Tag: Freight transport
Shipping companies stop many lines to Russia
Container handling in the port of Hamburg The port on the Elbe is threatened with a loss of handling due to the war in Ukraine. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The joy…
Supply chains: disrupted train routes, truck bottlenecks, closed airspace: the Ukraine war threatens German supply routes
Dusseldorf The Ukraine war causes the first delivery bottlenecks in Germany. At the Volkswagen plant in Zwickau, work was suspended for four days this week. In Dresden, too, employees have…
Supply chains: disrupted train connections, truck bottlenecks, closed airspace: the war in Ukraine threatens German supply routes
Dusseldorf The Ukraine war causes the first delivery bottlenecks in Germany. At the Volkswagen plant in Zwickau, work was suspended for four days this week. In Dresden, too, employees have…
Hamburg’s port company HHLA is threatened with losses in the Ukraine
HHLA terminal in the Ukrainian port of Odessa The Russian invasion of the country is worrying the people of Hamburg. Dusseldorf The Hamburg port and logistics group HHLA has stopped…
Hamburg’s port company HHLA is threatened with losses in the Ukraine
HHLA terminal in the Ukrainian port of Odessa The Russian invasion of the country is worrying the people of Hamburg. Dusseldorf The invasion of Russian troops in the Ukraine hit…
Why the German rail network is collapsing
Construction work on the railway line Deutsche Bahn has to invest: with 13.6 billion euros it is more than ever. 1,800 kilometers of track, 2,000 points, 800 stations and 140…
Climate toll gives the state treasury extra billions
road tolls Trucks will soon have to pay a toll to protect the climate. The carriers don’t like that at all. (Photo: imago images/Rupert Oberhäuser) Berlin Federal Finance Minister Christian…
Fear of Omicron was justified – now it needs to be relaxed
2G regulation in gastronomy Almost none of the dystopian scenarios that scientists painted in mid-December in view of the approaching omicron “wall” came to pass. (Photo: dpa) After the battle,…
Prices on the freight market are falling – there are no Omicron bottlenecks
Dusseldorf The high rate of new infections with the omicron variant of the corona virus, which has persisted for weeks, has affected logistics in Germany far less than feared. “The…
Bottlenecks feared in logistics do not materialise
Dusseldorf The high rate of new infections with the omicron variant of the corona virus, which has persisted for weeks, has affected logistics in Germany far less than feared. “The…
Blackstone buys portfolio of cold logistics properties from the Nagel Group
Blackstone headquarters in New York Warehouses have been popular with financial investors, especially since the pandemic. (Photo: Reuters) Frankfurt The US financial investor Blackstone continues its shopping spree at warehouses.…
Amazon enters the forwarding business with discount prices
Dusseldorf Amazon disputes the business of German freight forwarders and surprisingly launches an aggressively priced freight service from overseas. Upon request, the German subsidiary of Amazon confirmed the relevant information…
Amazon bets against recovery in supply shortages
Containers of the shipping company Maersk Dusseldorf The new business model, with which Amazon attracts additional dealers to the group’s own marketplace, is like a bet: The US group is…
Amazon enters the forwarding business with discount prices
Amazon goods distribution center in Brandenburg The US online mail order company is now getting into the procurement of goods for its marketplace partners. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Amazon disputes the…
Gas prices: medium-sized companies are demanding a rescue package
On the way to the supermarket Retail chains invest a lot of money in their logistics and require planning security. (Photo: imago images/Arnulf Hettrich) Berlin Numerous freight forwarders, trading companies…
Gas prices: medium-sized companies are demanding a rescue package
Robert Habeck Due to increased prices on the gas market, companies are asking for help from the Federal Ministry of Economics. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin Numerous freight forwarders, trading companies and…
Freight railways suffer from high electricity costs
Frankfurt Rail freight transport has a growing problem: Electricity prices have risen significantly, but freight railways cannot pass the additional costs on to their customers. “The impact is massive, we…
Deutsche Bahn is making a big move into the transport of batteries
Frankfurt For DB Cargo, the freight subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn, the Automotive Logistic Center right next to the Mercedes-Benz plant in Bremen could be a glimpse of the future. DB…
CVC and Carlyle team up for DB Schenker
Schenker trucks Without the logistics subsidiary’s profits, Deutsche Bahn would lack an important source of income to finance operations. (Photo: Deutsche Bahn AG) Frankfurt, Berlin It could be one of…
Container bottlenecks are getting worse – 564 ships are waiting in front of ports
Container traffic jam in the Port of Los Angeles Problems in the US are responsible for 80 percent of global ship delays. (Photo: imago images/ZUMA Wire) Dusseldorf German retailers and…