Germany

DHL Post & Parcel has added significant new capacity at its Cologne, Germany, parcel center.

DHL investments to create a unified parcel network between Deutsche Post and DHL Express have paid dividends during the Easter holiday shipping season.

The cost of energy is driving productive capital out of Germany.

Northbound looks to expand its product development after raising $1.4 million in funds.

Labor strikes and slowdowns at ports in Germany, Antwerp, Belgium, and Rotterdam, Netherlands, are crippling trade and could trigger more logistical inflationary pressures for U.S. importers and consumers.

Both sides were slated to return to the negotiation table Friday.

One year after acquiring Grubhub, Germany’s Just Eat Takeaway is looking to sell the delivery business.

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Uber Eats announced it will enter the German market as it looks to take on food delivery service Just Eat Takeaway.com across Europe.

Lufthansa Cargo and DB Schenker are flying carbon-neutral weekly routes from Germany to China, using carbon offsets and sustainable aviation fuel.

Chicago Rockford and Cologne Bonn airports operate under the shadow of Chicago O’Hare and Frankfurt airports. But they are rising stars in the cargo arena and have decided to pool their resources.

DHL will be the first to deliver COVID-19 vaccines in Germany. Integrated logistics companies like DHL, FedEx and UPS have an advantage with their closed networks and sophisticated delivery methods for keeping vaccines at the correct temperature.

Deutsche Post DHL saw a significant rise in e-commerce activity during the second quarter due to continued COVID-19 travel restrictions and retail store closures.

Deutsche Post DHL said preliminary second-quarter profits, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, have it less worried about the rest of the year.

New DHL Express facility will benefit shippers across southern Germany with European and international freight deliveries.

“Inland waterways shipping does not fit into Imperial’s future development strategy,” said CEO Hakan Bicil.

Christenson will focus on scaling UF Europe “at speed and responsibly.”

The new 40,000-square-meter center is the size of five football fields and has a sorting capacity of 50,000 shipments per hour.

Bill Driegert discussed both the Canadian and Polish expansions.

Medical marijuana firm AMP will be pursuing a European Union Good Manufacturing Procedure (EU-GMP) audit to ensure quality and integrity of its pharma goods from the supplier to the German patient.