Ocean freight was Schenker & Co AG’s growth driver in 2012

Five per cent increase in turnover with DB Schenker & Co AG in Austria and Southeast Europe in 2012; slight drop in rail freight shipments
 
For Schenker & Co AG (Vienna) in Austria, as well as for the entire Southeast Europe region, 2012 was dominated by increases in sales as well as in the number of shipments transported, despite difficult conditions. At a rise of 21.7 per cent to 234,000 TEU in 2012, Schenker & Co AG recorded its largest increases in volume in ocean freight. Air freight saw volume increasing by 7.7 per cent to about 84,000 tonnes.
 
In contrast, the increase in international road traffic to a total of 7.8 million shipments was significantly lower at 3.8 per cent. There was a slight drop in shipments by rail freight – about 127,000 shipments were transported, equalling 2.7 per cent less than in the previous year. In total the number of shipments transported rose by about nine per cent to 8.3 million in Austria and Southeast Europe. With regard to contract logistics, the company was able to implement several new projects for customers in the electronics and consumer goods industries in 2012.
 
As to turnover the company was able to increase its sales figures by some five per cent to more than EUR 1.5 billion throughout the region, compared with 2011. For Schenker & Co AG, as well as for the entire Southeast Europe region, 2012 was dominated by the euro crisis and continued slowdown in economic growth. This trend reached its peak in the fourth quarter of 2012, in particular, they state in a press release.
 
"Our broad product portfolio, the high level of dedication shown by our staff members, and the good performance of the foreign subsidiary companies in Southeast Europe, especially in Romania, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Turkey, but also in Bulgaria and Croatia, have secured us a satisfactory 2012 fiscal year," commented Kurt Leidinger, chairman of the Schenker & Co AG Board of Management.
 
Schenker & Co AG in Vienna acts as Regional Head Office for Southeast Europe, including the following countries: Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria, Greece, Cyprus and Turkey. Throughout the region, 5,329 people are currently employed.

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