Rocking logistics at the Pan American Games
Team Canada’s logistics operations for the 2023 Pan American Games have been taken care of by Rock-It Global. This included the transport of food, medicine, and sporting equipment (hockey sticks, sailing boats, etc). The Rock-it team has been preparing for the games in for... more
Nordfrost: a new North Sea terminal
Nordfrost's new seaport terminal has now been completed. The 33 ha facility is located at the container harbour in Wilhemshaven and offers storage space for food, non-food and pharmaceuticals as well as a heavy goods warehouse for the mechanical engineering and renewable energy... more
Know-how to counter uncertainty
According to an outlook on e-commerce amongst small and medium-sized enterprises that Amazon Türkiye published in June, almost a quarter of the country’s SMEs carry out such activities – but mostly domestically. The online giant has opened its first logistics centre in the... more
An automobile hub on the Elbe River
The Mosolf Group, a system service provider for the automotive industry, has a new parking space in Cuxhaven. The site offers space for 4,500 vehicles, 3,500 of which will be used by Mosolf. To be opened in November 2023, the new site will be available to two car... more
Another German project for Panattoni
Panattoni will take over the brownfield site of a plastics company based in Friedewald in eastern Hesse next year to develop a commercial site. The 41,000 sqm plot is located in an industrial estate near Bad Hersfeld. The plastics plant in Friedewald will cease operations at the... more
J&T registered at Hong Kong exchange
Dylan Tey, CFO, J&T Express: "Hong Kong is a major international financial centre and home to Asia's most dynamic capital market. We will continue to work closely with our partners to lead the transformation of the global logistics industry." J&T Global... more
Intermediary between worlds
Logistics is largely conservative and male – there’s another way too, though. Kristy Guo, originally from China, has been working in Australia for a long time now, and is at home in both worlds. She has decades of experience in various logistics companies, which she has used to... more
A step forward in the cold chain
Tower Cold Chain has presented its new temperature-controlled container with a lightweight design suitable for use worldwide. The Evolution 1600 Tower Universal Pallet aims to make cold chain operations in the pharmaceutical and life sciences markets more efficient. The... more
Film and events logistics Down Under
With the acquisition of two New Zealand forwarders (Auckland-based Time Frame Logistics and Wellington-based Xtreme Forwarding), Global Critical Logistics (GCL) aims to expand in Asia Pacific. Time Frame has previously worked with GCL’s Rock-it Global. The company... more
Indian tech for cross-border shipping
FedEx is to collaborate with Indian tech start-up iThink Logistics for cross-border shipping, focusing on shipping solutions and cost-savings for e-commerce sellers expanding into the international market. Recently, iThink aligned with India Post to improve e-commerce deliveries... more