serve retail and textile customers on this new 48,000 sqm site. At the multi-user hub, Geodis can offer its partners comprehensive solutions for the reception... more
Qatar's free trade zones prepare their next move
The Qatar Free Zones Authority (QFZA) has drawn a positive balance of its first appearance at the transport logistics trade fair in Munich. The two new free trade zones in Doha (Qatar) generated a favourable interest among the logistics services providers. The next step will... more
Schuon to bank on value added services
Alfred Schuon Group is continuing to expand and building a new location with an approximately 9,000 sqm logistics hall for fulfilling existing and new customer orders in Wildberg (Germany). The site will also include 200 sqm of offices and staff rooms. In addition to... more
Sealog augments fleet
The forwarding company Sealog, based in Guadalajara near Madrid, has added 18 additional semitrailers to its fleet in response to growth in recent years. Sealog says it noted a particular increase in traffic between Spain and France. The markets in Germany, Benelux and Morocco... more
Standic building new tank farm in Antwerp
Standic, a Netherlands-based tank farm operator, is building a new chemical tank farm in the port of Antwerp. The move will double the company’s capacity at the Belgian site. The storage facility will initially have a capacity of some 95,000 cbm and a potential overall... more
Deutsche Post and German Football Association renew contract
Deutsche Post and the German Football Association (DFB) have agreed to extend their partnership. The new agreement includes, among other events, the Women’s World Cup in France and the men’s 2020 European Championship. “Just like our company, football brings people together... more
Bolloré Logistics teams up with J2 and Groupe Robert
Bolloré Logistics Canada has signed an agreement to form a consortium with J2 Procurement Management and Groupe Robert, which provides cargo handling, transport and warehousing services. The partnership between Bolloré and the companies specialising in the aeronautics and... more
Tracking containers with cargo-partner
The Austrian logistics services provider cargo-partner has introduced a new container tracking service for complete seafreight shipments. The new feature is available via the supply chain management spot that cargo-partner uses to administer all airfreight, seafreight and road... more
Contract logistics strengthens BLG
“We did not only achieved our targets for 2018, we surpassed them,” said Frank Dreeke, CEO of BLG Logistics, at the company’s annual general meeting. In total, the BLG group generated a turnover of EUR 1.41 billion in the financial year 2018. This amounts to an increase of EUR... more
Kerry Logistics forms joint venture with Correos
Kerry Logistics is set to capitalise on the growing potential of China’s e-commerce exports by joining forces with Spain’s national postal service Sociedad Estatal de Correos y Telégrafos (Correos) to establish a joint venture to provide end-to-end cross-border e-commerce... more