Tag: Freight transport
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…
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…
This is how the operator defends the China deal
HHLA CEO Angela Titzrath Controversial China deal on the Elbe. Photo: HHLA/Nele Martensen Dusseldorf A year ago, Angela Titzrath, CEO of the Hamburg terminal operator HHLA, might have been awarded…
Dispute over Cosco and HHLA
Container Ship Cosco wants to take a 35 percent minority stake in the Hamburg container terminal. (Photo: IMAGO/Nikita) Berlin, Brussels The Federal Chancellery is in favor, the Ministry of Economic…
The EU warned in the spring that the Chinese would get involved
Terminal in the port of Hamburg The federal government is arguing about the entry of a Chinese investor. (Photo: dpa) Brussels, Berlin In the spring, the EU Commission warned the…
Traffic light politicians warn against Cosco entering the port of Hamburg
The chairman of the secret service control committee of the Bundestag, Konstantin von Notz (Greens), told the Handelsblatt: “There may be short-term economic arguments for China’s entry into the port…
Traffic light politicians warn against Cosco entering the port of Hamburg
The chairman of the secret service control committee of the Bundestag, Konstantin von Notz (Greens), told the Handelsblatt: “There may be short-term economic arguments for China’s entry into the port…
Deal with shipping company from China causes a dispute at traffic lights
Container terminal Tollerort in the port of Hamburg The Chinese Cosco Group was to receive a 35 percent stake in a loading station owned by the port operator HHLA in…
Logistic companies cash in, politicians seem powerless
Wilhelmshaven container terminal The Hapag-Lloyd shipping company has acquired a stake in the container port – just one of many deals in the logistics industry. (Photo: imago stock&people) The wave…
Arabs attack in Germany
World’s largest port operator DP World The state-owned company from Dubai is now also expanding into the German logistics sector through an acquisition on the stock exchange. Dusseldorf The German…
Arabs attack in Germany
World’s largest port operator DP World The state-owned company from Dubai is now also expanding into the German logistics sector through an acquisition on the stock exchange. Dusseldorf The German…
Pressure is increasing for diesel trucks to be phased out more quickly
Berlin, Vienna In the car business, the diesel engine is a phased-out model, and market shares have been shrinking for years. In the case of heavy trucks, on the other…
Disrupted supply chains because of five centimeters
Heavy truck on the highway The transporters suffer from the bureaucratic chaos of Autobahn GmbH. (Photo: dpa) Berlin It only takes a thumb’s length – and the supply chain breaks.…
This start-up wants to replace diesel
Dusseldorf Logistics, as Dirk Graszt knows, can be pretty sluggish. In his decades in the industry, the experienced manager has got to know almost all areas. He was sales director,…
This start-up wants to replace diesel
Dusseldorf Logistics, as Dirk Graszt knows, can be pretty sluggish. In his decades in the industry, the experienced manager has got to know almost all areas. He was sales director,…
The federal government is waiving new billions from the toll
Toll bridge on the A3 Why wasn’t the software for the electronic toll collection system added early enough to be ready for use in 2023? (Photo: imago images/Jochen Tack) Berlin…
VW subsidiary MAN plans to enter the electric truck business in 2024
Munich The truck manufacturer MAN is aligning its future with the electric truck. “From 2024 we are ready to go into larger quantities. We assume that in 2030 half of…
Rehabilitation and expansion of the rail network
Berlin The pressure on Deutsche Bahn AG is growing to part with holdings and invest the proceeds in the rail network. For example, the Network of European Railways (NEE) welcomes…
Billion dollar contract for the production of hydrogen trucks
fill up with hydrogen A Clean Logistics truck is parked at a hydrogen filling station operated by the service provider GP Joule. (Photo: GP Joule) Dusseldorf The traffic turnaround is…
Rehabilitation and expansion of the rail network
Berlin The pressure on Deutsche Bahn AG is growing to part with holdings and invest the proceeds in the rail network. For example, the Network of European Railways (NEE) welcomes…