Preparing for Brexit 
With Brexit looming ever larger, Broekman Logistics, a specialist for complex value added logistic solutions, is opening its new logistics campus in Venlo (Netherlands) ahead of time on 7 May. This will enable the company to create additional storage space at its Maasvlakte,... more
Tigers is first Doozee customer
Tigers is the launch customer for a new instant freight rate quote engine developed by the tech start up Doozee. The new tool will be available to Tigers’ international agent network and will be hosted on the Tigers Smarthub:Connect portal following the release of future... more
Food grade and hazmat warehouse for Sydney
Mainfreight has opened its newest food grade and dangerous goods certified 3PL warehouse in Sydney (Australia). The warehouse features a 13,000 sqm food grade warehouse, a 13,000 sqm dangerous and hazardous goods warehouse, and a 2,000 sqm mezzanine. It also has 900 sqm reserved... more
Garbe building extension for Hellmann
Garbe Industrial Real Estate is adding a 5,500 sqm extension to its world cargo centre in Norderstedt (Germany). Another hall will be built on the airfreight handling site that is adjacent to Hamburg airport. The work is slated for completion in December 2019. The expansion... more
Contract logistics gives wings to Quehenberger
Quehenberger Logistics augmented its business activities and tackled the digitalisation of all business processes last year. The Austrian company’s 2018 turnover – at EUR 464 million – was lower than foreseen, however a 3% organic growth rate was achieved despite the closure of... more
Transco banking on own real estate
The Transco Group has amended its real estate strategy and will now buy logistics properties instead of renting them. In connection with the strategy change, the group established the real estate enterprise, Transco Immobilien. The new entity, led by managing director Tania... more
Cache Logistics Trust buys warehouse in Australia
Cache Logistics Trust intends to acquire a single-storey logistics warehouse and office facility located in Altona, close to Melbourne. The property, costing AUD 41.2 million, is situated on an 83'000 sqm tract of land with a net lettable area of 38'000 sqm. The warehouse has... more
Noatum Logistics acquires MIQ
Noatum Logistics, the Noatum Maritime division specialising in logistics, international transport and customs, is acquire MIQ Logistics, which is based in the USA and has over 60 offices in 19 countries. The deal is expected to close in the coming weeks. The workforces... more
B&S Logistik expands its facilities in Bremen
B+S Logistik und Dienstleistungen continues to extend its facilities in the freight transport centre (GVZ) in Bremen (Germany). To this end, Goodman is building a new logistics complex covering an area of about 30,000 sqm, which can be divided into three equal units. B+S... more
New Cometto for Fincantieri
Faymonville, a manufacturer of utility vehicles based in Luxembourg, has delivered a self-driving modular Cometto vehicle to the Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri. The SYT 4/2 trailer will be deployed in the Riva Trigoso shipyard near Genoa, where Fincantieri builds ships for the... more