IKEA takes the waters in Paris
NewsHome delivery by IKEA to customers in Paris is now carried out using small boats and electric vehicles...
IKEA charters ships and buys containers
News"Too many products are missing from the stores," laments the giant Swedish furniture company, as it sources its own containers and charters ...
IKEA France to set up in Paris Limay
NewsIKEA France will develop a large DC with multimodal access at HAROPA Ports of Paris Limay-Porcheville...
Logistics investments by SEGRO and Virtuo
NewsSEGRO, through affiliate VAILOG, has signed an agreement with IKEA that will see the Swedish furniture giant occupy a new 50,000 m2 multist...
Boost for Magdeburg
NewsGermany’s inland port of Magdeburg on the River Elbe is to receive €40M for new infrastructure investments. A new lock and dam system wi...
Scandfibre puts rail in the spotlight
NewsScandfibre Logistics is the rail aggregator and logistics operator for five Swedish forest products shippers - Billerud Körsnas, Holmen, Ko...
Ikea adopts cardboard pallets
NewsThe Swedish furniture retailer has adopted a programme to replace all wooden pallets with a cardboard variant...
Globalisation going into reverse?
NewsResearchers from Canada-based CIBC World Markets, Inc anaylsing the impact of rising oil prices on transportation costs have concluded that ...
SCT bags IKEA contract
NewsThe logistics division of Australia’s largest private rail service provider, Specialized Container Transport (SCT), has won a breakthrough...
Ikea to build train sets
NewsIkea Rail AB was set up earlier this year (WorldCargo News, March 2001, p14), marking the giant furniture retailer's frustration at the inab...
Ikea adds the train
NewsSwedish furniture giant Ikea, taking advantage of "open access," has set up Ikea Rail AB, which is due to start operations next month....
Crossing the logistical barrier
NewsAs Eurogate increases its global network, two distinct logistical functions are crystallising at its pivotal Hamburg and Bremerhaven operati...