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Dear Customers,
Dear Employees,
A look at the first half of the 2013/2014 financial year shows that, overall, the IMPERIAL Logistics International Group remains well positioned
in the market. In spite of the clearly positive economic assessment, the
transport and logistics sector continues to face great challenges. We have
not achieved all the goals we set in the Group. Nevertheless, there is reason enough to look ahead at the second half of the financial year with
optimism and confidence. In recent months we in the IMPERIAL Logistics
International Group have grown together into an even more competent
and thus efficient unit group-wide that is equal to any challenge. Each and
every one of you contributes his or her very personal share to this positive
development and for these efforts I would like to thank you.
The forecasts of economic experts assume economic growth of 1.5 to 2.0
percent for the current year. However, this presumed stability should not
induce us to pursue less ambitious goals in future. We as the IMPERIAL
Logistics International Group want to continuously expand our market
position and keep a watchful eye on disruptive and destabilising factors
that exist even in these good times. We all know that current trends have
become more short-lived and, on top of that, our customers are getting
more and more demanding. In addition, further increasing energy costs,
the greater degree of regulation, liberalisation of the market and
increased safety and environmental protection requirements make the
conditional framework in our sector difficult. We have to continue to
respond to this situation responsibly and with good solutions – promptly,
flexibly and applying a modern approach.
LEHNKERING’s Road Logistics Division has extended its range of services
and now also transports liquefied gas. LEHNKERING Gas Logistics AB is a
newly established company that will initially take over LPG distribution
for a well-known international energy supplier in southern Sweden. It has
launched operation of its own fleet of special vehicles for this order, which
runs for several years.
Kopernikus complete train
means further growth for neska
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The PANOPA Group has achieved another milestone in its development in
Eastern Europe through its new Logistics Optimisation Centre in Győr,
Hungary. PANOPA Logistik Magyar Kft. now carries out extensive transport
and logistics activities at this location. They include management of a
warehouse measuring more than 75,000 square metres as well as all order
picking operations, handling empties and shuttle transport for the
automaker.
LEHNKERING
enlarges
capacities
at the
Schönebeck
location
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We are thus headed in the right direction. The 2013/2014 financial year
reveals numerous interesting prospects. Thanks to our stable business
model, the outstanding commitment of our employees and cooperation
between our management and customers based on trust, I am very
confident that this year, too, we will take another big step forward.
At this juncture I would once again like to warmly thank all of you and, of
course, our customers in particular for the good cooperation last year.
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Shipping Group
transfers pushed
convoys to
South America
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IMPERIAL
Shanghai
launches
operation of
new logistics
facility
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Reinhold Messner
makes a visit to
“Hand in Hand”
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A CQ U I S I T I O N S A N D CO O P E R AT I O N S
“Kopernikus” links Krefeld to Warsaw
LO C AT I O N S
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Yours,
The negative economic development (e.g. in the steel sector) last year has
unfortunately also led to difficult times and an excess supply on the freight
market. Nonetheless, the logistics sector, currently with sales of 930 billion
euros, remains a major economic factor in Europe. This is one reason more
for us not only to boost the internationalisation of the IMPERIAL Logistics
International Group outside Europe, but also to maintain special focus on
the development of our core market, Europe, where we currently do
95 percent of our business.
BUSINESS AND PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
Gerhard Riemann
Three years ago we started to continuously extend our presence as a
global service provider outside Europe to other continents, such as in
China, by opening our office in Shanghai. At the moment we are
broadening our activities in the Mercosur region through the new company IMPERIAL Shipping Paraguay S.A. In this context two push boats and
twelve pushed barges belonging to the IMPERIAL Shipping Group were
upgraded recently and brought from Rotterdam to South America. There
they will move diverse raw materials between ports in Brazil and Argentina. There is a substantial need for development in the region due to a
lack of infrastructure for transporting such raw materials as soy, cotton
and grain. Fifty highly motivated employees were hired on site for the
IMPERIAL Shipping Group. We are confident that the activities can be
expanded from there.
Opening under the banner of the four rings
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Schirm expands Schönebeck location
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Track for cargo handling regardless of weather conditions
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New facility for shop construction in Shanghai
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neska newsticker
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Logistics in the shuttle bus
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Long trucks in flurry of flashing cameras
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Transport of liquefied gas launched
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New location in Hamburg
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Business boosted in South America
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Individual coverage for employees
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“This shareholding sets new standards in Nigeria”
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AMADEUS twin pack
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Logistics from a single source generates large order
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“Fines” for a good cause
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IT capacities make for efficient document management
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Promotions and personnel changes
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Fleet expanded by 18 push barges
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New gas tankers launch service
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PANOPA wins over major client
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Revitalisation of corporate logo
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“Hazardous materials warehouse is a strategic milestone”
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Logistics concept for hazmat distribution
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AEO certificate for LEHNKERING Logistics N.V.
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P E O P L E AT I M P E R I A L
EVENTS
Moving mountains with courage and motivation
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At the interface between Europe and Asia
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Publisher:
Gerhard Riemann,
Executive Director of IMPERIAL Holdings Limited
and Chief Executive Officer of
IMPERIAL Logistics International B.V. & Co. KG
IMPERIAL Holdings
continues to expand
its presence in Africa
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“Kopernikus” links Krefeld to Warsaw
>> It is thanks to Nikolaus Kopernikus that people realised the Earth revolves around the sun and not the
other way around. The mathematician and astronomer based his entirely new view of the world on his conclusions from
observing the sky. Just as the person to whom it owes its name developed his own ideas, the rail shuttle “Kopernikus”
will set new trends in intermodal transport.
