Gebrüder Weiss positive about growth despite revenue slip
The international transport and logistics company Gebrüder Weiss remains positive about its growth despite the slip in revenue from €3 Billion in 2022 to €2.47 Billion in fiscal year 2023. The company said that despite...Read more
Bolloré Logistics opens new office in Warsaw
Logistics provider Bolloré Logistics continued its expansion across Europe with multiple new offices. One of its latest additions has been a new branch in Dublin, Ireland. The new office moved the company closer to the airport,...Read more
Heavy-lift specialist Fagioli names new CEO
Fernando Bertoni has been appointed as the new global CEO of transport and logistics, heavy-lift transport, heavy lifting and related engineering and project cargo shipping specialist, Fagioli. Read more
Kuehne+Nagel cuts ties with Israeli arms company following Palestine Action campaign
Transport and logistics major Kuehne+Nagel has cut ties with Israel’s largest weapons company, Elbit Systems, following an action campaign by Palestine Action. The decision was confirmed to Palestine Action in an email by K+N. Read more
A $10 Bn logistics venture formed for NEOM
A $10 billion exclusive logistics joint venture has been formed by NEOM and DSV to support the development of the ambitious projects taking shape in Saudi Arabia. NEOM will hold 51 per cent of the...Read more
Blue Water sets sights on Chilean project logistics market
Blue Water has recently opened a new office in Santiago, Chile to cater to the growing demand for project logistics in Latin America. This new strategic hub complements several other Blue Water offices already established...Read more
Felbermayr expands shipping logistics capacity with a new purchase
In a move to expand its shipping logistics capacity, Felbermayr Holding has acquired 50 per cent of the Dutch inland shipping company, Rijnmond Logistics Beheer, based in Pappendrecht. The acquisition is effective from October 1,...Read more
Pentagon Freight Services continues expansion with Alfons Freriks acquisition
Providing enhanced visibility and optimised supply chain management have been two of the main drivers for Pentagon Freight Services to complete the acquisition of a Dutch logistics company Alfons Freriks. Pentagon noted that this strategic...Read more
Doyle Shipping Group sets own heavy-lift record
Doyle Shipping Group, a Dublin-based services and logistics company, has completed their largest and heaviest lift, with a single Liebherr mobile harbour crane. The crane was used to lift a gas turbine rotor, on Monday,...Read more
Pentagon Freight Services purchase Carlbom Shipping
The global logistics provider to the energy industries, Pentagon Freight Services, has purchased the United-Kingdom based Carlbom Shipping, the leading specialist ships agent on the Humber estuary, in Northern England. Read more
Geodis opens an airside cargo station at Paris-Charles de Gaulle
AirfreightPRESS RELEASE – Geodis is opening a new 6,000 sqm site within the cargo area of Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport to provide certified services, especially for customers in the health and luxury goods sectors. The...Read more
New air freight business Samskip Air launched
Air freightSamskip has established Samskip Air, a new air freight division at Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands. The new business unit is tasked with growing the company’s existing air freight volumes as well as establishing new...Read more
DSV acquires Agility for 3.5 billion euros
Project logisticsDSV has acquired the Kuwaiti freight forwarder Agility Global Integrated Logistics (GIL) for 3.5 billion euros. The takeover comes as a surprise. It was expected that DSV would press the pause button on major acquisitions...Read more
C.H. Robinson launches free emissions measuring tool
Project logisticsC.H. Robinson has launched a new tool called Emissions IQ that helps their customers to measure the emissions of their transportations. The tool is free for customers and has been developed with the Massachusetts Institute...Read more
Scan Global opens first office in France
Project logisticsScan Global Logistics (SGL) has opened its first office in France today. Following the successful expansion in Benelux, Poland, and the Czech Republic, the new office is expected to bring a strategic position to provide...Read more
Ships are queueing through the Suez Canal
ShippingA day after Boskalis subsidiary Smit Salvage pulled the container ship Ever Given free, enormous container ships and tankers are once again sailing in large convoys through the Suez Canal in both directions. The Ever...Read more
Geodis also charters tonnage to alleviate container crunch
ShippingGeodis is the latest freight forwarder to charter tonnage to alleviate the container capacity shortage on the major Asia-Europe trade lane. The first exclusively operated 1,000 TEU vessel is scheduled to arrive in Hamburg on...Read more
GE to transport sector: “Be proactive and come with innovative solutions”
Offshore windGE Renewable Energy is calling on the transport and logistics industry to come with innovative solutions. With the next-generation of 13MW wind turbines set to enter the market this year, the manufacturer is searching for...Read more