Tag: logistics
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…
How robots with artificial intelligence get a warehouse under control
Hamburg The workers in the Otto Group’s goods distribution center in Haldensleben will soon have eight very special new colleagues. These are robots that are designed to take on tasks…
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…
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…
In 2023, Bahn will be back deep in the red – 40 billion euros in debt
Deutsche Bahn The state-owned company has billions in debt. (Photo: IMAGO/Arnulf Hettrich) Berlin After a brief recovery in 2022, Deutsche Bahn expects to be back in the red again this…
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…
How the family business became a profit champion
Shipping company CMA CGM Rodolphe Saadé, Tanya Saade Zeenny and Jacques Saadé at the inauguration of a container ship in 2018. (Photo: Bloomberg) Marseilles The Tour CMA CGM glitters in…
How the family business became a profit champion
CMA CGM container ship The family-run shipping company CMA CGM is the most profitable company in France. (Photo: dpa) Marseilles The Tour CMA CGM glitters in the Marseille sunlight. The…
Deutsche Post attacks Amazon in the US
DHL cargo plane Parcel delivery in cross-border e-commerce has developed into a real growth driver for the Group. (Photo: Deutsche Post) Dusseldorf Deutsche Post is launching a counterattack against its…
Deutsche Post is preparing for difficult times
Outgoing Post boss Frank Appel Record result to say goodbye (Photo: imago images / sepp spiegl) Bonn After a past record year, Deutsche Post is already preparing for shrinking profits…
Boss Stefan Paul wants to secure profits from the pandemic in the long term
Zurich Stefan Paul started to make the state of emergency normal. When the manager became head of the Swiss logistics giant Kuehne + Nagel in August 2022, high rates in…
Rhenus becomes Germany’s largest private transport company
Duisburg Indiscriminately, at least that’s what it seemed at first, the Westphalian transport company Rhenus has made several purchases in recent weeks. The shopping spree with the Danish forwarding and…
The end of the container cartels – Why Maersk and MSC are breaking their alliance
MSC and Maersk The two shipping giants end their alliance. (Photo: Bloomberg, Montage) Singapore The steel box of the Swiss shipping company MSC floats almost silently over the deck of…
Hapag-Lloyd: Shipping company achieves record profit
Hapag-Lloyd container ship in Hamburg Germany’s largest container shipping company benefited from the high freight rates in the past financial year. (Photo: IMAGO/Markus Tischler) Dusseldorf In the past financial year,…
Hapag-Lloyd on par with VW – shipping company achieves record profit
Hapag-Lloyd container ship in Hamburg Germany’s largest container shipping company benefited from the high freight rates in the past financial year. (Photo: IMAGO/Markus Tischler) Dusseldorf In the past financial year,…
Logistics start-up Grünfuchs strengthens retailers in the fight against Amazon
Grünfuchs founder Felix Dossmann The entrepreneur wants to secure the future of inner-city retailers in the fight against online giants like Amazon. Dusseldorf The Göttingen household goods retailer Markus Reich…
Antwerp is arming itself against cocaine smugglers
Antwerp The port of Antwerp lies on the Scheldt like a giant octopus. The numerous side arms allow incoming container ships to be processed at the same time. At 150…
Otto Group makes Erfurt the carpet capital
Erfurt 1200 natural white synthetic fiber flokati are stacked up at the incoming goods gate, they were delivered by truck from Turkey. The sender printed the name of the fashion…