Irish provider acquired by its board 
On 25 September, the board of Toga Freight Services completed a management buyout (MBO) and acquired the full shareholding of the company. Toga Freight Services was founded in 1978 by Peter Toner and Martin Gately. It will continue to operate from its Dublin 12 site and... more
A joint venture into Guyanese oil and gas
Bertling Logistics and Rafeek & Moore have announced the formation of their joint venture (JV) company, Rafeek & Moore Bertling Logistics (Guyana). The company will be based at Rafeek & Moore's office in Georgetown. Guyana's location at the crossroads of South... more
DSV Logistics expands to Mozambique
DSV, a major freight and logistics provider, has chosen the Agility Logistics Park in Maputo, Mozambique to manage storage and distribution for a global beverage customer. DSV has leased 12,000 sqm with the possibility to add an additional 2,000 sqm. Philipp Buechler,... more
Fnac and Ceva: tackling Europe's e-commerce together
Fnac Darty and Ceva Logistics have an agreement to establish a joint venture to become a major European player in the e-commerce logistics and SaaS (software as a service) market. Weavenn, the joint venture, will offer a unique, fully integrated service combining technology... more
Waco and BlueBox tracking partnership
The Waco System has entered into a partnership with the freight visibility platform BlueBox Systems to bring members real-time tracking of their cargo shipments in the air and ocean freight supply chain. Waco members now have access to BlueBox’s two freight dashboards,... more
Eight cold storage facilities for Lineage
Lineage Logistics, active in temperature-controlled industrial REITs, has announced the acquisition of eight facilities from Burris Logistics, a temperature-controlled food distribution company. The transaction is Lineage’s third proprietary deal with Burris. The addition of... more
Between LAX and Long Beach – a new Maersk site
A.P. Moller-Maersk has inaugurated a new 12,000 sqm airfreight import/export gateway near Los Angeles airport that offers plane-side recovery with unit load device transfers. The facility supports Maersk’s growing north American network of air cargo gateways, including Atlanta... more
Panattoni planning new facility for Dachser
Panattoni is planning a build-to-suit property in Landsberg, Saxony-Anhalt, for the logistics services provider Dachser. This is the ninth partnership between the two companies. The new building will expand an existing branch there. The flexible development of the building is... more
Online crane hire for Saudi Arabia
The online crane rental platform MyCrane has boosted its presence in the Middle East by launching operations in Saudi Arabia. The Dubai-based platform can be used to hire cranes with capacities of up to 750 t quickly and efficiently. MyCrane founder and CEO Andrei Geikalo... more
DB Schenker investing in Ireland
DB Schenker has completed three of its four development projects in Ireland. Sites in Shannon, Leixlip and Baldonnell are now fully operational after EUR 94 million of investment in new facilities in the country. An additional facility in Dublin, designed to house DB Schenker’s... more