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Norbert to import Dillenger products to UK Australian electric bike maker Dillenger has selected European transport, logistics and freight company Norbert Dentressangle to import its products from Australia to the UK by air and sea. Services > Contract Logistics > News

XPO Logistics to purchase New Breed for $615m By LBR Staff Writer
XPO Logistics, a US-based provider of transportation logistics, freight brokerage and intermodal services, has entered into an agreement to purchase New Breed Holding for $615m.
Services > Contract Logistics > News Amazon opens new 3D printed products store By LBR Staff Writer
Amazon announced today the launch of the 3D Printed Products store (www.amazon.com/3dp), a marketplace that gives customers access to more than 200 unique print on-demand products, many that can be customized by material, size, styles and color variations, and personalized with text and image imprints.
Supply Chain > News Dorian LPG partners with HNA Logistics to deliver first VLGC in newbuilding program By LBR Staff Writer
Dorian LPG, a leading owner and manager of modern VLGC's (very large gas carriers), today announced that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), with HNA Logistics Group (HNA Logistics) to explore opportunities in the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) logistics market.
Services > Contract Logistics > News

Northrop Grumman awarded $205m mission support services contract By LBR Staff Writer
The US Army awarded Northrop Grumman a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, with a potential value of $205 million, to continue providing mission logistics services in support of combat brigades training at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California.
Services > Contract Logistics > News DB Schenker transports 53 showjumping horses for World Equestrian Games By LBR Staff Writer
DB Schenker, along with Overseas Horse Services (OHS), Liege Airport and Qatar Airways Cargo, has transported 53 showjumping horses from Calgary in Canada to Liege Airport in Belgium for the upcoming World Equestrian Games in France.
Freight > Air > News Minet Technologies to offer Dyzle’s cold chain monitoring platform in Israel By LBR Staff Writer
Minet Technologies, a Tel-Aviv-based provider of procurement and supply chain management solutions, has partnered with Dyzle BV to offer its cold chain monitoring platform to the pharmaceutical and food industries in Israel.
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DB Schenker transports 53 showjumping horses for World Equestrian Games

By LBR Staff Writer

DB Schenker, along with Overseas Horse Services (OHS), Liege Airport and Qatar Airways Cargo, has transported 53 showjumping horses from Calgary in Canada to Liege Airport in Belgium for the upcoming World Equestrian Games in France.
Freight > Air > News

Rawley Plant becomes 100th member of Freight Transport Associations’ LCRS

By LBR Staff Writer

Rawley Plant, a UK-based independent supplier of portable site accommodation, welfare units and toilet hire, has joined the Logistics Carbon Reduction Scheme (LCRS), an initiative started by Freight Transport Association to reduce carbon emissions and contribute towards reducing greenhouse gases.
Freight > Rail & Road > News

Services

XPO Logistics to purchase New Breed for $615m

By LBR Staff Writer

XPO Logistics, a US-based provider of transportation logistics, freight brokerage and intermodal services, has entered into an agreement to purchase New Breed Holding for $615m.
Services > Contract Logistics > News

Dorian LPG partners with HNA Logistics to deliver first VLGC in newbuilding program

By LBR Staff Writer

Dorian LPG, a leading owner and manager of modern VLGC's (very large gas carriers), today announced that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), with HNA Logistics Group (HNA Logistics) to explore opportunities in the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) logistics market.
Services > Contract Logistics > News

Transport Infrastructure

Toll Group opens $170m express parcel freight facility in Australia

By LBR Staff Writer

Toll Group, an Australia-based provider of transport and logistics, has opened a new $170m express parcel freight facility in Bungarribee, north-west of Sydney.
Services > Express, Parcel & Postal > News

Diamond Logistics announces a dramatic expansion of its franchise network

Diamond Logistics Ltd announces a dramatic expansion of its franchise network, with 7 depots opening in the last six weeks.
Services > Express, Parcel & Postal > News

Supply Chain

Amazon opens new 3D printed products store

By LBR Staff Writer

Amazon announced today the launch of the 3D Printed Products store (www.amazon.com/3dp), a marketplace that gives customers access to more than 200 unique print on-demand products, many that can be customized by material, size, styles and color variations, and personalized with text and image imprints.
Supply Chain > News

Minet Technologies to offer Dyzle’s cold chain monitoring platform in Israel

By LBR Staff Writer

Minet Technologies, a Tel-Aviv-based provider of procurement and supply chain management solutions, has partnered with Dyzle BV to offer its cold chain monitoring platform to the pharmaceutical and food industries in Israel.
Supply Chain > News

Logistics Technology

Bibby Distribution LPG vehicles cut cost and carbon for Unipart Rail

Bibby Distribution has converted five MAN tractor units to dual fuel LPG for Unipart Rail, which will save up to £200,000 of fuel and cut CO ₂ emissions by 10 per cent over the next five years.
Sustainability > News

Volkswagen Group joins Clean Shipping Network

By LBR Staff Writer

German automaker Volkswagen Group has joined the association of cargo owners, Clean Shipping Network.
Sustainability > News

Sustainability

GLP extends partnership with BMW Brilliance Automotive in China

Global Logistic Properties Limited (“GLP”), the leading provider of modern logistics facilities in China, Japan and Brazil, has signed a new agreement with BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd. (“the customer”) to lease 19,000 sqm (205,000 sq ft) in Greater Guangzhou-Foshan, Southern China.
Transport Infrastructure > News

Echo Global Logistics reports record second quarter 2014 results, revenue up 36% Year over Year

Echo Global Logistics, Inc., a leading provider of technology-enabled transportation and supply chain management services, reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2014.
Transport Infrastructure > News

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