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12.07.2023 New Kukla Office in Porto
12.07.2023 New Kukla Office in Porto
Munich, 12.07.2023 – International freight forwarder Robert Kukla is opening a second branch office in Portugal on 15 of July 2023. The new office with three employees is located in Porto and covers the northern region of Portugal.
It was only in 2021 that the freight forwarder, which specialises in intermodal transport, opened its first branch office in Portugal. “Our goal is to generate further growth, with our focus on shortsea transports.”
Robert Kukla has developed many shortsea concepts for the trade between northwest Europe and Portugal over the past two years. Demand is particularly high for exports from the Benelux region, the UK and Scandinavia, Paula Dias explains. Overall, the 54-year-old expects an increase in cargo volume of 15 per cent to 10,000 TEU this year.
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© Photo Credit: Robert Kukla Portugal
f.l.t.r. Armando Ferreira, Edjane Costa, Marta Leite, Paula Dias/Managing Partner Robert Kukla Portugal
About Robert KuklaRobert Kukla GmbH Internationale Spedition, headquartered in Munich, specialises in multimodal and intermodal transports, tank transports and truck transports worldwide and has extensive experience in warehouse logistics. The Munich-based logistics service provider has locations in Hamburg, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Milan, Breda, Stockholm, Bilbao, Calais, Lisbon, London and Thessaloniki. Kukla has been in operation since 1941, works worldwide with a dense network of high-performance cooperation partners and employs around 280 people at all its locations. Of the approximately 180,000 units transported annually, about 60 per cent are accounted for by short-sea traffic and 40 per cent by shipments by rail and truck.
Robert Kukla GmbH – International Freight Forwarding
Knut Sander
CEO and Spokesman of the Management BoardPhone +49 89 747480-0
E-mail k.sander@kukla-spedition.com
Web www.kukla-spedition.com
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27.03.2023 Robert Kukla with “outstanding fiscal results in 2022”
27.03.2023 Robert Kukla with “outstanding fiscal results in 2022”
Munich-based intermodal and shortsea logistics provider Robert Kukla closes its 2022 financial year with a substantial 22 percent increase in turnover. “In particular, the expansion of the network via associated companies with the development of our own logistics products contributed to this above average success,” sums up Kukla CEO Knut Sander. For 2023, he again expects organic growth of around 20 per cent.
With its eleven affiliated companies and the headquarters in Munich, Robert Kukla achieved a turnover of EUR 248.7 million last year with 180,000 transported units.
This represents an improvement of 22 percent over the previous year.For the current year, Sander again expects growth of about 20 per cent. The existing customer business is the main contributor to this. “The larger network brings new opportunities for our customers, especially in the intermodal sector, synergies arise,” Sander concretises, adding, “with shippers, whom we strongly supported during the time of acute supply chain problems, we experience higher appreciation and retention than before the Corona pandemic.”
© Photo Credit: Guido Kollmeier / ShortSeaShipping Days 2022
Robert Kukla GmbH – International Freight Forwarding
Knut Sander
CEO and Spokesman of the Management BoardPhone +49 89 747480-0
E-mail k.sander@kukla-spedition.com
Web www.kukla-spedition.com
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17.03.2023 New Apprenticeship at Robert Kukla
17.03.2023 New Apprenticeship at Robert Kukla
Robert Kukla GmbH has been a proud partner of the IHK for decades and trains up to 7 young talents in the fields of carrier and logistics every year. Under the IHK initiative #könnenlernen Robert Kukla supports hands-on learning.
Beginning from September 2023, Robert Kukla is offering a new apprenticeship “Office Management Clerk (m/f/d)“ in Munich for the first time.
Central topics in the training are accounting, controlling and human resource management.
The students gain also practical experience in the areas of purchasing and logistics, marketing and sales as well as commercial processes and modern communication.We will be happy to forward more information upon request.
Contact:
Tobias Wild | Head of Human Resources
Phone +49 89 74 74 80-0
Email job@kukla-spedition.com© Photo Credit: IHK
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03.02.2023 First Kukla Charity Golf Event
03.02.2023 First Kukla Charity Golf Event
On the occasion of the upcoming fair exhibition “transport logistic 2023” Kukla Group will be organizing its first Charity Golf Event on 12th of May.
Our program in brief:
09:00 Meet & Greet, Bavarian Breakfast
10:00 First Tee, Single Stableford
12:30 Half Wayhouse
17:00 Barbecue & Award CeremonyAll collected donations will go to the regional charity association “Münchner Tafel e.V.”.
