Huettemann subsidiary Rabelink sets up new firm in Romania 
Huettemann, a German logistics company based in Duisburg, has just staked a claim in Romania by establishing its own national firm there. Rabelink Logistics SRL was founded in October and is a subsidiary of Huettemann’s Dutch firm Rabelink Logistics. Alexandru Kerekes has... more
XPO Logistics acquires Optima Service Solutions
XPO Logistics Inc recently acquired Optima Service Solutions LLC, a leading non-asset provider of last-mile logistics services for major retailers and manufacturers in the USA. The deal cost USD 26.6 million in cash, excluding any working capital adjustments, with no assumption... more
Go it alone or cooperate with a partner? 
Where business opportunities go hand in hand with great risks, logistics providers have to choose an inventive approach. International companies find different answers to prevailing conditions in the Iraqi market. One thing is certain, however – a modest upward trend is being... more
BWG Reimer turning into Reimer Logistics
BWG Reimer, a long-standing Bremen (Germany) based company was renamed Reimer Logistics GmbH & Co. KG in mid November. The acronym BWG stands for Bremer Warenverteilungs-Gesellschaft, which was an integral part of the firm’s name since its establishment in 1925. The firm’s... more
Losses again for Ceva in Q3/2013
The international logistics corporation and SCM specialist Ceva Logistics had to report slight decreases in revenue and profit again in Q3/2013. The service provider was already forced to present Q2/2013results that were poorer than those from the same quarter in 2012. The... more
Arvato moves into new warehouse in Venray NL
The logistics service provider Arvato Benelux BV moved into a new, centrally located warehouse on an industrial estate in Venray (Netherlands) in September 2013. The relocation is due to existing customers' growth, as well as more new customers. The new, 10,000 sqm storage... more
Lehnkering Road Logistics offering LPG haulage services
Lehnkering Road Logistics offering LPG haulage services The road logistics division of the German logistics service provider Lehnkering is augmenting its offer by the addition of haulage services for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), with immediate effect. A new firm that... more
Bulgarian Sped S is new member of ECG
ECG, the Association of European Vehicle Logistics, recently welcomed Sped S as its newest member. Founded in 1996, Sped S, is a Sofia (Bulgaria)-based car transport specialist that provides international transport in Europe and West Asia, logistics solutions and customs... more
Rangel introduces direct daily transports between Portugal...
The Portuguese logistics company Rangel recently started a direct daily connection between Portugal and Paris, with a transit of time of 72-96 hours. Some 18% of Rangel's European road traffic is to/from France. The average annual flow of shipments is 29,600 on the import side... more
Martin Bencher Group breaks internal airfreight record
Martin Bencher's Brazilian and German entities recently joined forces to make a plan for forwarding components for the oil and gas industry. The project that was then carried out involved collecting the cargo at the respective loading places in Germany, part chartering a Boeing... more