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Informations + views + activities Issue 10 

LEHNKERING 

LEHNKERING 

expanded 

on and course invested for growth 

July 2010 

Sportfest Expansion of pages Eyjafjallajökull Hazardous-goods „Stand Hochlauf pages Gefahrgutlager New software Rotterdam“ page 

Seite project 8-9 logistics 7-9 Seite 12-13 store in Rotterdam Seite 16-17 12-13 for CMS 17

2 update! 10/2010 Contents 

3 Editorial 

LEHNKERING-Group 

4 LEHNKERING on course for growth 

Shipping Logistics & Services 

7 Making heavy goods light 

9 New head of Tanker Shipping Division 

Road Logistics & Services 

10 “We intend to take the company one step forward” 

12 

Distribution Logistics & Services 

Successful start in Rotterdam 

14 Strengthening the Port Logistics 

15 

Chemical Manufacturing Services 

News 

16 More customers for synthesis services 

17 One for all: CargoProcess 2 software is online 

18 Hidden talents 

19 


Hand in Hand 

20 For Mankind and the Environment 

22 Football magic in Duisburg 

24 LEHNKERING in the press 

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To all our customers and to all our staff, 

Editorial update! 10/2010 3 

the general state of the European economy remains unsettled. While in the first six months of 2010 some European countries were already 

seeing their economies picking up, the Greek crisis rocked the countries in the Eurozone. But, despite all, LEHNKERING continues to swim 

ahead on tranquil waters. Over the last six months our company has succeeded not only in consolidating its position as a leading provider 

of logistics services, mainly for the chemical and steel industry, across the whole of Europe, but has actually expanded this position further. 

This good start gives us cause for optimism. We expect that demand for our high-quality logistics services will grow further over the next 

few years, too. In accordance with these expectations, we are continuing the expansion and modernization of our fleet of inland navigation 

vessels with the addition of a new gas tank vessel. We have just placed another firm order for a gas tank vessel already placed on option, 

and have also taken the decision to enlarge our truck fleet (page 4). 

A further sign of our confidence in market trends is the new branch of LEHNKERING Distribution Logistics & Services in Rotterdam. The 

hazardous-goods store successfully commenced operations in January this year (page 12). LEHNKERING Euro Logistics is in the process 

of expanding its network; its managing director, Michael Sterk, reports on the current status of this project (page 10). Over the last few 

years Schirm GmbH has continually expanded its range of regular customers for the synthesis of crop-protection products (page 16) 

and the LEHNKERING Shipping Logistics & Services Division is preparing to establish its project logistics in the market in the exact 

same way (page 7). 

Our staff are our greatest asset, and without them we would not even be able to cope with this growth. It is only thanks to excellent 

cooperation between employees at LEHNKERING Chemical Manufacturing Services (CMS) and in our IT department, for example, that 

we have been able to develop a piece of software which depicts all core processes at CMS sites (page 17). We would like to take this 

opportunity to introduce one of our employees to you in more detail: Mark van Andel is the new managing director of the Port Logistics 

Division at LEHNKERING Logistics B.V. in Rotterdam and LEHNKERING Logistics N.V. in Antwerp (page 14). 

As LEHNKERING emphasizes responsible growth, we will soon be publishing our first Sustainability Report (page 20). Though the main 

focus of the report will be on the issues of environmental protection and resource conservation, we will also report on our social commitment. 

Amongst other topics, this issue of LEHNKERING update! tells the stories of two mentally disabled employees at CMS in Wolfenbüttel 

(page 18), and offers an insight into the support we provide to the SOS-Kinderdorf e.V. children’s charity (page 19). We also report from 

this year’s LEHNKERING football tournament, which gave our employees the opportunity to show both their physical fitness and their team 

spirit (page 22). 

I wish you all a pleasant and refreshing summer. 

With best regards, 

Cees van Gent (CEO)

4 update! 10/2010 LEHNKERING-Group 

LEHNKERING 

on course for growth 

The first half-year 2010 was viewed with optimism 

at LEHNKERING. Its Vision 2013 sees the firm 

emphasizing growth through investment. 

Two new gas-tanker ships, the replacement of 217 

trucks and more than 200 canvas-covered trailers and 

high growth rates, all indicate that LEHNKERING is 

expecting its order-books to continue to grow. 

It will be 95 metres long and 11.45 metres wide, the 

latest ship in our company’s fleet of gas tankers. 

On 23 April 2010 LEHNKERING commissioned the Dutch 

shipyard TeamCo SHIPYARD BV to build the new gas tanker, 

the same yard that built the LRG GAS 87, which was put into 

service in 2009. As with the LRG GAS 85, 86 and 87, once 

again BUREAU VERITAS has been commissioned as the 

ship-classification bureau. 

In all, the LRG GAS 88 will be the seventeenth ship in the 

LEHNKERING fleet of inland-navigation vessels. It will 

take about 14 months to build. Two modern 634 KW 

engines with economical fuel consumption will 

drive the new vessel. The gas tanker’s area of 

deployment will be the European waterways 

and canals.

The four pressurised gas containers are being made in Germany 

by the firm Gronemeyer & Banck. They are all 33.60 

metres long, have a diameter of 4.80 metres, and have a 

capacity of 582 cubic metres each. They are suitable for 

transporting all liquefied gases under pressure, such as butadiene, 

butane, propane, and propylene, as well as ammonia 

and propylene oxide, thus meeting all future customer 

requirements. Since the ship will be given tanks of a larger 

volume than is allowed for a normal double-hull construction, 

the body will be fitted with increased collision protection. This 

will involve a special mode of construction, the first time that 

LEHNKERING has used it, a so-called “scaling skin.” 

The new gas-tanker is the best example of the way 

LEHNKERING is investing in the future and of its certainty 

that the market will grow again over the next few years. 

“We have not only ordered the new ship”, said Cees van 

Gent, CEO LEHNKERING, after signing the contract. “At the 

same time we have also taken an option on a further ship, 

the LRG GAS 89, at the yard.” The prognosis confirmed, 

LEHNKERING has placed a firm order for the LRG GAS 89. 

Construction of the vessel is underway. 

“The LEHNKERING Shipping Logistics & Services Division, 

with its strategic business units of Dry Goods Shipping and 

Tanker Shipping, and given the structure of its fleet, consisting 

of its own and chartered vessels, intends to position itself 

overall even more strongly as a universal shipping line in the 

future”, added Robert Baack, COO for the Shipping Logistics 

& Services Division. “For all business units in SLS, given their 

market position and the strong LEHNKERING brand, have 

sustainable growth potential.” 


