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Brittle supply chains, war in Ukraine, and ports in China closed due to COVID: It is currently difficult to transport goods by sea – this also applies to the USA. Logistics costs are rising, and ships are waiting for weeks at ports to be loaded and unloaded.
(Hamburg) TRUMPF has therefore come up with something special. The high-tech company from Ditzingen near Stuttgart manufactures laser systems and is one of the largest carriers of oversized cargo to the USA in Germany. Moreover, the USA is the second-largest sales market for TRUMPF, with a revenue of 655 million euros, and despite all adversities, the US economy is booming.
The solution is as simple as it is unique: As one of the first industrial companies in Germany, TRUMPF is chartering its own deep-sea container ship through a logistics company. Heavy-lift cranes recently loaded 49 laser cutting machines and production parts at the Port of Hamburg. The container ship is expected to arrive in New York in about two weeks. Since the ship does not call at the conventional terminals, long waiting times at the ports are eliminated. This allows the machines to reach their destination up to four weeks faster.
In 2021, companies like Coca-Cola, Lidl, Walmart, and Ikea had already rented their own ships in the USA.
Photo: © TRUMPF
