Tag: logistics
More and more companies rely on remote control
Dusseldorf The Hamburg port operator HHLA is joining the start-up Fernride with its innovation unit and wants to operate trucks remotely in the future. With the technology of the Munich…
Cargo ship runs aground in the Suez Canal
“Glory” in Odessa in August 2022 The cargo ship transported grain from Ukraine to China. (Photo: IMAGO/Ukrinform) Cairo A cargo ship ran aground in the Suez Canal on Monday. After…
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…
Klaus-Michael Kühne: Strategist 2022
Klaus Michael Kuehne The entrepreneur is the majority owner of the logistics service provider Kühne + Nagel International AG as well as holdings in Hapag-Lloyd AG, Lufthansa AG and HSV…
Start-up Innok: Demand for outdoor robots is increasing
Innok robot at the training mine of the TU Freiberg The start-up now wants to scale its business model. (Photo: Innok) Munich Autonomous, mobile transport robots are becoming increasingly popular…
Start-up Innok: Demand for outdoor robots is increasing
Innok robot at the training mine of the TU Freiberg The start-up now wants to scale its business model. (Photo: Innok) Munich Autonomous, mobile transport robots are becoming increasingly popular…
Online trade: Delivery times – When the Christmas present from Amazon takes seven days
Dusseldorf Fast delivery is an important selling point for many online retailers, especially during the Christmas season. The ordered package should ideally arrive the following day. But the reality usually…
Everstox helps small online retailers with logistics from the cloud
Boris Bösch, Johannes Tress and Felix Haberland (from left) The founders want to make Everstox a unicorn in the long term. (Photo: Everstox) Berlin Delivery bottlenecks, high fuel prices, shortage…
Logistics start-up Sennder is to receive fresh money
Sennder truck Sennder acquired French competitor Everload in 2020. (Photo: Sender) Frankfurt, Berlin According to corporate and financial circles, Sennder is talking to investors about a new capital injection. The…
Logistics software company Transporeon sold for billions
Freeway Transporeon connects logistics companies, suppliers, shippers and retailers. (Photo: dpa) Munich The Ulm logistics software company Transporeon is sold to the USA for 1.88 billion euros. The industrial technology…
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…
Medium-sized companies are changing supply chains – dependency remains
Container terminal in China Many medium-sized companies remain dependent on the country. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf With tensions rising globally, many companies are trying to reduce their dependence on China. This…
Will the diesel additive become cheaper again?
Adblue tank cap The mixture significantly reduces pollutant emissions from diesel vehicles. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Around 1.1 billion liters of Adblue are consumed in Germany every year. Trucks in particular…
Job cuts are exacerbating the chaos among shipowners
Container ship HMM Algeciras in Hamburg desperately looking for employees. (Photo: IMAGO/Nikito) Dusseldorf The emerging overcapacities in container shipping are not the only point where the large shipping companies have…
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:…
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…
The Problem with Confidence: The Editor-in-Chief’s Weekly Recap
Good morning dear readers, A number shook me this week. According to a survey by Civey pollsters, only 25 percent of Germans state that they are confident about the future.…