Karl Gross goes WeChat

Karl Gross Logistics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. launched its WeChat presence. “An important step regarding our Social Media Marketing activities in general and in regards to China, this is one of the most important marketing activities altogether”, Roger Zheng, General Manager of the Karl Gross presence...

Karl Gross celebrates 50th anniversary

50 years of loyalty – that needs to be celebrated. Lately, the team of our Bremen office came together to congratulate their colleague Uwe Freesemann as he has been part of the Karl Gross familiy for 50 years! „There are many experiences we shared over all the years“, Martin Kollmann, Managing...

“Demurrage” and “detention” – what do these terms mean?

Even if everything is planned thoroughly, delays are not always avoidable when goods are transported by ocean freight. Such delays generally involve additional logistics costs.  ”Demurrage” and “detention” are two major key words in this context when talking about container shipping. Here, we...

Karl Gross in Asia: teamwork all along the transport chain

When cargo is crossing Asian countries borders the Karl Gross specialists in Asia act as ‘inter-country-team’. Vietnam’s industrial development is flourishing – with an effect on its import economy. The number of machines, machinery parts and industrial equipment imported, increases steadily....

During the peak season: voluminous shipment in a hurry

Urgent freight in peak season: Karl Gross air freight specialists act flexible and realize seemingly impossible transport solutions. When one year comes to an end and a new one begins, there is often increased demand for freight capacities in air freight services. Airlifting big shipments may...

From North to South, from East to West on European inland waterways

Big, heavy or both at the same time – if goods exceed the ‘usual’ loading dimensions for road haulage, a transport can be complex and expensive, too. That is why inland waterway transport solutions are important for the Karl Gross logistics specialists. They know the advantages and make use of the...

Ocean freight: cars shipped in containers

When shipping cars via ocean freight, probably the most common way to ship them is via Ro/Ro vessels (Roll-on/Roll-off). But: shipments via container vessels can bear advantages, as well.  That is one focus of our office in Rotterdam. In this article our specialist Bert de Haan outlines some of...

From the desk right the port: live insights on Ro/Ro traffic

The young logistics-professionals-to-be from our Karl Gross office in Bremen received “exclusive insights to Ro/Ro shipping operations”. They visited the Ro/Ro vessel “Morning Conductor” at Atlantik Hafenbetriebe in Bremerhaven. Being trained at Karl Gross for becoming a young logistics...

From the desk right the port: Live insights on Ro/Ro traffic

The young logistics-professionals-to-be from our Karl Gross office in Bremen received “exclusive insights to Ro/Ro shipping operations”. They visited the Ro/Ro vessel “Morning Conductor” at Atlantik Hafenbetriebe in Bremerhaven. Being trained at Karl Gross for becoming a young logistics...

Ro/Ro: with overlength on the ramp

Transporting oversize cargo unfitted for ro/ro shipping on a ro/ro-vessel – that already seems like a strange thing to do. But that was exactly the challenge our project-specialists of the Karl Gross Group had to face. Why? Key was to meet the customer’s timing requirements in regards to delivery...