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Ekol extends Regatta contract

Turkish-owned Ekol Logistics in Poland has signed a new contract with UK-based outdoor clothing firm and Regatta. The two companies have been cooperating since January 2018 with Ekol operating a 10,000sq m, 10,000 pallet warehouse offering value-added services, returns and e-commerce shipments adds 23,000sq m, in Poznan. Cooperation has been extended for another six years, with a potential for expanding the range of countries covered to beyond the EU, for example Russia or ... [+]

Ekol signs deal with Italy’s UBV

Turkish-owned logistics operator Ekol has signed a cooperation agreement with Italian groupage and intermodal company UBV. The agreement will initially develop services in Spain and Turkey and there is also a plan to offer a 96-hour service between Turkey and Italy. The aim is to connect Barcelona with 24hr services to five main destinations ... [+]

Three thousand trailers and 730 football parks

Ekol Hungary and Rail Cargo Hungary have celebrated the transportation of the Turkish-owned logistics operator’s 3000th trailer by train between Budapest and Neuss, Germany. Ekol says the carbon savings from the four times per week, 30 hour service is the equivalent of 730 football pitches of forest area and enough ... [+]

Ekol owner takes back control

Ekol Logistics founder and majority owner Ahmet Musul has bought a 37% stake in the company held since 2010 by Rigond Finance, a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi-based Invest AD and SBI Holdings of Japan, bringing his total stake to 90%. He said the move would help accelerate efforts to ... [+]

DFDS steps up cooperation with Turkey’s Ekol

DFDS has stepped up its cooperation with Turkey’s Ekol Logistics. A new agreement covers sea transport of trailers between Istanbul in Turkey and Trieste in Italy and DFDS expects it to increase its volumes of freight units in the Mediterranean by close on 30% and will allocate further vessels to ... [+]

Turkish trade still a delight for Davies Turner

Freight forwarder Davies Turner remains positive about the trading outlook for Turkey despite the country's ongoing economic crisis and depreciating currency, according to chairman, Philip Stephenson He says that while the weakened Turkish lira and escalating tariff war between the US and Turkey might make life harder for British exporters it ... [+]

Regatta sails on with Ekol

Logistics specialist Ekol has entered the second phase of its cooperation with British outdoor clothing company Regatta. Currently, Ekol serves about handles nearly 4000 SKUs stored on over 2,000 sq m of a high rack warehousing and sends shipments to Poland, Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary. In the second phase of ... [+]

Ekol signs up Danish partner

Turkish-owned Ekol Logistics has signed a cooperation deal with Denmark’s Blue Water Shipping. Ekol recently opened a new train service between Sete, France and Zeebrugge, Belgium and added a further ro ro vessel to its fleet. The new Turkey to Denmark service will be by ship between Yalova and Trieste followed ... [+]

Ekol upgrades Zeebrugge rail link

Turkish-owned logistics operator Ekol has introduced a new rail service from Sete in southern France to Zeebrugge, Belgium, offering onward connections to the UK and Sweden. At the same time it has increased its ro ro sailings, using its own vessels, between Izmir in Turkey and Sete to two per ... [+]

Ekol signs Poland deal with UK’s Regatta

Turkish-owned Ekol Logistics has signed a deal with UK-owned outdoor clothing company Regatta’s operations in Poland. The customer is already using Ekol for storage, value-added services and and this will be extended to include bonded warehousing. Initially, it will cover about 650.000 pieces stored in 2,000sq m of a high ... [+]