Prasident Kennedy-Platz 1, 28203, Bremen, Germany
Telephone: +49 (0) 421 3983484
Email: communications@blg.de
Website: www.blg.de
BLG Logistics operates in three different areas Automobile Logistics, Contract Logistics and Container Logistics.
BLG Automobile Logistics is the division that offers logistics service for finished vehicles and ro/ro cargo.
The network for automobile logistics consists of 20 auto-terminals in seaports and in the hinterland. All terminals are equipped with PDI - and Technical Centres.
The network is linked by intermodal transport services by truck, rail and barges.
In 2008 (2009) an entire volume of 5.7 million (4.5 million) vehicles was handled in the network.
In Bremerhaven, BLG Automobile Logistics operates one of the biggest auto-terminals in the world, handling 2 million vehicles (1.2 million) per year. Around 400,000 vehicles were treated in the technical centres in Bremerhaven.
In Gioia Tauro, BLG Automobile Logistics operates an auto-terminal together with a Japanese shipping line.
Both ports are hubs and serve as transshipment centers for the Baltic Sea and Black Sea Regions for the emerging markets in Eastern Europe.
The auto-terminals in Hamburg und Cuxhaven are complementary short-sea and ro/ro-terminals, but at the same time ingates for European trades and local vehicle distribution centres.
The hinterland terminals in Germany serve as relay stations for the distribution of vehicles from factories to ports, from factories to dealers and from ports to dealers. The locations are Dodendorf, Neuss, Duisburg, Wörth and Kelheim.
A fleet of more than 450 auto-trucks is operated in Germany.
BLG Automobile Logistics is currently investing in railcar equipment with the target to operate 1,300 railcars in 2013/2014. More than 300 are already in operation
Furthermore seven ro/ro barges are operated on the rivers Rhine and Danube for the transportation of vehicles.
In Slovakia and in the Czech Republic BLG Automobile Logistics together with a partner has taken over the factory outbound logistics of Hyundai (Nosovice) and Kia (Zilina). Forwarding and shipping services are offered for the European-wide distribution of the cars.
In the Port of Koper/Slovenia, BLG Automobile Logistics is handling cars from and to Mediterranean destinations.
Presently BLG Automobile Logistics is expanding into Eastern Europe and has built up terminals in Poland, Ukraine and Russia. In Poland, auto-terminals are located in Gdansk and in Dabrowa Gornicza linked with a fleet of 35 owned trucks. In the Ukraine, BLG Automobile Logistics together with a partner operates a terminal in Kiev and a fleet of 25 trucks for inland distribution.
In Russia, BLG Automobile Logistics operates auto-terminals in the Port of St. Petersburg and in Moscow. Together with a local partner the complete range of automobile services such as transportation, storage, customs clearance and technical treatment can be offered.
BLG Automobile Logistics offers customers in the sector of finished vehicles and other ro/ro cargo a complex logistical performance network and thus a set of innovative, time-saving transportation solutions for the European Automobile Market.
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