Tag: Freight transport
Rail freight companies rebel against Transport Minister Wissing
Freight train near Stuttgart Transport Minister Wissing expects more freight trains, but calculates without new routes, criticizing the railway companies. (Photo: IMAGO/Arnulf Hettrich) Berlin. The rail freight companies in Germany…
EVG ultimatum in Deutsche Bahn wage conflict has expired
ECG Overall, the EVG is negotiating for 180,000 employees at DB and another 50,000 at other railway companies. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The railway and transport union EVG is sticking to…
Federal government allows Cosco from China to participate in Hamburg terminal
Chinese shipping company Cosco loading The world’s fourth largest container shipping company is allowed to participate in the port of Hamburg. (Photo: Bloomberg) Dusseldorf The Chinese container shipping company Cosco…
Federal government allows Cosco from China to participate in Hamburg terminal
Chinese shipping company Cosco loading The world’s fourth largest container shipping company is allowed to participate in the port of Hamburg. (Photo: Bloomberg) Dusseldorf The Chinese container shipping company Cosco…
Truck traffic on German autobahns is increasing slightly
Harbor Economic activity also generates and requires transport services. (Photo: IMAGO/Arnulf Hettrich) Berlin Truck traffic on the German autobahns, which is considered to be an early indicator of the economic…
Green hydrogen could soon be the cheapest fuel for trucks
Hydrogen Summit in Salzgitter HH2E board member Andreas Schierenbeck (on the TV screen), Handelsblatt editor Kathrin Witsch, HINT.CO managing director Timo Bollerhey, RWE Generation COO Hydrogen Sopna Sury and Aurora…
The federal government wants to support the renovation of the railway network with billions
Construction site The federal government and the railways had agreed to fundamentally rehabilitate heavily used rail routes. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In the future, the federal government wants to contribute far…
Bremer Hafengesellschaft turns warehouse into a power plant
Economics Minister Robert Habeck at the opening of the BLG logistics center With Germany’s largest connected solar system on the roof, the logistics center largely supplies itself with electricity. (Photo:…
Logisticians are changing from drivers to victims of inflation
Container ship in the port of Hamburg As late as 2022, the high freight rates caused a lot of price increases. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf US President Joe Bilden complained last…
Minister Wissing should not introduce climate tolls before 2025
Berlin Freight forwarders and logistics service providers warn Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) against introducing the planned doubling of the truck toll at the end of the year. Above…
California faces ban on diesel truck purchases
Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Truck With the futuristic-looking concept truck, Daimler is giving a preview of its future truck flagship with a range of more than 1000 kilometers for the first time.…
California faces ban on diesel truck purchases
new York The California Air Resources Board (CARB) on Thursday held the final hearing on a 2036 ban on diesel trucks. CARB wants to vote on the ban as early…
California faces ban on diesel truck purchases
Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Truck With the futuristic-looking concept truck, Daimler is giving a preview of its future truck flagship with a range of more than 1000 kilometers for the first time.…
Consumers have to shell out 27 billion euros extra
Berlin The federal government wants to collect more than seven billion euros per year from the truck toll in the future. This emerges from the draft for an amended Federal…
Chinese state shipping company’s entry into the port of Hamburg could still tip over
Container ship of the Cosco shipping company in the port of Hamburg The federal government has been arguing for months about the participation of the Chinese logistics group in a…
Chinese state shipping company’s entry into the port of Hamburg could still tip over
Container ship of the Cosco shipping company in the port of Hamburg The federal government has been arguing for months about the participation of the Chinese logistics group in a…
Wissing relies on new truck drives instead of trains
coal train Because less oil and coal will be driven through Germany in the future, fewer heavy freight trains will be on the road, the Ministry of Transport expects. (Photo:…
Bahn boss expects operational loss of billions in 2023 and wants to “change course”
Richard Lutz The head of Deutsche Bahn wants to “take a completely different approach to the renovation and modernization of the infrastructure”. (Photo: dpa) Deutsche Bahn boss Richard Lutz expects…
Private railways are on strike by DB
Private regional train ODEG in Wismar The railway company is indirectly affected by the strike. (Photo: IMAGO/Stefan Zeitz) Dusseldorf The strike in long-distance rail transport announced for next Monday brings…
Habeck lets Cosco fidget with the planned port entry in Hamburg
HHLA Terminal Tollerort in Hamburg The Chinese must continue to worry about the planned entry. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Actually, the entry of the Chinese shipping group Cosco at the Hamburger…