Not U-turn, but Uway 
A new round of financing plans is on for the Indonesian e-commerce platform "Uway". The company spoke of a sum of USD 500 million financing and continued that "Uway's goal is to create a fully optimised supply chain that allows every consumer to get the goods they... more
Complementing Mediterranean network
Carbox, a division of the Tarros Group, has opened its first location in Egypt, Carbox Egypt, in the port of Alexandria. The establishment of this office follows the model of the company's first Moroccan headquarters in Casablanca. Silvano Maggi, Carbox managing director,... more
Swiss SMEs go international 
50th anniversary for Swiss Export. Since its founding in 1973 and its renaming in 2003 the association Swiss Export, which represents Swiss SMEs with international activities, has differentiated its services. more
A passage to Passar
Duano and K & S Informatik now collaborate in Switzerland. The Swiss customs authorities are getting serious about the changeover to the new Passar system this year, which is compulsory for importers and exporters. Christian Doepgen spoke to Duano’s Philipp Muster and K & S... more
“We’re not a sofa forwarder”
Orientation and business fields of Basel-based niche player Müller-Gysin. One frequently hears that in forwarding, as in football, there’s no match for a financially strong competitor. The fact that experience and specialisation can nevertheless keep small forwarders on track is... more
“We remain agile and active”
In conversation with Nova Traffic CEO Daniel Stein. Nova Traffic has been active in the transport and logistics market since 1982. Commitment and good luck, which is occasionally also deserved, has kept the firm from Kloten, near Zurich, going. The ‘haulage artists’ celebrated... more
Tanks flow thanks to new platform
Managing the supply and services of containers for liquid goods. The number of regular containers available is now sufficient to meet demand again, but the market for transport tanks for liquid goods is far from saturated. The ‘Tank4swap’ platform, from Canada, wants to open up... more
Friderici buys maintenance specialist
Friderici Spécial, a Swiss family-run company operating in the transport sector since the end of the 19th century, has made a technical acquisition. Gattoni Maintenance, active in Valais since 1964 and domiciled in Monthey since 1982, has joined the group with its workshop... more
ADPL venturing further into healthcare logistics
The Swiss pharmaceutical company Acino has signed an agreement with the affiliate of AD Ports Group in UAE for global freight forwarding services in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) regio. The agreement will see ADPL use its fully integrated and GDP-certified end-to-end... more
Dimotrans has a new shareholder
The entry of Crédit Mutuel Equity as a new minority shareholder marks an important step in the strategy of the French logistician, which specialises in multimodal goods transport (road, air, sea), parcel/pallet delivery in France, and also provides customs and logistics... more