Temperature Control at Every Step: Militzer & Münch Ensures Reliable Medical Cargo Delivery

When every degree matters, you need logistics you can rely on.

Militzer & Münch Kazakhstan provides reliable logistics solutions for pharmaceutical and healthcare shipments requiring temperature control.
We ensure product safety and stability throughout the entire journey – from manufacturer to consignee -fully compliant with GDP and GSP standards.

To preserve the quality of temperature-sensitive products, we use:

  • Data loggers for continuous temperature monitoring
  • Thermal blankets to protect against external temperature fluctuations
  • Multimodal routes with control checkpoints at every stage

One of our projects involved transporting pharmaceutical products from Mumbai (India) to Almaty (Kazakhstan) via Baku (Azerbaijan).
The temperature remained within +15°C…+25°C throughout the entire route, ensuring the integrity and safety of the medicines.

We serve clients across Europe, Iran, India, and Central Asia, providing tailored solutions for pharmaceutical logistics.
With Militzer & Münch, you can count on transparency, reliability, and strict temperature control – every kilometer, every shipment.

💬 Looking for logistics where control means confidence? We’ll make sure your cargo stays safe from start to finish.

New Clients, Partners, and the Energy of the Exhibition

 

TransLogistica Kazakhstan 2025 was a source of new opportunities, valuable insights, and unforgettable emotions for our team.

Over the course of three days, we:

  • met with dozens of potential clients,

  • strengthened long-term partnerships,

  • exchanged knowledge and ideas with industry peers,

  • gained a deeper understanding of the future of logistics in Central Asia.

🍾 And to make the experience even more memorable, we organized interactive contests and raffles — with three lucky visitors leaving our booth with bottles of Swiss champagne. These activities added a festive touch and created an atmosphere of trust and joy that we deeply value in our relationships.

For us, logistics is not only about transport and supply chains. It’s about people, trust, cooperation, and the meaningful connections we build along the way. TransLogistica Kazakhstan 2025 proved it once again.

Educational Mission: Inspiring Future Logistics Specialists

Militzer & Münch is not only about international freight forwarding — it’s also about investing in the future of logistics.
At TransLogistica Kazakhstan 2025, our team organized educational consultations for students, the next generation of industry professionals.

🎓 We shared insights about how global logistics works in practice, presented real-life case studies, and answered dozens of questions from students. For them, it was a unique chance to interact with experts directly, gain valuable advice, and better understand the dynamics of the industry.

For us, it was an opportunity to contribute to the professional development of young people, inspire them with ideas, and show that logistics is not only challenging, but also exciting, fast-paced, and full of opportunities.

Winning the Best Marketing Campaign Award

At TransLogistica Kazakhstan 2025, Militzer & Münch Kazakhstan was proud to receive the Best Marketing Campaignaward from the organizers.

🏆 This recognition confirmed that logistics is not only about moving cargo and managing routes, but also about creativity, innovation, and connecting with people.
Our campaign stood out for its originality, positive energy, and the way it highlighted our company’s unique approach to communication with clients and partners.

For us, this award is more than a trophy — it’s proof that bold ideas and unconventional solutions help us stay closer to our clients and partners. We are proud that our efforts were noticed among so many strong exhibitors and will continue to surprise with new projects.

International Support at TransLogistica Kazakhstan 2025

From September 30 to October 2, 2025, Almaty hosted the region’s largest transport and logistics exhibition — TransLogistica Kazakhstan 2025. For our team, these three days were especially meaningful thanks to the strong international support we received.

Every day at the exhibition, our booth was energized by colleagues from China and Europe, who joined us to support Militzer & Münch Kazakhstan. Their presence highlighted what makes our company unique: Militzer & Münch is one global family that combines expertise, knowledge, and resources to deliver success for clients worldwide.

