A Spaniard consolidating in Portugal 
Varma Food & Personal Care (VFPC) signed its first international distribution alliance in 2020. It has now complemented it by signing an exclusive distribution agreement in Portugal, thus expanding its capacity to export beverages. VFPC is a unit of Spain’s Varma Group, a... more
Vessels Value's outlook on newbuilds 
Rebecca Galanopoulos Jones, senior content analyst at Vessels Value, has underpinned current developments on the maritime container market with the latest data. While volumes on the main trade lanes are slowing despite congestion, container traffic continues to decline gradually... more
Menzies Aviation renews licences in South Africa
Global aviation logistics specialist Menzies Aviation has been given a five-year licence by Airports Company South Africa SOC (ACSA) to provide ground handling services at nine airports in South Africa. Founded 28 years ago, ACSA is partially owned by the South African... more
Leschaco mourns the passing of CEO Jörg Conrad
Jörg Conrad, CEO and shareholder of Bremen-based logistics service provider Leschaco, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, 23 October 2022 after a short illness. He was 67 years old. Born in Bremen, Conrad developed the internationally operating Leschaco Group into a major... more
2,000 e-trucks for European road networks
DB Schenker has placed a pre-order for 2,000 e-trailers with Trailer Dynamics. The vehicles will be used successively in European road networks from 2024. The investment is a further step for Schenker towards the electrification of land transport. The trailers can be... more
Continuing to develop well overall
The Logwin Group, a Grevenmacher-based Luxembourgian logistician, has said that it has performed well so far in 2022, despite difficult conditions, which have also seen freight rates fall from their historic high in the course of this year. The corporation generated revenues... more
Avia Prime enters wide-body conversion market
In cooperation with the Israeli Aerospace Industries, European MRO Avia Prime Group has started working on the conversion of Boeing 767-200/300 aircraft from the passenger to cargo programme. The conversions will take place in the Belgrade-based Avia Prime subsidiary, JAT... more
Double honours for Mark Bruns
Mark Bruns (right) from Oldenburg is celebrating his 20th anniversary at the L.I.T. Group. He oversees all firms directly belonging to the L.I.T. Group as well as other companies. And that's not all: at the same time as his anniversary, the executive board also granted him... more
Expanding container logistics services
Rotterdam-headquartered Samskip group is acquiring a major part of the shares in Humber Port Logistics (HPL), UK. HPL principally serves ports on the River Humber and will continue to operate independently. The price of the transaction was not disclosed. Jamie Benton,... more
Leaving the UK for the USA – Boohoo!
The Boohoo Group, a fashion retailer based in UK, has asked DHL Supply Chain (DHLSC) to manage its first US distribution centre. For the retailer, whose annual sales exceed USD 2.4 billion, DHLSC will operate a new 93,000 sqm centre in Elizabethtown PA, southeast of Harrisburg.... more