Lufthansa Cargo Newsticker – 21 August 2024

• 10 Years Bürostadtlauf

• CB Customs Broker expands internationally

• Berggruen collection on world tour with Lufthansa Cargo

• Sustainable Solution for decommissioned cargo securing straps

10 years of the Bürostadtlauf for Cargo Human Care e.V. - Register now for virtual or on-site participation!

The popular Bürostadtlauf (Office City Run) is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year. Those interested can run and cycle for a good cause on Thursday, 29 August 2024, on site in Frankfurt Niederrad-Goldstein and virtually around the world since 15 August to 29 August 2024.

Once again this year, the net proceeds from the event will go to a Cargo Human Care (CHC) project in Kenya: This time it's to fund a larger training workshop. Vocational training is essential for young people in Kenya to lead a self-determined life - and at the same time unattainable for many. The Bürostadtlauf 2024 is intended to support the construction of the vocational training center. Lufthansa Cargo employees founded the non-profit organization Cargo Human Care e.V. together with German doctors in 2007. Since then, numerous employees and the Executive Board of Lufthansa Cargo have supported the extensive work of the association.

All details and the registration form can be found at www.buerostadtlauf.de. Volunteers can also register there, for example for setting up and dismantling, handing out race numbers, drinks stands, route marshals and much more. Ideal for anyone who would like to be part of the event without having to run or cycle themselves.

The first Bürostadtlauf took place in 2015 with around 500 finishers. Since the coronavirus pandemic, the event has been held virtually and most recently as a hybrid event. Last year, a new record number of participants was set with almost 2,000 registrations from all over the world.

CB Customs Broker expands internationally - New office opened at Schiphol Airport

CB Customs Broker, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lufthansa Cargo, has opened its first international office in the Netherlands. The focus of the expansion is on cross-border eCommerce. The full-service customs agency has been successfully automating the customs clearance of eTail shipments since 2018. At Frankfurt Airport, CB Customs Broker digitally clears tens of thousands of shipments every day. This success story is now set to continue at Schiphol Airport.

“We are following the global eCommerce flows. The opening of the new office in the Netherlands at Schiphol Airport was a logical first step, as the location is a strategically important hub for eCommerce imports in Europe,” explains CB Customs Broker Managing Director Uwe Glunz before adding: "Further European locations are planned.”

The company's innovative software is certified for the German ATLAS IMPOST procedure, which applies to shipments under 150 euros. All customs-relevant data is digitally transmitted to customs at item level before departure. ICS2 checks are also carried out automatically. A similar procedure is being sought for the Dutch DECO system. More information is available at www.customs-broker.de - presse@customs-broker.de.

The Berggruen collection on a world tour with Lufthansa Cargo

The Berggruen collection, an important art collection with works by Picasso, Klee, Giacometti and Matisse, is currently on a world tour. The collection once belonged to Heinz Berggruen, one of the most important art dealers and collectors of the 20th century. After his death in 2007, his family made further works available to the Museum Berggruen in Berlin on permanent loan and continued to support the museum.

The museum has been under renovation since September 2022. Since then, a large part of the exhibition has been on tour - for example in Tokyo, Osaka, Shanghai, Beijing and Venice. The exhibition flew from Germany to Japan and from Beijing back to Europe with Lufthansa Cargo. A total of 91 works of art in 42 specially made climate-controlled crates were transported on five flights. The largest works were placed on board the B777 freighter. Further works of art flew in the bellies of the Lufthansa passenger aircraft from Beijing. The Lufthansa Cargo network offers extensive possibilities for this.

When transporting large consignments of art, however, it is not only a flexible route network that is important. Above all, it is about the professional transportation of irretrievable goods. In addition to Lufthansa Cargo, the Berggruen Museum relied on Hasenkamp and Eric Art Services for this. The exhibition will reopen at the museum in Berlin in 2026. The full story can be found at Berggruen - Lufthansa Cargo (lufthansa-cargo.com).

More sustainable lashing - The second round for cargo securing straps

Securing cargo is essential for the transportation of goods. Certified straps can be used for up to three years as reusable cargo securing equipment. They have an impressive life cycle that takes them around the world. Previously, defective and expired straps from Lufthansa had to be collected and destroyed by a disposal company, leading to the loss of valuable material and high costs. In Frankfurt alone, several tons were collected each year.

Since June a more sustainable solution has been introduced, as the strap manufacturer Trip & Co has been collecting crates of used Lufthansa straps from the Cargo Center every two weeks. Straps that have reached the end of their life cycle are sent to a Trip & Co dismantling location. Specifically for Lufthansa Cargo, Trip & Co has partnered with the Werkstätten für Behinderte e.V. (WfB) in Mörfelden-Walldorf, Germany, a sheltered workshop. WfB employees separate the labels and metal buckles from the belts. The metal is then melted down by a recycling company and returned to the material cycle. The remaining material is used to manufacture products such as construction site protection and insulation panels.

The partnership between Lufthansa Cargo, and WfB already goes back more than 40 years. The new expansion will further contribute to the best possible integration of employees into the living and working environment. A further extension of the process to additional items will be evaluated parallel to gaining experience with this new process.