Innovative planning solution for plant logistics
A new application from Leogistics facilitates the execution of transport orders on the factory and production sites of industrial companies.
A new application from Leogistics facilitates the execution of transport orders on the factory and production sites of industrial companies.

The Fiege Group is celebrating its 150th birthday this year. Over the past century and a half, the family business from Greven in Westphalia has developed from a small haulage company into an international logistics service provider with 23,500 employees.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics takes over its long-standing partner Hellmann Italy and thus continues its expansion strategy in the European market.

In future, Fercam will incorporate its Distribution (general cargo) and Logistics (contract logistics) divisions into a joint venture with Dachser under the name Dachser & Fercam Italia S.r.l..

Full load operation in the new Hamburg logistics center. Logistics service provider Group7 recently completed the ramp-up phase of the new building in Hamburg.

The medium-sized forwarding group Ihro celebrated its 60th anniversary in September and is once again on course for growth in its anniversary year, particularly with the further expansion of warehouse logistics.

With the digital consignment note (eCMR), the Open Logistics Foundation aims to create a standard for electronic transport documents. In a European working group, the foundation's founders Dachser, Rhenus and Fraunhofer IML and other members have developed an industry-wide eCMR standard based on open source and blockchain.

Until Friday, over 2,000 supply chain and logistics experts are meeting at the InterContinental Berlin and Schweizerhof hotels for one of Germany's largest business congresses.

The L.I.T. Group has acquired the Gübau Group, based in Wolfsburg and Velbert, with retroactive effect from January 1, 2023. In addition to the two companies Gübau Logistics and Gübau Service GmbH, the subsidiary Vetra Spedition GmbH is now also part of the Brake-based group of companies.

The logistics service provider Dachser is planning to expand its site in Landsberg by constructing a modern build-to-suit (BTS) property in collaboration with the project developer Panattoni.

Alfred Schuon consistently pursues a course of continuous innovation and modernization. In the current year, the transport and logistics specialist is investing in around 50 new vehicles - Daimler tractor units and trailer combinations as well as ultra-light jumbos from MAN.

At the northern tip of Lower Saxony, the logistics service provider is preparing for the growing import of cars via Cuxhaven; in Nuremberg, Rhenus is building a new logistics center next to the existing high-bay warehouse; in Dietzenbach, Hesse, the facility is growing massively.


The trading company Bünting has put its new warehouse into operation at its site in Nortmoor, Lower Saxony. As a consultant, ViaLog Logistik Beratung contributed to the successful completion of the logistics project.

Ellermann Ganderkesee is presenting a completely newly developed load securing system for open roll-off containers. With Speed-Top, as the product is called, the container cover can be opened and closed again in a matter of seconds.

Alberto Nobis will become the new Chief Executive Officer of VTG GmbH on October 1, 2023. In his new role, he will be responsible for the management and development of more than 50 locations in 20 European countries with services along the entire rail-bound logistics chain.

As an official logistics partner, Gebrüder Weiss is supporting ETH Zurich on its way to the World Solar Challenge 2023 in Australia.

The Nagel-Group has opened a new logistics center in Vejle, Denmark

Green light for the transaction agreed at the beginning of May: the antitrust authorities have approved the takeover of 66 percent of the shares in Quehenberger Logistics by the Geis Group.

Ingo Brauckmann has headed the Management Board of Loxxess AG since August 1, 2023. The experienced manager comes from DB Schenker and will manage the logistics service provider's entire operational business in future.