Entries by annguenther

Cancellation of industrial tariffs in Switzerland

Switzerland will lift industrial tariffs on January 1st, 2024. Thus, from the new year, import duties will no longer be levied on industrial products. This applies to the goods of Chapters 25-97 of the Customs Tariff, with some exceptions. Customs tariff numbers will also be reduced and thus simplified. These measures are intended to simplify […]

Toll increase in Germany starting on December 1st, 2023

Interfracht informs: On 14.06.2023, the Federal Government of Germany decided to amend the HGV toll. From 01.12.2023, a CO2 surcharge of EUR 200 per tonne of CO2 will be introduced in addition to the existing toll. As a result, trucks are differentiated according to their CO2 emissions, with the aim of promoting the use of […]

Import shipment for the German Oceanographic Museum (Deutsches Meeresmuseum)

We can also move big and heavy cargo! Recently, we organized the import shipment of three large plexiglass panes from Japan for the German Oceanographic Museum (Deutsches Meeresmuseum) in Stralsund. The discs were on their way from Kobe, Japan to Hamburg for about 40 days by seagoing vessel. Afterwards they went by truck to Stralsund, […]

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) Season starts September 1st

Please be advised that the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) Season will start again on September 1st. The BMSB season 2023/24 applies to goods shipped from September 1st 2023 with destination Australia and New Zealand. All packages that come from high risk countries and require fumigation may no longer be sealed with film, wrapped or […]

Interfracht receives WPA-Awards

After we received the special award “10 years of outstanding and dedicated support to WPA-Network” at last year’s WPA Freight Forwarding Conference, this year we were able to thank you for the “Most Valuable Member Europe” award. Founded in 2010, the Worldwide Partner Alliance network is an association of approximately 300 partner carriers worldwide. It […]

Welcome to our new trainees

On Monday, 01.08.2022, the new training year began. We have a total of 9 new trainees spread over our Stuhr, Hamburg and Stuttgart offices. We are very pleased to welcome our junior staff and wish everyone a good start and a successful apprenticeship!

EGLN Network: Interfracht received Best Partner Europe award

From 05th till 08th September 2022 the ELITE Annual Conference was held in Thailand. ELITE Global Logistics Network (EGLN) is located in Florida and is associated with the WCA Network, which is serving only “best class” forwarding agents. Founded in 1998 it is nowadays the world’s leading network for logistics companies. Also Interfracht is a […]

New building of our own warehouse

A few weeks ago we started to build our own warehouse in the industrial zone of Dreye-West III, close by our headquarter. The 8800 square meter big warehouse will give us the opportunity to extend our services to our customers offering own storage capacities. The new building started beginning of June. Now, beginning of September, […]

Fumigation obligation for cargoes to Australia and New Zealand/ Brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) season 2022/23

The Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources and the Ministry for Primary Industries have announced a temporary fumigation obligation for endangered goods, as the brown marmorated stink bug is considered an agricultural pest and has been detected in Germany and elsewhere. The BMSB season 2022/23 applies to goods shipped from September 1st 2022 […]

Update on the current market situation

Thanks to the coronavirus, the world has been upside down since March 2020. The effects can still be felt strongly in spring 2022, and there is no end in sight. Rather, the opposite is the case. In addition, there are significant effects of the war in Ukraine, which are also impacting the transport industry. We […]