Roadrunner snaps up G.W. Palmer Logistics 
The US company Roadrunner Transportation Systems has purchased the remaining shares in G.W. Palmer Logistics LLC, headquartered in Batesville AR. The price of the acquisition was around USD 2.5 million. www.rrts.com www.gwpl.com more
Navis collaborating with M&M in Turkey
Navis Schiffahrt- und Speditions AG, an independent family managed forwarding company based in Hamburg (Germany), began to work with the Istanbul-based firm Militzer & Münch Uluslararasi Nakliyat ve Lojistik Hizmetler Tic AS in the overland transport service sector on 1... more
Heavy hydro-power equipment hauled from China to Turkey
Guangzhou Sunshine Int'l Logistics, the Chinese member of the Worldwide Project Consortium WWPC, successfully managed a major project shipment that was loaded at Da Chan Bay, Shenzhen, and discharged in Mersin (Turkey). The consignment consisted of hydro-power equipment that was... more
Imperial Logistics acquires majority stake in KWS Carriers
The South Africa-based company Imperial Logistics recently acquired a 60% stake in KWS Carriers, a South African bulk transporter. The new acquisition slots into the group’s bulk commodity services division, enhancing its capacity to deliver comprehensive supply chain solutions... more
FM Logistic expanding on Iberian Peninsula
The French service provider FM Logistic succeeded in expanding substantially in Spain and Portugal in the first half of the current year, as its turnover in that period was 22.6% higher than in H1/2012. However, apart from the increase no other figures were released. In its last... more
Asco wins new contract in Tanzania
The Asco Group, a leading international oil and gas services company, has won a major three-year contract, valued at around USD 100 million, to provide supply base services to BG in Tanzania. The contract will be fulfilled via the port of Mtwara and will provide jobs for over... more
Schneckenreither expanding in Austria
Schneckenreither, an Austrian forwarding company that was founded in 1970 and domiciled in Ansfelden in Upper Austria, has invested approximately EUR 20 million (including the cost of the land) in a new multifunctional logistics park in Wels, near Linz. The Schneckenreither... more
Röhlig takes over South American partner Procargo
Röhlig, an owner-managed logistics company based in Bremen (Germany), has now taken over Procargo, its long-standing premium agent in South America. Röhlig already acquired 50% of the shares in Procargo in 2011, thereby decisively reinforcing its presence in the growing South... more
Norbert Dentressangle ships temporary road to Switzerland
Norbert Dentressangle has completed a project for Sagérime SA to transport soil protection mats for the creation of a temporary road surface, from the UK to Burgdorf (Switzerland) for the country’s Federal Wrestling and Alpine Games Festival 2013. The event, which ran from 30... more
Yusen Logistics opens new office in Jaipur
Yusen Logistics (India) Ltd, (YL-IN) established a sales office in Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan (India), and launched operations on 2 September 2013. Jaipur, some 260 km southwest of Delhi, boasts a wide range of industries, including jewellery products, minerals,... more