DACHSER named one of Germany’s most successful logistics brands

LOGISTIK HEUTE and BVL have awarded DACHSER second place in the “Road transport services” category.

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Companies seeking to open up new markets need a sound plan, plenty of commitment, courage, entrepreneurial thinking—and strong partners at their side.

DACHSER is creating capacity in Poland

DACHSER has increased its capacity in Poland and expanded its branches in Stryków and Poznan.

DACHSER opens new branch in Portugal

At the beginning of February, DACHSER moved into its new branch in Coimbra, Portugal. With this move, the logistics provider is tripling its logistics space in central Portugal to more than 6,300 square meters.

DACHSER Plans New Facility in the North of England

DACHSER in the UK is to build a new almost 5,200 square metre logistics centre in Rochdale to replace its existing distribution facility. The development of the 3.7 hectare (9.2 acre) site represents EUR 16 million (GBP 14.4 million) investment by the company.

DACHSER Sweden transports spare parts for Volvo Cars

DACHSER now manages the transportation of Volvo Cars’ spare parts from Torslanda outside Gothenburg to DACHSER in Gothenburg and further to Volvo Cars’ various warehouses in Germany. The two mega trailers are a new investment at the Gothenburg branch within the Swedish DACHSER network.

A breath of fresh air

Offices, hospitals, even aboard the International Space Station and the Mars rover: clean air is in demand everywhere. Camfil supplies smart filter solutions to achieve optimum indoor air quality. And when it comes to achieving flexibility in the warehouse and optimizing data communication, DACHSER has the answers.

Brexit: Time’s almost up

While politicians continue to try and find a way out of the Brexit crisis, the leaving date draws inexorably closer. Now it’s up to companies to systematically plan and prepare for all eventualities. One major issue: customs.

DACHSER Karlsruhe starts making deliveries by cargo bike

Effective immediately, DACHSER’s Karlsruhe logistics center is deploying pedelecs for city-center deliveries. This move by the logistics provider is a response to environmental issues such as air quality, but also to the increasing number of traffic jams and construction zones that make it difficult to deliver to city centers with conventional trucks.

Stronger Air Freight Market causes early capacity bottlenecks

Due to the consistently strong air freight market and expected strong business in the current fall, we expect further capacity bottlenecks.

Whereas a heavy growing peak season for shipments from Asia to Europe (and vice-versa) is expected, capacities on the transatlantic route are already being heavily utilized.
For this reason, it is recommended that air freight shipments be booked as soon as possible, so that they can be dispatched as planned.

The experts at the DACHSER air freight organization have been working on various measures for the current fall peak season (for example, having DACHSER charter its own flights, shifting goods flows to smaller airports, and increasing standing capacities at strategic airline partners). These preparations make it possible for DACHSER to continue to fulfill our customers’ quality demands to their complete satisfaction, despite the expected growth.

Your local DACHSER team will be pleased to accept your shipment orders and can support you in planning your air freight shipments.

Delivering fun on wheels

With vehicles for children of all ages, Puky makes sure kids are going places. To reach young riders and their parents all across Europe, the long-established manufacturer has been relying on DACHSER logistics for 10 years.

Fresh food alliance for Europe

A reason to celebrate: for five years now, the European Food Network—under the system leadership of DACHSER—has been coming up with the right answers to the challenges posed by transnational, Europe-wide food logistics.

Increase in truck tolls in Germany from January 1, 2019

Following the expansion of truck tolls to include highways in July 2018, the German government has now decided to increase tolls for trucks of all classes, effective January 1, 2019.

The German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure published the basis for the increase in truck tolls as part of the infrastructure cost study 2018-2022. The study lays out how the toll rates for freeways and highways are to be aligned while taking into account external costs such as air and noise pollution caused by trucks. This leads to a considerable rise in toll rates, which means yet another significant cost hit for our short- and long-distance transports.

For this reason, your toll rates will change as of January 1, 2019. We will of course make the adjusted toll table available to you in advance.

Tolls will be refunded in full to carriers used by DACHSER according to vehicle type and distance covered. In this way, DACHSER is doing its part to support the continued competitiveness of independent carriers and also to secure transportation capacity in Germany.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

Dangerous goods ban at Shanghai Pudong airport

From November 5 to 10, 2018, Shanghai will host the first China International Import Expo (CIIE) at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai. Security measures will raise during this period. Shanghai Pudong airport will not accept certain hazardous goods.

During the Expo, the Security Bureau has implemented tight security controls nearby the Shanghai Expo area, the airport and seaport which especially affect dangerous goods. From today, October 23, up to November 12, Pudong airport will not accept dangerous goods classified as 1, 6 and 7.

Please get in touch with your DACHSER representative to rearrange affected shipments and avoid additional storage cost.

Welcome to Zambia!

As part of the 2018 youth exchange with Livingstone, Zambia, the DACHSER Young Professionals learned a lot about the country, its people, and its culture—and about the widespread problem of waste management.

DACHSER at the International Supply Chain Conference

Once again DACHSER will be appearing at the International Supply Chain Conference (Deutscher Logistik-Kongress) in Berlin, now in its 35th year. Featuring the theme “Digitalization meets reality,” the trade fair will be held October 17–19, 2018 at the InterContinental Hotel.