At the Heart of Europe: Transport Crime as an Issue

From the production line to the freight vessel and via the Rhine directly into international waters – the location of Cologne as a business hub is a dream for producers. Whether by ship, rail, road or air: Europe comes together in Cologne. The Rhine provides direct access to shipping, Cologne-Bonn Airport is the second-largest cargo airport in Germany, and motorways surround Cologne in all directions, even if traffic jams are unfortunately common – hardly surprising with over 200,000 commuters flowing into the city each morning and returning home each afternoon or evening. Added to this is the quick accessibility of the industrialised Ruhr region and the Benelux countries.

It is therefore no surprise that the city ranked fourth in Europe in terms of economic strength in the Financial Times’ “European Cities and Regions of the Future” comparison and boasts outstanding export figures, which are exceptional even in Germany, the world’s leading export nation. Important logistics companies are established in the region: FedEx has been present since 2010, while UPS inaugurated its logistics centre expanded at a cost of 145 million euros at Cologne-Bonn Airport in 2014. Particularly noteworthy is Hasenkamp GmbH, which has become the largest logistics company in the region for art trade – a specialised field of particular significance in Cologne, as the city ranks among the world’s top trading locations for art.

Unfortunately, thefts and embezzlement during transport are commonplace in Cologne. The perpetrators are usually employees themselves. For the prosecution of these offenders, the corporate detectives of Kurtz Investigations Cologne are at your disposal at any time: +49 221 4558 0377.

The Rhine: The Lifeline of the City

Without the Rhine, Cologne would never have existed, as the strategic positioning to control the Germanic tribes on the right bank was crucial for the Romans when founding the city. From then on, Colonia developed into a centre for river trade in the north of the Roman Empire and even became a member of the Hanseatic League in the Middle Ages. Today, the importance of the Rhine is certainly not the same, as Cologne has experienced a very positively assessable diversification and is by no means dependent on single factors. Nevertheless, freight transport on the Rhine remains an important driver for Cologne’s economy, and the city has Germany’s largest inland port after Duisburg.

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The Rhineauhafen was formerly Cologne’s most important industrial and trade port.

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Kurtz Investigations Cologne

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