Ready for the train christening (from left): Frank Schuhholz, Managing Director of ERS Railways
B.V., Holger Kemp, Managing Director of KCT Krefelder Container Terminal GmbH,
May-Britt Schrader, Anke Engler and Bodo Engler, managing partner of dls Land und See
Speditionsgesellschaft mbH.
ince recently the complete train has linked
Krefeld to Warsaw. The route is currently
served on a round trip basis twice a week.
The 635 metre long trains are in operation for
around 23 hours. For each direction and departure
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dls Land und See Speditionsgesellschaft mbH
transports 36 trailers and containers on 18 double
pocket wagons by means of “Kopernikus”. Up
to 144 truck shipments a week are shifted from
road to rail in this way.
The key to the rail shuttle in Germany is the
Krefelder Container Terminal (KCT), which
belongs to the neska intermodal network. The
loading units are entrained there using reach
stackers or cranes. The freight going to Poland
primarily consists of paper, chemical products
and confectionery. Mainly furniture, paper and
building materials are transported in the opposite direction. KCT Managing Director Holger
Kemp is pleased about the cooperation with
dls: “Since launching operation of the terminal
in October 2008, we have been recording
constant growth. With 15,000 additional shipment operations ‘Kopernikus’ will generate
further growth in our order volume.” In future the
plus amount will presumably be even higher
since the number of round trips between Krefeld
and Warsaw will increase as of April. A freight
train linking the Krefelder Container Terminal
to Mortara near Milan five times a week provides for an added boost in capacity utilisation.
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>> The IMPERIAL Shipping
Group continues to pursue its internationalisation course and has established a new
company for this purpose, IMPERIAL Shipping
Paraguay S.A. The activities of the leading
European inland waterway shipping company
are to be expanded in South America from
Paraguay’s capital Asunción. Since January the
two push boats Herkules III and Herkules IV
have been in operation with twelve barges
each on a route measuring 2,500 river kilometres. They transport various raw materials
from Brazil to Argentina via the Hidrovía Paraná
river system.
The two pushed convoys were specially modi-
>> LEHNKERING’s Road Logistics Division has launched
transport of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). A new company was established
specifically for this purpose, i.e. LEHNKERING Gas Logistics AB, which initially
handles distribution of liquefied gas with special vehicles in southern Sweden
for a well-known international energy supplier.
rganisationally LEHNKERING Gas
Logistics AB is affiliated with
FoodTankers AB, which also belongs to
the Road Logistics Division. “Since FoodTankers
is specialised in transporting food products,
however, we wanted a clear separation of the
two segments,” explains Tomas Petterson,
Managing Director of FoodTankers and
LEHNKERING Gas Logistics. This is why a separate company was created for the gas sector,
he adds.
Liquefied petroleum gas represents a new business segment in the LEHNKERING portfolio that
broadens the company’s base in the market. At
the same time customers profit from the
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expertise in the Road Logistics Division.
Liquefied gas is predominantly obtained from
the production of natural gas and crude oil.
Among other things, it is used as a fuel for
buildings and for drying seeds.
fied for long distances at Dutch shipyards and
then taken from Rotterdam to South America.
To carry out the project, IMPERIAL Shipping
Individual coverage
for employees
>> Regent Insurance Brokers (Europe) has recently founded a
New location
in Hamburg
To strengthen activities in the chemical and
petrochemical industry in northern Germany, LEHNKERING Chemical Transport
GmbH (LCT), another company in the Road
Logistics Division, opened a new location in
Hamburg. In line with customer demand,
equipment will be stationed there on a
permanent basis. “In this way we shorten
transport routes and times. This more
economical and ecological method of
transportation not only holds advantages
for our customers in the chemical and
mineral oil industry, but also protects the
environment,” says Hans-Ulrich Höfler, LCT
Customer Care Manager responsible for the
region of northern Germany. With Hamburg
LCT now has a network of twelve locations
in Europe.
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Business
boosted in
South America
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Transport of liquefied gas launched
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subsidiary, Procur Assekuranzmakler GmbH, to expand its expertise in
providing advice in regard to retirement plans and personal insurance.
his insurance agency, located in Bochum, Germany, has been on the
market for just four months but is
already serving four thousand employees outside IMPERIAL Logistics International Group,”
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Encouraging employees to provide for
their own future: Wolfgang Kortus, Senior
Director Human Resource Management
and Labour Law at IMPERIAL Logistics
International B.V. & Co. KG, and Ralph
Kleinfeld, Section Manager for company
pension plans and personal insurance.
reports Regent’s Managing Director Udo
Griewatz. Procur is headed up by Ralph Kleinfeld. He and his associates market a broad
range of products. These include companybased and private retirement and health care
planning, along with life and accident insurance, disability insurance, home and household insurance, and others. The agency serves
employees all the way from the shop floor to
the executive suite. “Good planning for the
future is hardly a matter of chance,” explains
Ralf Kleinfeld, “but instead the result of
knowing the market and analysing needs. Every
client is entitled to know what their long-term
capital investments will ultimately be worth.”
An essential component in this effort is first
delving into the client’s needs and wishes and
only then assembling investment and insurance
modules. In the next few months, Kleinfeld will
be approaching the employees of IMPERIAL
Logistics International Group in particular.
Contact details: www.procur-gmbh.com
Paraguay S.A. employs ten staff members in the
administrative section and 40 crew members
on board.
Three questions to…
Udo Griewatz,
Managing
Director of Regent
Insurance Brokers
(Europe) GmbH
Why did you expand Regent’s
field of business?
