Chris Lewis
French-owned forwarding and logistics company Geodis has concluded an agreement to acquire full truckload operator, Malherbe, subject to completion of regulatory formalities. It would put Geodis among the top three players in the French market for full and less than full truckloads, with combined revenue of €2 billion. Malherbe was founded in 1956 and has a network of 40 branch offices with its own fleet of around 1,500 trucks and ...
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TIR movements from Türkiye to GCC markets via Syria officially restarted in mid-November after years of interruption. Operations via Syria are critical for onward movements towards neighbouring markets and the wider Middle East.
Managed by IRU under a United Nations mandate, allows shipment goods via unlimited countries with trucks sealed at ...
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Italian-owned Grimaldi’s latest deepsea ro ro vessel pays tribute to one of Turkey’s major cities and ports. The company held a christening and delivery ceremony for the Grande Istanbul in Shanghai in late November for its sixth ammonia-ready pure car and truck carrier (PCTC).
Grimaldi Group vessels call at Turkish ports ...
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APM Terminals and Barging Marine Solutions Ltd have signed an exclusive lease agreement until September 2031 to expand services in and around Apapa, Nigeria to increase capacity and to provide enhanced landside and barge connections.
The facilities include two waterfront and inland container terminals as well as barge services that will ...
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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey today has agreed a 33-year lease extension at Maher Terminals, the largest and busiest container terminal at the Port of New York and New Jersey. The long-term agreement secures operations at the terminal through September 2063 and includes investments in support ...
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The planned sale of Hutchison’s international port operations, including Felixstowe, to a consortium including BlackRock and MSC’s Terminal Investment Limited (TiL) are deadlocked, according to a report in the The Wall Street Journal. The sticking point appears to be demands by China that its state-owned shipping company Cosco has a ...
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Gulftainer has opened its second bonded Dry Port in Sajaa in the northern UAE. Positioned between Sharjah and Khorfakkan Port, the 70-hectare hub includes a 50,000sq m fully interlocked yard, 5,000sq m of warehousing, bulk and container storage of and direct road links to UAE ports.
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Yusen Logistics’s Yusen Logistics (Europe) arm has completed the acquisition of the Walden Group subsidiaries Movianto, Eurotranspharma, Transpharma International and Walden Digital. It reinforces the Japanese-owned forwarder’s position in the European healthcare logistics sector.
Movianto: Delivers end-to-end logistics solutions for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and diagnostic sectors, including transport, warehousing and ...
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Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, helps keep families connected all over the world and its SkyCargo arm pays special attention to their furry and feathery members.
In 2025, Emirates SkyCargo transported over 14,600 cats, dogs and other domestic pets– an average of 40 a day. Globetrotting critters travelled all over ...
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Dnata has opened a centralised screening control room at its Dubai International airport (DXB) cargo facility, developed in partnership with Dubai Police.
Officers can now remotely operate and monitor six X-ray screening machines across dnata’s warehouse from a single command centre. Each device is connected to One Cargo, dnata’s digital cargo ...
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