April 2025
German-owned supply chain company Arvato has opened a new central logistics centre in China, consolidating multiple smaller sites into a single, modern facility. The 20,000sq m distribution building is in Shanghai’s Jinshan District and is designed to meet needs of clients in the high-tech and consumer goods industries.
The site is 60km from Shanghai Pudong International Airport and 50km from downtown Shanghai. Implementation started in mid-January and the facility was fully ...
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Hahn Airport – about 50 miles west of Frankfurt –handled around 22,000 tons of air freight in the first quarter of 2025, around 8% more than in the same period last year. Managing director at TRIWO Hahn Airport, Rüdiger Franke, said: "This was a good start to 2025. With its ...
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Hopes of an immediate return of shipping to the Red Sea have receded, Hapag-Lloyd chief executive Rolf Habben Jansen told an online conference on 3 April. He said that while hopes had been running high of a diversion from the long Cape of Good Hope route as recently as two ...
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Jeroen Eijsink is to step down as chief executive of Girteka Group, one of Europe’s largest road transport and logistics companies headquartered in Lithuania, due to personal reasons, and his place will be taken by current board member, Edvardas Liachovičius. Jeroen Eijsink will stay on as a strategic advisor to ...
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Duvenbeck Group has appointed David Dudek as its official representative in China. He is tasked with launching and leading German-based logistics company’s new subsidiary in Hong Kong, bringing over 35 years of experience in international supply chain management and manufacturing organizations and prior to joining Duvenbeck, led CEVA’s Global Automotive ...
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Spanish airline Air Europa has joined the Freightos booking and payment platform. It adds the carrier’s Spain-Latin America routes, along with 15 domestic destinations within Spain and 40 international routes across Europe, North America, and Latin America. Initial digital booking capabilities will focus on the Spanish export routes–connecting Madrid with ...
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Kuehne+Nagel has signed a memorandum of understanding with Chinese car maker Changan Automobile to develop aftermarket logistics for electric vehicles in Europe, including the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain and France. The Chinese brand will draw on the forwarder’s expertise in spare part logistics, especially through its 22,000sq m ...
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Scan Global Logistics has opened its first Turkish office, in Istanbul, managed by Oğuzhan Aydın. It will offer air, ocean, and road freight services and in-house customs clearance and will have a small cross-docking facility. Offices in Bursa, Izmir and Mersin will be added later in the year.
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Southampton-headquartered logistics company Peters & May has expanded its freight forwarding services to the US. Operating from its Fort Lauderdale office in Florida, the company aims to enhance its service offering for freight solutions in the US market and beyond.
Founded over 50 years ago, the company originally has its roots ...
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Lufthansa Group’s high-speed logistics arm, Time:matters, has opened a branch near Paris, Charles de Gaulle Airport. It will be led by regional director Western Europe Pieter-Jaap Zijlstra and staffed with a dedicated Country Manager France, as well as teams for sales, operations, customer service, and business development.
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