Kuehne + Nagel’s European groupage network operational

Kuehne + NagelÆs European groupage network operational Switzerland's Kuehne + Nagel on March 1 officially took its Europe-wide groupage network into operation with daily line-haul services between 38 countries, following a two-month pilot phase.
   The network is based on a central hub in Haiger in Germany and seven regional hubs in Barcelona, Spain; Birmingham in the United Kingdom; Milan, Italy; Malm', Sweden; Paris, France; Warsaw, Poland; and Vienna in Austria.
   Domestic collection and distribution is managed by the respective Kuehne + Nagel national companies, with the exception of seven countries, where Kuehne + Nagel works with local companies.
   “The launch of our European groupage network marks a further key step within our ambitious strategy of positioning ourselves among the market leaders in European road transport in the medium-term,” said Ewald Kaiser, member of the management board of Kuehne + Nagel International responsible for the rail and road logistics business unit.
   “The network has proved its operational stability and now optimally complements our Group’s other areas of business, enabling us to provide customers with door-to-door services from a single source,” Kaiser said.