RLS invests in vehicle fleet 

update! 10/2010 5 

Gerie van Tiem, Director, Co-Owner TeamCo Shipyard B.V.; 

Marcel Zweers, Director, Co-Owner TeamCo Shipyard B.V.; 

Cees van Gent, CEO LEHNKERING; Robert Baack, COO 

Shipping Logistics & Service Division LEHNKERING; Hendrik Lorenz, 

Director Fleet Service, LEHNKERING Reederei (from left) 

In order to cope with increasing cargo volumes, the 

LEHNKERING Road Logistics & Services Division (RLS) 

is currently investing in modern, efficient vehicles for its 

German, Dutch and Polish fleets. By 2013, Duisburgbased 

LEHNKERING Chemical Transport GmbH and 

LEHNKERING Euro Logistics GmbH, LEHNKERING 

Transport GmbH in Salzgitter and LEHNKERING Logistik 

Sp. z o.o. in Miękina (Poland) will have completely replaced 

their trucks.


The RLS Division is placing orders with Mercedes Benz for 

a total of 151 double-axle trucks for tanker semi-trailers, 63 

double- and triple-axle trucks for tent and special semi-trailers 

and three further tripleaxle trucks for Ro-Ro containers. The 

initial orders will be placed in July 2010, with the first vehicles 

due to be delivered within eight to ten weeks. The entire fleet 

is to be replaced by 2013. 

The LEHNKERING call to tender for the above-mentioned 

vehicles set high standards in terms of technical equipment, 

safety and comfort. Depending on its home location, each of 

the group’s trucks are forecasted to cover between 100,000 

and 150,000 km per year, and the 430-460 horsepower 

vehicles will ensure sustainability from both an ecological 

and economic perspective. The replacement of old Euro 

II and III vehicles with modern Euro V vehicles will both 

reduce the fleet’s CO output and reduce its future environ- 

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mental impact, and a reduction in costs and an increase in 

quality will also be achieved. This investment in replacement 

vehicles confirms LEHNKERING underlining its fundamental 

values and corporate principles in terms of quality, environmental 

responsibility, health & safety, transparency, orientation 

and sustainability. The vehicles will be ADR-compliant 

and fitted with the maximum in safety features, and LEHN- 

KERING has also made brake assist devices and blind sport 

monitors a requirement alongside airbags and modern 

seatbelt systems. Comfort and modernization of the 

driver’s workplace has been taken into consideration in 

the cabin equipment. 

The tent trailers in the LEHNKERING Euro Logistics 

GmbH fleet are also to be replaced by 2013. Although 

the tender process is ongoing, LEHNKERING will already 

receive initial deliveries during the course of 2010. 

In addition, LEHNKERING Chemical Transport GmbH has 

placed an order for weight-optimized tanker trailers which 

facilitate the transport of larger volumes. This investment 

not only sees the company improve its competitiveness, 

but also provides evidence of its client focus. The tank 

trailers are due to be brought into service at the beginning 

of August. 

In the words of Cees van Gent, CEO at LEHNKERING: 

“These investment projects see us support one of the 

most important facets of our vision for the Road Logistics 

& Services Division in 2013. Optimal service quality 

and the utmost in safety, client satisfaction and environmental 

responsibility are the cornerstones of sustainable 

corporate development and the continued expansion 

of the Division.”


Making heavy 

goods light 

SLS will expand project logistics further 

Because of their size, inland-waterway vessels are ideal 

for transporting heavy goods and project shipments. For 

many goods whose dimensions are too large, or too hea- 

vy, for road or rail carriage, an inland-waterway craft is of- 

ten the only means of transport which can be used without 

problems. Transport by water causes no traffic jams and 

damages neither roads and houses nor transport infra- 

structure such as traffic lights. Moreover a valuable cargo 

will arrive safely by inland-waterway vessel at its destinati- 

on − whether the cargo comprises tanks, turbines or large 

plant items. Environmental protection, which has increased 

constantly in importance over the last few years, is also an 

argument: inland waterway shipping is the carrier with the 

best ecological balance, low energy consumption, and thus 

noise pollution is as good as excluded. 

LEHNKERING Shipping Logistics & Services has been 

transporting mixed cargoes and finished and semi-finished 

goods for project shipments on all European waterways 


Inland-waterway vessels have many advantages as a means of transport, particularly including their low transport 

costs, large loading capacities, reliability and environmental friendliness. All these features prove their value when 

it comes to transporting heavy goods, special cargoes and project shipments. That is why LEHNKERING Shipping 

Logistics & Services is currently directing all its marketing to this segment in particular. 

from the very beginning. These are bulk mixed cargoes 

such as flat or long products from the steel industry, as well 

as heavy, oversized project shipments such as wind-ener- 

gy converters, turbines, boilers, generators, containers, or 

complete plants. The company intends to use this experi- 

ence, and its good contacts with customers in many diffe- 

rent sectors of the industry, to expand its project logistics 

further. With this in mind, LEHNKERING began by analy- 

sing the market, to adjust its future marketing on this basis. 

The infrastructure for more project logistics is available: 

to guarantee reliable shipments, LEHNKERING has 

its own fleet of ships and a large number of shipper-ow- 

ned barges at its disposal. Its own fleet consists of 20 

covered and open push barges with up to 2,800 tonnes 

carrying capacity, plus some 120 covered or open 

motor vessels of 600 to 3,200 tonnes carrying capacity. 

The Road Logistics & Services Division is also invol- 

ved in project logistics. “We will take over either part- or

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Work involving inland-water shipping is concentra- 

ted at LEHNKERING in the Shipping Logistics and 

Services (SLS) Division. SLS is active in the gas-, 

chemical- and oil-tank shipping industry. The product 

portfolio also includes mineral and coal shipping and 

raw-materials shipping for the steel industry, plus 

bulk-cargo and project logistics. In all, the company 

employs up to 200 internal-waterway craft of vari- 

ous types and constructions from time to time. The 

company’s own fleet comprises 58 units, including 

16 gas- and 13 chemical- and oil-tanker vessels, plus 

push boats with 25 push barges. Among the goods 

carried are bulk cargoes such as coal, minerals and 

ore, mixed cargoes, finished and semi-finished pro- 

ducts, and chemical and petrochemical products. Pre- 

ferred routes include the whole Rhine region with its 

tributary waterways, the West German canal region, 

the Danube and the Elbe. 

total responsibility for project management, as the custo- 

mer wishes”, says Friedhelm Reichel, project manager at 

LEHNKERING Euro Logistics GmbH. “For door-to-door 

carriage, along with pure inland-waterway transport, we 

also provide road transport and either motorised coastal 

vessels or seagoing ships.”

