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Gebrüder Weiss sales soar

Austrian forwarding and logistics company Gebrüder Weiss posted preliminary net sales of €2.54 billion for the 2021 financial year, up 43% on 2020. More than 70% of the increase was generated by the Air & Sea business as the global shortage of cargo capacity led to shipping companies and airlines repeatedly raising their rates. The company organized additional air freight charters using converted passenger aircraft during 2021. The acquisition of ... [+]

Hydrogen truck proves its worth

Austrian forwarder Gebrüder Weiss says its first hydrogen fuel cell truck has proved itself in all seasons and has saved around 80 tons of CO2 emissions per year. Even on uphill stretches, the 36-tonne Hyundai XCIENT Fuel Cell stationed in Altenrhein retained full performance.   Gebrüder Weiss plans to use hydrogen ... [+]

Austrian forwarder heads down Mexico way

Austrian-owned forwarder Gebrüder Weiss has opened a new location at El Paso, Texas on the border with Mexico, in response to growing traffic to and from the US. Gebrüder Weiss has been active in the US with its own national company since 2017 and now operates eight locations offering for air ... [+]

Cleaning up in Austria and Germany

Austrian transport and logistics provider Gebrüder Weiss has been delivering detergents and cleaning agents manufactured in Kruševac, Serbia by rail to destinations along the Vienna-Düsseldorf line for consumer products company Henkel. It circumvents the current shortage of truck capacity and cuts emissions by up to 70% while matching the delivery ... [+]

Shedding new light on Mongolia

Austrian-headquartered transport and logistics service provider Gebrüder Weiss has move 12,600 LED streetlights and lampposts to Mongolia by rail route for Zumtobel. It has delivered 80 containers in the past 12 months from Austria to the capital, Ulaanbaatarfor a government infrastructure project. The risk of damage due to strong acceleration ... [+]

Green energy for Gebrüder Weiss

Gebrüder Weiss says the photovoltaic installation at its Graz site in Austria, commissioned in August 2020, is now generating over 460 megawatt hours of electricity every year, enough to meet around half the energy needs of the 27,000sq m building. The logistics company already uses solar power at five other locations ... [+]

A safe pair of hands

Freight forwarder Gebrüder Weiss is now sponsoring goalies’ kit for all keepers at Vorarlberg Austrian Football Bundesliga team SCR Altach. The partnership with the Club (officially known as Cashpoint SCR Alatach, after its major sponsor) was launched in 2019 covering just the men’s professional goalies and will be extended for ... [+]

Watch this space…

Gebrüder Weiss is transporting equipment for the Austrian Space Forum’s Mars Analog space mission from Austria to Israel’s Negev Desert. As the official logistics partner of the Forum, the forwarder four trainees will be taking over all logistic tasks under supervision including customs clearance and the transport of mission equipment. ... [+]

New land transport chief for Austrian forwarder in Germany

Werner Dettenthaler has been appointed regional manager land transport Germany at Austrian-based forwarder, Gebrüder Weiss. He succeeds the long-time manager Anton Hagg, who passed away last year. Werner Dettenthaler , a native of the German region of Franconia, brings more than 30 years of professional experience in leading positions with well-known ... [+]

Gebrüder Weiss to take over Rhenus Bulgaria

Austrian forwarder Gebrüder Weiss is to acquire the business of Rhenus Bulgaria, subject to approval by the antitrust authorities. Rhenus has been a long-standing partner of Gebrüder Weiss in many countries and is now withdrawing from the Bulgarian market in the road segment.It says that acquiring the customers and employees ... [+]

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