In the past, employees of IMPERIAL Logistics
International Group submitted to us many
enquiries on the subject of private insurance.
We are now placing this field in the hands of
Ralph Kleinfeld and his team.
Why was this subsidiary organised
under a different name?
This underscores the firm’s independence. Its
clients, both inside and outside the Group,
have an absolute right to the inviolability of
their personal data. This is why Procur has
separate premises and a separate computer
system.
Which additional activities are you
planning?
We are continuing to place our faith in individualised consulting. We also offer our
clients added value, thanks to the advantages we enjoy when concluding policies
with insurance carriers.
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“This shareholding sets
new standards in Nigeria”
49 percent share in MDS, one of the leading logistics providers in Nigeria, for around 26 million US dollars. MDS,
a subsidiary of the conglomerate UAC of Nigeria Plc (UACN), has a network of 50 distribution centres with around
110,000 square metres of storage space that provides logistics links between more than 600 cities and villages all
over Nigeria.
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“This acquisition
strengthens our presence
in West Africa“
Marius Swanepoel,
CEO of IMPERIAL Logistics
in South Africa
MDS is the number one full-service logistics
company in the fragmented Nigerian logistics
market. Though numerous marker players offer
services in various logistics segments, none of
them provides complete
service like MDS. Its range
of integrated supply chain
solutions encompasses
transportation and freight
forwarding to distribution
and reverse logistics as
well as all facets of warehouse logistics. The company, which is represented
by its continuously growing
network in 31 of 36 Nigerian states, currently has
around 480 employees and
operates a fleet of approx.
80 trucks and distribution
vehicles. In the event
of capacity bottlenecks,
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AMADEUS
twin pack
>> IMPERIAL Holdings Limited, Johannesburg, further expands its presence in Africa by acquiring a
his acquisition
strengthens our presence in West Africa
and is a further step in our strategy
of enlarging our network through
suitable purchases and following
our existing customers on the continent,” explains Marius Swanepoel,
CEO of IMPERIAL Logistics in South
Africa. “In addition, MDS has a
high-quality clientele and a strong
new business pipeline.” Among the over 50
existing clients there are, for example, a number of leading blue-chip companies and multinational corporations in the food and beverage
industry, the telecommunications sector as well
as the pharmaceutical and chemical industry.
Larry Ettah, CEO of UACN, also underlines the
advantages of the shareholding: “We believe
that this transaction is excellently suited to
boosting the growth of MDS. The company’s
outstanding local market expertise, combined
with IMPERIAL Logistics’ international logistics
know-how, will lead to increases in efficiency
and set new standards in Nigeria for the benefit of all those involved.”
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moreover, it has access to more
than 60 vehicles belonging to joint
venture partners. Although its services are restricted to Nigeria, MDS
operates in a logistics market in
which the growth potential is three
times higher than in South Africa.
At the same time the company is a
leading pharmaceutical logistics
specialist in Nigeria. “MDS complements our services in the pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare segment
ideally,” says Dr. Iain Barton, Managing
Director of IMPERIAL Health Sciences (IHS) in
South Africa. IHS is the leading supply chain
provider in these segments in Africa and
specialises in multi-channel solutions for
reliable provision of vital medication and
distribution of healthcare products. Reliable
“MDS complements
our services in the
pharmaceutical and
consumer healthcare
segment ideally”
Dr. Iain Barton,
Managing Director of
IMPERIAL Health Sciences in South Africa
and professional pharmaceutical logistics also
numbers among the quality features offered by
MDS. In Abuja, the capital, as well as in Kano,
the trade centre in northern Nigeria, the company operates two special pharmaceutical
centres. Its clients include GlaxoSmithKline
Pharmaceuticals, Sanofi Aventis, Swiss Pharma
and Pfizer Specialties. “The shareholding in
MDS will boost our business as we are now
represented in an economy with one of the
highest growth rates,” states Dr. Iain Barton
with certainty.
>> Amadeus
Schiffahrts- und Speditions GmbH
has boosted its transport capacity.
In November 2013 the company
belonging to the IMPERIAL Shipping
Group added two motor vessels to
its fleet: AMADEUS Gold and
AMADEUS Silver.
he 87.50 metre long and 11.30 metre
wide ships, built in 2010, each have a hold
measuring around 3,400 cubic metres, a
loading capacity of 2,400 tons and a draught
of 4.15 metres. According to Wolfgang Nowak,
a member of the Amadeus Management Board,
the primary reason for the purchase is that the
demand on the part of shippers for in-house
tonnage has increased constantly in the past
year. Including the two new vessels, the fleet
today comprises three in-house ships and four
vessels chartered on a long-term basis with a
loading capacity of between 2,000 and 3,000
tons. “With AMADEUS Gold and AMADEUS
Silver we are well equipped for further strategic
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business development,” emphasises
Wolfgang Nowak.
The company is specialised in short
sea shipments of general and bulk
cargo, such as steel, grain and
minerals, though it also handles At the signing of the sales contract for the two new
project cargo. The two new ships will vessels (from left): Thijs Aarten (IMPERIAL Mobility
be employed for existing niche traffic. Finance B.V.), Eric l. Schulz (Damen Shipyards Bergum),
Thanks to their modern design, Wolfgang Stevens (Amadeus Schiffahrts- und Speditions
GmbH) and Eef van Oostrom (IMPERIAL Mobility
AMADEUS Gold and AMADEUS
Finance B.V.).
Silver are ideally suited for deploySea, as well as the route via the Rhine to the
ment on commonly used short sea routes in the
European river system. That includes in
Baltic Sea and back. Shipments on the Rhine,
particular the Albert Canal, which links Liège
Rhône and Danube are also conceivable, says
and Antwerp and enables access to the North
Wolfgang Nowak.
