The process of internationalisation in the Rhenus Group’s sea and air freight business is continuing to gather pace. The company will increase the number of its business sites in the Asia/Pacific region by more than ten percent during 2017. Apart from Asia, Europe and South America are primary target markets this year. Rhenus is also aiming to improve the connections between air and sea freight and overland traffic networks by providing two new gateways.
Six new offices, including two in the Philippines (Subic and Clark) and one branch each in South Korea (Busan), Indonesia (Semarang), Thailand (Rayong) and Singapore, have already been opened since the beginning of the year. Other business sites in China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines are due to follow. “We are involved in a long-term growth course and we will continue this process with our new business sites,” said Tobias Bartz at the “2017 transport logistic” trade fair in Munich.
Rhenus is planning to consolidate its network both in air and sea freight and overland services this year and offer new routes. Cross-border trucking, which Rhenus provides in Asia, is becoming increasingly important. “Germany, France, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and South and Central America are also interesting markets for us,” said Tobias Bartz.
Another goal involves connecting the air and sea freight sites more closely with the Rhenus overland traffic network. Rhenus is opening a sea freight gateway in Germany at Hilden near Düsseldorf this summer, where consignments from all over Europe will be consolidated and shipped via the ports in the west and south of the continent in future. During the course of the year, another consolidation point for air freight consignments is due to open at Frankfurt Airport.
The Rhenus Group is a logistics services provider with global business operations and annual turnover of EUR 4.6 billion. It is present with business sites at over 500 locations worldwide and employs more than 26,000 people.
