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Dachser breaks ground in Austria

Logistics provider Dachser is investing €6.5 million euros in a new 20,000sq m facility in Stans in Tyrol, Austria, scheduled to begin operations in late 2017 and replacing its site in Hall. It will have 30 gates and a 4,700sq m storage and logistics. Another section of the building offers space for additional loading stations and parking.         Left to right: Günter Hirschbeck, managing director, Dachser Austria European Logistics, Dr Jürgen Bodenseer, ... [+]

Dachser buys out Ireland’s Johnston Logistics

Germany-owned logistics and forwarding company Dachser has become a majority shareholder of its partner in Ireland, Johnston Logistics. Founded by brothers Albert and Ivan Johnston in 1979, the company has become one of the key players in Ireland, specialising in dangerous goods and warehousing services from three locations at Rathcoole ... [+]

John Smith is Multimodal’s man of the year

  GB Railfreight founder and managing director, John Smith was named Multimodal Personality of the Year at an after-show awards evening on 5 April. Smith, who founded GB Railfreight in 1977, was recognised for his inspirational leadership and support of young people in the industry. Groupage operator and forwarder Dachser was recognised as ... [+]

Dachser invests in overland network

  Dachser is adding capacity for its overland network at several German locations. Terminals at Bremen and Hamburg locations are being expanded and building is also under way in Alsdorf near Aachen and Dissen near Bielefeld. In total, Dachser is investing €60 million at the four locations, creating nearly 35,000 square ... [+]

Dachser appoints logistics chief

German forwarder Dachser has promoted head of contract logistics, Alexander Tonn, to managing director of European Logistics Germany from 1 January. Alexander Tonn joined the company as a business management degree graduate in 1999 and has headed up contract logistics at the company’s largest operations site worldwide in Memmingen and ... [+]

Dachser sets training record

A record 682 trainees and students across Germany have begun their training at Dachser – and logistics firm has also set a new record for professional drivers with 87 training with the company this year. In total, the family-owned company is training 1,511 new recruits in 76 locations nationwide. Outside ... [+]

Change at the top at Dachser

German-owned forwarder  Dachser has appointed existing board member Thomas Krüger as managing director of its EMEA business unit and recruited current Schenker board member Jochen Müller to take over from the retiring Thomas Reuter as chief operations officer of air and sea logistics on 1 January 2018, after a transition ... [+]

Excise boost for Dachser

Dachser UK is seeing considerable growth in its contract logistics and value-added services business, says the German-owned logistics giant. It has recently taken on an additional 80,000 sq ft warehouse at Round Spinney, Northampton, to serve a customer-bespoke Excise Bond warehousing and UK distribution requirement. Last autumn, the operator started a ... [+]

Dachser sets up corporate solutions section

German forwarder Dachser has set up a new Corporate Solutions, Research and Development unit to advance its business with global, industry-specific logistics solutions and bundle its research and development activities. It will be headed by Stefan Hohm, leader of the Logistics Center in Hof for the past seven years. Hohm and ... [+]

Dachser adds Turkey road option

Dachser has gone live with its own road logistics branch in Turkey and linked a new site in Istanbul to its European groupage network through the Cargoplus organization. Dachser's Air & Sea Logistics arm already has a presence in Istanbul and Izmir. Dachser Turkey Road is headed by manager, Erkan ... [+]

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