Logistics from a single source generates large order
>> The neska Group and the IMPERIAL Shipping Group jointly landed a large order that runs for a period of
several years. Both corporate groups carry out, in close coordination, storage, cargo handling and shipment of bottom
ash for Mitteldeutsche Schlacken Union (MDSU).
his ash comprises residues resulting from
the incineration of household waste from
which secondary raw materials, such as
ferrous and nonferrous metals, as well as
recyclable minerals are recovered.
Around 400 tons of bottom ashes are
produced daily at the EEW waste incineration
facility in Hürth. The ash is taken by truck to the
dry cargo handling facility that neska operates
in Cologne. “We are the only logistics location
there with approval for handling wastes,”
emphasises Branch Manager Michael
Wittmann. The bulk cargo is kept in temporary
storage in a building measuring 1,250 square
metres and equipped with a liquid-tight
concrete surface before it is loaded onto canalgoing inland vessels of the IMPERIAL Shipping
Group after a short time. The bottom ash is first
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transported to Magdeburg, 550 kilometres
away, via the Rhine, the Rhine-Herne Canal, the
Dortmund-Ems Canal and the Mittelland Canal
and then taken to Reesen by truck where it is
subsequently treated in a new, highly innovative and patented process. “We employ our
efficient fleet of privately owned ships as well
as shipping company vessels for these strategically important volumes,” says Thomas
Küpper, Managing Director of IMPERIAL
Shipping Services GmbH. MDSU handles precarriage and onward carriage by truck through
a company of the Neumann Group. The
estimated cargo handling and transport volume
comes to 100,000 to 120,000 tons a year.
According to MDSU Managing Director André
Hartl, the decisive factor for the contract
awarded to neska and the IMPERIAL Shipping
Group was the solution from a single source:
“We attach importance to perfect interplay
and a complete chain of logistics since a
continuous supply of raw slag is of utmost
importance for us in this innovative treatment
process.”
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IT capacities make for efficient document management
>> No matter whether the staff is dealing with delivery notes, waybills or invoices – whenever documents
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PANOPA wins over major client
>> Bochumer Verein Verkehrstechnik GmbH (BVV) enables trains to keep running all over the world.
need to be stored and recovered, the Information Technology Department at headquarters supports all the companies in
the IMPERIAL Logistics International Group.
In 2013 alone 120,000 wheels for rail traffic rolled off the line at the manufacturer of rolling railway material. Since
recently PANOPA Logistik GmbH has been responsible for organising shipments.
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ixteen PANOPA
employees have
their office at
BVV’s headquarters in
Bochum. There they
coordinate worldwide
transport via truck, aircraft and sea container.
In addition, they take
care
of
customs
clearance for incoming
and outgoing goods,
procurement
of
packaging
material,
loading trucks and
securing their cargo as
well as proper stowage
of sea containers.
“Winning the tender was a huge success for
us,” says Thorsten Domke, Head of Transport
Organisation at PANOPA. “Thanks to our
concept, which we developed jointly with
colleagues at PANOPA Steel Logistics and
documents each week,” says GILLHUBER Managing Director Srecko Mühling. To meet that
need in the past, the staff had to search out and
send the documents needed – and in some
cases to even request them from the subcontractors. The digital document management
system, “Docuware”, was tailored to suit the
demands of the process. This makes it possible
for GILLHUBER staff to organise the scanned
papers so that they can readily be recovered
later, with just a mouse click or two. The system,
with the help of which 34,000 documents have
been organised, has been in use for six months.
Six thousand documents are added each
month. By the end of the year all the associated
companies will be integrated into the concept
– and volume will rise to 60,000 documents per
month. “Even now, our effective savings come
to 60 hours a month, time we can use for other
tasks,” Srecko Mühling sums up.
Fleet expanded by
18 push barges
>> De Grave-Antverpia N.V., an inland
waterway shipping company belonging to the IMPERIAL
Shipping Group, has taken over the barging assets of
Compagnie Française de Navigation Rhénane.
y acquiring 18 push barges belonging to the French competitor,
De Grave-Antverpia is significantly expanding its fleet. This means
the Belgian company can continue to handle the increasing volumes of its big industrial customers without any problem. Moreover,
expansion of the fleet provides for synergy effects and cost savings in the
company’s network. With headquarters in Antwerp and branches in Liège
and Tournai De Grave-Antverpia has developed into one of the major
inland waterway shipping companies in Belgium. It is specialised in
transportation and storage of dry bulk cargo. It ships around twelve
million tons a year on all European waterways.
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Old Logos
New gas tankers
launch service
>> The sister ships IMPERIAL GAS 90
and IMPERIAL GAS 91 were recently put into service,
thus boosting IMPERIAL Gas Barging’s fleet.
he two modern tankers are able to transport the entire range of
gaseous products. Currently they mainly carry propylene, but they
are equally suited for transporting propylene oxide, ammonia and
liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). The 110 metre long and 11.45 metre wide
vessels each have a capacity of 2,760 cubic metres and are driven by
634-kilowatt engines. At present the gas tankers operate on the Rhine
route, though they can also navigate canals. With the two new tankers
IMPERIAL Gas Barging’s fleet currently consists of 17 ships.
In December 2013 the gas transport activities of the former
LEHNKERING Reederei GmbH were transferred to IMPERIAL Gas
Barging, Hamburg, a branch of IMPERIAL Liquids Barging GmbH.
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from Europe, the major
sales regions include
Asia, in particular the
Chinese market. However, South Africa as well
as Latin and North
America are markets
with great potential for
BVV.
