Intercontor Hellas - Success owed to expansion 
The family-run Greek transport and freight forwarding company Intercontor Hellas is on the right track, despite the severe crisis facing the country. The ITJ spoke to Werner Hermann, the owner and managing director of Intercontor, about his company. more
Gefco Romania expanding in the south 
Gefco Romania, a national subsidiary owned by the industry logistics specialist Gefco, is adding a new location in Craiova in the southern part of the country. The branch office, which will concentrate on overland transport activities, will schedule 350 full truck loads for... more
TNT Express sells domestic road business in China
TNT Express has completed the sale of its domestic road operations in China (Hoau) to private equity funds under the management of Citic PE. All the required regulatory authorisations have been obtained. The sale of Hoau was announced on 28 March of this year. The parties have... more
Ontime Logistics flies aircraft engines to USA
Salzburg (Austria)-based Ontime Logistics has landed a new contract. The company collects Austrian commercial aircraft engines at Vienna airport and flies them for a general overhaul to the USA and returns them with a 48 hour service. Before the end of the current year 16 Fokker... more
DB Schenker Logistics opens new MC logistics centre in Kenya
DB Schenker Logistics has opened a new multi-customer (MC) contract logistics centre in Kenya. The facility, which will cater to numerous clients from the industry, electronic, healthcare and consumer goods sectors, is located only 5 km from Jomo Kenyatta international airport... more
Streck Transport moves to new logistics centre in Pfungen
Streck Transport AG, a logistics service provider headquartered in Möhlin, near Basel (Switzerland), recently commenced operations at a new distribution centre and office block in Pfungen in the Zurich conurbation. The CHF 13 million property was built in less than eight months.... more
DSV still stably positioned
The Danish transport and logistics corporation DSV, based in Brøndby, near Copenhagen, was able to slightly improve its turnover from DKK 11.31 billion (EUR 1.52 billion) in Q3/2012 to DKK 11.47 billion (EUR 1.54 billion) in Q3 of the current business year. At DKK 691 million... more
Alpha Industrial developing logistics centre for Grieshaber
Alpha Industrial, a project developer and asset manager of logistics properties, has acquired an industrial property of around 70,000 sqm with good access to the A67 and A5 motorways in Biebesheim am Rhein (Germany). In the first development phase, Alpha Industrial plans to use... more
Transnatur opens new bonded warehouse near Bilbao
Transnatur Norte, a firm owned by the family-managed Barcelona-based Spanish transport and logistics company Transnatur, has commenced operations at a 2,400 sqm bonded warehouse in the industrial zone of Zamudio, east of the city of Bilbao in northern Spain. Transnatur said that... more
Geodis to manage logistics for QVC
QVC, the shopping and entertainment TV channel, has contracted Geodis Logistics to manage stock activities of sold products for four years. In order to satisfy its customers and offer a higher number of products, QVC chose a logistic partner that delivers flexible and innovative... more