Germany
January 25, 2023
EMO-TRANS GmbH Announces ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management Certification
EMO-TRANS GmbH was pleased to announce in December that it had successfully achieved ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management Certification. “With a globally growing environmental consciousness and the rapidly increasing costs of resources, a workable Environmental Management System (EMS) can create an…
READ MORE >August 29, 2022
Berlin Emergency Decree Prioritizes Energy Rail Transports
The German government has decreed that energy feedstock be given rail capacity priority in view of the record low water levels on the river Rhine and other inland waterways, including priority over passenger trains (source: World Cargo News).
READ MORE >August 26, 2022
German Ports and Workers Agree to Terms to End Three Months of Strikes
Germany’s unionized port workers and the association representing the seaport operators agreed to terms for a new contract after one of the longest running labor disputes in Germany in decades. The tentative agreement came just three days before a cooling-off…
READ MORE >August 17, 2022
Drought Bringing Upper Rhine Shipping to a Halt
Inland shipping on the Middle and Upper Rhine could grind to a complete halt; other key waterways such as the Danube are also suffering from Europe’s prolonged drought and intense heat waves (source: World Cargo News).
READ MORE >August 15, 2022
Rhine River Water Depth to Hit Record Lows
Our teams will keep customers updated on the situation and any impact it will have on the supply chain. https://theloadstar.com/rhine-closes-to-barge-traffic-with-water-depth-set-to-hit-record-lows/
READ MORE >July 26, 2022
Lufthansa Cargo Ground Workers Called On to Take Part in Strike
Lufthansa Cargo ground workers are tomorrow set to join strike action being called by Germany’s ver.di union. The union has called on the 20,000 Lufthansa ground workers it represents to take part in a strike running from 03:45hrs on Wednesday…
READ MORE >July 26, 2022
Lufthansa to Cut Frankfurt, Munich Flights Amid Looming Strike
Deutsche Lufthansa AG will cancel almost all flights from its main German hubs in Frankfurt and Munich Wednesday because of a strike by ground crew, exacerbating the chaos that has snarled Europe’s crucial summer travel season (source: AJOT).
READ MORE >July 18, 2022
German Courts Ban Further Labor Actions Until August 26
Ocean carriers are busy adjusting their networks in North Europe, after a two-day ‘warning strike’ by German port workers ended on Saturday. Employers failed to get the third, and longest, warning strike stopped by the courts, but the courts did…
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