Tag: Freight transport
Former Haniel chief controller Doreen Nowotne joins Kühne Holding
Doreen Nowotne The manager is moving to Kühne Holding in Switzerland as managing director. (Photo: Haniel) Zurich The former head of the supervisory board of Haniel and Brenntag, Doreen Nowotne,…
Shipping company MSC wants to join the port of Hamburg
Hapag-Lloyd container ship in Hamburg Major shareholder Klaus-Michael Kühne is calling for a counteroffer for HHLA. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf The planned partial sale of the Hamburg port operator…
Shipping company MSC wants to board at the port
Hapag-Lloyd container ship in Hamburg Major shareholder Klaus-Michael Kühne is calling for a counteroffer for HHLA. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf The planned partial sale of the Hamburg port operator…
Shipping company MSC wants to board at the port
Berlin, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf The planned partial sale of the Hamburg port operator HHLA to the Swiss shipping company MSC is causing trouble in the Hanseatic city. “This solution is an…
Klaus-Michael Kühne brings a counteroffer for HHLA into play
MSC container ship in Hamburg The Hanseatic city and the container shipping company announced a deal to partially sell the port operator on Wednesday morning. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The planned…
Klaus-Michael Kühne brings a counteroffer for HHLA into play
Klaus Michael Kuehne The Hamburg native is a major shareholder in MSC rival Hapag-Lloyd. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The planned partial sale of the Hamburg port operator HHLA to the major…
Container shipping company MSC wants to join HHLA
Port of Hamburg The container shipping company MSC wants to join the port operator HHLA. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The world’s largest shipping company MSC wants to join the Hamburg port…
Container shipping company MSC wants to join HHLA
Port of Hamburg The container shipping company MSC wants to join the port operator HHLA. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The Swiss shipping company MSC wants to join the Hamburg port operator…
More expensive than expected – development of self-driving trucks is progressing slowly
Duisburg Driverless autonomous driving on public roads should actually be ready for series production in trucks even earlier than in cars. The high acquisition costs for intelligent cameras, radar and…
Investor Kühne expresses interest in the port of Hamburg
Port of Hamburg The investor is interested in the port of Hamburg. (Photo: IMAGO / Shotshop) Berlin The logistics entrepreneur Klaus-Michael Kühne would like to take over the Hamburg Port…
“The federal government is ripping off properly”
Berlin The transport industry is mobilizing against the federal government’s plans to make road freight transport significantly more expensive. “We expect the government to stick to the coalition agreement and…
Takeovers in the logistics industry collapse drastically
Dusseldorf After the takeover hype during the corona pandemic, company acquisitions in the transport industry have collapsed drastically this year. This is the result of a study just published by…
Board examines cuts in freight transport
Freight station in Halle/Saale Of 144 train formation facilities, only ten could remain after 2024. (Photo: dpa) Hamm On the board of directors of Deutsche Bahn (DB), rail freight boss…
Board examines clearcutting in freight transport
Freight station in Halle/Saale Of 144 train formation facilities, only ten could remain after 2024. (Photo: dpa) Hamm On the board of directors of Deutsche Bahn (DB), rail freight boss…
Italian Post significantly increases stake in logistics unicorn
Sennder boss and co-founder David Nothacker Nothacker co-founded Sennder in 2015 and also initiated the joint venture with Poste Italiane. (Photo: Bloomberg/Getty Images) Berlin The Italian Post is significantly expanding…
Deutsche Bahn: works council fights against split plans
Hamm The employees of Deutsche Bahn (DB) are resisting new demands to separate the rail network from the state-owned company’s operations. “If the integrated group were to be split up,”…
Monopolies Commission calls for the group to be broken up
ICE The Monopolies Commission had previously recommended dividing the railways into an infrastructure and a transport division. (Photo: IMAGO/Michael Gstettenbauer) Berlin The Monopolies Commission, a body that advises the federal…
Electric trucks cheaper than diesel trucks from 2024
Vienna Fully electric trucks in the fleet are currently not an issue for most companies in the forwarding trade. The available electricity trucks are simply too expensive – especially for…
The federal government and the railways are expecting disaster from Brussels
Freight wagons from DB Cargo Deutsche Bahn rejects accusations from Brussels that it received subsidies that distorted competition. (Photo: IMAGO/photothek) Berlin The federal government fears trouble from Brussels. According to…
Wissing shies away from fact checking when it comes to climate protection
Volker Wissing (FDP) The transport minister recently announced that the climate targets in the transport sector would be easy to meet. (Photo: IMAGO/Political Moments) Berlin Just a few days ago,…