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Bolloré and WiseTech join forces for global logistics solution

Bolloré Logistics, a global leader in supply chain management, has signed a strategic agreement with logistics solutions group WiseTech Global to roll out its CargoWise One integrated logistics solutions platform globally as of May 2019.

CargoWise One, which is used across ~130 countries, enables logistics service providers to execute highly complex transactions in areas such as freight forwarding, customs clearance, warehousing, shipping, tracking, land transport, e-commerce, and cross-border...

https://container-news.com/bollore-wisetech-global-logistics-solution/

Bolloré and Cosco tie the cooperation knot tighter ‘to explore new opportunities’

Cosco Shipping and Bolloré Logistics have entered a new partnership to “densify” commercial relations, as forwarders continue to get closer to carriers.
The news comes as the French logistics operator reported a 4% upturn in sea freight volumes for 2018.
Bolloré’s deputy chief executive, Philippe Labonne, said: “The two companies, partners for over 20 years, want to densify their commercial relations while exploring new opportunities for cooperation in transport, logistics and port …

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https://theloadstar.co.uk/bollore-and-cosco-tie-the-cooperation-knot-tighter-to-explore-new-opportunities/

Bollore Logistics invests in Gabon

Connected to the railway operated by Societe d’Exploitation du Transgabonais (SETRAG), the new logistics platform by Bollore Logistics in Lastourville, Gabon will store, manage and carry processed wood in containers from the production sites in the forest to the Owendo Container Terminal (OCT), 557 kilometre away.

With an area of 14,000 square metre, the hub will be able to handle 4,500 TEUs per year during the start-up phase. It will streamline the timber shipment process for the four main...

http://container-news.com/bollore-logistics-invests-gabon/

Market insight: Where will the steady gaze of Geodis become fixed next?

France’s Geodis traditionally attracts all sorts of M&A rumours, with its management team often coming up lately in private conversations that always end with “so then who is its next acquisition target?”
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The French logistics behemoth, part of state-owned national rail company SNCF, is adamant that chasing inorganic growth is the way forward, but the silver bullet could be a different shareholding structure before M&A opportunities are pursed.
A partial spin-off, …

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https://theloadstar.co.uk/market-insight-will-steady-gaze-geodis-become-fixed-next/

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