Lubbers joins the pipeline 
Chicago-based AIT Worldwide Logistics, a global supply chain solutions provider, has completed its acquisition of Lubbers Logistics Group, a European logistics company founded in the Netherlands 95 years ago. Lubbers specialises in high-value, complex and time-sensitive... more
A shift from China to Africa
Reducing dependence on China and boosting investment in Africa: These are the strategies logistics executives will pursue this year. A study conducted by Agility found that half of the professionals surveyed expect a global recession in 2024. More than half of the respondents... more
Airfreight at Frankfurt airport
Frankfurt airport’s operator is working with DHL to build an airfreight centre at the international airport. Construction has already begun on a 55,000 sqm property at Cargo City South. DHL will use the facility to handle airfreight for both German and international customers.... more
GW: eleventh hub in USA
Gebrüder Weiss is taking over the Salt Lake City (Utah)-based forwarding company Cargo-Link, thus adding the eleventh hub to its US network. Cargo-Link operates a 2,000 sqm logistics hub on a site close to the city’s international airport. With this acquisition, the German... more
A solid year for DSV
Despite softening demand and a general decline in global trade, DSV can look back on a satisfactory 2023, with the company’s results in line with expectations after its strong performance in 2022. Geopolitical tensions resulted in a 33.1% drop in ebit in DSV’s air & sea... more
Turning back the clock
Four years after Britain’s departure from the EU, Europa Road is returning to pre-Brexit delivery times. Europa Worldwide Group’s road freight division has a facility located close to the Dartford Thames Crossing, around 32 km from the centre of London. The groupage hub... more
In the heart of Stuttgart
CTP is purchasing a hub in the centre of Stuttgart, thus adding 39,000 sqm to its portfolio. The logistics real estate developer has agreed to a sale and lease back transaction with Mahle Behr, which is currently using it as a research and development site. It features 30,000... more
AED 621 million for Abu Dhabi hubs
Khalifa Economic Zones Abu Dhabi (Kezad Group) is investing AED 621 million (EUR 157 million) in several new developments in the United Arab Emirates, which will boost its warehousing capacity by 43%. Its building project in the Khalifa Industrial Area will cover 97,500 sqm of... more
100 robots, one warehouse
More than 100 autonomous mobile robots have been put into operation at DB Schenker’s new contract logistics hub in Rudna, Czechia. The highly automated facility features robotisation, seven packing lines with 162 stations, a vertical order picker and an automated sorter.... more
Toll: two footholds in Poland
Toll Global Forwarding has opened two new branches in Poznan and Krakow in Poland. Based in Australia, the logistics provider has a workforce of 16,000 and operates in 150 countries. The expansion will improve its access to markets in Eastern Europe and the Baltics. Toll... more