Press Releases

Rhenus Project Logistics and KOG Worldwide join forces for the future

The Rhenus Group took over the Swiss project logistics specialist KOG Worldwide AG at the end of February 2015. The contracts were signed in Zurich on 24 February 2015. KOG Worldwide largely focuses on project logistics and...[more]

New scheduled RoRo service connects Cuxhaven with Norway

The Norwegian shipping company Nor Lines is launching a weekly scheduled service between Cuxhaven and Norway in April 2015. Two new RoRo vessels powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) will be used on this service. In addition to...[more]

Rhenus takes over the Serbian port and inland waterway logistics specialist CFND

The Rhenus Group took over the Serbian terminal operator and inland waterway logistics services provider CFND A.D. Beograd from the French companies CFNR and ATIC Services on 19 February. This will enable Rhenus to expand its...[more]

Rhenus Project Logistics expands international network with new offices in Algeria and China

Rhenus Project Logistics, the specialist company for project business within the Rhenus Group, has expanded its network and opened two new business sites in Asia and Africa. The branch in Shanghai launched its operations at the...[more]

Rhenus invests in railway traction and acquires a holding in Crossrail AG

The Rhenus Group is extending its activities in the railway freight business. The logistics services provider signed the contracts to take over the majority holding in the Crossrail AG private railway company on 22 December....[more]

Garden tool manufacturer VIKING extends contract with Rhenus ahead of schedule

From a lawn mower to a battery-powered chain saw: the manufacturer of high-quality garden tools VIKING is continuing to put its trust in the Rhenus Group and has extended the contract for managing the European central warehouse...[more]

Rhenus Data Office takes over the document and data media destruction operations from Recall Deutschland

On 19 November 2014 the German Federal Cartel Office approved the acquisition of Recall Deutschland's document and data media destruction operations by Rhenus Data Office. Before that date, Recall Deutschland was part of the...[more]

Rhenus sets up independent company in Vietnam

Rhenus is founding an independent company in Vietnam with its headquarters in Ho Chi Minh City. Klemens Rethmann, CEO of the Rhenus Group, made the announcement on the sidelines of a visit by Sigmar Gabriel, the German Minister...[more]

Document Logistics Professionals Prevent Data Leaks

In Germany alone, data leaks cause damage worth many millions of Euros every year. How such incidents can occur and how governments and businesses can prevent them were issues addressed by Thuringia’s Commissioner for Data...[more]

Rhenus takes over the Brenner Group

Rhenus will take over Brenner SE & Co. KG, which is based in Plaidt in Rhineland-Pfalz on 1 January 2015, provided that the anti-trust authority gives its approval. The company will expand its services in the field of material...[more]

Continuity and Renewal

Also with regards to personnel, Rhenus intensifies a long-term orientation and appoints two new members to the Board.[more]

Rhenus Midgard in Wilhelmshaven takes delivery of the largest single load of coal in the history of German seaports

The Bulk Terminal Wilhelmshaven (BTW) is currently unloading the largest load of coal ever delivered to a German seaport. 172,488 tonnes of the fuel arrived at the bulk terminal operated by Rhenus Midgard from South America on...[more]

Cuxport supports new technology for transporting monopiles to the “Amrumbank West” wind park

Cuxport has been supporting the Dutch company Ballast Nedam Offshore in the use of an alternative technique to transport and install monopiles at the “Amrumbank West” wind park on behalf of E.ON since the middle of August. The...[more]

Rhenus Office Systems opens high-security archives near Amsterdam and expands its network in the Netherlands

Rhenus Office Systems continued to expand its network of business sites in the Netherlands by opening a second base in August. The launch of the high-security archives near Amsterdam is all part of the acquisition of the archives...[more]

Rhenus Data Office signs agreement to buy document and data medium destruction operations from Recall Deutschland

On 28 August Rhenus Data Office signed a contract to take over the document and data medium destruction operations of Recall Deutschland GmbH. The company is part of Recall Holdings Limited of the United States. Recall performs...[more]

Rhenus Office Systems archive centre in Munich obtains GLP certification

The document logistics specialist, Rhenus Office Systems, has had its high-security archives in Munich certified in line with the principles of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP). The business centre can now call itself a...[more]

Rhenus Midgard in Wilhelmshaven handles more than half a million tonnes of coal in one month for the first time

Rhenus Bulk Terminal Wilhelmshaven (BTW) handled 557,319 tonnes of coal in July. This is the best figure for one month at the long-standing bulk handling centre. Rhenus Midgard modernised and expanded the business site between...[more]

The Rhenus Group Bundles its Activities for the Offshore Sector under One Roof

The Rhenus Group is repositioning itself in the logistics business for the offshore wind energy sector: the newly established company Rhenus Offshore Logistics GmbH & Co. KG started work as a central contact point for the...[more]

Rhenus supports Benteler to guarantee production supplies following storm damage

Rhenus Scharrer demonstrated its readiness for action and flexibility in ensuring that it was possible to maintain supplies of materials to the Benteler Steel/Tube pipe factory in Dinslaken in June despite the damage caused by...[more]

Rhenus Midi Data strengthens logistics partnership with Life Fitness

Life Fitness, the global leader for manufacturing commercial fitness equipment, has now selected Rhenus Midi Data to play an even greater role in its business. The Rhenus company is now operating one of US manufacturer’s European...[more]