French shipping group CMA CGM and Slovenia’s Port of Koper have formed a joint venture to expand their cooperation in automotive logistics. The partnership, which also involves CMA CGM subsidiary Ceva Logistics, aims to develop specialised services…

Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com entered the European market in August via its new platform Joybuy—a rebranding of its earlier Ochama initiative. The offering spans electronics, household goods and groceries, but early reactions from analysts and…

Processing times at loading bays in the industrial and retail sectors have fallen once again compared with the previous year. According to a recent survey conducted by Cologne-based consultancy SCI Verkehr, 52 per cent of logistics companies now…

European postal companies are scaling back shipments to the United States following a decree by US president Donald Trump that abolishes duty-free imports of goods valued under 800 US dollars from 29 August. Under the new rules, items will be subject…

Loxxess has launched PharmaXnet Europe, a pan-European pharma logistics network linking local partners via a shared IT platform. The system will allow seamless integration of warehousing and last-mile services across up to 15 countries, with…

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has inaugurated a new contract logistics centre in Truganina, near Melbourne. The facility doubles the company’s warehousing capacity in the region and is intended to support sustainable logistics processes. The…

The two German logistics companies Thielemann Group and Fr. Meyer's Sohn (FMS) agreed this week to start a joint venture in project logistics. The new company Overseas Projects will commence operations on 1 August and emerges from…

Germany’s logistics industry has criticised the military’s procurement system as overly bureaucratic and detached from commercial practice. Industry figures told DVZ International that tenders by the Bundeswehr often feature unrealistic requirements,…