unitcargo world no. 9/2022

unitcargo
world
NEWS IMPRESSIONS INFORMATION
No. 9. Dec 2022
UnitCargo
driving to a fossil
free future
Principles
of multimodal
transport
Are we
on the road
to recession?

EDITORIAL
Dear customers and partners,
We have another very successful year behind
us, but one that was peppered with many
challenges. Nobody could have foreseen
that there would be a war in Ukraine, which
would turn all our planning upside down. In
Poland alone, 105,000 Ukrainian drivers were
employed before the war. Of these, 80,000
went to war, which meant that 80,000 trucks
lacked drivers. This had a big impact on the
Polish logistics market. Nevertheless, logistics
is an industry that is always needed,
whether it is a booming economy or a crisis.
Whatever the economic climate, UnitCargo
will be there!
This year saw our first intermodal trailers in
operation and already they are having a big
impact, not only on our traffic flows but also
on our CO2 balance sheet.
The entire management team was able to attend
our Christmas party, for the first time in
3 years, and there I launched our new directive
under the credo ‚We believe in a fossilfree
logistics world‘, which will have a greatly
influence our company goals in the coming
years. I intend to see that, by 2030, our entire
logistics chain will be free of fossil fuels.
So far, we have had great responses from our
partners and customers who can all see the
clear benefits this will bring. Together we will
really build a better logistics world!
with orange regards,
Davor Sertic
CEO UnitCargo
Contents
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Business Intermodal transport:
UnitCargo driving to a fossil free future
Business Principles of multimodal transport
Business Interview with Franz Heißenberger,
apprentice training manager at Rail Cargo Group
Business Are we on the road to recession?
Destination City of Novi Sad - pearl on the Danube
Business UnitCargo is one of the
Austria , s Leading Companies 2022
The Breweriana Collector
UnitCargo - we are family!
Our UnitCargo office in Serbia
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10 Fun Facts about Serbia
UnitCargo Idiomology
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Intermodal transport:
Unit Cargo driving
to a fossil free future
Fotocredits: Florian Wieser
Eduard Gharzouzi
Head of UC Procurement
Roger Terry
Communications Consultant
An audacious but attainable goal. By 2030 Unit-
Cargo will be fossil free in all aspects of operations
declared UnitCargo founder and CEO Davor Sertic
at a meeting with his branch managers held in December.
Building on UnitCargo’s existing experience in
intermodal transport he anticipates that there will
be a rapid expansion of routes to cover more of
the continent as well as an increase in daily departures.
Though most routes are between established
terminals, systems are available which permits
access not only to these terminals but also to
standard sidings. This greatly increases the number
of potential routes, which are available enabling
the train to get closer to the final destination
and reducing the final leg on the road.
In further comments, Davor Sertic explained that,
as intermodal transport is management intensive,
the number of employees will grow rapidly in the
coming months and he continued to explain that
utilizing trains for the long distance leg of the supply
chain was only the first step towards a fossil
free future. Subsequently the initial and final legs
of the journey will be by electric powered tractor
units which, he is confident, will be rolled out in the
coming years and will be cost effective as battery
costs steadily reduce.
The Case for
Intermodal Transport
For many years truck transport has been the bedrock
of European supply chains. Loading a trailer
at one place and delivering directly to destination,
referred to as being unimodal since only one
mode of transport is used, has the advantage of
being simple, reliable and relatively fast.
Despite this, significant issues have come to the
fore which have forced a rethink of this winning
formula. Most significant of these changes is the
issue of climate change due to higher levels of
carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, though financial
and social costs have also had a significant impact.
These issues have forced themselves to the front
of political thinking resulting in legislation promoting
a multi-modal approach to the supply chain,
a model whereby two or more modes of transport
are utilized. This legislation, which is known as
the „European Green Deal“, was approved by the
European Commission in 2020 and coincides with
UnitCargo‘s vision of a greener logistics world. The
acceptance of these aims has now reached to the
highest level of business management with many
companies establishing ambitions targets for their
own carbon reduction.
For UnitCargo, the challenge is to maintain the
simplicity, speed and reliability of unimodal transport
when it is applied to the complexities of the
intermodal model, which - in Europe - is usually
the combination of truck and train.
