Thanks to MAN Trucks, the plan to bring autonomous trucks onto Germany's highways is moving ever closer to reality.

Hyster, a provider of container handling solutions, has delivered a reach stacker with a hydrogen fuel cell to the Port of Valencia in Spain. It is part of the H2Ports project. The aim of H2Ports is to introduce hydrogen-powered vehicles and equipment in ports.

The expert for plastic parts and assemblies made of thermoplastics has expanded its production logistics at the Bad Schwalbach site with three new transport robots from EK Robotics.

With the Linde T16 P to T20 P, Linde Material Handling is launching two new, compact low-platform trucks with folding driver's platform for a wide range of applications.

Mercedes-Benz Trucks recently handed over a customized heavy-duty truck to the renowned company Viktor Baumann.

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Full load operation in the new Hamburg logistics center. Logistics service provider Group7 recently completed the ramp-up phase of the new building in Hamburg.

A few years ago, all processes in the various warehouses of the medium-sized company Sanitär-Heinze were still paper-based, but today they are completely digitalized.

The medium-sized forwarding group Ihro celebrated its 60th anniversary in September and is once again on course for growth in its anniversary year, particularly with the further expansion of warehouse logistics.

Shortly after the German Logistics Congress, Dr. Martin Schwemmer announced his retirement. He wants to work more scientifically again.

Safety has the highest priority in hazardous areas or clean rooms, where the strictest legal requirements apply to operating equipment and means of transportation.

With the digital consignment note (eCMR), the Open Logistics Foundation aims to create a standard for electronic transport documents. In a European working group, the foundation's founders Dachser, Rhenus and Fraunhofer IML and other members have developed an industry-wide eCMR standard based on open source and blockchain.

Poco, the furniture discounter, has set up a large regional warehouse in the Lüneburg Heath with the help of Brüninghoff.

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The winning project at the German Logistics Award 2023 is called "Dachser Future Terminal - innovative digital twin @ILO for high-performance general cargo logistics".

Vanderlande and airport operator Avinor have entered into an innovation partnership to explore ways to fully automate the last mile of the baggage handling process.

Until Friday, over 2,000 supply chain and logistics experts are meeting at the InterContinental Berlin and Schweizerhof hotels for one of Germany's largest business congresses.

The automatic or manual storage variant - which is more economical can only be decided on a case-by-case basis; individual requirements make a general answer impossible.

The company, which operates in the heating, air conditioning and pharmaceutical technology sectors, uses the systems to automate its entire material flow, including the dispatch of spare parts, thus ensuring the best possible supply for production.

With its modular safety and loading technology system of the same name, Expresso, the manufacturer implements individual complete solutions for goods handling.

Rheinberg, around 60 kilometers from Düsseldorf, is home to the Borth rock salt mine and salt works. Between 7,000 and 8,000 tons of salt are mined and processed there every day.

Peter Edelmann has been appointed as the new CEO of intralogistics company SSI Schaefer with effect from October 15, 2023. In this role, Peter Edelmann succeeds Steffen Bersch, who has led the company for the past three and a half years.