Germany

Lehnkering opens cold unit

Lehnkering has unveiled a new temperature-controlled storage unit at its dangerous goods warehouse at Hamburg-Altenwerder.

Authorities nix CVH JV

Germany's Bundeskartellamt has ordered the CVH Chemie-Vertrieb joint venture between Brenntag and CG Chemikalien to cease operating.

IK expects Q4 declines

The Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen (IK), the German trade association representing the interests of the country's plastics packagings producers, predicts "a further decline in the economy for the fourth quarter of 2012"

Lehnkering handles imports for Clariant

Lehnkering is now operating a central import centre in Altenwerder, Hamburg on behalf of Clariant.

NCG expands German IBC cleaning

Mauser's reconditioning subsidiary National Container Group (NCG) has formed a joint venture with Germany's Weiss Tankwagenreinigung.

Science friction

CARGO SECURING A broad cross-section of interests has worked hard and long to come up with a new European standard for securing cargo on road vehicles. The chemical industry is keen to know why Germany is opposed to its implementation

Luc Renier, chairman of Cefic's Issue Team on Cargo Securing giving a presentation

Hoyer wins petrol-supply tender

Global transport and logistics giant Hoyer has won a tender to supply petrol to three quarters of the Aral chain filling stations in Germany.

DB to take Bayer product off the river

DB Schenker Rail has secured a three-year contract from Bayer MaterialScience to operate block trains between its plants in Dormagen and Krefeld and its production centre in Brunsbüttel.

VTG gets ECM certified

Germany-headquartered rail logistics provider VTG announces that it has become the first company to receive Entity in Charge of Maintenance (ECM) certification from the Germany Federal Railway Authority.

Better for Biesterfeld

Hamburg-headquartered Biesterfeld Group has reported 2011 sales worth €963m, an increase of 15% over 2010.

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