Bochumer Verein Verkehrstechnik GmbH has
been operating in the
steel processing industry
since 1842 and today it
is part of the Rail
Technology Division of
the Georgsmarienhütte
Group. With approx. 800
employees BVV produces wheels, wheelset
axles, wheel tyres and wheelsets for national
and international rail traffic. It is represented
by two locations in Germany – in Bochum and
Ilsenburg.
Photo: Bochumer Verein Verkehrstechnik GmbH
e work closely with our sites
and
devise
customised
solutions, based on established
technologies,” explains Thomas Bergmann,
team leader for IT Data Management. “Our
networks, systems and terminal units are
configured to ensure the highest possible
degree of operational security. The two highavailability computer centres form the infrastructure needed here,” he emphasises. The
most recent example is the implementation of a
document management system at GILLHUBER
Logistik GmbH. About six thousand freight
documents are handled there each month. The
customers often request copies months later –
in the course of an internal audit, for instance.
“Our main customer alone requires 250 to 300
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LEHNKERING Steel & Services, we asserted
ourselves against well-known competitors,”
Thorsten Domke adds. He and his colleagues
now make sure that truck shipments and sea
containers reach their destination safely. Apart
Redesigned Logos
Revitalisation of
corporate logo
>> IMPERIAL Holdings Limited has modified
its logo. The most striking changes are the altered
course and new position of the logomark “Möbius”
strip. As a rule, it is no longer above, but next to the
word mark “IMPERIAL” and more or less rounds it off.
he red and blue colouring in the arch is more fluid than before.
The font has remained the same. However, the letters are now
somewhat closer together.
To emphasise the affiliation to the parent company in South Africa, the
Management Board of IMPERIAL Logistics International decided make
adjustments as well. “To make sure the corporate design remains
consistent and unmistakable both internally and externally, we have also
meticulously revised our logo,” explains Esbade Herzog, Key Account
Manager in the Marketing Department at IMPERIAL Logistics
International. The changeover to the new corporate design will take place
successively.
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“Hazardous materials warehouse
is a strategic milestone”
>> LEHNKERING is building a new hazardous materials warehouse in the district of Hedemünden in Hannoversch Münden. The chemical
logistics specialist will perform storage, cargo handling and order picking
services there for vehicle parts wholesaler Wessels + Müller starting in May.
he facility is planned for a capacity of
around 5,000 pallet slots with spaciously
dimensioned cargo handling and preparation areas. The high-bay warehouse, 15 metres
in height, will feature narrow aisle and reach
truck technology. The safety equipment includes a modern fire alarm system, a sprinkler
system with foam mixing facility and a gas
warning and ventilation system. The building,
which is divided into two fire zones, will be
designed with leakage and fire-fighting water
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retention capability. The site at which
LEHNKERING is constructing the hazardous
materials warehouse is linked to the A7 motorway. Thanks to the central location, delivery to
neighbouring countries is possible overnight for
orders placed by 6 pm. “The new hazardous
materials warehouse is a strategic milestone in
the ongoing development of our network of
locations,” says Michael Pohl, member of the
Divisional Management Board. Other customers
can also take advantage of the capacity offered.
AEO certificate for
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Logistics concept for
hazmat distribution
>> Within just two months,
LEHNKERING’s Distribution Logistics Division worked out
and implemented a logistics concept for a wholesale
company selling automotive industry supplies.
EHNKERING organises the delivery of pre-packaged liquids of a
hazardous nature to 15 logistics centres located throughout Germany.
The customer, given the stringent legislation governing hazardous
materials, had approached the limits of its own storage capacities. The
solution uses the CargoWare warehouse management system. It is linked
with the wholesaler’s SAP server via an IT interface. Thus the shipping orders
arriving from that customer’s 15 logistics centres are routed to a central
point at LEHNKERING and are then split up as appropriate among the five
manufacturing sites operated by the chemical maker. “We have to respond
and assemble orders extremely quickly, so that the goods are received the
next day,” according to Björn Liedtke of LEHNKERING’s lead branch office
for this project, in Mannheim. A further challenge is to accommodate daily
and seasonal fluctuations. The wholesaler distributes the materials once
again from its logistics centres to retail sales points. Calculated for the
year, Björn Liedtke expects that 110,000 order lines and 450,000 picks are
involved. And in 2014, that volume is forecast to rise by 30 percent.
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>> LEHNKERING Logistics N.V. is a
particularly trustworthy partner in international logistics
business. The Belgian subsidiary of LEHNKERING GmbH
now has proof of this in black and white.
he company headquartered in
Antwerp has a certificate
as an Authorised Economic Operator, or AEO for
short, specifically certificate
type AEOC. It is considered to
be a seal of quality for reliability
and safety. Authorised Economic
Operators make use of customs simplifications in the import and
export of goods in the 28 EU Member States. Among other things,
the goods go through fewer physical inspections.
“Thanks to AEO certification, we can offer our customers even
better service in all aspects related to importing and exporting their
goods,” as Hans van den Bosch, Managing Director of LEHNKERING
Logistics N.V., explains the advantages. “The simplifications in
customs processes and preferential treatment accelerate customs
clearance significantly.” That is why the certificate plays a very
important role in the competitive market. Headquartered in
Rotterdam, LEHNKERING Logistics B.V. is also AEO-certified. Both
companies are part of the LEHNKERING’s Distribution Logistics
Division.
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Opening under the banner of the four rings
Photo: AUDI HUNGARIA MOTOR KFT.