The company has already successfully concluded 

numerous projects in the past. Among others things, 

LEHNKERING has transported large-size pressu- 

rised containers for its own gas-tanker vessels via the 

Mittelland Canal to a Dutch shipyard. Each of these 

New head of Tanker Shipping Division 

On 7 June 2010 Gaylord Holländer took over as head of the Oil and Chemical Tanker 

Shipping Division. Mr. Holländer, 40, from Hamburg, replaces Jürgen Thomas, 64, at the 

Mannheim branch. Mr. Thomas, who has been an executive manager at LEHNKERING 

since 2008, is taking premature retirement for health reasons. 

Gaylord Holländer represents LEHNKERING Rhein-Fracht 

GmbH and the mineral oil shipping unit of LEHNKERING 

Reederei GmbH. The qualified and experienced shipping 

specialist is looking back on longstanding experience in the 

field of inland water transportation, in particular in the tankship 

business. “Gaylord Holländer is an experienced and highly 

qualified manager who we are confident will do an excellent 

job for us and is making the next logical move up the career 

ladder with us. We are confident he will continue his excellent 

work as head of the entire division. He will push ahead with 

the long-term strategy of his predecessor in Mannheim while 

at the same time giving the company fresh impetus”, com- 

mented Robert Baack, managing director of LEHNKERING 

Reederei GmbH and responsible for the Shipping Logistics & 

Services division at LEHNKERING Holding. 

Shipping Logistics & Services update! 10/2010 9 

630 cubic metre containers had a weight of 26.5 tonnes. 

Other projects were the transport of two used boilers, each 

weighing 71 tonnes, which were carried from Dormagen by 

motorised coastal vessel directly to Tarragona in Spain, and 

a transport within Germany of a 54 metres long and 6 met- 

res wide rotor blade for a wind-energy converter. 

“The transport itself is not the most difficult thing”, says Jörg 

Steinebach, director of project logistics at LEHNKERING 

Reederei GmbH. “The challenge lies in the overall organi- 

sation, covering every aspect of the shipment. When is the 

water level right? How will the plant get to the port? Which 

government authorities must be notified prior to transport 

by road?” To answer these and many other questions, 

LEHNKERING has expert staff available, thoroughly 

familiar with the optimal types of shipment and transport- 

related services. 

Jürgen Thomas, the previ- 

ous head of the chemicals 

shipping unit, left the com- 

pany for health reasons 

at the end of May, to enter 

early retirement. In the nearly 30 years’ of his service for 

LEHNKERING Rhein-Fracht GmbH, he made a vital contri- 

bution to the company and its success in his capacity initi- 

ally as a planning coordinator, then as head of shipping and 

finally as authorised signatory. “We would like to take this 

opportunity of thanking Jürgen Thomas for his work and com- 

mitment on the company’s behalf. He has more than earned 

his retirement and we all hope that he will really enjoy it”, 

Robert Baack said. 

Gaylord Holländer

10 update! 10/2010 Road Logistics & Services 

“We intend to take 

the company one step forward” 

LEHNKERING Euro Logistics is continuing to expand its European network 

LEHNKERING Euro Logistics is one of the leading service 

providers across the whole of Europe for customers from 

the chemical and steel industries, and from trade and 

industry in general. The logistics operator supplies them 

with frequent services, linking Europe’s main business 

cities. The company has its own branches in Sweden, 

Finland, Poland, the Czech Republic and Switzerland and 

can rely on partners of many years’ standing in Europe. 

Michael Sterk (45), the company’s Managing Director, 

talks about the progress being made in expanding the 

European network. 

Mr. Sterk, you took over as managing director of 

LEHNKERING Euro Logistics a year ago. One of your 

aims when you took the job was to build up and expand 

a European network. How far have you gotten? 

Euro Logistics had a network to begin with, the network formed 

by our branches in the individual countries, complemented 

by contacts of many years’ standing with partner companies. 

These partnerships are very important, but their work 

concentrates on the return freighting of our trucks. We 

intend to take the company one step forward, however, and 

establish it as a presence in all the countries of central and 

southern Europe. This applies particularly to our new product 

alignments for bulk cargoes and palette distribution as well 

as for steel and chemistry. Furthermore we want to win the 

big customers in the chemical industry for „packed goods“. 

Success can already be seen. 

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Does that mean you now intend to contend with your 

established competitors in the bulk-cargo business? 

Yes and no, it is not as simple as that. Look, of course we 

can’t keep up in all areas with the very highly standardised 

processes and high branch density of some of our 

competitors. But we don’t want to; we see our opportunities 

rather in our customer-specific orientation. That means we 

Road traffic operations at LEHNKERING are united in its Road Logistics & Services (RLS) Division. RLS is amongst 

Europe’s leading service providers for clients in the chemical and steel industries, as well as other industrial and 

commercial sectors. The fleet operated by RLS comprises a total of 236 towing vehicles and 612 trailers. This fleet 

is used to carry out pan-European tanker transportation of hazardous liquid chemicals of all types, as well as the 

high-frequency conveyance of full or partial loads to economic hubs around Europe. Some of the vehicles used 

are optimized to the weight of their payload, which can be up to 28 tons. Special vehicles adapted for the transport 

of steel and steel piece goods are also available, and can carry high load weights, high concentrated loads and 

oversize loads without any problems. 

The logistics services provided by LEHNKERING guarantee speed, punctuality and efficiency. Safety is also one 

of the stand-out characteristics of the company’s portfolio. 

What is more, LEHNKERING is able to call upon the services of a wide range of established European partners. 

The innovative in-house IT network which connects LEHNKERING offices and partners with one another facilitates 

highly flexible, client-oriented transport management.

intend, not to offer our customers a highly automated service, 

but to meet their requirements. The service in our network is 

tailor-made. We work to fulfil our customers’ wishes on an 

individual basis; that is our strength. 

What does that mean in concrete terms? 

Michael Sterk, Managing Director 

Lehnkering Euro Logistics GmbH 

LEHNKERING Euro Logistics of Duisburg and its branches 

in Basel, Malmö, Helsinki, Wroclaw and Prague all have an 

outstanding infrastructure. Even when we buy in services at 

these locations, our quality is outstanding and is designed 

to meet customer requirements. In Mannheim we are a 

joint member of System Alliance, one of the biggest system 

networks for bulk cargoes in Germany. In our work we focus 

on the Rhine-Ruhr and Rhine-Main-Neckar regions, at 

Duisburg and Mannheim. Both these cities are situated in 

regions where the chemical industry is a major player. 

We intend to dispatch complete loads, part-loads and bulk- 

cargo shipments for our customers at the same time; this 

will make it easier for customers when selecting their freight 

carriers, and we will be able to exploit potential synergies 

better. Then we simply feed in the bulk-cargo shipments, 

once collected, to our high-quality partners at the individual 

locations in Europe. It is our advantage that we have our own 

equipment at all places: our vehicles are underway almost 

daily in all the most important regions. Thanks to presence of 

our fleet, we have the advantage of being able to design the 

main legs of our journeys simply. And at the same time we get 

back cargoes again for Germany from our network partners. 

