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2012

• April 26, 2012

  TransRussia 2012 „Lübeck for Baltic Trade”

  The Port of Luebeck exhibited at the TransRussia 2012 event in Moscow from the 24th. – 27th. April.

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• January 30, 2012

  Increased volumes and reduction in CO2 emissions for combined transport

  In 2011 ECL has been able to increase further their combined transport activities.

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2011

• November 30, 2011

  Lunchtime donation for Order of Saint John (Johanniter)

  Christmas is ringing in once again. It is the season of giving. This year once more, instead of spending money on presents for clients, ECL have decided that it is the time for good deeds, and to support those people who are currently in a difficult situation with a financial donation.

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• November 07, 2011

  ECL GmbH becomes a member of „Hafen Hamburg Marketing e.V“

  ECL GmbH has been a member of „Hafen Hamburg Marketing e.V“since August 2011. (HHM). The association – founded in 1985 – synergises the individual strengths of the members and is coordinated by the Hamburg Port Authority.

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• August 02, 2011

  ECL continues with its successful apprenticeship program

  ECL is able this year, once again to go forward with its very successful apprenticeship program for young people. As in past years, our young apprentices have successfully completed their IHK final examinations in their third year with exemplary marks

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• April 09, 2011

  CFL MULTIMODAL & ECL GmbH launches a new International Service

  The transit time between Northern and Southern Europe will be radically shortened

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• March 15, 2011

  ECL GmbH will exhibit at TRANSRUSSIA 2011 in Moscow

  TransRussia takes place from 26.-29 April 2011. The exhibition is an international meeting point for industry specialists from all major transport sectors

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• February 04, 2011

  Luebeck gets a Russian accent!

  ECL strengthened their activities in the Russian sector. A contract was entered into on 1.February 2011 between ECL and GRIMEX-Trade. The agreement is geared towards a co-operation in the Russian market.

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• January 30, 2011

  ECL-customers make an active contribution to the environment

  In 2010 European Cargo Logistics GmbH (ECL) transported 90.000 tons of goods between Luebeck and Verona using combined traffic services for their customers.

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2010

• December 22, 2010

  ECL makes a donation to „ Südstadt Clinic Hospice in Rostock“

  ECL decided this year once again not to give Christmas presents and instead made a donation to the Südstadt Clinic Hospice in Rostock.

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• August 05, 2010

  ECL continues with its successful apprenticeship program

  ECL is able this year, once again to go forward with its very successful apprenticeship program for young people. As in past years, our young apprentices have successfully completed their IHK final examinations in their third year with exemplary marks.

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• March 23, 2010

  ECL GmbH will exhibit at TRANSRUSSIA 2011 in Moskow

  TransRussia takes place from 26.-29 April 2011. The exhibition is an international meeting point for industry specialists from all major transport sectors.

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2009

• December 28, 2009

  Gerd-Walter Ahlers retires

  Gerd-Walter Ahlers, the Managing Director of ECL, will reach retirement age and leave ECL at the end of the year, but will remain available to the company in an advisory capacity. His successor is Jörg Ullrich, who has been fellow managing director since the start of this year.

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• November 25, 2009

  ECL presents their donation to Lübeck Hospice „Rickers-Kock-Haus“

  ECL decided this year, that instead of giving the usual Christmas presents they would make a donation to the Lübeck Hospice Rickers-Kock-Haus.

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• July 31, 2009

  ECL GmbH celebrates ten years jubilee

  It has been ten years since the LHG took over 49% of UPM-Kymmene Distribution GmbH in Karlstraße 7 from UPM-Kymmene Corp and was renamed European Cargo Logistics GmbH.

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• June 30, 2009

  ECL GmbH delighted to participate at Transport Logistic 2009 in Munich

  ECL GmbH , with the Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft mbH and other organizations from the Port of Luebeck and logistics field exhibited jointly on a 100 square meter stand.

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• January 17, 2009

  Regular new connection from Luebeck to Philadelphia/USA begins

  On 25./26. January 2009 the shipping line Transatlantik began the first regular connection from Lübeck to North America. We are now able to offer our clients regular departures to Philadelphia/USA from the Port of Lübeck. The ship will call every 20 days and load between 4.000 and 5.000 tons for export.

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• January 14, 2009

  ECL becomes AEO-F - Approved

  The Kiel Customs Authority approved ECL as an Authorized Economic Operator - AEO)". ECL had already joined SAFE (Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade) at an early. Owing to the high standards already established at ECL, the company has received approval without the need to change or adapt any of its internal operations and existing workflows.

