
SICK starts new production in China
With a new production site in Changzhou, SICK is expanding its capacities for localized production and system construction in China.
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With a new production site in Changzhou, SICK is expanding its capacities for localized production and system construction in China.

Hydrogen drives are the hot topic of the year. Do they offer a real alternative to diesel or purely electric battery drives?

Dear Readers
"Courage and change" is the title of the guest article by BVL CEO Robert Blackburn, which you will find on pages 38 and 39. As I mentioned in the last issue, I still have my problems with "courage" as a motto.

With its specialists, logistics is increasingly becoming a key component of entrepreneurial activity. It is facing up to this responsibility - today and in the future. An article by Robert Blackburn.

Up to 120 trucks can be refueled daily
The natural gas producer Novatek has opened an LNG filling station in Rostock. The space-saving compact facility can refuel up to 120 trucks a day with LNG and will be operated by the liquefied gas distributor BarMalGas.

The kitchen equipment supplier Marcos Larrañaga y CIA has put a new warehouse into operation in the Basque province of Álava. The core technology in the 3,560 square meter facility is a semi-automatic pallet shuttle system from AR Racking.
Interview with Hapag-Lloyd CEO
It is always a good idea to conduct an interview with Rolf Habben Jansen, CEO of Germany's largest shipping company Hapag-Lloyd. Over the past five years, the manager has steered the long-established company pragmatically and precisely into calmer waters. Now the aim is to become more sustainable and increase returns.

As materialfluss has learned, Klaus Tersteegen, Managing Director of Fritz Schäfer GmbH, has left the company at short notice.

Autonomous flying is a new, additional type of transportation that will take place in both the freight and passenger sectors. The arrival of drones in the transport and logistics industry is coming sooner than some people imagine. At the moment, many are looking to Africa, where the most experience with drones is currently being gained.

Every year, around three million tons of goods are transported to and from the Czech Republic via the port of Hamburg.