In which countries can you already use your network? 

Our networks vary, depending on the product. For example, 

in Spain we have gained a long-term partner in the Barcelona 

Road Logistics & Services 


region, in the shape of Mestrans, and a new partner for the 

Madrid region and for Irun, in the shape of ULS. Both use our 

equipment and load it for their customers back to Germany. 

We also have a genuine bulk-cargo and distribution partner 

in Spain, Transabadell, which has its head office in Barcelona 

and is represented at another 50 locations in Spain. We 

can feed in bulk cargoes and palettes at various locations 

there and distribute them across the whole country, including 

Portugal, in 24 to 48 hours. Transabadell specialises 

particularly in the carriage of hazardous goods, so transport 

within the network in Spain is no problem. We have adopted 

the same procedure in other countries. We have approached 

new joint partners in France, Italy and Belgium, too; thus we 

have gained two efficient companies − Nuova Transports in 

Italy and Gondrand in Belgium − with whom we shall shortly 

be operating regular services. Our branch in Mannheim and 

our depot in Duisburg are used particularly for imports. 

We are also in the process of gaining new partners in 

England, Ireland, Denmark, Norway and Austria. This means 

by the middle of the year we shall have covered the traditional 

European countries and are right on schedule. In the second 

half of the year we shall then shift our focus onto eastern 

Europe; there we have some catching up to do. 

Do your customers benefit from this and have you 

already seen some initial successes? 

Customers of LEHNKERING Euro Logistics are primarily 

accustomed to us carrying part and complete shipments in 

a highly qualified and reliable way; that will continue to be 

our core expertise. Nevertheless, we intend to offer additional 

services; these will include distribution, rail-and-road services, 

or even project business. 

Yes, we have actually seen some initial successes. For 

example, we have begun distribution of electronic goods 

for a major retail chain, and gained the distribution business 

of a Spanish animal-food producer in Germany, including 

warehousing. Further new business will certainly be added 

in future, I am sure.

12 update! 10/2010 Distribution Logistics & Services 

Successful start in Rotterdam 

In January 2010 the LEHNKERING Distribution Logistics & Services (DLS) Division 

started business operations at its new hazardous-goods store in Rotterdam. 

After the foam-extinguisher system had been success- 

fully tested in November 2009, LEHNKERING was able 

to start storing the goods. Within a very short time its 

ten new, and existing, customers were established at 

the site. 

In its high-shelf store in the port of Rotterdam LEHNKERING 

has some 12,000 palette-storage spaces, covering 6,000 

square metres, on which hazardous materials in ADR 

hazardous-goods categories 3, 6.1, 8 and 9 (flammab- 

le, poisonous, corrosive, environmentally dangerous) can 

be warehoused. At this site the company stores different 

products for their regional und international customers. 

“Thanks to our many years of experience and our compre- 

hensive expertise in warehousing logistics for hazardous 

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The Distribution Logistics & Services (DLS) Division comprises warehousing 

logistics, distribution of goods to the consumer, in-plant logistics (logistics and 

control of goods and information flows using own staff on the site of the customer), 

and activity in the seaports of Rotterdam, Antwerp and Hamburg. This 

includes services for the transport of containers, bulk and mixed cargoes; handling, 

storage and onward transport of freight; to customs coordination and inventory 

management − right up to dispatch monitoring. 

In all, LEHNKERING has more than 271,500 varied palette-storage places at 

its disposal, including temperature-controlled and air-conditioned storage space. 

The DLS depots are located in Baar-Ebenhausen, Biebesheim, Bottrop, Duisburg, 

Fürth, Hamburg, Krefeld/Uerdingen, Langelsheim, Leuna, Lübeck, Mannheim, 

Münster, Schönebeck/Elbe, Schüttorf, Wolfenbüttel, Barendrecht (The 

Netherlands), Rotterdam, and Ennis (Texas, USA). 

goods, we were able to bring operations at the new store 

up to speed rapidly”, says Michael Pohl, a member of the 

divisional management board of LEHNKERING GmbH, 

Distribution Logistics & Services. Services at Rotterdam are 

oriented thoroughly towards the customer’s supply chain 

− they run from import and export handling, to delivery-in- 

store and incoming-goods monitoring, right up to individual 

order picking and Europe-wide distribution. LEHNKERING 

can further provide its customers with fiscal representati- 

on and, because the goods in the bonded warehouse are 

only subject to customs dues when they are taken out, 

LEHNKERING also undertakes this task. 

“The demand for storage logistics for hazardous goods 

in Rotterdam continues to be very high and will rise

Distribution Logistics & Services 


further in the medium term”, expects Uwe Willhaus, 

COO LEHNKERING, in charge of the Distribution 

Logistics & Services Division. This is evidenced by the hand- 

ling figures for the port of Rotterdam: there goods handling 

fell by 8.5 percent in 2009, but 2010 promises growth again. 

The first quarter of 2010 already saw a rise of 14 percent in 

handling volume. Among the goods with the highest growth 

rates are oil products, up 30 percent. 

From this industry comes one of LEHNKERING’s top custo- 

mers in Rotterdam. In the time space of two weeks the ser- 

vice provider stored 3,000 palettes of oil and lubricants for 

this customer in an uninterrupted operation. Now its goods 

regularly arrive at the port of Rotterdam in containers from 

Canada. LEHNKERING collects them by truck and unloads 

the barrels, intermediate bulk containers (plastic tanks with 

grills) or cardboard boxes. Then they are stored batch by 

batch, since picking is done not just by product and item 

number, but also by batch number and filling date. Following 

call-up via EDI, LEHNKERING likewise undertakes the 

distribution to the further-processing industry over the 

whole of Europe.

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Strengthening the 

Port Logistics 

Mark van Andel 

LEHNKERING Logistics B.V. in Rotterdam and LEHNKERING Logistics N.V. in Antwerp have a new Managing 

Director. Since March, Mark van Andel, 46, has been in charge of port logistics at both locations. 

Lehnkering will benefit from the new Managing Director’s 

wide experience, since he knows the logistics industry 

from many different angles. “Mark van Andel is not only 

familiar with the international markets; he has worked 

across the whole logistics chain − from warehousing and 

distribution, to supply-chain management, to air, ocean 

and road forwarding and to spare-parts logistics”, says 

Uwe Willhaus, Managing Director of LEHNKERING, in 

charge of the Distribution Logistics & Services Division. 

“We are sure he will bring plenty of new and interesting 

initiatives to our company.” 

Mark van Andel has over 20 years of experience as a 

manager in the logistics sector. He has always focussed 

on superior customer performance but at the same time 

scored high in quality and compliance, while keeping 

cost levels competitive. Mark van Andel places particular 

importance on customer orientation. 

