Seko acquires Goodship 
Seko Logistics is starting a ‘transformative year’ for its global supply chain solutions business in 2019 by making the first full acquisition of another independent freight forwarding specialist in its 42-year history. The takeover candidate is Goodship International, a Chicago... more
Fiege building on the Dutch border
Fiege is to build a new logistics facility on a 12.5 ha site in Emmerich am Rhein, located on Germany’s border region with the Netherlands. Some 64,000 sqm of logistics space will be constructed in two phases. The first three halls, covering a total of 32,000 sqm, will go... more
Road network for new multimodal platform
The port of Dunkirk is creating a new multimodal platform named Dunkirk International Logistics South (DLI South). Covering a total area of 125 ha, this new platform for logistics companies and in particular the container industry will provide 400,000 sqm of warehouse space that... more
Krone overshoots EUR 2 billion turnover mark
Despite the somewhat taxing conditions in the agricultural machinery and commercial vehicle sectors, the Krone Group registered bumper sales of EUR 2.1 billion in FY 2017/2018 (1 August 2017 - 31 July 2018). The new record turnover came in well above the EUR 1.9 billion turnover... more
KN expands pharma chain network in Slovenia
Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) has opened a dedicated pharma & healthcare warehouse in Slovenia. The new facility, located close to Ljubljana airport, will distribute finished products worldwide and will also be used to store and distribute production materials for the pharmaceutical... more
Welsh food for Middle East
The Welsh temperature-controlled storage and distribution company Wild Water Group (WWG), has appointed GAC as its international freight forwarding partner, as from 2019. Under the alliance agreement, from this month (January), GAC will provide a range of freight forwarding... more
Airport logistics collaboration established
Siemens Postal, Parcel & Airport Logistics (SPPAL) and the French engineering company Gaussin Manugistique have signed an agreement for the global commercialization of autonomous guided vehicles (AGVs) that transport unit load devices (ULDs) at airports. SPPAL will... more
Redspher boost sales to EUR 300 million
The logistics group Redspher, which is owned by the on-demand transport provider Flash Europe International, generated a turnover of around EUR 300 million in 2018, thereby achieving the sales target it planned for 2020. The group of companies (then known as Flash) registered a... more
Rhenus acquires Cesped in Italy
Rhenus Logistics has purchased 100% of the equity share capital of Italy-based Cesped and its related companies. Guido Restelli, MD of Rhenus Logistics in Italy and future member of Cesped’s management board, remarked: “This move offers great potential for further developments... more
Bergé and Gefco create JV
Bergé and Gefco have closed a joint venture deal to create a major finished-vehicle logistics provider in Spain. The JV - Bergé Gefco - will offer more than 3 million sqm of space for storing up to 120,000 vehicles, along with a fleet of 700 trucks, 100 railcar wagons and 40'000... more