Tag: Freight transport
Supervisory Board lays the groundwork for Schenker sale
Trucks from DB Schenker The federal government, as the owner of Deutsche Bahn, sets the course for a sale of the logistics subsidiary. (Photo: Volkswagen AG) Frankfurt Next step in…
Inland shipping is crucial for climate neutrality
The author Steffen Bauer is CEO of HGK Shipping GmbH. (Photo: Imago, private) “The path to the future can only succeed with a modern infrastructure” was the title of the…
Deutsche Bahn: Code word “Infra-Go” – Dispute over leadership of the major project
Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing The FDP politician – here presenting a hydrogen train – has made Deutsche Bahn a top priority and wants more action on the subject of…
Shipping containers almost as cheap as before Corona – freight rates are falling rapidly
Container ship at sea After the transport bottlenecks of the past few months, an enormous oversupply is to be expected in overseas transport as early as 2023 and 2024. (Photo:…
The climate toll only comes with enough eco-trucks
Berlin Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing only wants to demand an additional climate toll from the transport industry for every kilometer driven on motorways and federal highways if there are…
Zeitfracht boss expects less sales this year
fashion market With Adler, the group expanded into business with end consumers for the first time. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The boss of the family company Zeitfracht assumes that it will…
Association complains about bureaucracy in Germany
Berlin Hours of waiting, traffic jams in the airport halls – in summer it was the passengers who suffered from the lack of staff at the airports. After the corona…
How closed is the country really to foreign investors?
Freighter of the Chinese shipping company Cosco in the port of Hamburg The entry of the shipping group at the container terminal in Tollerort was met with numerous counter-arguments. Not…
Association complains about bureaucracy in Germany
Berlin Hours of waiting, traffic jams in the airport halls – in summer it was the passengers who suffered from the lack of staff at the airports. After the corona…
Corona lockdown in Guangzhou paralyzes textile exports
Corona checkpoint in Guangzhou The number of cases is growing in the textile metropolis. (Photo: AP) Dusseldorf Europe’s fashion retailers are worried about their supplies. Because in the southern Chinese…
Coalition agrees – that will change from 2024
federal highway The draft by the Ministry of Transport stipulates that the truck toll should increase at the beginning of 2023. (Photo: IMAGO/Sylvio Dittrich) Berlin The traffic light coalition has…
Coalition agrees – that will change from 2024
federal highway The draft by the Ministry of Transport stipulates that the truck toll should increase at the beginning of 2023. (Photo: IMAGO/Sylvio Dittrich) Berlin The traffic light coalition has…
Next discount to creditors planned in the millions
Container ship off New York Almost half a million containers from the P&R stocks are still sailing the seven seas. The money they generate is to be distributed to the…
Which innovations make the logistics industry greener
Frankfurt Several busts of the group’s founder Gottfried Schenker are on a presentation table in front of the Frankfurt headquarters of the DB freight forwarding subsidiary Schenker. They look as…
Shipping companies earn billions as crisis winners
Hapag-Lloyd container ship The German shipping company is heading for a net profit of 18 billion euros this year. (Photo: IMAGO/Markus Tischler) Berlin With a net profit of 18 billion…
Shipping companies earn billions as crisis winners
Hapag-Lloyd container ship The German shipping company is heading for a net profit of 18 billion euros this year. (Photo: IMAGO/Markus Tischler) Berlin With a net profit of 18 billion…
German platform Transporeon is for sale
Container loading in the port of Mannheim With more than 600 employees, Transporeon connects industrial and commercial companies with truck forwarding companies throughout Europe. (Photo: imago images/Arnulf Hettrich) Frankfurt, Dusseldorf…
How do the Handelsblatt readers feel about the Hamburger Hafen deal?
Container ship of the shipping company Cosco The Chinese state-owned company is now allowed to participate in a terminal in the port of Hamburg. (Photo: Reuters) “A catastrophe”, “Just frustrating!”…
Cosco entry at the port of Hamburg: Federal government approves deal
Container ship of the Chinese company Cosco enters the port of Hamburg The planned sale of parts of the Port of Hamburg to the Chinese state-owned company Cosco is causing…
What does Klaus-Michael Kühne intend to do with the airline?
Frankfurt Germany’s largest airline, Lufthansa, is faced with a mystery. The decisive question is raised by a major shareholder of all people: What does logistics entrepreneur Klaus-Michael Kühne intend to…