Company Profile
Formed in Frankfurt in 1969, the company is an equal limited partnership between some 225 freight forwarders and DB Cargo AG. Close collaboration with DB Cargo AG delivers an optimal synergy of production know-how on the one hand and product know-how on the other. Kombiverkehr maintains close links to the transport market through the very close and personal contacts it has both with its partners and customers and with the working parties and the advisory board, which is made up of transporters and freight forwarders.
It is Kombiverkehr’s aim continuously to improve the economic viability and attractiveness of its range of services in order to expand national and international transport further and secure the position of combined transport in the long term. Its core business – the development, organisation and marketing of transport services – is backed up by support business fields. These include the installation and operation of cargo handling facilities, the development and maintenance of special wagons, traction and consulting. All of these support and help to enhance the quality and efficiency of our core business.
Kombiverkehr is a founding member of the UIRR (International Union of Combined Road-Rail Transport Companies). Established in 1970, the Brussels-based organisation represents the interests of European combined road-rail transport operators. Together with the UIRR partner companies and working in collaboration with public and private rail operators, Kombiverkehr offers a dense, Europe-wide direct and shuttle train network for combined transport.
The company Kombiverkehr Deutsche Gesellschaft für kombinierten Güterverkehr mbH & Co. KG is a limited partnership. The personally liable partner is Deutsche Gesellschaft für kombinierten Güterverkehr mbH, Frankfurt am Main. Current 225 limited partners are involved in Kombiverkehr. Forwarders and Transporters as well as the DB Cargo AG are each one with 50 percent involved. More information you can find in our Articles of Association.
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