Mark began his career at the Technical University of 

Delft. It was there in 1989 that he took his degree in 

mechanical engineering, with a special subject in logi- 

stics. Later, among other posts, he was Project Mana- 

ger at Fokker Aircraft B.V. and at the Bulk Stevedoring 

Company “Royal Franz Swarttouw BV” in Rotterdam. 

Van Andel also worked for many years at UPS Supply 

Chain Solutions as their Managing Director and Director 

of Contract Logistics EMEA West District (Benelux and 

France). There he developed the international logistics 

business and he was involved in the integration of multiple 

acquisitions. Most recently, he was the Managing Direc- 

tor for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Ryder System.

Schirm: New website online 

New Schirm GmbH homepage live since 8 June 2010 

A visit to www.schirm.com now gives 

clients, employees, and other interested 

parties the opportunity to gain 

access to extensive company information 

in both German and English. 

The new homepage is especially userfriendly 

due to its clear structure and 

consistent style, and complies with 

LEHNKERING design standards. As 

all content is dealt with globally rather 

than on the basis of individual company 

On the occasion of the “Rotterdam delegates & VIP guests” 

dinner at the Hotel Four Seasons in Shanghai on 8 June 

2010, Schirm GmbH representative Cees van Gent and 

Bao Minlu, President of Taicang Pesticide Factory (TPF), 

signed a contract which further strengthens the close cooperation 

between the two companies. The document provides 

better protection for Schirm know-how than previous agreements, 

and ties TPF more closely to its partner. 

locations, the new site is well-suited to 

the modified organizational structures 

at Schirm. In addition to its improved, 

logical navigation, the site is characterized 

by the comprehensive nature of 

the information presented. 

The reader can access comprehensive 

information in two areas of the 

site. The “Schirm” section offers the 

following choice of topics: Princip- 


Contract for synthesis services signed 

Schirm GmbH and Taicang Pesticide Factory confirm closer cooperation 

Bao Minlu, President of Taicang Pestizide Factory (left) and 

Cees van Gent, CEO LEHNKERING 


les & Guidelines, Board of Executive 

Directors, Facts & Figures, History, 

QEHS (Quality, Environment, Health 

& Safety), Competences, Sites, Career 

and News. The “Services” section 

provides explanations of all Schirm 

services – from synthesis, formulation, 

packaging and sample services to 

raw material service, development and 

logistics. The appropriate contact person 

is indicated on all pages. 

Dr. Bernd Müller, CEO at Schirm GmbH, explains the reasoning 

behind this expansion of the companies‘ cooperation: 

“With this contract we take a key step towards safeguarding 

our future. We aim to use it to develop our business activities 

in China, as this will allow Schirm GmbH - the chemical 

manufacturing services arm of the LEHNKERING group - to 

continue to grow.” 

TPF and Schirm GmbH have been cooperating closely 

on the production of pest control agents since 1996. The 

partnership sees TPF produce agents according to a precisely 

defined chemical procedure developed by Schirm in 

Germany. Schirm essentially uses TPF as an extended 

workbench for the execution of synthesis services for its 

European clients, as the agents manufactured at TPF are 

destined exclusively for Schirm clients. 

After six months of intensive contractual negotiations 

conducted between Schirm and TPF and accompanied by 

the prestigious global law firm Salans, a large number of 

individual contracts have now become a new overarching 

contract. The process also saw the contract adapted to 

contemporary economic practice.

16 update! 10/2010 Chemical Manufacturing Services 

More customers for synthesis services 

For many years now Schirm GmbH has been synthesising crop-protection agents at its Schönebeck location. 

Following construction of a pilot synthesising station in 2000 and a new multi-purpose synthesising plant in 2002, 

for the first time the company was able to establish the synthesis of fine and special chemicals. Over the last 

few years the list of regular customers for custom synthesis has expanded to more than 30 companies. 

Along with well-known chemical firms in Germany, production is also underway for international companies based 

in Italy, France, Switzerland and the USA. 

As a neutral service provider, Schirm starts by carrying out 

processes to its customer’s orders at laboratory level. Next 

come pilot experiments in the pilot plant, in order to transfer 

the synthesis successfully to the multi-purpose synthesising 

plant later. 

The multi-purpose synthesising plant is highly automated 

and is controlled using a modern process-control system. 

It is equipped with 19 stirrer-tank reactors, 15 receiver 

tanks, a refrigeration belt, various filters, dryers, centrifuges 

and distillation towers. The plant also includes a tank store 

with a total capacity of 530 cubic metres. The reactions are 

effected at temperatures of − 15 to 280º C and pressures of 

2 mbar to 6 bar. A wide range of licences makes it possible 

to carry out syntheses using corrosive, poisonous, 

very poisonous and easily flammable substances or CMR 

materials (carcinogenic, mutagenic, reproduction-toxic). 

The quality of the products manufactured, and of the intermediate 

stages, are scrutinised and checked in Schirm 

GmbH’s modern laboratory. 

The multi-purpose synthesising plant can be adapted to 

each technology and process method required. Up to 

6 syntheses are currently carried out concurrently in a four- 

i LEHNKERING Chemical Manufacturing Services 

shift system and some 4,000 tons of fine chemicals are 

synthesised for various customers covering different areas 

of use, including biocides and conservation products for 

dyes, plastics, paper, adhesives, fuels or textiles. Further 

products include disinfectants for hospital hygiene, prepolymers 

for the manufacture of skiers and snowboards, 

intermediate products for automotive and high-performance 

plastics, accelerators and catalysts for epoxide resins, 

and raw materials for the rubber industry, such as catalytic 

softeners for tyres and shoe soles, or bonding agents. 

A total of 59 different synthesised products were manufactured 

in 2009. Annual synthesis capacity has been significantly 

raised from year to year since 2001; at the beginning, 

eight to ten new synthesis products were added. 

A further area of expertise at Schirm GmbH in Schönebeck 

is that of cleansing active ingredients or other products by 

re-crystallisation (cooling or solvent crystallisation). Through 

constant technology enhancements Schirm is able to offer 

its customers more and more services, and is able to gain 

new customers. Schirm is not restricted to special areas of 

application, but is open to all types of reaction, such as condensations, 

cyclisations, reductions, additions, oxidations, 

aminations or alkylations. 