🤝 Joint meetings, discussions, and exchange of experience allowed us to explore projects from new perspectives and discover future opportunities. International support proved once again that logistics is about more than routes and cargo — it’s about synergy, people, and global cooperation.

Certification in Kazakhstan: Easier Than It Seems

 

Entering the Central Asian market often comes with a major challenge for foreign companies – certification. Multiple accreditation bodies, unclear timelines, and complex regulatory requirements can delay operations and complicate business plans.

How We Simplify the Process

The M&M Kazakhstan team helps companies pass through all stages of certification quickly and with minimal risks. We:

  • Review several certification bodies in parallel,
  • Quickly identify the accredited authority for the specific product,
  • Arrange certificates and TR CU declarations in the shortest possible time.

Real Case

For a client outside the EAEU, we arranged certification through a local company in Kazakhstan. The documents were issued in a way that allowed several of the client’s partners in the country to use them. As a result, the client entered the market smoothly and without delays, launching full-scale operations.

Outcome

Certification stops being a barrier and becomes a tool for market entry. For businesses, this means one thing: a faster start and steady growth in Central Asia.

❓Want to simplify certification for your company? Contact our team — we’ll help you find the best solution.

Regular Road Freight by M&M Kazakhstan: When Every Kilometer Counts

Road freight is the backbone of a flexible supply chain

In today’s logistics landscape – where timing, precision, and flexibility define success – more and more companies are turning to reliable, scheduled road transportation. At M&M Kazakhstan, we offer a service that not only meets these expectations but consistently exceeds them.

International road freight isn’t just one of our directions – it’s one of our core strengths. Thanks to the seamless coordination of our road freight team, we ensure regular truck departures, accurate route control, and full turnkey delivery. We handle everything from industrial equipment and consumer electronics to fashion goods and consolidated retail cargo.

🔹 LTL (Less-than-Truckload)  –  the smart solution for time- and cost-conscious shipments. We consolidate multiple customers’ cargo into one vehicle, reducing costs and ensuring planned, reliable departures.

🔹 FTL (Full-Truckload)  –  a direct route, no transshipment, minimal risk, and maximum speed. Your goods travel alone, directly and securely to their destination.

What makes our road freight service especially reliable?

End-to-end support – from documentation and customs to final delivery at your warehouse.
Direct communication with a dedicated manager – you’re always informed about your cargo’s location and ETA.
Regional expertise – the M&M Kazakhstan team understands every detail of routes, customs procedures, and logistics processes throughout Central Asia.

We don’t just deliver cargo – we build logistics solutions that work.

With M&M Kazakhstan, your freight is in trusted hands – every step of the way.

From Japan to Turkmenistan with 200 excavators and bulldozers

M&M Militzer & Münch Turkmenistan is involved in a major national transport project between the State Committee for Water Management of Turkmenistan and the Japanese trading company Itochu Corporation.

Between October 2022 and December 2023, the Militzer & Münch team participated in the transportation of a total of 200 earth-moving machines from Japan to Turkmenistan by sea and land. The 167 excavators and 23 Komatsu bulldozers were first shipped from Japan to the Turkish ports of Izmir and Derince on ro-ro ships. From there, they were transported by truck through Georgia and Azerbaijan to Turkmenistan. Spare parts and oils for the Komatsu machines were shipped by container from Japan to Turkmenistan via the port of Poti in Georgia.

The vehicles are intended for projects of the State Committee for Water Management of Turkmenistan. This involves the water supply of agricultural areas, the creation of additional water reserves, the construction of new barrier lakes and the expansion of the capacity of existing reservoirs.

In this major project, Militzer & Münch not only handled the transport, but also the inspection of the cargo, unloading, arrangement of import customs clearance and additional services on site as requested by the customer.

“We already have experience with transport projects for government agencies in the region. The renewed participation in a government project proves the reliability and excellent service of M&M Turkmenistan.”, says Nikolaus Kohler, Regional Managing Director Middle East / Central Asia. “I am more than convinced that with our experienced team we will be able to win over more customers and partners to place their trust in Militzer & Münch in Turkmenistan.”