There are clear benefits to be gained by using
trains for longer distances. Not only do trains use
less energy per loading unit but they also help
mitigate road traffic congestion which in turn reduces
noise and air pollution. In addition, legislative
changes have enabled higher unit loads to be
carried on the road leg of the chain and simplified
the time-consuming documentary requirement
imposed by individual nations on the supply route.
Apart from this there are clear social benefits in
that since the working conditions of truck drivers
are improved insofar as they spend less time away
from home and family.
However, there are difficulties in implementing
the intermodal model in every situation since the
“For UnitCargo, the challenge
is to maintain the simplicity,
speed and reliability of
unimodal transport when
it is applied to the complexities
of the intermodal model,
which - in Europe -
is usually the combination
of truck and train.”
simplicity of unimodal is replaced by complexity
and speed is replaced by a “not always fast”, transit
time. Of course, in many cases “time is not of
the essence” to the transport however, for a supply
chain built to satisfy the “just in time” mode of production
slow transit over a long distance can prove
disastrous and unresolvable in the short term.
For UnitCargo, its outstanding success in the unimodal
transport model must be matched by success
in the intermodal situation and in order to
achieve this a rapid increase traffic management
personnel is being implemented. In this way, Unit-
Cargo will continue to be able to offer clients the
punctually, reliably and service level they rely on.
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Principles of
multimodal transport
“In Austria, the legal
situation in the area of
multimodal transport is
therefore determined by the
„network system“ developed
by case law.”
We speak of multimodal transport
when carriage is performed with at
least two different means of transport
on the basis of a single contract. If the
consignor himself concludes contracts
of carriage with several carriers for partial journeys,
there is in any case no uniform contract of carriage
for multimodal transport.
The at least two different means of transport of a
multimodal contract of carriage are subject to different
special laws. In particular, the conventional
forms of transport, i.e. rail transport, road transport,
air transport, sea transport and inland waterway
transport, can be considered as modes of
transport. Due to the use of containers, multimodal
transport has increased considerably in recent
decades. Container transport is usually carried out
on the basis of a uniform freight contract with different
means of transport.
Despite the great practical importance, there are
no legal regulations for multimodal contracts of
carriage in Austria - unlike in Germany, for example.
In Austria, the legal situation in the area of
multimodal transport is therefore determined by
the „network system“ developed by case law.
According to the network system developed by
case law, the liability to pay compensation of the
carrier entrusted with the carriage over the entire
route is based on the liability regime applicable
to the respective means of transport. If the place
where the damage occurred is known, the liability
law applicable to the means of transport on this
leg of the journey is therefore to be taken into account.
If, however, the place where the damage
occurred cannot be ascertained, the carrier shall
be liable in accordance with the law of liability
most favourable to the claimant, which the latter
may choose at his own discretion. If the damage
occurs over several legs of the journey (distance
damage), the immediate point of departure of the
damage shall nevertheless be taken into account.
The limitation periods in this respect also depend
on the applicable liability law. However, the demarcation
between the individual legs in question
can cause problems in determining the applicable
provisions. For example, the assignment of a damage
event to a leg of the journey must be based
on the care of the carrier of the respective means
of transport.
There is also no international agreement relevant
to Austria with regard to multimodal transport
operations, so that there is still no standardisation
of the legal situation at international level.
In practice, a large proportion of concluded freight
contracts are concluded with the inclusion of
standardised contract terms (such as the AÖSp).
If general terms and conditions have been validly
agreed between the contracting parties, it must always
be examined in each individual case to what
extent these correspond to good morals and are
compatible with the principles developed by case
law on multimodal transport or with special provisions
of transport law that must be applied. In the
case of multimodal transport, the applicable leg
of the journey must be taken into account within
the framework of the network system. If mandatory
provisions apply, such as the CMR, deviating
contractual agreements (such as those according
to the AÖSp) are invalid insofar as they contradict
the applicable mandatory freight law standards.
Isolated Regulations
As already mentioned, there are no legal regulations
for multimodal transport contracts in Austria.
However, there are isolated regulations on multimodal
transport operations in the existing special
freight law provisions. For example, Art 38 (1) of the
Montreal Convention regulates carriage on the basis
of a single contract which, in addition to air carriage
in accordance with Art 1 of the Convention,
also provides for the use of one or more other means
of transport and clarifies that the Convention
only applies to air carriage.
