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■ WORLD TRADE
International Cargo Hub in Brunsbüttel
F.A. Kruse jun. of Brunsbüttel is a logistics company run by the fifth generation of the family. Multiple cooperation simplifies its international business.
Nobody at F.A. Kruse any longer considers trans- porting letters and parcels in the same way as over a century ago. This logistics service provider has completely revamped its main activities. The regular clientele of the group based in ChemCoastPark largely comprises internationally active companies in engineering, wind power, and the chemical and paper/printing industries. A broad range of kno- whow is required there. “We have not simply ex- tended our skills for international transport. We also work with numerous forwarder partners and their related distribution centres. Thanks to this, we reach even the remotest corners of Europe,” says Friedrich A. Kruse jun., adding that “In selecting our
partners, we attach special importance to secure transport, observation of transport regulations, and reliable/timely delivery.”
The medium-sized Friedrich A. Kruse operation has meanwhile grown into a group with more than 330 staff. They look after a comprehensive range of services, no longer confined to road and rail logistics, but also including seaborne and air freight. Immediate proximity to Brunsbüttel port, along with a private rail siding at company head- quarters, facilitate despatch of freight direct to its destination by various carriers. “Partly attributable to the waterside location of the industrial zone, de- velopment of Brunsbüttel as a chemicals centre
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F.A. Kruse jun. supports customers with state- of-the-art picking and storage
from the mid-1970s has enabled us to continually expand and further develop the company. Proximity to the Port of Hamburg and the excellent connection with multimodal transport, and there- fore the European rail network, have al- so been a major factor in our ability to despatch locally produced goods world- wide,” stresses Kruse.
F.A. Kruse owns specially adapted vehicles for offering its broad spectrum of road transport services. Units deployed there- fore include tautliners, megaliners, con- tainer chassis, temperature-controlled and open-sided vehicles. These enable the company to satisfy an immense variety of enquiries and orders. The vehicle park comprises 120 units. There are 70 trucks in addition. “For some time we have gone for alternative propulsion opportunities, and meanwhile deploy ten LNG-powered trucks,” explains Kruse. The company is assuming that with this fuel, seen as con- siderably more environment-friendly than conventional alternatives, it will be able to reduce emissions and pollutants.
For F.A. Kruse, on trucking the new ferry link between Brunsbüttel and Cuxhaven is also a positive aspect for more sustaina- ble shipments. Destinations in the Rhine- Ruhr area and the Benelux countries can be reached more rapidly. For worldwide shipments, Bremen and Bremerhaven container terminals are also brought near- er – with between five and ten trucks are using the Elbe ferry daily. ■ red
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