Further information on registration is available on request.Contact:
Martina Kevo | Marketing
Tel +49 89 74 74 80 188
Email marketing@kukla-spedition.com
© Photo Credit: Golfpark Munich Aschheim
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13.01.2023 SmartChain Logistics Nordics AB will participate in digital panel “Shortsea Market Sweden”
13.01.2023 SmartChain Logistics Nordics AB will participate in digital panel “Shortsea Market Sweden”
The Swedish Branch of Kukla Group – SmartChain Logistics Nordics AB – will be participating in a digital panel about the “Shortsea Market in Sweden”, organized by the ShortSeaShipping Inland Waterway Promotion Center / promoted by the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure.
In 2021 the German seaports handled around 181 million tonnes in short sea shipping. In terms of tonnage, Sweden with 25 million tons is Germany’s most important trading partner. According to the German-Swedish Chamber of Commerce, machines, motor vehicles, vehicle components, chemical products and electronics make up the largest product groups among German exports to Sweden.
The webinar will take place on Wednesday, 25th of January 2023.
Join this event – we are looking forward to your questions.
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02.01.2023 Kukla expands its management board to five members
02.01.2023 Kukla expands its management board to five members
Munich 02.01.2023 – Given meaning to the rapid and sustained growth, the international forwarding company Robert Kukla, headquartered in Munich, has expanded its management board to five people as of 1st of January 2023. In addition to Knut Sander and Olaf Böhm, the team will be enriched by Robert Richter, Axel Bohnensteffen and Dennis Mahnecke who will manage the company in the future.
The milestone for the successful economic development of the shortsea and intermodal specialist Robert Kukla was the expansion of the European network via associated companies in recent years.
“We are now present at twelve locations and our group turnover has grown since then. For 2022 we expect a turnover of 180,000 transported units and 260 million euros,” explains Kukla CEO Knut Sander and concludes, “in order to keep up with this growth structurally and to further develop the company, we have expanded and restructured our management.”
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Robert Kukla GmbH – Internationale Spedition
Knut Sander, CEO and Management SpokesmanPhone +49 89 747480-0
E-Mail k.sander@kukla-spedition.com
Web www.kukla-spedition.comPress Agency Lütpress
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07.05.2018 Kukla: Reimann soll Expansion vorantreiben
07.05.2018 Kukla: Reimann soll Expansion vorantreiben
Kukla: Reimann soll Expansion vorantreiben
Der gelernte Speditionskaufmann und DAV-Absolvent verfügt über mehrjährige Vertriebserfahrung – Kukla will neue Geschäftsfelder entwickeln
Jan Darius Reimann (25) ist seit 1. April Gruppenleiter Business Development Intermodal- und Drittlandsverkehre der Münchner Spedition Robert Kukla. Mit der neu geschaffenen Position will der schnell wachsende Logistikdienstleister seinen Expansionskurs weiter beschleunigen und neue Geschäftsfelder entwickeln.
Reimann ist Absolvent der Deutschen Außenhandels- und Verkehrs Akademie (DAV) in Bremen und hatte den zweijährigen Studiengang International Logistic Management erst im März erfolgreich abgeschlossen. Zuvor hatte sich der gebürtige Hesse in der Vertriebsabteilung der COSCO Container Lines Europe am Standort München die ersten beruflichen Sporen verdient. Schon damals gehörten die Bereiche Kundenbetreung und -Bindung sowie Marketing zu seinen Aufgabenbereichen. Seine Ausbildung zum Kaufmann für Speditions- und Logistikdienstleistungen absolvierte er zwischen 2012 und 2015 im Frankfurter Büro von COSCO.
Die Robert Kukla GmbH Internationale Spedition ist spezialisiert auf Multimodal-Verkehre, Tank-Verkehre sowie Lkw-Verkehre in West- und Osteuropa und verfügt über große Erfahrung in der Lager-Logistik. Der Münchner Logistikdienstleister verfügt über Tochterunternehmen in Brentwood, Legnano, Stockholm, Breda, Bilbao und Moskau. Hinzu kommen Niederlassungen in Hamburg und Berlin. Kukla existiert seit 1941, arbeitet weltweit mit einem dichten Netz von leistungsstarken Kooperationspartnern und beschäftigt rund 110 Mitarbeiter.
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24.01.2018 Video: Kukla Logistics B.V. – The Netherlands
24.01.2018 Video: Kukla Logistics B.V. – The Netherlands
See a video about the new facility and activities at Kukla Logistics B.V. in Breda, The Netherlands!
Video Kukla Logistics_January 2018