Cranes at sea

Militzer & Münch Turkmenistan Ltd. offers its customers comprehensive transport logistics services in the fields of road, air, sea, and project transports – and, as an additional service, crane rental.

In the year 2008, the Turkmenistan country unit launched the service with two cranes, and in 2015, two more were added. There is demand for the special technology, especially from internationally active energy companies, such as Eni or Dragon Oil. “The oil and gas industry is an important sector in Turkmenistan, and we are seeing high demand here. But customers from the construction industry also make use of our service”, reports Djeyhun Hummedov, Managing Director of M&M Militzer & Münch Turkmenistan Ltd.

In the context of oil drilling operations, for example most recently in the Caspian Sea, the cranes are used onshore to move the platforms between job sites. On the offshore platforms themselves, the cranes transport cargo. A crane can lift up to 75 tons.

The offshore operations also present challenges: “The very high salinity can lead to corrosion on the metal parts of the cranes,” says Djeyhun Hummedov. “Regular inspection and maintenance are therefore essential to ensure that the cranes function properly.” The crane operators employed specifically for crane rental at Militzer & Münch Turkmenistan have a special permit to work on the platforms and are regularly trained in occupational safety.

Djeyhun Hummedov: “Customers who rent our cranes not only get modern technology, but also qualified personnel and full service –  from erecting and dismantling the platforms to prompt repair and spare parts delivery.”

Transports to fight hunger

 

Militzer & Münch supports the World Food Programme in the fight against famine and delivers food from Tajikistan to regions with vulnerable populations in Afghanistan.

Millions of people in Afghanistan are threatened by hunger. Rising food prices, job cuts and the devaluation of the national currency have led to an increase in the number of vulnerable people in recent years. The World Food Programme (WFP) has been providing nutritional aid to people locally for years, delivering nutrient-enriched and balanced foods to the country. Since 2021, Militzer & Münch has been supporting the humanitarian organization in this endeavor: with food transports from Tajikistan to Afghanistan.

Under the programme, considerable quantities of wheat flour, vegetable oil, and yellow peas are sent on their way every two to three months. In order to cope with the required volume, and to ensure timely and efficient delivery of the goods, Militzer & Münch supplements its own truck fleet to some extent by contracting third-party providers. Thanks to the close cooperation with the sub-contractors, the high quality standards and the specific criteria and guidelines of the WFP can be met at all times.

Effective coordination

Militzer & Münch is also in constant contact with the WFP itself to ensure the smooth coordination of the shipments or to solve problems that might arise, for instance, at the border crossing. Militzer & Münch provided first services to the WFP already in 2018. “In the course of our long-term cooperation, we have built strong and solid relationships with the World Food Programme,” says Aziz Sharipov, Managing Director in Tajikistan. “Our team works closely with WFP representatives and ensures that all necessary protocols are followed. Thus, we are able to meet the organization’s high standards.”

On board six trucks from China to Uzbekistan

Within only 20 days, Militzer & Münch’s Asia specialists transported power generation equipment, a total weight of almost one hundred tons, from the extreme northeast of China to Tashkent.

Almost 4,500 kilometers lie between Anshan in China and Tashkent in Uzbekistan – as the crow flies. Between May and June 2023, Militzer & Münch covered this distance in the context of a special order: A large number of wooden crates containing transformers, switch cabinets, and other power engineering components had to be picked up from the consignor’s plant in Anshan and delivered to the consignee in Tashkent, a regular customer of M&M Uzbekistan. The journey involved crossing China, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. This meant two entry procedures – one for Kyrgyzstan and one for Uzbekistan, as well as several days of demurrage for the trucks in Yalama at the border to Uzbekistan. Six trucks carried out the impressive transport in just twenty days.

