Tag: Freight Forwarders & Freight Agencies
Group logistics should become greener – more transports by rail
Dusseldorf There are a good 300 kilometers between Braunschweig and Zwickau. For the transport of parts from its own component plant in the north of Braunschweig to the car factory…
Joachim Nagel takes over from Jens Weidmann at the helm
Joachim Nagel Nagel worked for the Bundesbank for 17 years – six of them on the board. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin The economist Joachim Nagel replaces Jens Weidmann at the head…
“Rail has to expand small-scale traffic” – forwarders Jens and Felix Fiege call for a turnaround in traffic
Forwarders Jens and Felix Fiege (from left) “We are convinced that the future growth in transport can no longer take place exclusively on the road.” Photo: Fiege Greven In the…
“Rail has to expand small-scale traffic” – forwarders Jens and Felix Fiege call for a turnaround in traffic
Forwarders Jens and Felix Fiege (from left) “We are convinced that the future growth in transport can no longer take place exclusively on the road.” Photo: Fiege Greven In the…
“Rail has to expand small-scale traffic” – forwarders Jens and Felix Fiege call for a turnaround in traffic
Forwarders Jens and Felix Fiege (from left) “We are convinced that the future growth in transport can no longer take place exclusively on the road.” Photo: Fiege Greven In the…
The logistics group Hellmann is the victim of a cyber attack
Hellmann According to security experts, there are many indications that Hellmann has been the victim of a ransomware attack. (Photo: Hellmann) Düsseldorf, Osnabrück At the Osnabrück headquarters of the Hellmann…
Supply chains worldwide at risk: supply chain problems are worsening
Berlin World trade is currently hit twice as hard. While the supply chains are suffering from the consequences of the previous pandemic waves, the Omikron virus variant is now being…
Supply chains worldwide at risk: supply chain problems are worsening
Berlin World trade is currently hit twice as hard. While the supply chains are suffering from the consequences of the previous pandemic waves, the Omikron virus variant is now being…
Wagon rental company VTG is being prepared for sale
VTG wagons VTG is Europe’s largest rail freight car rental company. (Photo: VTG) Frankfurt The Hamburg rail logistics group VTG is again facing a change of owner. US bank Morgan…
Rail bundles freight traffic to and from China in a new company
Freight wagons Traffic between Asia and Europe is currently being handled on ten routes. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The freight transport subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn, DB Cargo, is bundling transport to…
The sale of DB subsidiary Schenker is getting closer
DB Schenker trucks The sale of the logistics subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn is likely to come back on the agenda. (Photo: DB Systel GmbH) Frankfurt, Berlin At Deutsche Bahn, there…
Freight traffic: permanent congestion on the rails
Berlin, Frankfurt Jes-Christian Hansen, Managing Director of Habema Futtermittel GmbH in Hamburg, has never seen anything like it. The company has been regularly transporting animal feed by train since 2012…
US corporations take logistics into their own hands
New York, San Francisco The ride over the new, glistening white Bay Bridge from San Francisco to Oakland is an unusual sight these days. Between six and 15 ships, large…
Climate policy: Energy prices: AdBlue manufacturers and transporters are sounding the alarm
The exhaust gas cleaning agent AdBlue is running out. Manufacturers, transporters and farmers are warning of a supply collapse and alerting politicians. The Ministry of Economic Affairs waves it away.…
Car transporter learns from street scooter flop
Berlin According to the annual report of Deutsche Post, the production of the “Streetscooter” last year resulted in a loss of exactly 318 million euros for the Bonn-based Dax group.…
Car transporter learns from street scooter flop
Berlin According to the annual report of Deutsche Post, the production of the “Streetscooter” last year resulted in a loss of exactly 318 million euros for the Bonn-based Dax group.…
Supply bottlenecks: Logisticians are planning an early warning system
Dusseldorf The devastating shortage of semiconductors in the automotive industry is giving rise to plans in logistics to set up an early warning system that works worldwide. “We are working…
Now only digitization can help
Truck platooning in Indiana, USA Dusseldorf So far, it has resembled a playground for nerdy tinkerers. In April 2016, pairs of trucks from the manufacturers MAN, Scania, DAF, Iveco, Volvo…
Challenging times for logisticians
The “attunement” for Christmas came unusually early this year. As early as August, the head of the port of Los Angeles said that consumers should bring their Christmas shopping significantly…
Delivery problems are now also affecting Aldi
Aldi north The discounter has difficulties getting goods from China to Germany on time. (Photo: imago images / CHROMORANGE) Dusseldorf It is not just any promotional product: For the first…