“A high degree of stability and reliability”

Even if concrete forecasts are currently difficult, there is cause for cautious optimism. CEO Burkhard Eling on initial trends and an outlook for 2021.

Change is his steady state

Stefan Hohm took on the role of Chief Development Officer (CDO) at DACHSER in January 2021. He is now responsible for the new IT & Development (ITD) executive unit, which deals with research and development, innovation topics, IT, contract logistics, and global industry solutions. The 48-year-old began his career at the company with a dual-study program in 1992. Today, almost thirty years later, he is just as enthusiastic, energetic, and passionate about DACHSER and logistics as ever before. We interviewed him to find out what has shaped his career to date, and how he is managing his new responsibilities as a member of the Executive Board.

High hopes for hydrogen - A look at future technologies

What role does hydrogen play in designing logistics without greenhouse gas emissions? A check on the energy source H2.

DACHSER Food Logistics opens new location for the Milan region

DACHSER Food Logistics has opened a new location in Massalengo just outside Milan, in the Lombardy region. The new location’s proximity to the A1 highway offers food producers a fast connection to all parts of Italy as well as the whole of Europe.

DACHSER Climate Protection: Long-term climate protection strategy

Active climate protection is part of DACHSER's integrative responsibility. The logistics provider is leading the way in climate protection on the basis of efficient logistics and technical innovations, also together with customers and partners who also want to actively shape the change in logistics to low- and zero-emission technologies. Only in this way can the 2-degree target of the Paris Agreement and the climate protection goals of the European Union and many other countries be achieved in the medium and long term.

Current situation in India and the impact on DACHSER’s operations

Regarding the current situation in India, we would like to give an update about DACHSER’s operations in India. The situation as of today, April 28, 2021, is as follows:

Most branch offices across India are being kept closed as a precautionary measure due to the sudden rise of COVID cases. Our teams are working from home, with only skeletal staff at the offices and hence there are likely to be delays in responses due to the ongoing crisis. As a consequence of the lockdown, there are some operational impacts for air, sea, customs clearance and domestic trucking.

Air Freight:

• Most countries have barred passenger traffic from India leading to no passenger carrying flights operating on International routes from/to India
• This has created some additional constraint on already stressed space availability situation
• Rates are bound to inch upwards for all sectors
• Transit times too have increased as a consequence of capacity crunch

Sea Freight:

• Sea freight was already facing the challenges due to the Suez Canal blockage end of March.
• Ports and terminals are functioning normally, but vessel schedules are impacted by the Suez Canal blockage as well as the sudden rise of COVID cases in India.Therefore delays are expected. Customers are advised to factor in delays of 1-2 weeks while planning their inventories.
• We expect more delays in communication or operations due to increasing COVID infections among staff at ports, customs, CFS and shipping lines.

Customs:

• We do not have any unexpected disruptions in cargo movement in India, nor is any work stoppage expected at present.
• Customs clearance activities are functional at the movement.
• Customs is working with less manpower, no Customs Brokers is allowed to meet the customs officials, all processes is done faceless and things are moving in slow phase.

At DACHSER, we have undertaken significant measures to ensure our employees’ health and safety, at the same time continue to manage our day-to-day operations with minimal impact to our customers’ supply chains. Our teams are working diligently by all possible means in these testing times to assist and to overcome the challenges being faced.

Please rest assured that we will keep you updated of any changes to the current situation. In case of questions, please feel free to contact your local DACHSER representative in the region.

DACHSER Shanghai receives CEIV Pharma certification

At the end of March this year, DACHSER’s Shanghai branch and its office at Shanghai Airport obtained Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV Pharma) certification from IATA. This marks a further expansion of the logistics provider’s network services in the life science and healthcare sector.

Change of the toll in the Czech Republic

The Czech government has changed the toll logic and rates as of January 01, 2021. Accordingly, the toll rates for freeways and federal roads have been aligned and external costs, such as air pollution and noise pollution caused by trucks, have now been additionally taken into account. This leads to a significant increase in the toll rates.

The toll charged by the Czech Republic will be reimbursed in full to the hauliers used by DACHSER according to vehicle type and distance. In this way, DACHSER is making its contribution to maintaining the competitiveness of independent hauliers and securing freight space in the Czech Republic.

The women fighting the coronavirus

Right at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, a distribution company based in northern Spain aligned itself with the new market requirements: in 2020, Pharmediq enlisted DACHSER’s help to transport more than 100 million masks and other protective equipment to locations in Spain and other European countries.