According to Art 1 § 3 of CIM (Uniform Rules concerning
the Contract of International Carriage of
Goods by Rail), in the case of a single contract of
carriage, the application of CIM is also extended to
pre- and post-carriage by road or inland waterway
in the internal traffic of a Member State.
According to Art 2 (1) of CMR, the application of
CMR is extended to those cases of a single contract
of carriage in which the laden road vehicle is
carried by another means of transport for part of
the journey. However, the prerequisite according
to Art 2 (1) CMR is that the goods remain in the road
vehicle and are not reloaded. Roll-on/roll-off traffic
concerning ferries (RO/RO traffic) and piggyback
traffic concerning railways are therefore included.
It is not necessary that the towing vehicle is also
loaded, as semi-trailers and trailers are also road
vehicles - but not swap bodies and swap bodies.
Going in forward it is clear that a more developed
contract system encompassing all aspects of new
and innovative transport modes will have to be agreed
in the not too distant future so that all parties
involved have a clear understanding of their rights
and obligations.
Mag. Thomas Preisinger is Attorney at law and Partner at
the Viennese law firm Stögerer Preisinger Rechtsanwälte,
which provides UnitCargo with legal support since 2012.
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How David provides
skilled workers with Goliath
Interview We spoke with Franz Heißenberger, MSc, the apprentice
training manager at Rail Cargo Group, about apprenticeship training
and the exchange program.
Like ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG), UnitCargo (UC)
also trains young people to become forwarding
agents, albeit significantly less. An apprentice exchange
program has been in place between RCG
and UC since March 2019.
We spoke with Franz Heißenberger, MSc, the apprentice
training manager at Rail Cargo Group,
about apprenticeship training and the exchange
program. Mr. Heißenberger has been the training
manager for almost 20 years and has along with
his team trained over 800 apprentices.
Dear Mr. Heißenberger, thank you very much for
taking the time to speak with us. First off, I would
like to congratulate you on the fact that ÖBB
Rail Cargo Group 2022 has now been named
TOP Apprenticing Company for the third time,
also in 2014 and 2018. Bravo! What is the secret
of this long-term success?
There are certainly several aspects to our success.
One of them is that we see apprenticeship
training as an integrative factor in our junior staff
training. We also follow a clear recruiting strategy,
from personnel planning to employer branding to
the admissions process. The training structure not
only includes the teaching of necessary technical
skills, we also push further training, arouse interest
in the whole subject and offer insights into exciting
areas of this professional field.
As an example, I would like to mention our European
program, which we have been running for
eight years, where apprentices have the opportunity
to work for four to twelve weeks in one of our
foreign branches. We have also had sustainability
initiatives for some time, such as the „energy driving
license“ that our apprentices have been able
to take for around five years. We prepare young
people at an early stage for future discussions on
topics such as sustainability, energy saving and
climate neutrality, thus creating an intrinsic motivation
to be convincing in this respect in their future
careers.
That sounds quite exciting. So it‘s a very broadbased
program that keeps scoring points with
innovations. Do you have another example of
this?
Yes, our social media project „Digital Natives & Digital
Immigrants,“ which we did a few years ago.
We brought multiple generations together on the
topic of digitalization. Until then, our trainers considered
the digital media behavior of our apprentices
as a problem.. We asked ourselves whether
this might be a qualification as opposed to a negative,
for the future and whether it could be put
to use in the company. We then made a short film
about this project and used digital means to playfully
convey to the adults in the company that there
is also something for them to learn here. That
was a bit of reverse mentoring. The young should
not copy from the older people but learn from
each other.
What is the situation at the end of the apprenticeship?
Do many stay with the Rail Cargo Group?
Around nine out of ten apprentices stay with us
and we offer them a say in what they do after their
training. This is certainly one of the main reasons
for the award mentioned at the beginning of our
interview. The shortage of skilled workers that is
being criticized today was, after all, foreseeable for
at least ten years. We prepared ourselves for the
coming developments. My studies at the time focused
on the subject of knowledge management
and I was able to combine the practical part with
my job and also study the dual training systems
in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. I built up a
future program for my own job in the company,
so to speak. The most important thing is to work
intensively with young people and not just go in
with the attitude to get workers. Work with them at
eye-level and everyone benefits.
What do you see as the greatest benefit for RCG
apprentices in the training cooperation with
UnitCargo?
I see the biggest benefit in the technical side. Our
apprentices do have a job rotation and change
their area of assignment every six months in order
to see as much of the entire logistics as possible,
but of course the focus for us is rail logistics.
