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Rhenus opens dedicated life sciences centre

Rhenus Air & Ocean UK has launched a life sciences and healthcare department at a newly refurbished site in Ashford, Middlesex, close to London’s Heathrow airport.The warehouse, the first of its kind in Europe for Rhenus Group is a one-stop-shop for all import and export logistics, offering a white glove service for temperature-controlled storage and distribution from end to end.Led by industry experts Marie-Louise Watkins, head of life sciences and ... [+]

Rhenus makes inland waterways even greener

German logistics company Rhenus’s PartnerShip arm is investing in hybrid alternative fuelled articulated push barge units for its inland waterway services. The Rhenus Mannheim I+II and Rhenus Wörth I+II are being built at the Den Breejen shipyard in the Netherlands and are due to be completed in September 2023 and the ... [+]

Solar testbed for Rhenus

Rhenus Group’s Home Delivery arm is testing whether solar cells can extend the range of solar-powered trucks, in partnership with Sono Motors. It is evaluating the technology in weather conditions ranging from hot sunshine to wet winter days using a 15-tonne vehicle in the Berlin area. [+]

Double Danish for Rhenus

Rhenus Air & Ocean has opened new sites in Copenhagen and Aarhus in Denmark. It follows the launch of a new branch in Norway in February. . [+]

Rhenus opens in Bogota

The Rhenus Group has opened its own office branch in central Bogotá, Colombia. It will offer air and ocean freight forwarding and project logistics solutions. The German-owned forwarder was previously represented through local network partnerships. Rhenus Colombia is also present in the country’s main seaports at Cartagena, Barranquilla, Santa Marta ... [+]

Rhenus opens new Czech point

Rhenus Czech Republic has opened a new warehouse in Prague. The BREEAM-certified 14,000sq m site will support its groupage business and regular departures to key locations across Europe, with remaining warehouse space available to the open market. It operates as a groupage hub for the Czech Republic and Slovakia, as ... [+]

Bartz to take over as Rhenus boss

Tobias Bartz will take over as chief executive and chairman of the management board at German forwarder Rhenus Group on 1 April. He will succeed Klemens Rethmann who has held the position since 2008. Bartz began his professional career as a management trainee at Rhenus in 2005 and was appointed ... [+]

All Rhenus LCL to go carbon neutral by 2030

Rhenus Group says it will neutralise the carbon emissions of all of its less-than-container-load (LCL) services by 2030. Starting from 2022, cargo shipped out its gateway at Hilden (near Dusseldorf) will be carbon neutral, at no additional costs to customers. The service will then progressively roll out through all Rhenus’ ... [+]

Rhenus to open Oslo outlet

German owned Rhenus will open an office in Oslo, Norway from the beginning of February 2022, its first in Norway, and for its Rhenus Air & Ocean forwarding arm the first in Scandinavia. In addition to air and ocean freight, the new location offers supply services to offshore platforms, project logistics ... [+]

Learning the ropes with Rhenus

Rhenus UK has appointed a number of new starters as part of a relaunched graduate programme.Over the next two years, the graduates will be introduced to Rhenus UK’s five divisions - Transport (Road, Air & Ocean and Supply Chain), High Tech, Home Delivery and Customs.The forwarder says this will give ... [+]

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