Monographie Bonn-Rhein-Sieg

Die Aktivitäten der Industrie sind wesentliche Auslöser für
Logistik und Transport in der Region.
The activities of industry are prime triggers for
logistics and transportation in the region.
87
passengers per year, it ranks sixth in Germany. When considering
the cargo, with almost 770,000 tons of air freight,
Cologne/Bonn ranks third after Frankfurt (Main) and Leipzig.
The world’s largest express-freight companies fly to
Cologne/Bonn. UPS operates its European hub, and FedEx
has its transshipment hub for Central and Eastern Europe.
Cologne/Bonn is also an important location for DHL, the
third global player. More than a dozen cargo airfreight
carriers fly to about 70 destinations in 35 countries worldwide.
By water across the world
Whoever relies on waterway transport for the export or import
of their goods need look no further than Bonn/Rhein-
Sieg. In the north of Bonn, at Rhine kilometre 658, Bonn
harbour ensures cargo handling between the roads and
inland waterway vessels. Rapid cargo handling is possible
by means of IT-supported container bridges and multi-functional
cranes, as well as IT-bound slot administration. The
port of Bonn has more than 50 arrivals and departures per
week to and from the international ports of Zeebrügge,
Antwerp, Rotterdam and Amsterdam. The operator is
Bonner Hafenbetriebe GmbH, a merger between Stadt -
werke Bonn GmbH and Am Zehnhoff-Söns GmbH. This tradition-steeped
logistics company, which was founded in
1907 by the merchant August am Zehnhoff and is still
operated by family members in the third generation today,
has specialised in container transport by ship from and to
the large seaports as well as the truck feeder service
between the port of Bonn and the customers in a radius of
about 100 kilometres. The fleet consists of 130 traction
engines and 200 powered trucks.
Home of global players
Numerous transportation companies have their registered
offices in Bonn. The largest among these, and one of the
worldwide leading logistics multi-corporate enterprises, is
the Deutsche Post DHL Group. By its own account, DHL is
represented in more than 220 countries and territories
worldwide and has more than 340,000 employees. The
logistics offer covers everything from worldwide express
deliveries and cargo transportation by plane, truck, ship and
train to storage solutions that, should this be desired, also
comprise of packaging to repairs, international letters, as
well as customer-specific and specialised shipping.
The Rhein-Sieg district is also a strong logistics location. For
instance, the German headquarters of the Dutch TNT company
are located in Troisdorf, which has just recently been
taken over by the US service provider FedEx. Worldwide, it
employs 58,000 people, 3,700 of which are in Germany.
Every day, TNT transports about one million shipments
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