Business and Project Development
>> Though the cutting of the ribbon in
Győr, Hungary took only a few seconds, CEO Rüdiger Buß
underlined the long-term significance of this brief symbolic act
for the PANOPA Group: “Today’s inauguration of the Logistics
Optimisation Centre is another major milestone in the development of our corporate group in Eastern Europe.”
ANOPA Logistik Magyar Kft. performs
extensive transport and logistics tasks
for Audi Hungaria at the Logistics
Optimisation Centre. It manages a warehouse
measuring more than 75,000 square metres
and carries out order picking work, empties
handling and shuttle shipments on behalf of
the automaker. From there the company
supplies components perfectly synchronised to
the automobile plant seven kilometres away,
where the A3 Limousine and the A3 Convertible
are produced in series as complete units. In
future a total of 125,000 vehicles a year are to
roll off the line in Győr. The number of
employees at the Logistics Optimisation Centre
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is slated to rise to about
300 by the time of full
operation of the automobile plant in February
2014. Then 2,000 large Officially inaugurated the Logistics Optimisation Centre in Győr in
and 6,000 small load the presence of around 100 invited guests from politics and industry
carriers will be moved (from left): Károly Tallósi, Managing Director of A-K Építőipari Kft.,
every day there. In addi- Rüdiger Buß, CEO of PANOPA Logistik GmbH, Simon Robert Balazs,
tion to that, PANOPA Deputy Mayor of Győr, and Axel Schifferer, Managing Director for
Finance at AUDI HUNGARIA MOTOR KFT.
handles 4,000 large and
40,000 small load carriers
daily at Audi Hungaria’s engine plant.
markets at an early stage,” says Rémy Hoeffler,
The logistics specialist has been active in
Head of Eastern Europe in the PANOPA Group.
Eastern Europe since 1999. “We identified the
He sees great potential in Russia, Romania and
opportunities offered by the Eastern European
Bulgaria in the coming years.
Schirm expands Schönebeck location
>> LEHNKERING is expanding the production and storage capacity in Schönebeck near Magdeburg.
A production centre for liquid fungicides will be completed there by 2015 by Schirm GmbH, part of LEHNKERING’s
Chemical Manufacturing Division.
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Mario Guderjahn (left) and Sebastian David, employees of Schirm GmbH, filling emulsion
concentrates at the Schönebeck location.
EHNKERING is building 3,000 square
metres of additional space for storage and
handling of hazardous materials. Furthermore, the multipurpose synthesis plant will be
extended by virtue of a third section, which is
slated to go into operation in autumn 2015.
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The fungicide centre will include a facility for
the formulation of emulsion concentrates (EC)
as well as another plant for formulating
suspension concentrates (SC). In future highquality plant protection agents and fine chemicals will be produced there and in the extended
multipurpose synthesis plant for worldwide
application on behalf of well-known chemical
corporations. The combination of an EC with a
SC facility as well as direct connection to highly
automated filling lines will furnish customers
with cost advantages. The larger hazardous
materials warehouse will provide warehouse
logistics services for in-house needs and for
customers.
Altogether the chemical supplier is investing 25
million euros in the expansion. “In this way we
meet the increasing demand for high-quality
external production services,” says Dr. Bernd
Müller, CEO of Schirm GmbH. “Our customers
especially appreciate the full-service idea.”
Uwe Willhaus, CEO of LEHNKERING GmbH,
adds: “An important unique selling proposition
is that we offer both logistics and production
services. The investment in the complex is a
major basis for future growth at the Schönebeck location.” The expansion will result in the
creation of 66 new jobs.
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not only shortens idle times, but also reduces
costs for our customers.”
Berliner Hafen- und Lagerhausgesellschaft mbH
invested five million euros in the new facility,
which was constructed according to Pohl’s
specifications and will be rented by the
company on a long-term basis.
Cutting the ribbon (from left): Walter Schulze-Freyberg, Managing Director of Pohl & Co. GmbH,
Peter Stäblein, Managing Director of Berliner Hafen- und Lagerhausgesellschaft mbH, Michael
Kisser, Site Manager of Pohl & Co. in Berlin, and Andreas W. Otto and Michael Kleifges, both
Managing Directors of Pohl & Co. GmbH.
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to avert hazards on ships and at port facilities.
This involves extensive safety measures, such
as fencing around the grounds, installation of
floodlight and alarm systems as well as access
control. Certification will presumably be
completed in spring.
>> 5,000 square metres of logistics space and an additional loading track – these are the main advantages
resulting from the expansion of the Pohl & Co. GmbH terminal in Spandau. The new building was officially inaugurated
in autumn – much to the delight of Michael Kisser: “This means we can respond to the inquiries of our customers even
more flexibly in future,” says the Site Manager in Berlin.
he company, which is part of the neska
Group, is specialised in just-in-time
logistics for paper and other forestry
products and focuses increasingly on rail transportation. Today 85 percent of the goods are
delivered via rail. However, the previous storage
capacity was no longer sufficient to meet the
rising demand for services for the paper
industry. Pohl handles around 275,000 tons a
year at the Berlin location, with an increasing
trend.
To maintain the proximity to the existing
buildings, the company decided on an annexe
to the facility in Südhafen. Henceforth a total
of 15,000 square metres of covered space and
two loading tracks are available. The new
siding is completely covered so that sensitive
goods can be transhipped in all weathers. “We
are thus able to load and unload both single
railway wagons and complete trains within a
short time,” emphasises Michael Kisser: “That
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Western Europe. The terminal in Cologne is
currently served twice a week. The train is
loaded with as many as 34 45-foot pallet-wide
containers. At present there is one departure a
week in Duisburg. An increase in frequency to
five weekly departures in Cologne and to two
or three departures in Duisburg is planned.