Thanks to the cooperation with UnitCargo, the apprentices
not only learn about international truck
logistics in theory at vocational school, but also
work hands-on with it. This experience helps them
as rail logistics specialists, since logistics in the
future will not be a single mode of transport, but
an intelligent combination of several. This is also a
positive aspect for the final apprenticeship exam,
as is getting to know a different corporate culture
outside the ÖBB Group. The benefits are of course
similar for the UC apprentices.
Where do you see the biggest challenges for
the freight forwarding apprenticeship profession
in the future?
I think they will have to deal a lot with advancements
in digitalization. Sustainability and climate
targets will also be significant dimensions in this
profession. Every area of logistics will have to work
on getting better at sustainability. Ultimately, I also
expect that the tasks in transportation and logistics
will become even more complex due to geopolitical
changes - what can be delivered where,
and when. It won‘t get any easier. Our challenge
will be to make this an alternating and diverse
task, palatable to the young.
Thank you very much for the interesting
interview.
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Are we on the road to recession?
Assessment of economic development in Austria in 2022/23
Source: ÖNB, presentation of 9.11.2022
The Ukraine war leads
to a sharp rise in inflation
Forecast for the Euro Area
Sepember 2022 Forecast
Change compared to previous year in %
Revision vis-a-vis Juni
in percentage points
For the industry,
the signs are pointing to a downturn
Branch Index Austria
Situation assessment (production, data up to August, retail until July)
2021 2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024
Real BIP 5,2 3,1 0,9 1,9 0,3 -1,2 -0,2
HVPI 2,6 8,1 5,5 2,3 1,3 2,0 0,2
Core Inflation* 1,5 3,9 3,4 2,3 0,6 0,6 0,0
Source: ECB ECB forecast forecast of as September of September 2022; 2022; *Note: Core inflation: HICP inflation excluding energy and food.
*Note: Core inflation: HICP inflation excluding energy and food.
• GDP growth: Inflation increase due to UA war, as well as supply bottlenecks
(China) weigh on growth development until 2024
• Inflation: significant upward revisions due to another sharp rise in BIP energy Forecast and
commodity prices
In Austria, economic growth
will stagnate in 2023
BIP Forecast
Change compared to previous year in %
5
4
3
2
1
0
2022 2023 2024
OeNB (30.10)
• Economic
WIFO
growth
(7.10.)
still high in 2022
• High inflation IHS (7.10.) dampens growth prospects ‚23
• WIFO and OeNB IHS expect (10.6.) stagnation in 2023
Change compared to previous year in %
5
4
3
2
1
0
2022 2023 2024
OeNB (30.10)
WIFO (7.10.)
IHS (7.10.)
OeNB (10.6.)
Source: OeNB, WIFO, IHS.
Production and business expectations (data up to October)
Source: OeNB, WIFO, IHS.
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0,5
0,0
-0,5
-1,0
-1,5
Downturn
Retail
Plastics
Industry
Metal products
Metal production
Electrical
equipment
Pharma
Chemistry
Data processing equipment
Construction
Mechanical
engineering
Recession
Upswing
-2,0
-1,2 -1,0 -0,8 -0,6 -0,4 -0,2 0,0 0,2 0,4 0,6 0,8 1,0
Situations and expectations: Change in the average of the last 2 months to average M-3 to M-4: Time series standardized
Source: European Commission, Eurostat; Presentation OeNB.ar
Glass
Food
Boom
• The sector index shows the assessment between the current situation and the outlook for
the next three months
• The development between the average of the last two months with the two months before.
• Almost all industrial sectors show a negative development in the assessment of the situation
• In addition, the outlook has deteriorated in industry as a whole and also in the retail sector

UNITCARGO DESTINATION
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City of Novi Sad –
pearl on the Danube
Aleksandar Stanković, Key Account Manager at UnitCargo’s Serbian
branch office, introduces his favourite city in Serbia
Unitcargo Serbia is located in Novi
Sad, Serbia’s second largest city, the
largest in the North of the country,
with a population of about half a million
people.
Popularly known as „Serbian Athens“ it is one of
Serbia’s most beautiful cities and was declared
the European Capital of Culture in 2021, an award
which it is proud to wear. It is a city with many different
nationalities, national minorities and is a city
which is open to all. Surrounded by the beautiful
Danube River, Novi Sad is a city of history, culture
and artists. It has many museums, lots of historic
sites and holds many events each year of which
the most famous is Exit, a world music festival
known all over the world.