In total, the cargo weighed 97 tons; its value amounted to 1.2 million US dollars. “It was a challenge,” says Dino Wang, branch manager in Urumqi, China. “At the shipper’s request, the cargo had to be declared as one unit, which meant we had to completely reload the goods into six customs-monitored trucks before we were able to prepare and file the customs declaration.” In Osh, Kyrgyzstan, the cargo was transloaded onto Uzbek trucks. The valuable cargo was insured by the shipper; an escort for the convoy was not required.

Market study participation

St. Gallen, October 6, 2022. How do shippers cope with the fluctuating freight rates in logistics? The University of St. Gallen tackled this question with a diverse research consortium from the logistics industry. The result is a 132-page study that addresses challenges, practices, and instruments. Militzer & Münch participated in the study.

For several years now, Militzer & Münch has been a member of the Association of the Institute of Supply Chain Management at the University of St.Gallen. The institute regards itself as an international platform for the dialogue between science and practice in the field of Supply Chain Management. Holger Seehusen, Managing Director of M&M air sea cargo GmbH, regularly participates in various activities. For him, involvement in the study was an opportunity to demonstrate what practices shippers, forwarders and brokers can adopt to counteract volatile freight rates in logistics markets.


Volatile freight rates and sustainability

The study, titled “Managing Volatility in Logistics Markets”, examines freight rate volatility across ocean, road, rail, and air transport modes, and highlights management practices from the perspective of shippers and logistics service providers. It also provides a classification and analysis of indices and digital business models in the freight sector, thus making a significant contribution to a better understanding of the tools available on the market and their individual value propositions for shippers, forwarders and carriers.  In addition to fluctuating freight rates, sustainability concerns are also becoming increasingly important. “I am convinced that in the near future, decision-makers or customers, respectively, will not care so much whether it costs x € per kilogram, but how high the carbon footprint is in the goods procurement process,” says Holger Seehusen.

 

Workshops and interviews

After the official start of the project in August 2021, workshops were held in the following three months; the final presentation took place in December 2021. Work then started on the study. Besides the University of St. Gallen and Militzer & Münch, other logistics service providers, shippers, IT providers, and a commercial law firm were involved.

In addition to the regular exchange within the consortium, 44 interviews were conducted with logistics experts between early September and the end of November, and used as source material for the compilation of the study.

“We defined relevant criteria to determine a suitable segmentation of logistics markets,” says Prof. Dr. Erik Hofmann from the University of St. Gallen. “Based on these criteria, e.g., geographic reach, mode of transport, and carrier, we examined four relevant logistics scenarios. Our goal was for the study to provide practitioners with a basis for implementing concrete solutions.”

Interested parties can access the study free of charge via the following link:

https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/266520/

 

Supply Chain Innovation Day

Participation in the study is only part of Militzer & Münch’s commitment to the Association of the Institute of Supply Chain Management at the University of St.Gallen. In order to get young people interested in the field of logistics and to draw their attention to Militzer & Münch as an employer, Holger Seehusen was a speaker at the Supply Chain Innovation Day initiated by the University of St. Gallen in Rorschach on Lake Constance last year. Militzer & Münch was also represented there with a small information booth. This year, Eva-Charlotte Dürr, Group Project Manager Pharmaceuticals, M&M Militzer & Münch International Holding AG, Switzerland, and Vignesh Pandi, Trade Lane Manager North America Airfreight, M&M air sea cargo GmbH, Germany, participated in the Supply Chain Innovation Day on September 27.

Multimodal via the Middle Corridor

The Middle Corridor is currently gaining ground as a promising alternative to the Northern Corridor of the New Silk Road. The route connects exporters from China or Kazakhstan in particular with Northeast, Southeast, and Central Europe.