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Farewell for “Mr neska” – Heinz Bartels
must have shaken quite a few hands at his
official farewell (photo). Among the 200 guests
invited to the ceremony were customers, members of the staff and friends of the longstanding Chairman of the neska Management
Board, who went into early retirement in 2013.
It goes without saying that a number of
anecdotes from his professional life cropped up
in the course of the event.
Successful recertification – neska’s branch
in Cologne received the certificate according to
the GMP+ B3 standard for three additional
years. GMP stands for Good Manufacturing
Practice. The B3 variant certifies that the
company meets the high requirements
regarding storage and cargo handling of sugar
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Turkey shuttle – CTS Container-Terminal in
Cologne and RRT Rhein-Ruhr Terminal in
Duisburg have been incorporated into the
logistics network of the Turkish organisation
BALO, which focuses on intermodal transport
with complete trains between Turkey and
Safety in the supply chain – CTS ContainerTerminal GmbH in Cologne targets implementation of the International Ship and Port Facility
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A heart for children – The playground at the
Julia boarding school for boatmen’s children in
Zwijndrecht was renovated with the financial
and energetic support of Alcotrans Container
Line B.V. (photo). In this volunteer project the
staff painted walls, repainted playground
equipment, repaired the pool and installed an
awning.
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New facility for shop construction in Shanghai
>> To be able to cope with growth in the shop construction segment for a key account in the fashion
industry, Shanghai IMPERIAL International Freight Forwarding Co., Ltd. launched operation of a new logistics facility.
he 7,000 square metre structure with
twelve gates is located in a warehouse
park in the Baoshan region north of
Shanghai and complements the existing site in
the Jing’an district. “We are using the new
facility as a central warehouse for our customers,” explains Christian Berlin, Managing
Director of IMPERIAL Shanghai. From here it is
possible to set up six to eight shops parallel,
depending on the size of the shop. From around
1,500 different articles 25,000 articles are order
picked per shop. “At present twelve staff members work here. However, we plan to hire two
to three new employees in the coming
months,” Christian Berlin looks ahead. The
company, whose activities are allocated to the
PANOPA Group via affiliation to the
LEHNKERING Euro Logistics Group, employs 22
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staff members altogether at the two locations
in Shanghai.
Christian Berlin knows no geographic boundaries for the organisation of the supply chain:
“We cover all of Asia through partners and subcontractors. The greatest pressure is in China,
however.” The company performs all logistics
services desired – from road transport, air and
sea freight, warehousing and customs
clearance all the way to value added services.
The strategic goal is to further expand the client
portfolio in the shop construction segment by
means of this know-how. Christian Berlin: “The
medical sector is currently growing very rapidly
in China. We are now negotiating with a
Chinese partner concerning joint entry into the
market.” Moreover, the range of services is to
be extended to the automotive industry.
>> The Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg is
considered to be the biggest contiguous automobile factory in the world.
The plant grounds are nearly three times the area of the Principality of
Monaco, the road network is around 75 kilometres long. To help the
employees save time when they move across the grounds, the car maker
has set up bus shuttles connecting the parking areas, buildings and
production sites. On one of these buses there is advertising for
HANSMANN Logistik GmbH, which has taken over internal plant
logistics functions for Volkswagen at its headquarters. Moreover, an
image film during the ride provides information on the corporate group’s
range of services. Both Volkswagen and HANSMANN employees may
use the MAN bus, a Lion’s City model. The bus has met with very good
acceptance since the start of service in October 2013.
Long trucks in flurry of flashing cameras
>> This is something you don’t see every day:
twelve EuroCombis in a flurry of flashing cameras at the meeting of the
“big boys”. They were displayed on the occasion of the fifth race of the
transportation and logistics sector sponsored by the journal trans aktuell.
GILLHUBER Logistik GmbH, which took part in Germany’s biggest long
truck show, presented one of these vehicles. “This parade is an excellent
opportunity to point out the safety features of our vehicle, such as lane
keeping and proximity control assist, attention assist and rear view
camera,” emphasised Managing Director Srecko Mühling. GILLHUBER
supplies well-known carmakers with bought-in parts using the long truck. It
has been in operation on routes in Bavaria and Saxony since March 2012.
In the sector race, which started against the backdrop of the EuroCombis,
the focus was less on technical features than on personal best times. Among
the participants were GILLHUBER employees, who encountered good
conditions on the course over distances of five and ten kilometres.
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“Fines” for a good cause
>> Those who come too
late, have not set their mobile phone to silent
or interrupt someone midstream have to pay.
That is a stipulation of the “List of fines”, which
the central works council at LEHNKERING
GmbH adopted years ago. The list specifies
what improper behaviour costs how much
during a central works council meeting. The
amount of the fines to be paid ranges between
25 cents and one euro. An impressive total of
530 euros accumulated in this way over the
years and has now been donated to Friedensdorf International (Peace Village International).
The children’s relief organisation in Oberhausen looks after sick or injured girls and boys
from war- and crisis-torn areas. Even though
the till is now empty, inappropriate behaviour
will not remain unpunished in future central
works council meetings. A new piggy bank is
already prepared.
LEHNKERING Group
Dr. Rembert Horstmann
general proxy holder,
assumed on January 1
the management of the
Marketing Department
at IMPERIAL Logistics
International. He brings
Dr. Rembert
with him wide-ranging
Horstmann
experience as a marketing manager, gained at the ThyssenKrupp
corporation and with the Fiege Company, a
logistics specialist.