Petrovaradin
Fortress
Perhaps the most prominent monument in Novi
Sad is the beautiful Petrovaradin Fortress, which is
the cornerstone of the city’s history.
Located on the right bank of the Danube, in Petrovaradin
(the city of Novi Sad), on the Petrovaradin
rock it stands on the site of a previous medieval
building. The current fortress was built by Austria
in the period from 1692 to 1780 due to the constant
threat from the Turks and the proximity of
the border with the Ottoman Empire. Because of
its size and dominance, it is also called Gibraltar
on the Danube. According to the latest archaeological
research, the first and oldest settlement in
Petrovaradin was founded by members of the
Vinča culture in the Late Stone Age, between 4500
and 3200 BC, while the first fortification was built
during the Copper Age (around 3000 BC, 5000 years
ago). From its prehistoric beginnings, Petrovaradin
has been part of many empires, the Roman,
the Kingdom of Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and
the Habsburg Monarchy. Though being demolished
and rebuilt several times, it has always retained
is key function, that of military and strategic
significance.
As we know it today, the fortress was built
over a period of almost 88 years, with
longer or shorter interruptions during the
reign of the Habsburg Monarchy. Difficult
construction conditions caused the death
of between 40 to 70 deaths a day during
periods of the most intensive works. Once it
was finally completed, it was considered the strongest
fortress in the Habsburg Monarchy, hence its
title of the Gibraltar on the Danube. It is a unique
example of military architecture from that periodand
one of the few that has been largely preserved.
After the Hungarian Revolution, the Fortress
was used as a large warehouse and prison holding
many famous people including the Nobel Prize
winner Ivo Andrić. The Fortress was damaged during
both the First and Second World Wars and
neglected during the inter war period, , but after
the Second World War it was placed under state
protection which led to parts of the Fortress being
reconstructed and adapted for the needs of cultural
and educational institutions, many of which
are still housed there today among which are the
City Museum and numerous fine and applied arts
studios. Today, the Fortress is home to a number
of major cultural events including the EXIT Festival
and is finally getting the attention it deserves.
Numerous legends are associated with Petrovaradin
Fortress, the most famous of which is the
one with a secret tunnel under the riverbed
that connects the Fortress with the left
bank of the Danube, and which served as
a passage for the last Austro-Hungarian
soldier and his fiancée in 1913. Apart from
this, there is a well-known legend according
to which the builders of the Fortress put
live cats into the foundations of the new fortification
at the beginning of the 17th century in order
to ensure the longevity of the Fortress stemming
from the belief that cats have nine lives. The legend
of the cats is partially supported by the stone
relief of a cat’s head found in the ramparts that are
kept in the City Museum today, but also by the story
that workers found mummified remains of cats
during the reconstruction of the fortress after the
Second World War, remains which turned to dust
when touched.
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seum of the City of Novi Sad i, it also houses the
Institution for making tapestries Atelje 61, as well
as the observatory and planetarium of the Astronomical
Society of Novi Sad.
The
Clock Tower
Today, the Fortress is adorned with numerous
cultural institutions and recognizable symbols.
Though the fortress is the main building of the Mu-
In addition to the biggest tourist attraction, the
Underground Military Galleries, the most recognizable
feature of Petrovaradin Fortress is its Clock
Tower. The uniqueness of the clock mechanism,
which is more than 300 years old, is that its small
hand shows minutes, while the big hand shows
hours, and even in rare moments when it is not
working, it shows the correct time four times a
day. In addition, it received the epithet the “drunk
clock” due to the fact that this clock runs late during
cold weather and speeds up during nice and
warm weather.
UnitCargo is one of
Austria , s Leading Companies 2022
The Breweriana Collector
Every year in Austria, the country‘s top companies
are selected. Together with Austria‘s
leading creditor protection association
KSV1870 and the Austrian daily
newspaper „Die Presse“, PricewaterhouseCoopers
sets out to find the most successful
companies in the Alpine Republic.
In economically challenging times, the ALC
Award is a special sign of recognition and also a
motivational prize for the future.