The LEHNKERING Chemical Manufacturing Services (CMS) Division bundles the services of the Schirm GmbH with which 

LEHNKERING supports its customers from the chemical industry in producing and packaging their goods. CMS offers a broad 

portfolio of services: 

n Commission synthesis of agricultural chemicals and fine chemicals, e.g. development of products by CMS, or development in 

accordance with customer specifications, in modern laboratories; testing in pilot plant; manufacture of products in CMS’s own 

synthesis plant; 

n raw-materials service, i.e. procurement of active ingredients and raw materials for our customers in the chemical industry, and 

preparation and refining of raw materials as required; 

n formulation of active ingredients for pesticides, biocides, and additives 

n packaging of solid or fluid materials; special packaging in water-soluble or low-melt bags; 

n sample service for chemical products, i.e. filling chemicals into small and very small containers (250 ml to 1 l bottles); storage of 

sample containers in our own specialist store; and shipping of samples world-wide.

On 1 June LEHNKERING Chemical Manufacturing 

Services (CMS) commenced launch of a new software. 

CargoProcess was developed because the operating 

systems employed so far at CMS did not have all the 

functions required, and a uniform, overarching and 

future-oriented system had been sought, to develop 

Schirm GmbH further in the market for the long term. 

In order to focus the IT system even more closely on 

client requirements, the LEHNKERING IT department 

set about developing a piece of software especially for 

this division. 

“After taking over the Wolfenbüttel branch in September 2008, 

the Chemical Manufacturing Services Division was faced 

with the challenging task of setting up a software system with 

short notice that would cover the functionalities absolutely 

necessary for productive contract manufacture and support 

the large number of SAP interfaces involved”, remembers 

Dr. Bernd Müller. It was decided to extend CargoWare, 

a familiar and well-tried software, to include these functionalities. 

To do this, it was necessary to develop an ERP software 

to support the core processes. 

There was need for a new software at the Chemical Manufacturing 

Services locations in Schönebeck, Baar-Ebenhausen 

and Lübeck as well. The standard software; in the version 

currently used, did not display all business processes sufficiently. 

After CargoProcess had been successfully launched, 

it was decided to support the Division’s business processes 

using an improved and extended version of CargoProcess. 

This would also help to approach LEHNKERING’s goal of 

displaying both financial accounting and controlling at all 

works on its central SAP. 



One for all: CargoProcess 2 software 

is online 

Chemical Manufacturing Services Division launches uniform 

goods-management system to improve customer value 

It was now necessary, in developing CargoProcess further, 

to realise the specific requirements of CMS, with a corresponding 

focus on high flexibility and rapid response 

time. The IT Development Department also needed to add 

those functions which were not displayed yet. Among the 

new functions added were those of offer management and 

estimation, customer-order management, calculation of material 

requirements, availability checking, various evaluation 

concepts, and automated production planning. In this way 

CargoProcess creates transparency and makes it possible 

for Schirm to plan production capacity better across all locations 

and to operate such capacity at an optimal level. 

When the kick-off meeting for the development of the new 

software was held in December 2008 a steering committee 

and a project-management group were set up for the project. 

Together with key users involved in all departments and 

further staff at the various locations, they supervised and assisted 

the development process. These teams acted as sources 

of expert information, aiding the IT Department, so that 

proper notes were taken of both theory and practice in all 

stages of development. Joint workshops started as early as 

January 2009 to develop the software. Followed by intensive 

function and integration tests, designed to ensure a system 

launch as smooth as possible. 

The great efforts to improve customer value made by all 

those involved over the past year and a half payed out: 

on 1 June CargoProcess was successfully launched at the 

Lübeck location. Wolfenbüttel launched the improved version 

on 1 July. Baar-Ebenhausen will follow on 1 August, and 

on 1 October 2010 the largest CMS works at Schönebeck, 

covering production, development and raw-materials-service 

divisions, will conclude the implementation stage.

18 update! 10/2010 Chemical Manufacturing Services 

Hidden talents 

Two disabled staff members working at CMS in Wolfenbüttel 

In our society we look on involvement in a working life 

as an essential element in the development of the personality. 

Work provides a means of self affirmation, independence, 

social recognition and life in the community. 

People with disabilities want this recognition, too. Since 

six months back two of them are working in the Chemical 

Manufacturing Services (CMS) Division of LEHNKERING 

GmbH in Wolfenbüttel. 

The Chemical Manufacturing Services (CMS) Division in 

Wolfenbüttel provides customers from the agricultural and 

fine chemicals industries with a wide range of services, 

including formulation, packaging, and labelling of containers 

of all kinds. In 2008 LEHNKERING took over the former 

location of Bayer CropScience. In the same year Helmstedt- 

Wolfenbüttel Care for the Disabled bought the former Bayer 

location fire-brigade station and converted it into a workshop 

for the mentally disabled. 

The close proximity of the two locations soon turned out to 

have advantages for both sides: the workshops undertook 

initial small jobs for LEHNKERING. As a result, Care for 

the Disabled contacted Christian Horn, head of production 

and technology, and asked whether the company would 

have any interest in employing two young men on 

a long-term practical placement. They were 

indeed interested; so, on 1 November 

2009, 27-year-old Timo Mummert and 

23-year-old René Jonigkeit had their first 

day of work at LEHNKERING. 

“Both employees soon found their feet; they 

earned praise from the permanent staff and 

carried out their work with very great care”, 

reports Christian Horn. “This means we 

René Jonigkeit (left) and Timo Mummert bei CMS in Wolfenbüttel 

can employ them in any of our teams.” In their teams Timo 

and René are given lighter groundwork which is not directly 

connected with production. That is mostly simple manual 

work, such as labelling empty containers, packing goods into 

cardboard boxes, or getting materials ready. 

Both employees are enthusiastic about their work, which they 

enjoy. “Having work means taking part, finding recognition 

through your own efforts, testing yourself on challenging 

tasks, and developing beyond your own limitations”, says 

Axel Kossmann, a social worker at Helmstedt-Wolfenbüttel 

Care for the Disabled. “Work provides a structure to life and 

gives leisure time a value.” 

Because disabled people frequently need special support if 

they are to cope with the personal, social and practical career 

demands of a working life, integration into the working world 

is aided at Care for the Disabled by supplementary facilities. 

These include educational courses such as sport. Timo plays 

football, in the German National Team of the Disabled. In 

2006 he took part with his team in the Football World Cup 

for People with Intellectual Disability in Germany. Now, along 

with his work for LEHNKERING, he is preparing for South 

Africa. There, from 21 August to 12 September 2010, the fifth 

World Cup for People with Intellectual Disability will be held 

by the INAS (International Sports Federation for People with 

Intellectual Disability).


Hand in Hand 

LEHNKERING helping SOS Children’s Villages in Germany and Haiti 

After LEHNKERING supported the SOS Lower Rhine 

Children’s Village through a sponsorship last year, now the 

company is undertaking the support and maintenance of a 

family in the Sauerland SOS Children’s Village. Five or six 

children and young people live there at a time, together with 

an SOS Children’s Village mother, as a family in one house. 

Now, unlike earlier, only a few children are orphans. Most 

of those finding refuge here come from families in which the 

parents can no longer take proper care of their children. 

