Ryder launches trailblazing e-commerce solution 
The logistics company Ryder System has launched a new e-commerce fulfilment solution. It enables manufacturers of small to large parcel goods across all industries to gain greater control over product selection, inventory management, pricing strategy, and customer service,... more
Kerry sets up Meat Lab in Hong Kong
Kerry Logistics and the Sutherland Company, a meat purveyor in Hong Kong and Macau, have founded a new joint venture named Meat Lab, Hong Kong’s first semi-automated meat processing plant. Meat Lab is unique in Hong Kong in terms of scale and extent of automation, as it... more
STI serving cruise ships in European waters
The cruise ships operated by Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCCL) are vast. The largest - "Symphony of the Seas" can accommodate as many as 6,800 passengers – and they need food and a lot of other items. The service provider STI is in charge of the delivery tasks this... more
Arvato SCM Solutions receives GMP certification
Arvato SCM Solutions in Spain has obtained GMP certification from the Spanish authorities. The new license, which allows the partial manufacture of medicines, expands the company's service portfolio in Spain and adds to those certificates already obtained for the storage and... more
Swap bodies for Hermes
Aves One, an investor in the long-life logistics asset sector, has acquired and ordered around 2,000 swap bodies worth approximately EUR 17 million. About 1,200 brand-new swap bodies were purchased, and most of them have been leased to the Hamburg-based logistics company... more
Eurodis nearly doubles annual growth rate
Eurodis, the transport network for parcels and pallets, increased the number of transported shipments by 9% in 2018. The growth rate is nearly double that of 2017. Christian Knoblich, managing director of Eurodis, said: "Firstly, with the 9% increase we grew above the... more
Goodman acquires prime industrial site in London
The Goodman Group, through Goodman UK Partnership (GUKP), has acquired a 9.5 acre site in Park Royal, London. Situated in London’s largest industrial area, the strategic employment site is 8 km from Central London and just over 22 km from Heathrow Airport, providing... more
New centre for humanitarian logistics in Dubai
DHL Global Forwarding has consolidated its portfolio of humanitarian logistics services within its first global competence centre for humanitarian logistics. The move is designed to meet growing global demand for such services. The centre offers non-governmental... more
Uncalm before the storm 
The logistics industry in the United Kingdom is gearing up its loins for what it now considers the inevitable – a hard Brexit. The business mood is fluctuating between a stiff upper lip and the fear of a total traffic logjam in the Southeast of England. more
Van Moer acquires Antwerp East terminal
The Belgian company Van Moer Logistics has taken over the majority share of the Antwerp East NV terminal, which is located in a strategically favourable position directly on the Albert canal and in the centre of the fast growing industrial zone of Grobbendonk (Belgium). The... more