ALC: A competition of facts,
figures and data
In ALC, it is the company‘s performance that
counts: balance sheet figures, sales and earnings
growth over the past three financial years and a
weighted system of key figures ensure an objective
result. The final classification into the respective
category is made by our ALC figures experts.
Banks, insurance companies and financial
service providers cannot participate in
the evaluation because their balance
sheets cannot be compared with those
of industrial companies. The ALC
awards are presented per state and in
two categories: internationally and nationally
active companies. An internationally
active company must have the following:
1. an international structure, international
business model and value chain or customer
structure
2. products and services that are relevant
for the world market
3. a significant export share
4. foreign subsidiaries
5. international customers or competitors
in sufficient quota
UnitCargo ranks fifth among internationally active
companies in Vienna.
Duško Jakšić
Traffic Manager UnitCargo RS
Breweriana refers to any beer or brewery-related
item that is considered
collectible and includes collecting
everything, from branded paper napkins, bottles,
cans, coasters, posters etc. For me it started quite
spontaneously, while, of course, I was drinking local
beer with my friend.
In municipality Apatin where I grow up, there is
probably the best known Brewery in Serbia, called
Jelen (Deer), founded in 1756 and that is the beer
with which I started my journey.
Initially I only collected bottles and cans but as it
usually goes, my interests in beer grew to include
everything connected with it. Now my collection
includes such items as glasses, coasters, bottle
corks. After 10 years my collection has grown to
more than 300 bottles and cans from all over the
world and my room has become a small beer museum.
Going into this hobby, I solved my friends
problem of what to buy me when they go somewhere,
consequently my cans and bottles collection
is growing. The can that travelled the farthest
to me is a can of Cusquena from Peru (South America).
Everything you do in life is about passion and
what makes you feel alive and the one thing on
this planet that can keep you feeling alive is logistics,
and of course, some good cold beer:)
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UnitCargo –
we celebrate family!
f.l.t.r. Denisa Sabova-Murcinova (Procurement Admin) Stefan Skokan (Team Leader SK-Continent)
Eva Kovacikova (Branch Office Manager UC SK) Davor Sertic (CEO) Hana Hola (Head of Accounting)
f.l.t.r. Aleksandar Stankovic (Key Account Manager UC RS) Dusanka Podkoljnjak (Branch Office Manager UC
RS) Davor Sertic (CEO) Gabriele Friessnegger (Head of Key Account Management)
Lazar Savic (Managing director UC RS) Miroslava Filipova (Key Account Manager UC BG)
f.l.t.r.Denisa Sabova-Murcinova (Procurement
Admin) Eva Kovacikova (Branch
Office Manager UC SK) Zita Nitkova
(Office Assistant UC AT)
f.l.t.r.Sergiu Dobrin (Branch Office Manager UC RO Bucharest) Gabriela Tomasikova (CFO) Burcu Sari (Controlling
Manager) Dan Nicolae (Branch Office Manager UC RO Pitesti) Bogdan Negru (Sales Manager UC RO)
f.l.t.r.Eduard Gharzouzi (Head of
Tender & Procurement Management)
Dan Nicolae (Branch Office Manager
UC RO Pitesti) Ines Kiszala (Head
of Quality Management) Gabriele
Friessnegger (Head of Key Account
Management) Sergiu Dobrin (Branch
Office Manager UC RO Bucharest)
Davor Sertic (CEO) Below: Bogdan
Negru (Sales Manager UC RO)
Davor Sertic (CEO)
and Sebastian Wojcik (Branch Office Manager PL)
Fotocredit: Majd Mohammed
f.l.t.r.Sergey Iltchev
(Branch Office Manager
BG), Davor Sertic (CEO),
Miroslav Yurukov (General
Manager UC BG)
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10 Fun Facts about Serbia
UNITCARGO FAMILY
Serbs made their
first clock at least
200 years before the
Swiss got around
to it!
Mount Rtanj’s mysteries are widespread, including flying
objects circling above the highest peak, visits by aliens and
frightening voices in strange languages. Before the
winter solstice of 2012, many people flocked to the
pyramid-shaped Mount Rtanj hoping for protection
from the predicted apocalypse.
The most expensive cheese in the world, Pule, is made in Serbia.
It is made from donkey and goat milk and costs 1300 dollars per kg.
Serbia has a 30% landmass of forests
Our UnitCargo office in Serbia
The word “Vampire” is Serbian.
The world’s first vampire Peter Blagojevic
was from Serbia.