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2008

• July 17, 2008

  ECL continues with its successful apprenticeship program

  ECL is able this year, once again to go forward with its very successful apprenticeship program for young people. As in past years, our young apprentices have successfully completed their IHK final examinations in their third year with exemplary marks. All of our trainees involved in forwarding and logistics services can be offered full time regular positions.

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• June 17, 2008

  ECL GmbH wins contract for mineral water transport from Italy to Luebeck

  Since June 2008 ECL arranges exclusively transports of mineral water in Germany for one major italian producer.

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• February 19, 2008

  ECL opens new Baltic connection

  ECL GmbH have successfully developed, jointly with the Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft mbH and Kemi Shipping Oy a new shipping line. ECL GmbH is now offering customers a new line from Luebeck to Kemi with ongoing transport connections to Murmansk.

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2007

• January 08, 2007

  New paper handling system at the Nordlandkai Lubeck

  On Sunday 7th January 2007 a brand new paper handling system for forest products, developed in close cooperation between the companies Stora Enso, The Port of Luebeck and ECL mbH was introduced and started operations.

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2006

• Oktober 17, 2006

  Securityinformations in port area

  In order to maintain a high-level of security at the point of loading, ECL provides regular notification regarding safety requirements in the port areas of Lübeck and Rostock.

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• May 17, 2006

  ECL - Flyer

  Our complete value offer, compact and easy to see on a new flyer.

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2005

• Oktober 18, 2005

  Safe and Correct Loading for Road Transport

  In order to ensure safe and secure loading of paper transport in accordance with national regulations, ECL have conceived a special information event for transport personnel of our haulage companies.

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• September 30, 2005

  SEMI-TRAILER with ECL-LOGO now in combined traffic

  After ECL along with their partner KOIDI Transport mbH of Austria launched a further HGV with the ECL logo in may 2005, the number of vehicles and trailers with the ECL logo has increased to a total of four.

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• July 18, 2005

  Reel cutting carried out again in the Port of Luebeck

  A 47-day strike in Finland was the reason that Myllykoski stored 30 tons of paper with a width of 3075mm for sawing in warehouses in Luebeck for their customers. Myllykoski requested ECL to organise the sawing.

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• June 05, 2005

  Huge number of visitors to transport logistic 2005 in Munich

  The transport logistic exhibition was held for the 10th time in Munich between 30th May – 3rd June 2005. Around 40,000 visitors came to Munich, and expressed a great deal of interest and satisfaction with the exhibition.

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• May 08, 2005

  Paper is impatient (German version)

  FM, the german logisticmagazine in the interview with Gerd Walter Ahlers, the managing director from ECL

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• April 01, 2005

  Successful TransRussia 2005 in Moscow

  One of the most important International exhibitions for Transport & Logistics was held for the 10th time in Moscow between 22nd and 25th of March 2005.

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• March 18, 2005

  Unlimited logistics

  The transport of heavy loads and oversize cargos is in good hands with us. One of our latest activities in this specialised logistics sector was the transport of a Meridian Yacht. Owing to the dimensions (11.00 x 3.82 x 4.39 ), the transport required official clearance in advance.

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• March 08, 2005

  Prolongation of DIN ISO EN 9001:2000 Certification successfully achieved

  With a great deal of effort and recognition, ECL GmbH successfully obtained a prolongation for ISO Certification DIN ISO 9001:2000 on the 15. and 16. February 2005 in Luebeck and Rostock.

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2004

• November 03, 2004

  Second ECL-Truck on tour

  On 3rd November 2004 the second silver ECL-LKW rolled off the line. This ECL-truck differs from its older relative in only minor details. Our long term partner, Schäfer from Selmsdorf in Germany, introduced in the last week a brand new swap-body from Mercedes Benz (Axor model) and a trailer from Schmitz Cargobull.

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• Oktober 18, 2004

  First Super Jumbo-Reel loaded via Rostock

  Paper reels with a width of 4m were handled via our branch in Rostock for the first time in October. Discharging of the vessel MS Vasaland was regarded as master class. The first Super-Jumbo-Reel to be transported in this area had a width of 4.056m and 4.29m.

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• April 17, 2004

  First ECL-HGV

  On 17th May 2004 put our first ECL-HGV on the starting block. A new highly modern heavy goods vehicle from our partner Klingstroem of Luebeck bears the logo of ECL on the trailer and unit. The metallic silver lorry consists of a MAN-articulated unit and Schmitz trailer.

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