LEHNKERING GmbH
Rainer Buchholz, Wolfenbüttel
Frank Sturde, Wolfenbüttel
Karl Heinz Bleyl (left) and Alfons Becker
handed over the symbolic check to Beate
Kleinbrahm from Friedensdorf International.
Commercial proxy given to
Esbade Herzog, Marketing
Barbara Hisserich, Marketing
Tanja Markmann, Marketing
IMPERIAL Shipping Group
Wolfgang
Nowak
Since November 1, 2013,
Wolfgang Nowak has
been CEO at Buss
Imperial Logistics GmbH
& Co. KG. He retains his
position as CEO at
Amadeus Schiffahrtsund Speditions GmbH.
Commercial proxy given to
Adrian Sauer, IMPERIAL Shipping GmbH,
Luxemburg, and IMPERIAL Shipping Services
GmbH
Peter Wiedow
On January 1, Peter
Wiedow was named
general proxy holder at
GILLHUBER Logistik
GmbH in Neufahrn. He
has been responsible for
the Transport Organisation second there
since July 2013.
Commercial proxy given to
PANOPA Group
Since October 1, 2013,
Michael Brandes has
borne responsibility for
the Automotive Logistics
Division at the PANOPA
Group. Prior to that, he
had served as Section
Michael Brandes
Manager and CEO at
logistics services
companies and in the automotive and
consumer goods industries.
Dr. Michael Ebert
assumed on September
1, 2013, management of
the international project
unit. His primary
assignment in this
function is to coordinate
Dr. Michael Ebert
the foreign activities of
the PANOPA Group. This logistics manager
previously held an executive position at
Magna, an automotive industry subcontractor.
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>> He was the first to climb all 14 eight-thousanders, conquer the demanding Nanga Parbat alone and cross
not only the Antarctic on foot, but also Greenland and the Gobi Desert. Reinhold Messner is undoubtedly one of the
greatest mountain climbers in the world.
Commercial proxy given to
Schirm GmbH
Bojan Djordjevic, Baar-Ebenhausen
Annika Pfaff, Schönebeck
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Axel Winekenstädde, Stockstadt
David Dießner, Kamenz
Udo Schmidtke, Wetter
Detlef Stöpel, Großenlupnitz
GILLHUBER Logistik GmbH
Bernhard Brosig, Neufahrn
Rahmat Godjali, Neufahrn
Jonas Reimer, Neufahrn
Bernhard Schmidl, Neufahrn
e talked about his borderline
experiences and what drives him on at
the “Hand in Hand” management
conference in Bad Driburg in East Westphalia
to which the IMPERIAL Logistics International
Group sent out invitations.
In his talk the extreme alpinist took the 200
listeners on a journey to the limits of what is
humanly possible and brought home to them
how the inconceivable is made conceivable and
the unfeasible feasible. The key factor in all his
undertakings is motivation, he stated. In an
exciting fashion the South Tyrolean explained
the connection between his adventures and
other spheres of life, also providing impetus
and food for thought on how his experiences
can be applied to the success and risk
management of a company. For Reinhold
Messner the mountain serves as a metaphor for
how everyone can rise above himself/herself
through courage, motivation and enthusiasm.
His insight: “The mountains that have to be
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moved are in our consciousness.” The IMPERIAL
Logistics International Group would also like to
continue to move mountains in the coming years.
In this connection it presented “IMPERIAL
2020” during the management conference, a
project aimed at expanding the group by creating new divisions. The various divisions took
advantage of the event to present themselves
and their work, creatively in some cases, but at
all times in an informative manner.
At the interface between Europe and Asia
>> The Turkish logistics market is booming. The country is increasingly becoming the focus of international
logistics companies, particularly because of its central geographic location. IMPERIAL Logistics International numbers among
those that are following Turkey’s development as a logistics hub between Europe, Asia and the Near East very closely.
he corporate group was represented at
the logitrans International Transport
Logistics Exhibition in Istanbul with its own
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neska Group
Reinhold Messner spoke about his experiences at the extremes and what drives him.
stand for the first time. With IMPERIAL Logistics
International as the main exhibitor three days
long Amadeus, CTS, GILLHUBER, MULTINAUT,
Jens Langer is the new
manager of the neska
branch in Mannheim.
He joined the neska
Group on October 1,
2013.
Jens Langer
The Cologne office of Pohl & Co. GmbH is also
under new management. Siegfried Friedrich
has directed this office since mid-January.
Shared experiences and ideas at IMPERIAL Logistics International’s stand in Istanbul (from right): Robert
Radoslavov (Rubiships), Jürgen Helten (IMPERIAL Shipping Services), Birgitta Worringen (German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development), Michael Kleifges (neska), Esbade Herzog
(IMPERIAL Logistics International), Hamza Demirdelen (Turkish Ministry of Transport), Ilker Altun (EKO
Fair Limited Co.), Çetin Nuhoğlu (Turkish Transport and Logistics Assembly) and Yüksel Özkan (Upi Trans).
neska, Pohl & Co. as well as Rubiships presented their extensive range of services and informed visitors about their respective core
competencies in the metropolis on the Bosphorus. Executives in all divisions of the group
assessed the event positively. Logitrans was a
complete success. There were many talks and
new contacts were made. In total logitrans
recorded 11,800 visitors from 56 countries. The
top five participating countries after Turkey included Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Austria and Lithuania. More than half of the 206 exhibitors,
who presented their companies in two halls on
an area of around 10,000 square metres, came
from abroad, most of them from Germany, Italy,
Austria and Latvia. The next logitrans International
Transport Logistics Exhibition will take place once
again in Istanbul from 20 to 22 November 2014.
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