Heppner comes to West Africa with Dakar branch

Heppner has established a presence in West Africa with a branch in Dakar, Senegal providing links to neighbouring countries. The branch became fully operational in June and has a diverse portfolio of accounts in the retail, FMCG and pharmaceutical sectors. The French company says the region is becoming more attractive due to natural resource projects […]

Delmotte to lead Heppner’s overseas network

French transport and logistics company Heppner has picked Sebastien Delmotte as overseas network director. In his role, Delmotte will be in charge of relations with all partners, optimising the network’s global coverage and identifying trade synergies for products and procurement. The overseas service covers air freight, sea freight and customs, based on a network of […]

Meanwhile, in a small corner of France…

Investments in temperature-controlled facilities are not confined only to the world’s major hubs, writes Neil Madden. Last year, Entzheim Airport, which serves the city of Strasbourg in north-eastern France, opened a 700 square metre temperature- controlled warehouse, operated by WFS, primarily to capture the growing pharma market. Still lacking a critical mass of belly capacity, […]