Team Meeting and Onboarding at the startport Office.
Haeger & Schmidt Logistics joined the partner network of the startport innovation platform and will support startups as an industry expert in the future. We spoke with Heiko Brückner, CEO of Haeger & Schmidt Logistics, about the challenges in digitalization, the relevance of logistics startups, and how they plan to enrich the startport network in the future.
startport: What exactly does Haeger & Schmidt Logistics do?
Heiko Brückner: The Haeger & Schmidt Logistics Group is a logistics provider that has been active since 1887 with extensive networks in Europe, focusing on intermodal, inland navigation, project logistics, port logistics, short sea, as well as shipping and forwarding.
startport: What challenges do you most frequently encounter in digitalization?
Heiko Brückner: Digitalization is a strategic focus for us. We need to digitally design processes from start to finish. This improves our efficiency, especially with regard to collaboration with our customers and competitors.
startport: Why does Haeger & Schmidt Logistics support startport?
Heiko Brückner: Since Haeger & Schmidt Logistics knows the needs and requirements of the industry very well, we want to actively support young entrepreneurs so they can realize their ideas and dreams. We see this as a win-win solution.
startport: What interests you about logistics startups?
Heiko Brückner: Contact and connection with young, creative minds give us new impetus to grow and develop competitively. We expect new, forward-looking concepts and logistics solutions from our connection with logistics startups.
startport: With what questions can startport startups approach Haeger & Schmidt Logistics in the future?
Heiko Brückner: Haeger & Schmidt has over 100 years of market experience and development. Our highly qualified employees are always available to assist with questions from the fields of freight forwarding, shipping, container logistics, from stuffing to trucking.
We have the know-how in logistics and can support young companies here.
startport: Networking is so important because…
Heiko Brückner: … a network connects, inspires, and creates new ideas and collaborations. In a network, the potential for innovation in the logistics industry is enormous. Everyone benefits from this.
About startport: As a subsidiary of Duisburger Hafen AG (duisport), startport GmbH is committed to initiating a creative innovation culture and actively driving further development in logistics and supply chain. With this claim, it supports and challenges young startups that develop future-oriented ideas for the leading logistics hub in the heart of Europe, together with duisport and the companies located here.