Chris Lewis
French based logistics company Heppner has acquired Segers Internationaal Transport, a Dutch company specialising in traffic between the Netherlands and Spain. It follows acquisitions of HaCas in the Netherlands in 2017 and DINA in Belgium in 2021.
Founded in 1974, Segers Internationaal Transport is, like Heppner, a family business and employs around 30 people with revenues around €24 million in 2023. It has a 14,000sq m warehouse in Oosterhout, between Rotterdam ...
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Ground services and cargo handler Swissport International has appointed former Kuehne+Nagel chief executive Detlef Trefzger as a non-executive director. During his tenure at Kuehne+Nagel, from 2013 to 2022 he developed the company into the world's largest transport and logistics service provider and invested heavily in new technologies and digitalization as ...
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Brittany Ferries’ LNG-electric hybrid vessel Saint-Malo is carrying out sea trials in the Far East, ahead of her transit to Europe in November. From February next year she will link Portsmouth with her namesake port, operating on liquefied natural gas (LNG) at sea and on electric power when manoeuvring and ...
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CMA CGM Group has signed an agreement to acquire a 48% stake in terminal operator Santos Brasil. The company operates five terminals in Brazil, including the largest container terminal in the Port of Santos and the whole of South America, handling 40% of Brazilian volumes, as well as a logistics ...
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Kuehne+Nagel has officially opened its largest ever logistics hub, distribution centre for sport shoe company Adidas in Mantova, Northern Italy. It will service 19 countries in Southern and Eastern Europe. The 130,000sq m area is equipped with 20km of conveyor belts and a shuttle system handling 25 storage lanes with ...
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Turkey-based Horoz Bolloré Logistics, a joint venture formed in 2000 by Bolloré Logistics and Horoz Logistics, has now been fully acquired by Bolloré Logistics and will be integrated into CMA CGM-owned Ceva Logistics’ existing operations in the country. It will allow CEVA Logistics to significantly enhance its service offerings.
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Heathrow Airport express courier handler CFL has extended its agreement with Etihad Airways by three years. The original deal with the Abu Dhabi carrier was signed in January 2021, since when CFL has invested in technology to improve messaging and data exchange with its airline partners. Etihad Airways is one ...
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American Airlines Cargo has added New York John F. Kennedy International Airport and Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport to its network of CEIV Pharma-certified US stations.
The carrier also recently achieved re-certification of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and Philadelphia International Airport, which were first certified in 2021, and has maintained it ...
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Amsterdam Airport Schiphol handled 738,414 tonnes of cargo in the first half of 2024, up 8.7% from 2023 half year figures.
Belly cargo grew by 23.3% year-on-year to 305,593 tonnes following a 12.5% growth in passenger flights, with full freighter cargo tonnage holding steady at 432,820 tonnes despite a 5.4% drop ...
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UPS is offering Saturday delivery to residential addresses in the UK, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland and Spain, without an additional surcharge. It says the move will enable it to reach over 130 million households across eight of the biggest markets. The service will also tap into nearly 40,000 ...
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