Rapid help after the earthquake in Haiti 

Help of a much more urgent kind was needed after the devas- 

tating earthquake which on 12 January 2010 brought death 

and destruction to the people of Haiti. The quake cost around 

220,000 lives, injured some 300,000 people, and made over 1 

million people homeless. More than 600,000 people fled from 

Port-au-Prince in the neighbouring areas. SOS Children’s 

Villages then launched a large-scale relief effort, to support 

a total of 40,000 children and families. Very quickly after the 

earthquake SOS staff began to provide children and families 

with clean water, warm meals and relief items. 


Children are our hope and our future. That is why, in its charitable and welfare work, LEHNKERING is concentrating 

particularly on the SOS Children’s Villages. In Germany the company is undertaking the support and maintenance of 

a family from the SOS Children’s Village in Sauerland. Moreover, after the severe earthquake in Haiti, LEHNKERING 

collected baby food from the manufacturer, quickly and unbureaucratically, and transported it to Munich Airport. 

Donations from Germany were also taken to the disas- 

ter zone. LEHNKERING supported SOS Children’s Vil- 

lages by transporting baby food from the German manu- 

facturer to Munich Airport, from where the food was 

carried to Haiti. 

With the aid of such donations SOS staff were able to dis- 

tribute medicines and food in the neighbourhood. Since the 

earthquake had led to no loss of life in the two Haitian SOS 

Children’s Villages, and no severe damage had been incur- 

red, they were able to serve as a basis and starting point for 

the relief work with which the SOS staff aided children and 

families in the surrounding districts.


For Mankind and 

LEHNKERING publishes its first 

Sustainability Report for the year 2009 

Sustainability is increasingly one of the most important 

factors for corporate success, and many companies now 

compile an annual sustainability report in order to keep 

stakeholders informed of the economic, ecological and 

social initiatives they are involved in. For the first time 

LEHNKERING will publish this type of information for 

the year 2009. 

A group-wide QEHS management system (quality, environ- 

ment, health & safety) has been in place at LEHNKERING 

since 2004. The principles set out within the system also take 

into account requirements and goals related to reductions in 

energy consumption and responsible use of natural resources. 

“We have had the majority of our environmentally relevant 

facilities in Germany certified according to ISO 14001”, 

reports Dr. Wolfgang Lohre, head of QEHS at LEHNKERING. 

The decision to introduce a sustainability programme 

at LEHNKERING represents the logical continuation of 

the company’s established environmental responsibility 

policy. Under the banner of “Green Logistics + Services”, 

LEHNKERING aims to place even greater emphasis on environmental 

sustainability within the framework of its corporate 

strategy, and has defined increases in efficiency and reductions 

in CO emissions as its key goals. In the words of Wolf- 

2 

gang Lohre: “Amongst other data, our sustainability report 

sees us calculate the corporate carbon footprint of the entire 

LEHNKERING group. Due to the complexity of the identification 

and allocation of individual activities and services within 

the field of logistics, we are not calculating carbon footprints 

for individual products at the present time.” 

the Environment 

As there is currently no universally recognized analysis and 

measurement method for the calculation of CO emission 

2 

values, LEHNKERING applies conversion factors which take 

into account both direct and indirect emissions. Direct emissions 

are those which occur as a result of the combustion of 

primary energy sources such as fuel oil, natural gas or diesel. 

The CO which arises during the generation of energy sour- 

2 

ces the company buys “ready to use” (such as electricity or 

district heating) is classified as an indirect emission. 

“We can only achieve our sustainability goals if all our emplo- 

yees support and work towards them”, explains Wolfgang

Lohre. “In the future, all our internal QEHS and environmental 

training sessions will deal with issues of environmental protection 

and resource conservation in greater detail. If each 

individual makes just a few small changes or improvements, 

this can add up to a big positive impact on our company 

as a whole. This involves reductions in paper consumption 

just as much as more efficient use of business trips and 

company cars.” 

In the case of its in-house fleet of trucks, 

LEHNKERING places importance on fuel-efficient 

vehicles and an energy-saving driving 

style. In addition, efficiency can be raised 

by optimizing vehicle capacity utilization and reducing the 

number of kilometres driven without cargo. LEHNKERING 

has made improvements in this area by introducing the new 

“Punch Telematix” system, which calculates optimal routes 

and assesses the way in which drivers brake and accelerate. 

Even though inland navigation vessels are already seen 

as an environmentally friendly mode of transportation, 

LEHNKERING is also keen to achieve energy efficiency 

improvements in this field. In the case of both new-build 

and vessel modernization projects, the LEHNKERING 

shipping division not only encourages the development 



of smaller motors which consume less fuel, but also emphasizes 

optimal hydrodynamic design. 

Energy is also consumed by the handling, racking, heating 

and refrigeration systems used at storage and handling 

facilities. When building or modifying such facilities, 

LEHNKERING gives preference to modern building materials. 

Handling and loading systems are regularly checked for 

potential energy-saving opportunities. 

The processes employed by the Chemical Manufacturing 

Services (CMS) Division are constantly being made more 

efficient. This involves not only saving energy, but also conserving 

water resources and preventing soil contamination. 

The most important principle of the LEHNKERING waste 

management strategy is to prevent waste being created in 

the first place. In particular, the company has set itself the 

goal of reducing the volume of hazardous waste generated. 

As a proportion of hazardous waste disposal is carried out on 

behalf of clients, a reduction in waste volumes is sometimes 

only possible in close cooperation with the respective client. 

Employee health and safety is a further prerequisite for the 

achievement of corporate success at LEHNKERING, and 

the company therefore places significant importance on a 

sustainable health protection and accident prevention policy. 

This includes ensuring that risk to employees is as low as 

possible, and also involves preventative measures such as 

flu jabs and the publication of a catalogue of suitable work 

apparel. The support provided by LEHNKERING to the SOS- 

Kinderdorf e.V. children’s charity is a sign of social commitment 

at the company. 

Wolfgang Lohre looks to the future: “The goal for the next 

few years is to also take indirect emissions into account, for 

example those which arise when third-party vehicles are 

used or our goods are delivered. We will also be integrating 

all of our international sites into our calculations, as this will 

provide us with an overall picture of the emissions generated 

by the entire LEHNKERING group. All of this will go towards 

making us even more environmentally responsible.”

22 update! 10/2010 


Football magic in Duisburg 

Group A Point Goals Goal diff. 

Schönebeck 1 12 11:2 9 

Uerdingen 7 16:5 11 

Salzgitter 5 8:7 1 

Langelsheim 2 2:10 -8 

LEU Duisburg 3 1 2:15 -13 

Group D Point Goals Goal diff. 