Serbia is the third
largest producer of
raspberries in the
world.
Dušanka Podkoljnjak
Branch Office Manager UnitCargo RS
UnitCargo Serbia was established
on 02.05.2018 and I was privileged to
be the first employee in the Serbian office.
This year we celebrated five years since our
founding. We have a great team of seven, 3 women
and 4 men, our director Mr. Lazar Savic, Bojana
Bigić - Traffic Manager, Maja Milaković – Admin,
Duško Jakšić – Traffic Manager, Đorđe Kapur
– Procurement Manager, Aleksandar Stanković –
Key Account and Sales Manager and me Dušanka
Podkoljnjak – Branch Office Manager.
UnitCargo Serbia has been co-ordinating exports
and imports for all of the West Balkan countries
(Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro,
Bosnia and Slovenia). That was the original intention
of setting up the branch and remains its key
role today.
Being in the heart of UnitCargo corridor help us to
gain new customers and hauliers, allowing us to
expand our network and create deeper relationship
with them.
Out main objective is to connect our flows with
our own capacities between Scandinavia as well
as Continent-Benelux, Germany and CEE to Balkan
and back.
Our new project and indeed one for all of the
UnitCargo offices is that of Intermodal Transport.
Though direct truck transport has advantages in
terms of simplicity, speed and reliability, intermodal
transport brings a new dimension to logistics
with its ability to reduce the carbon footprint of the
supply chain.
The plan for UnitCargo Serbia is to grow, to have at
least 10 employees by the end of 2023, to continue
to be a synonym for good, reliable and responsible
logistics providing a value proposition to both
our existing and new customers and hauliers.
No matter what challenges stand up in front of us,
we will keep rolling, just as our end of transport
order says.
Nikola Tesla, one of the greatest
pioneers of science & technology was
a Serbian. His most famous inventions
include an AC-powered induction
motor, a bladeless turbine, and the
Tesla coil, most widely used today for
entertainment.
Only half of the
population in Serbia
uses the internet
Not less than 17 of the great
Roman emperors were born on
the territory of today’s Serbia.
Belgrade has the most exciting
nightlife on the planet, according
to „Lonely Planet“.
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UNITCARGO IDIOMOLOGY
We speak 17 languages at UnitCargo and every once in a while
a phrase comes up which when translated, has us in stitches.
Team Austria’s favourite fun phrase of this edition is:
Kuin perseeseen ammuttu karhu
a bear shot in the ass
The Finns aren’t “in a very bad mood”…
they are like “a bear shot in the ass”
From Scandinavia to the Balkans!
We believe in a fossil-free logistics world
UnitCargo Speditions Ges.m.b.H.
Hietzinger Kai 13/ Top 7
1130 Vienna, Austria
Tel: +43 1 577 25 03
Fax: +43 1 577 25 03 200
E-Mail: wien@unitcargo.at
UnitCargo s.r.o.
Michalská bašta 27B
SK-940 02 Nové Zámky, Slovakia
Tel: +421 35 6444 110
Fax: +43 1 577 25 03 200
E-Mail: slowakei@unitcargo.at
UnitCargo Sp z.o.o
ul. Wspolna 4a
35-205 Rzeszow, Poland
Mobile: +48 793 213 247
Fax: +43 1 577 25 03 200
E-Mail: polen@unitcargo.at
UnitCargo Bulgaria ltd.
Bul. “Professor Tzvetan Lazarov“
№ 97
1582 Sofia, Bulgaria
Tel: +359 2 902 4 850
Fax: +359 2 902 4 889
E-Mail: bulgarien@unitcargo.at
UnitCargo Romania SRL
Str. Constantin Ghercu
Bucharest, Romania
Mobile: +40 744 311 740
Fax: +43 1 577 25 03 200
E-Mail: bukarest@unitcargo.at
UnitCargo Romania SRL
Str. Nicolae Dobrin
Nr. 105, Etaj 2
Mun Pitesti, Romania
Mobile: +40 748 111 848
Fax: +43 1 577 25 03 200
E-Mail: Pitesti@unitcargo.at
UnitCargo Transport Intelligence
D.O.O.
Dr Svetislava Kasapinovića 2b
21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Tel: +381 21 301 59 60
Fax: +43 1 577 25 03 200
Mobile: +381 60 531 10 40
E-Mail: serbia@unitcargo.at
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