The Rhenus Group is a German

logistics Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics manages the flow of goods between the point of origin and the point of consumption to meet the requirements of ...

company with operations in Europe, Asia and South America. It is a subsidiary of the Rethmann Group.

History

Distribution Center Rhenus Logistics Ekkersrijt

On 13 November 1912 Badische Actiengesellschaft für Rheinschiffahrt und Seetransport and Rheinschiffahrts Actiengesellschaft established a joint company with headquarters in

Frankfurt Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , " Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its ...

. It was named Rhenus adopting the Latin word for the

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. Branch offices were established in Antwerp,

Mainz Mainz () is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-west, with Ma ...

Mannheim Mannheim (; Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (german: Universitätsstadt Mannheim), is the second-largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg after the state capital of Stuttgart, and Germany's ...

and

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. In 1929 Rhenus merged with Badische Actiengesellschaft, Rheinschiffahrts Actiengesellschaft and other shipping companies. In 1934 Hibernia Bergwerksgesellschaft, a subsidiary of VEBA, acquired a majority shareholding in the company. In 1969 VEBA restructured. Hugo Stinnes AG taking over the transport activities of VEBA. In 1971 Hugo Stinnes AG restructured its inland waterway shipping activities. The Fendel-Stinnes-Schiffahrt company was set up near

Duisburg Duisburg () is a city in the Ruhr metropolitan area of the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Lying on the confluence of the Rhine and the Ruhr rivers in the center of the Rhine-Ruhr Region, Duisburg is the 5th largest city in No ...

.History 1956-1988
Rhenus Group In 1976 Rhenus merged with Fendel-Stinnes-Schiffahrt and WTAG to form Rhenus-WTAG with company headquarters moving to

Dortmund Dortmund (; Westphalian nds, Düörpm ; la, Tremonia) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the eighth-largest city of Germany, with a population of 588,250 inhabitants as of 2021. It is th ...

. At this stage, Rhenus-WTAG had 40 branch offices throughout Germany. The CCS Combined Container Service was founded at the same time. In 1984 Rhenus-WTAG merged with Westfaelische Transport-AG and resumed under the name Rhenus. In 1988 Rhenus was restructured into three companies: Rhenus Weichelt handled road freight transport, Rhenus Lager und Umschlag took on warehousing, transhipment and inland waterway shipping and Rhenus Transport International was responsible for international freight forwarding and air freight. In 1990 Stinnes AG (1979 change of name from Hugo Stinnes AG) entered into a strategic alliance with Schenker AG, acquiring a 25% stake in this subsidiary of

Deutsche Bahn The (; abbreviated as DB or DB AG) is the national railway company of Germany. Headquartered in the Bahntower in Berlin, it is a joint-stock company ( AG). The Federal Republic of Germany is its single shareholder. describes itself as the ...

. In 1991 Stinnes purchased Schenker AG outright and the three Rhenus divisions were restructured again. Rhenus Transport International became part of the newly formed Schenker International; Rhenus Lager und Umschlag then operated under the former name of Rhenus, and Rhenus-Weichelt was merged with Schenker Eurocargo. In 1996 the three divisions were merged under the umbrella of Schenker-Rhenus AG company.History 1991-1998
Rhenus Group In 1993, a 60,000 m² logistics centre opened in

Berlin Berlin is Capital of Germany, the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and List of cities in Germany by population, by population. Its more than 3.85 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European U ...

. Other logistics centres were opened in the following years in Langgöns,

Giessen Giessen, spelled Gießen in German (), is a town in the German state (''Bundesland'') of Hesse, capital of both the district of Giessen and the administrative region of Giessen. The population is approximately 90,000, with roughly 37,000 univer ...

, Stuttgart,

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and

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

. In 1998 Rethmann & Co took over Rhenus. In 2000 Rhenus acquired Schweizerische Reederei und Neptun and rebranded it Rhenus Alpina. In the same year, Rhenus started operating the

Ikea IKEA (; ) is a Dutch multinational conglomerate based in the Netherlands that designs and sells , kitchen appliances, decoration, home accessories, and various other goods and home services. Started in 1943 by Ingvar Kamprad, IKEA has been ...

central warehouse in

Salzgitter Salzgitter (; Eastphalian: ''Soltgitter'') is an independent city in southeast Lower Saxony, Germany, located between Hildesheim and Braunschweig. Together with Wolfsburg and Braunschweig, Salzgitter is one of the seven ''Oberzentren'' of Lower ...

and launched the International Consolidation Centre in

. In 2002, Rhenus Alpina took over Cargologic and began handling air freight at Bern,

Geneva Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Situ ...

and

Zurich Airport Zürich Airport (), french: Aéroport de Zurich, it, Aeroporto di Zurigo, rm, Eroport da Turitg is the largest international airport of Switzerland and the principal hub of Swiss International Air Lines. It serves Zürich, Switzerland's lar ...

s. A new logistics centre was built near

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. ...

and an external supplier warehouse for

Daimler-Benz The Mercedes-Benz Group AG (previously named Daimler-Benz, DaimlerChrysler and Daimler) is a German multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is one of the world's leading car manufactu ...

opened in Stuttgart. In 2003, Rhenus set up a joint venture with Kerry Logistics in Asia. In 2004 Polish logistics provider Polta was purchased. In 2012 Rhenus founded Contargo for inland container logistics. In December 2014 Rhenus purchased a 50.1% shareholding in Swiss rail freight operator Crossrail AG. In June 2015 it acquired a 50% shareholding in Austrian rail freight operator LTE Logistik. In January 2019, Rhenus' parent company Rethmann Group acquired Veolia's remaining 30% shareholding of

Transdev Transdev, formerly Veolia Transdev, is a French-based international private-sector company which operates public transport. It has operations in 17 countries and territories as of November 2020. History The group was formed by the merger of ...

, and increased its shareholding to 34% by contributing Rhenus Veniro operations to the Transdev portfolio.Veolia out of transport as Rethmann acquires Transdev stake
'' Railway Gazette International'' 11 January 2019

Rhenus Veniro

Rhenus Veniro operates public transport companies in Germany. It was formed in December 2007 when the

Eurobahn Eurobahn is a railway operator in Germany, established in 1998. It operates regional train services in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with cross-border services including Lower Saxony and the Netherlands. Initially a joint venture between K ...

joint venture between

Keolis Keolis is a multinational transportation company that operates public transport systems. The company manages bus, rapid transit, tram, coach networks, rental bikes, car parks, water taxi, cable car, trolleybus and funicular services. Based ...

(60%) and Rhenus (40%) was dissolved, with Rhenus Veniro taking nine bus companies, two railway contracts and a tram contract, while Keolis continued to operate Eurobahn rail services. It currently operates two railway contracts in Rhineland-Palatinate.Rhenus Veniro RS1 in service ''

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'' issue 187 July 2011 page 52 In January 2019, Rethmann Group, the parent company of Rhenus, contributed the Rhenus Veniro operations to the

portfolio as part of its acquisition of Transdev shareholding.

References

External links

*{{Official website
Rhenus Veniro website
(subsidiary)
Rethmann Group website
(parent) Companies based in North Rhine-Westphalia Logistics companies of Germany German companies established in 1912