Origin Logistics opens office in Ankara 
The Turkish company Origin Logistics has launched its fourth office in the country in Ankara. The new location will be run by branch manager Gencay Türkmen Kuru. It will offer the same level of services as the company’s other offices in Istanbul, Izmir and Mersin, which... more
Panattoni builds hub at Leipzig-Halle airport
Panattoni Europe has secured the centrepiece – a plot of land covering about 114,510 sqm – of the Airport Park Leipzig-Halle (Germany). The project developer plans to build a logistics centre, the Panattoni Park Leipzig Airport, comprising a 51,000 sqm warehouse, about 2,000 sqm... more
Toll Group and Kontainers sign multi-year software deal
Toll Group (Toll), a provider of transport and logistics services in the Asia Pacific region and part of Japan Post, has signed a three-year software contract with Kontainers, the UK-based software company, to power its global digital client-facing platforms. With the new... more
GAC supports Special Olympics
GAC Abu Dhabi played a vital role in the success of the Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi in 2019. The capital of the Emirates welcomed more than 7,000 athletes and 3,000 coaches from 195 nations – all of whom needed equipment and infrastructure from around the world.... more
The end of an era 
DSV has acquired Panalpina and thus brought an era to an end in Swiss logistics history. In the early years, when the companies grew and prospered, there were parallels between them. Over the decades however, DSV has pursued a more consistent growth strategy, so that today the... more
Cartonplast group invests in three hubs
Cartonplast Group (CPL) is upgrading three of its hubs: in the company’s headquarters in Dietzenbach and in Essen (both Germany) and in Figueira da Foz (Portugal). The reusable-transport-packaging specialist uses innovative cleaning technologies for plastic layer pads. They are... more
Rhenus acquires Freight Logistics
Rhenus acquired the international freight forwarder and logistics solutions provider Freight Logistics headquartered in Miami (FL, USA), on 16 April. Freight Logistics operates its own consolidation hub located near Miami’s international airport, and has its own offices in... more
Panalpina increases profitability by 15%
In Q1/2019, the international freight forwarding and logistics company Panalpina increased its profitability compared to the same period of last year, reporting an ebit of CHF 28.1 million (YTD 2018: CHF 24.4 million) and a consolidated profit of CHF 19.2 million (YTD 2018: CHF... more
Cargoline reports strong growth in Germany
With 12.48 million outgoing consignments (up 2.3%) and a turnover of EUR 1.42 billion (up 2.9%), the German general cargo network Cargoline completed another successful financial year in 2018. Domestic traffic (with an increase of 2.5%) was a particularly strong driver of... more
A vision takes shape
The Voigt group specialises in supply chain solutions for pharma logistics. In August 2017 the Swiss company started building a new logistics centre in Niederbipp (Canton Berne). Construction is well advanced and the project is now on the home straight. The entire complex... more