Aramex posts higher Q3 sales and profit 
Aramex, an Amman (Jordan)-based transport, CEP and logistics provider, boosted its Q3/2013 turnover to AED 827 million (EUR 166.9 million), a 9% increase compared to the corresponding three months in 2012. Net profit rose too – from AED 53.1 million (EUR 10.7 million) to AED... plus
Intercontor Hellas SA - Sur le bon cap 
En dépit de la crise, la société grecque familiale de transport et d’expédition Intercontor Hellas SA se porte bien. L’ITJ s’est entretenu avec Werner Hermann, propriétaire et directeur d’Intercontor. plus
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... plus
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... plus
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... plus
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... plus
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.... plus
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... plus
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... plus
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... plus