Tag: Freight
A 3-Year Record was Broken at the Point of Freight for Institutional Cryptocurrency Investors
Growth was recorded in the trading volume of the Chicago Commodity Exchange (CME), one of the largest derivative exchanges in the world. CME volume in January after spot Bitcoin ETFs…
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…
Low water slows down freight shipping – what the economy is now threatened with
Berlin The drought in Germany is becoming a burden for inland shipping. The reason: the water levels of many rivers are so low that ships can only navigate them more…
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…
The fat years in air freight are over
Frankfurt Air freight traditionally also benefits from the boost in the Christmas business. Companies stock warehouses and shelves with goods and parts that often have to be brought in by…
Market economy: Container freight rates fall
Good morning dear readers, this morning we can enjoy three achievements of human interaction: democracy, market economy, rule of law. In freight shipping, we are currently experiencing how the market…
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:…
Booming freight business inspires Deutsche Post
Deutsche Post parcel service The Bonn group expects strong Christmas business. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The Bonn-based Dax group had already announced that Deutsche Post DHL would increase its profit forecast…
Cargo & air freight business of the airlines is slacking off
Frankfurt For more than two years, air freight has carried the badly hit airlines through the pandemic. Now there are growing indications that the boom is coming to an end.…
Deutsche Post: E-commerce is weakening, freight business is growing
Deutsche Post headquarters in Bonn Dusseldorf For two years, numerous lockdowns during the corona pandemic had brought Deutsche Post’s parcel business a steep rise. But the boom seems to be…
How leasing companies are trying to get planes back from Russia
Frankfurt A single lawsuit shows the dilemma facing aircraft leasing companies caused by the Ukraine war and sanctions against Russia. Under case no. 22 Civ.2070, BOC Aviation of Singapore tried…
Hapag-Lloyd News: Shipping company increases net profit ninefold
Hapag-Lloyd freighter in the port of Hamburg Despite the sharp rise in fuel prices, higher charter rates for ships and additional mooring costs in ports, CEO Rolf Habben Jansen expects…
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…
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…
Rail bundles freight traffic to and from China in a new company
Freight wagons Traffic between Asia and Europe is currently being handled on ten routes. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The freight transport subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn, DB Cargo, is bundling transport to…
Freight traffic: permanent congestion on the rails
Berlin, Frankfurt Jes-Christian Hansen, Managing Director of Habema Futtermittel GmbH in Hamburg, has never seen anything like it. The company has been regularly transporting animal feed by train since 2012…
The World’s First All-Electric Freight Train Landed on the Rails
The world’s first electrically powered freight train appeared in the USA today. The electric locomotive named FLCdrive, which has just met with rails, can carry loads for kilometers with its…