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update! 12/2011
LEHNKERING Road Logistics & Services
New Trailers in Use
54 new combi-trailers and trailers optimised to cope with the payload improve
the Euro Logistics Fleet in a sustainable way
Environmental sustainability does not just start
with reducing emissions, but generally preventing
them in the first place. The greatest possible reduction
in the number of empty runs is an important
factor in this process for any logistics services
provider.
In order to achieve this goal, LEHNKERING
Euro Logistics is currently modernising its trailer
fleet: 19 new trailers produced by Schmitz
Cargo Bull, which are equipped for multi-modal
transport services, have already been
delivered. They are primarily being used on
routes to and from Scandinavia. The trailers
optimised to cope with their payload have a
cargo capacity of 26 tonnes, while the combitrailers
can handle 25 tonnes of either general
goods or steel coils in particular – and this
enables the company to prevent empty runs.
LEHNKERING Euro Logistics will have invested
in 35 more trailers by the end of 2011.
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“We are continually modernising what is already a young
fleet. This means that LEHNKERING always has the latest
standards in safety, technology and environmental
protection – which completely matches the sustainability
course being pursued by our company,” says Michael
Sterk, Managing Director of LEHNKERING Euro Logistics
GmbH.
LEHNKERING Euro Logistics – the right partner for part and complete loads
LEHNKERING Euro Logistics is one of the first contact points for customers in the chemicals and metal industries in
Europe. The logistics services provider links the business centres of Europe for them with high-frequency services – and
can provide reliability that is known throughout the sector as a result of its many years of experience. LEHNKERING is
an expert in shipping all kinds of part and complete loads and transports a wide variety of packaged goods like steel pro-
ducts (coils), packaged products from the chemicals industry (octabins, big bags etc.), mesh box pallets, sacks, carbons
and barrels on pallets or other industrial goods by road. The logistics services that LEHNKERING provides guarantee
speed, punctuality and efficiency. Alongside these elements, the safety aspect is one of the outstanding features of our
portfolio. For instance, LEHNKERING transports its partners’ goods to Scandinavia, the whole of Central Europe (e.g.
the Netherlands, Belgium, France or Austria), Eastern Europe (e.g. Poland, Hungary or the Czech Republic) or Southern
Europe (e.g. Spain and Italy).
The LEHNKERING trailers not only meet the latest environmental standards, but they also have accomplished technical
equipment, which takes into account every circumstance. The 250 vehicles (including those handling up to 26 tonnes of
optimised payload) at LEHNKERING Euro Logistics are, for example, equipped with coil wells, load securing facilities,
ADR equipment and theft-proof tarpaulins. They can also be combined. There is good reason why LEHNKERING Euro
Logistics is one of Europe’s leading services providers for customers in the chemicals and steel industries. Firstly, it has
branches in Germany, Sweden, Finland, Poland, the Czech Republic and Switzerland. Secondly, LEHNKERING can
resort to long-standing partner firms in Europe too.
LEHNKERING Commissions
100 th Mercedes-Actros
Environmentally-friendly tractor trucks support the company’s sustainability
course
LEHNKERING can now celebrate a round anniversary
that will benefit the environment: the company
has now taken over the 100th Mercedes Actros
with Blue-Tec technology. 220 of these more
economical and more environmentally-friendly
tractor units will gradually replace the existing
LEHNKERING fleet.
Safety and protecting the environment were two of the
reasons why the company completed an outline agreement
with Mercedes-Benz to supply 220 modern tractor
trucks in July 2010. The Mercedes Actros 1844 LS vehicles
have the top safety package with all the available
safety assistance systems from Mercedes-Benz, including
the latest developments called Active Brake Assist.
With their BlueTec engines from Mercedes-Benz,
the trucks meet both the Euro 5 emissions standards
and the voluntary EEV standard (Enhanced Environmentally-Friendly
Vehicle).
This gradual fleet renewal programme will particularly
support the protection of the environment.
LEHNKERING Road Logistics & Services
“The issue of sustainability is not only embedded in our
corporate philosophy, but is also lived out in an active
and practical way. Even if some investments may not
directly pay off for us in the short term, they are still an
important investment in the future and subsequent generations.
Sustainability is a competitive factor, which
will become even more important in the foreseeable future,”
says Cees van Gent, CEO of LEHNKERING.
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LEHNKERING Road Logistics & Services
The road transport sector is part of the Road Logistics
& Services (RLS) company division at
LEHNKERING. RLS is one of Europe’s leading services
providers for customers in the chemicals and
steel sectors as well as industry and commerce.
RLS owns 236 tractor units and 612 trailers. They are
used to handle tank shipments of hazardous goods
across Europe involving all kinds of liquid chemical
products. They are supplemented by shipments
of part or complete loads to the business centres of
Europe with high levels of frequency, some of them
using vehicles optimised to handle their payload of
up to 26 tonnes. Special vehicles are also available to
transport steel and steel items and they can cope with
high payloads or concentrated loads on one point or
oversize loads with excess dimensions without any
problems.
The logistics services that LEHNKERING provides guarantee
speed, punctuality and efficiency. In addition,
the safety aspect is one of the outstanding features
of the company’s portfolio. LEHNKERING can also
resort to long-standing partner companies in Europe.
It has its own IT network to link up the branches and
partners of LEHNKERING. This innovative IT system
guarantees the greatest possible flexibility and customised
transport handling operations.
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