For their customers, Militzer & Münch experts organize multimodal transports along the New Silk Road: by ship from Aktau and Kuryk in Kazakhstan via the Caspian Sea to the port of Baku in Azerbaijan, then by rail to Georgia, and from the ports of Batumi and Poti via the Black Sea to Europe. Already in 2017, an agreement was signed that regulates transport along the Trans-Caspian route. The route is used mainly to transport Chinese goods to European countries. From Kazakhstan, the time of transport is about 35 days.

As a rule, roughly 80 percent of Chinese goods reach Europe by sea. Currently, the Middle Corridor is becoming established as a reliable alternative to bypass container congestion that prevents on-time shipments at many major ports.

“Thanks to our efficient and competent global network, we were able to respond quickly to the increasing customer demand for this routing,” says Michael Spitzlei, Head of Business Segment Rail at M&M air sea cargo GmbH.

Rail as an alternative

Containers are currently in short supply worldwide, and there is a lack of capacity on ships – a problem, especially during the Christmas peak season. Militzer & Münch Germany meets this challenge by using rail transport. Thus, for two customers, six complete block trains were put together to run between China and Duisburg.

Due to the imbalance in trade between China and Europe, a large number of containers are stranded at European ports and terminals. This often results in a shortage of containers for transports from Asia to Europe – especially during the important fall and Christmas business.

“It’s like in real life: if you plan early enough, it’s easier to make ends meet,” says Michael Spitzlei, Head of Business Segment Rail at M&M air sea cargo GmbH. ” For transportation by rail, individual containers or space are always offered. However, handling shipments by sea to and from Europe is challenging in many respects at the moment, and the booking situation is critical.” Industrial customers often get their space from shipping companies only at the current daily or market rates, instead of the originally agreed contract rates. That is why many shippers are currently switching to rail, like some of Militzer & Münch’s key accounts, for example.

For the customers, one of them a global wholesale chain, Militzer & Münch set six complete block trains on their way from China to Duisburg in August. The German Rail team worked closely together with their colleagues from Militzer & Münch China on these transports. Total transit time from terminal to terminal was 25 days – despite congestion at the borders, it was thus within the usual time frame. The trains were all fully Militzer & Münch trains, exclusively transporting 50 x 40’ high cube containers with goods for the Militzer & Münch customers. Thus, especially in times of crisis, rail proves to be a reliable alternative to sea transport.

Too big for any door

Out-of-gauge: between May and October 2021, Militzer & Münch transported seven autoclaves to Uzbekistan for a manufacturer of construction and household materials. The weight – 83,000 kilograms each – and the dimensions of the autoclaves posed some challenges for the Militzer & Münch Uzbekistan team, but these were not the only hurdles they had to overcome.

An autoclave is a sealable high-pressure chamber that can take various forms. In industry, autoclaves are used for such purposes as curing building materials, vulcanizing tires or for sterilization. Autoclaves can also be found in the kitchen at home, as pressure cookers are also classified as autoclaves.

The dimensions of the seven autoclaves Militzer & Münch transported for the customer from Northern Germany to Chirchiq near Tashkent, however, hardly remind one of cooking pots. “With a length of 45 meters and a diameter of four meters, the autoclaves are so big that the factory where they are going to be used for manufacturing aerated concrete building blocks has to be built around them. No door would be big enough for them to be installed afterwards,” says Yulduz Babajanova, head of the projects department at Militzer & Münch Uzbekistan. “On-time delivery was therefore an essential factor in the time schedule for the construction of the Chirchiq factory.”

Multimodal – and via different routes

Militzer & Münch Uzbekistan delivered the autoclaves to their destination in three shipments. Since there are no standard solutions for transports of this scale, the project team worked with three subcontractors; different routes and various multimodal combinations were used. “Nikolaus Kohler, our Regional Managing Director for Central Asia, advised us on our own choice of subcontractors,” says Yulduz Babajanova. “A shipment with these dimensions entails various challenges. For example, after arrival in Uzbekistan, each of the three shipments had to be taken to the construction site with a convoy of escort vehicles to ensure maximum security. In addition, we were not flexible with transit times.”

