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Test runs for car handling a success

Test runs for car handling a success

WILHELMSHAVEN. In April and June, Jade Car Logistics and Jade-Dienst successfully handled two shipments of used cars to North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean. Each shipment involved about 700 vehicles, mostly cars and trucks. The core business of Jade-Dienst...
Gebrüder Weiss acquires Ipsen Logistics

Gebrüder Weiss acquires Ipsen Logistics

BREMEN. Subject to the approval of the competition authorities, Austria-based international logistics firm Gebrüder Weiss (GW) has acquired parts of the sea and air freight business of Bremen-based Ipsen Logistics. At the contract signing in Bremen, Hans-Christian...
Volumes fall in first half-year

Volumes fall in first half-year

OLDENBURG. The first half of 2020 saw an an eleven percent decline in maritime traffic for Lower Saxony’s nine seaports. The port group handled a total of 24 million tonnes. But the pandemic did not affect all the ports adversely. There were positive developments in...
53 e-vehicles reach BLG AutoTerminal

53 e-vehicles reach BLG AutoTerminal

BREMERHAVEN. Chinese start-up Aiways has chosen AutoTerminal Bremerhaven as the first transshipment port for its electric SUVs. The vehicles are destined for the European market. Seaport and logistics service provider BLG LOGISTICS unloaded the new vehicles from a...
New build project provides boost

New build project provides boost

LEER. The 4,000 square meter transshipment centre for Karl Huneke Straßen- und Tiefbau is intended to give an economic stimulus to the port of Leer. The area on Sägmühlstraße, which was built in spring and has already commenced operations on the quay, is mainly used...