Cold chain industrial park opens in Qingbaijiang 
The recently completed ESR Chengdu Qingbaijiang Cold Chain Industrial Park in Sichuan, southwest China, comprises a multi-faceted cold storage facility with a total GFA of more than 113,000 sqm. It is ESR’s first in-built cold storage facility in China. Located in a major... more
SGL: another office in France
The Denmark-headquartered logistics company has opened a new office in Dunkirk, France. It is the third office to be launched by Scan Global Logistics in this country, and part of a programme to establish a centre of expertise for industrial projects in Northern France. The... more
Europa reaches into Southern Europe
Europa Road, the road freight division of the independent British logistics provider Europa Worldwide Group, has partnered with Athens-based Orphee Beinoglu to launch a new weekly service on Europa's own trailers. This not only expands the operators’ geographical reach but... more
Warehouse opened for EV battery logistics
PSA BDP has opened an electric vehicle (EV) battery logistics warehouse in Dunkirk, France. At the newly built 22,000 sqm warehouse, PSA BDP will offer contract logistics services for the region’s rapidly growing auto EV cluster. The facility is Breeam certified and meets... more
Integrated facility triples mail sorting capacity
In response to a rapid growth in parcel volumes, NBT Norway has decided to make a strategic investment in its mail production facility. The investment will exceed EUR 3 million and will add efficiency to meet customer demands, NBT said. The new parcel centre, currently under... more
Logicor: first prime logistics site in Gothenburg
Logicor has acquired a prime logistics site measuring 11,400 sqm in Backa as part of its drive to expand in the Swedish market. The former industrial site is located 6 km from central Gothenburg, providing excellent connections to cities such as Stockholm, Oslo, and Copenhagen,... more
Live-wire optimisation 
Logistics lighthouse projects from three different sectors. This year saw the 38th Zurich Logistics Colloquium staged in the Federal Institute of Technology ETH. Once again, a wide variety of case studies from logistics practice were presented by experts, focusing on crucial... more
From Asia to multiple destinations worldwide
Kerry Logistics Network (KLN), based in Hong-Kong, China, has launched a global less-than-container load (LCL) service with weekly direct connections from key Asian gateways to multiple country destinations, catering to more than 2,800 corridors worldwide. For the new service,... more
Maersk: one country, one price
The new e-commerce fulfilment solution will provide single window access to the entire logistics ecosystem for brands selling their goods online, including e-commerce platform integration, warehousing, country-wide distribution and returns at a flat rate of INR 80 (EUR 0.895)... more
Quite a performance despite challenging conditions
For Freja, 2022/23 was marked by a market dominated by volatile energy prices, rising inflation and interest rates, and difficulties in relation to freight and storage capacity. But despite these challenging market conditions, Freja can look back on a record year. The... more