Delays in St. Petersburg

The first transport was started in May 2021. Militzer & Münch transported two autoclaves from the point of origin in northern Germany, first by truck and then via inland waterway to Antwerp. There, they were loaded onto a freighter and shipped to St. Petersburg. In St. Petersburg, however, there were severe delays because the Russian Railroad was unable to meet transit times due to a rail platform overload. The cargo then continued by rail to Shymkent in Kazakhstan and from there by truck to the construction site in Chirchiq.

Due to the delays, the first transport took 135 days – the longest transit time of the three transports. To prevent this from happening with the second shipment, Militzer & Münch chose an alternative route. Up to St. Petersburg, the two autoclaves took the same route. From there, however, the cargo did not continue by rail, but was carried on the Volga-Don Canal across the Caspian Sea to Aktau in Kazakhstan. There, the cargo was transferred to trucks and covered the rest of the way by road – the entire transport took only 60 days.

Transport number three was even faster. It took only 55 days to transport the three autoclaves from northern Germany to Chirchiq. Here, too, the cargo was first taken to St. Petersburg, but then continued via the Volga-Don Canal to Tolyatti in Russia, and from there by road to the construction site.

A satisfied customer

“Despite the delay, we were able to handle the transport to our customer’s full satisfaction and deliver the autoclaves within the scheduled time,” says Khurshid Kasimdzhanov, Managing Director of Militzer & Münch Uzbekistan. “The customer had already cooperated with us on several projects, and we were able to convince him of our merits also this time. This success is primarily due to the good performance of our team in Uzbekistan, but also to the flexibility and resourcefulness of our subcontractors.”

 

52 trucks – from door to door

More than 50 trucks with numerous components started on their route in Germany and Estonia in spring. Overland and by sea, they went to Novocheboksarsk, where a hydrogen plant was to be built from the finished parts. A challenging project – but not uncharted territory for the experienced Militzer & Münch team.

Hydrogen is regarded as the energy source of the future. It has many uses and is a key element in ensuring the successful energy shift. So far, hydrogen has been used primarily in the chemical industry, but is also gaining in importance as a fuel for vehicles. However, hydrogen is not a primary energy; like electricity, it has to be produced in special plants.

Such a plant for the production of hydrogen went on its way to Russia – via a total of 52 trucks, most of them special transports with permits and escort vehicles. Over a period of about two months, Militzer & Münch delivered the individual components from Germany and Estonia to Novocheboksarsk. Depending on the pick-up location, part of the cargo went from Hamburg by ferry across the Baltic Sea. The majority of the transports, however, was purely overland.

Good planning leads to the goal

There were no detours for the hydrogen factory to arrive in St. Petersburg for customs clearance, as the project was a door-to-door delivery: the individual parts were picked up from their respective manufacturers and delivered directly to the consignee in Russia. Moreover, to make customs clearance as uncomplicated as possible, the consignee requested classification. Thus, it was possible to declare several parts under the same customs tariff number, and to clear them through customs en bloc.

For a transport of this size, the key issues are good organization and coordination. No problem for the Militzer & Münch team at Filderstadt headed by Hardy Rosentreter. For the customer, a manufacturer of gas purification and gas generation plants, this was not the first order of this kind. Militzer & Münch had already successfully delivered similar plants to Poland and Turkey before.

“The hydrogen factory in Novocheboksarsk is an important contribution to the energy turnaround,” says Thomas Winter, Managing Director at M&M Militzer & Münch GmbH, M&M air sea cargo GmbH. “We are glad that we, as a logistics service provider, are involved in advancing projects in our core regions that support alternative energy sources.”

Metal roof tiles – from Poland to the USA

An entire roof on one pallet? No problem for a roof tile manufacturer in Poland. His products are also in demand in the USA. Militzer & Münch Poland guarantees that the innovative roof tiles arrive reliably.