Peine 12 17 : 0 17 

Barendrecht 1 7 4 : 3 1 

Wolfenbüttel 4 1 : 5 -4 

Shipping Lux 3 1 : 8 -7 

LCT 2 3 2 : 9 -7 

The 19th of June 2010 saw 30 teams with a 

total of 330 players from LEHNKERING offices 

around Europe strive for first place in the 

company’s annual football tournament. 

The Final Ranking: 

1. Schirm Schönebeck 1 

2. Peine 

3. LRG Duisburg 

Group Phase Tables: 

LEHNKERING has surpassed itself once again: This 

year’s company football tournament not only involved 

six more teams than in the previous year, but also witnessed 

another increase in spectator numbers. Around 

1,000 people – players, employees and their families – 

made their way to the Wedau School of Sports in Duisburg 

to enjoy all the thrills and spills the tournament 

had to offer. 

In addition to a large number of German sides, the event 

was also attended by teams from offices in the Netherlands, 

Switzerland, Scandinavia, Luxembourg and Poland. 

Matches were 15 minutes long, and each of the 75 played 

saw colleagues underline both their team spirit and sense 

of fair play. 

There were a wealth of activities offered to the crowd 

besides watching football, and children had the opportunity 

to conquer a bouncy castle, go for goal on the target 

Group B Point Goals Goal diff. 

Mannheim 1 12 15 : 4 11 

Lehnkering Polen 9 12 : 6 6 

Münster Schüttorf 6 6 : 8 -2 

Schönebeck 2 3 5 : 10 -5 

LEU Duisburg 4 0 3 : 13 -10 

Group E Point Goals Goal diff. 

Barendrecht 2 12 12 : 2 10 

Baar-Ebenhausen 5 6 : 3 3 

Basel 5 5 : 5 0 

ALS 1 5 5 : 6 -1 

LCT 3 0 1 : 13 -12 

Group C Point Goals Goal diff. 

Schirm Lübeck 12 17 : 2 15 

Hamburg 7 10 : 7 3 

Dortmund 6 6 : 5 1 

LCT 1 2 3 : 9 -6 

Mannheim 2 1 4 : 17 -13 

Group F Point Goals Goal diff. 

Eisenhüttenstadt 12 14 : 1 13 

LRG Duisburg 9 9 : 3 6 

Verwaltung DU 6 6 : 5 1 

ALS 2 3 4 : 10 -6 

Skandinavien 0 2 : 16 -14

practice wall or have their face painted. As energetic exercise 

is a sure-fire way to get the tummy rumbling, sportsmen 

and spectators alike were able to take their pick from a 

delicious barbecue, all the delights of an authentic ice cream 

van and, during the afternoon, a wide variety of cakes. The 

World Cup match between the Netherlands and Japan was 

shown (much to the delight of our Dutch colleagues), and 

our Swedish visitors were kept up to date on the wedding of 

Princess Victoria of Sweden and Daniel Westling. 

The final was the sporting highlight of the tournament, 

and pitted two outstanding teams against each another: 

LEHNKERING Steel Peine and Schirm Schönebeck 1. The 

passion and skill displayed by the two sides was so equally 

matched that the game ended in a 2-2 draw. A shoot-out 

followed, and saw the players from Schönebeck hold their 

nerve to prevail 9-8 – and win the LEHNKERING Cup. 

With the tournament at an end, the sportsmen and spectators 

moved on to the MSV-Arena football stadium (the home 

of the long-established MSV Duisburg club). The Business 

Lounge was the venue for the evening event, which began 

with the presentation ceremony. In addition to the top three 



teams, the leading scorer (Ali Demir of Mannheim 1) and the 

best goalkeeper (Michael Fricke of Peine) were also presented 

with prizes. The fun continued with an evening meal, 

music and dancing. 

Speaking during the presentation ceremony, CEO Cees van 

Gent thanked his employees for the organization of such a 

successful in-house sporting event: “Whilst other companies 

commission outside event management agencies to put on 

this type of event, we are both lucky and proud to have a 

few dedicated employees who have organized absolutely 

everything parallel to their normal duties.” He also explained 

that he had used the opportunity of his last trip to the USA to 

invite a team to take part in the next tournament in Germany. 

Growth at LEHNKERING focuses on both its business 

operations and staff events, and van Gent’s outlook for the 

coming year is a positive one: “As a result of this fantastic 

event and the glowing feedback we have received from participants, 

it would give me great pleasure to continue the 

expansion of this important LEHNKERING event next year. 

We have already received a number of registrations for next 

year‘s tournament, and are particularly pleased that our colleagues 

from the USA will be taking part for the first time.”

24 update! 10/2010 LEHNKERING in the press 

"Schiffahrt Hafen Bahn und Technik" 

(engl.: "Shipping Port Railway and Technics") 

Juni/June 2010 

„Transport“ 

Januar/January 2010 

„VerkehrsRundschau“ 

(engl.: „Transport Review“) 

März/March 2010 

„Bulk Distributor“ (Großbritannien/Great Britain), 

February 2010 

„KFZ-Anzeiger 

(engl.: „Motorc 

Januar/Januar

“ 

ar-Gazette“), 

y 2010 

„DVZ Deutsche Verkehrs-Zeitung“ 

(engl.: „German Transport Journal“) 


www.chemie.de 


www.presseanzeiger.de 

Mai/May 2010 

www.mylogistics.de 

Dezember/December 2009 

LEHNKERING in the press 

„Deutsche Schiffahrts-Zeitung“ 

(engl.:“German Shipping Journal“), 

Mai/May 2010 


Газовоз - несбыточная 

мечта Газпрома 

03.05.2010 15:32 

Голландская Lehnkering 

приняла от голландского 

же судостроителя TeamCo SHIPY- 

ARD BV газовоз. Мы такие новсти 

собо не жалуем. Но тут сама по себе 

малозначительная новость обретает 

важный смысл. 

Посмотрите на это фото. Это газовоз. 

Понятно, не первый и не последний. 

Понятно, что это не новость. 

Но почему в газовой державе нет даже 

такого. 

А всего-то 2,8 метра осадки, вместимость 

2 800 кубов подготовленного газа. Что 

это значит - такие посудинки пройдут 

везеде и всегда. Но у Газпрома все 

проблемы с газификацией отдаленных 

райнов решены, даже туда, куда 

нерентабельно и бессмысленно 

проложили и проложат трубы. 

У упомянутой Lehnkering таких судов 

17 единиц и ходят они далеко и глубоко 

(внутрь Европы) - и снабжают дешевым 

газом тех, кому дорого тянуть газовые 

сети. А таких и в Европе достаточно, не 

то что в России. 

„Braunschweiger Zeitung“ 


www.process.vogel.de 

Februar/February 2010 

www.infranews.ru 

Mai/May 2010

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