Air and sea freight hub for Rhenus at Leipzig/Halle airport 
Rhenus has started operating its own business location for air and sea freight at the airport in Leipzig (Germany), thus expanding its network in the eastern and central parts of the country. The new branch has a direct link to the Rhenus group’s international network... more
Nippon Express Global builds warehouse in Shanghai
Nippon Express Global has started to build a new warehouse in Shanghai Qingpu Industrial Park (China). Situated in the western part of Shanghai, Qingpu Industrial Park was opened in 1995 as an industrial park receiving key municipal-level industrial support, and its... more
Girteka plans new headquarters
Girteka Logistics’ annual report for 2018 shows another remarkable year. The organic growth of the company achieved a 37% increase in sales revenue, amounting to EUR 764 million. Last year saw 4,000 new staff join the company, with IT expertise alone tripling in numbers. At... more
Sealogis forms new freight forwarding division
Within the Sealogis group, Challenge International and Transfer International have joined forces to create Sealogis Freight Forwarding. The organisation of the group's other divisions (shipping, logistics and transport) remains unchanged. The Sealogis executive committee has... more
From coal power station to logistics site
St Francis Group, a UK-based property development and investment group, has purchased the former Eggborough power station in Yorkshire (UK) for an undisclosed sum. Built between 1962 and 1970 the coal fired power station closed in 2018 and has been sold by the company Eggborough... more
Operating results at five-year high
The owner-operated logistics company Röhlig continues to grow successfully in 2018, as the current figures confirm. In the reporting year, the operating result (ebit) rose to a five-year high of EUR 10.2 million after it had been – as planned – lower in the previous year because... more
TT Club enlarges its surplus
TT Club, the international transport and logistics insurance provider earned USD 195 million gross premiums in 2018 (2017: USD 181.8 million) and a surplus for the year of USD 16.5 million (2017: USD 7.3 million). TT Club has total assets of USD 619.3 million (2017: USD 597.6... more
Imperial Logistics wins automotive haulage contract
Imperial Logistics has secured more road haulage management business from its major client BMW Group. The company is adding new routes and extra daily runs to its existing programme of just in time and just in sequence mega-trailer operations, delivering parts from component... more
Digital data corridor comes on stream
Kale Logistics Solutions has finished the first phase of the digital data corridor between Mumbai (India) and Amsterdam (the Netherlands) in collaboration with the Dutch company Cargonaut. Using the iShare framework, which was created by the Dutch government programme Top... more
Contract logistics for textile producer
DHL Supply Chain has signed a five year contract with the Seidensticker Group, a family-run company based in Bielefeld (Germany). Seidensticker has been one of Europe’s most renowned shirt and blouse manufacturers for almost a century. The group is currently represented in... more