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8
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10
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15
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19
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22
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FEATURES IN THE NEXT ISSUE
Road Tankers
China
Ports
amburg logistics company Hoyer is
developing a seventh business unit to be
launched under the name Netlog on 1
January 2016. Netlog will manage the groupwide equipment pool to achieve further
efficiencies.
Netlog will co-ordinate this activity and provide
the other business units with the ideal equipment,
enabling the latter to focus entirely on their
respective transport business. Pooling volumes
offers decisive benefits, Hoyer reckons, especially
when buying equipment and in reducing vacancy
rates. In future, Netlog will also push forward the
renting of tank containers and IBCs.
“The system with our business units has proved
its worth in the past”, said Ortwin Nast, CEO at
Hoyer. “Because equipment is one of our most
important assets, we have taken a strategic
decision to set up a new business unit for it. This
will enable us to develop our processes further
and to push forward innovations.”
In July Hoyer brought in Heiko Rumfeld to
oversee this task, initially in charge of project
management before taking up the position of
director business unit Netlog on 1 January 2016.
A graduate engineer, Rumfeld was previously
managing director of the Duisport agency, where
his main responsibility was to expand the port in
the container traffic area. He also previously
worked at deepsea liner company Hapag Lloyd,
where among other things he was senior director
responsible for European region sales and
customer service.
“Hoyer is one of the world’s market leaders in
bulk logistics, and has a considerable tank
container fleet of over 34,000 units at its
disposal,” said Rumfeld. “I am glad to be there at
the start in the development of Netlog, and to be
able to contribute my experience to it.”
Recently Hoyer, together with the BadenWürttemberg Landesbank and UniCredit Bank
AG, successfully placed a promissory note for a
total of €85 million.
Due to the high demand, the original total issue
of €50 million was increased. The issue, which
was placed with more than 50 banks and savings
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international commercial banks were involved in
the transaction, in addition to domestic investors,
mainly private banks, regional banks and savings
banks.
The promissory note was issued in tranches with
terms of five and seven years. The individual
tranches each carry a variable and a fixed interest
rate on a pro rata basis. Due to the high demand
for the transaction, it was possible to close the
order book early. The interest was fixed at the
lower end of the marketing range.
Gerd Peters, chief financial officer of Hoyer
Group, said: “Hoyer will use the financial
resources from this very successful transaction to
finance loans amounting to €47.5 million due in
2015. The remaining balance is available to the
company to finance the ambitious investment
programme in 2015 and 2016. The promissory
note, which was provided by a wide, stable group
of investors, strengthens our long-term external
financing at very attractive financing conditions.”
Netlog will manage Hoyer’s group-wide equipment pool enabling the other business units to focus on transport
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