In 2017, Poland exported goods for over 230 billion USD, an absolute high (source: Statista). Most goods are still going to the European neighboring countries, especially to Germany. But the supply of high-quality competitively viable products encourages many companies to export also to countries outside EU borders.

For example, a manufacturer of innovative products for roofs and facades. In comparison to the regular clay or concrete roof tiles, his modular metal roofing tiles are more durable, they weigh less, they are easier to install and also more storm-resistant.

All in all, a modern competitive product that finds buyers not only in Poland but also in far-off markets such as the USA.

Export consultancy right from the start

“In order to venture into exports to these countries, for many companies smooth logistics processes are among the prerequisites”, says Paweł Twardokes, Deputy COO Militzer & Münch Poland. “We advise our customers from step one, looking for the optimal logistic solution and implementing it.”

And there are a number of challenges that have to be mastered: customs clearance must run smoothly, and the driver shortage in the USA is not allowed to turn into a problem either – this is business as usual for Militzer and Münch Poland.

Road, sea, rail: pallets in 20-foot containers

Packed onto pallets, the innovative metal roofing tiles have been reliably and safely shipped since late 2017 to the USA via Norfolk in Virginia to their destination in Chicago. The shipments are exceptionally big: about 50 to 70 standard 20-foot containers per shipment. Militzer & Münch organizes the door-to-door transports via road and sea.

Delivery to the end destination in the US takes no more than 28 days from pick up. “Our customer is now thinking about exporting his goods to additional countries”, says Paweł Twardokes. “Canada, Australia and also, much nearer, UK are planned.”

Every Millimeter counts

Two days to send a complete packaging system from Schwäbisch Hall in South Germany to Dammam, Saudi Arabia – via airfreight, not really a big deal. And still, at the end of the day, every millimeter counted. 

Militzer & Münch wanted this to be a really impressive performance for this customer: Hamba-Gasti GmbH is a leading supplier of form, fill and seal machines specifically designed for the dairy and food industries. The company is part of the Italian IMA S.p.A.

The task: difficult, but not impossible. Heavy-lift, out-of-gauge cargo, a complete packaging system including accessories, around 17,000 kilogram weight – to be sent to its destination in Saudi Arabia at short notice.

Understandably huge was the surprise at the pick-up of the goods: the 17,000 kilogram cargo was stowed not in three, but instead in two, over-dimensioned, wooden crates. But packed like this, will the cargo even fit into the Boeing 747?

Time constraints did not allow any alternative. Thus, the Militzer & Münch team and the employees at Luxembourg Airport performed precision work to maneuver the boxes undamaged into the cargo hold of the airplane.

“It was a nerve-wracking situation, but in the end everything went smoothly”, says Felix Luz, Senior Sales Manager Militzer & Münch Karlsruhe. “With the fast delivery and our commitment we were able to really convince our customer – follow-up orders are in prospect.”

South Germany – an important location

  • The Militzer & Münch Sales Office Karlsruhe was taken into operation in December 2017
  • Like the Militzer & Münch teams in Munich, Stuttgart and Nurnberg, Militzer & Münch Karlsruhe, too, caters to the high demand for logistics in South Germany
  • Militzer & Münch Karlsruhe has already won orders for regular worldwide spare parts deliveries via airfreight
  • In August, the team handled another heavy lift goods transport, this time via sea to China

75 Tons from Bursa to Ploieşti

Barely 900 kilometers separate the Turkish city of Bursa from the destination, the city of Ploieşti in Romania. Not too long a distance, one might think, but the transport route leads through a total of three countries, two capitals, and across the Bosporus. The load: a 75-ton metal press. A task that Militzer & Münch Turkey mastered flawlessly.

We don’t get to see them very often, but they have long been an integral part of the industry: mechanical and hydraulic presses. With the help of high pressure, they cut, punch, bend, rivet, and shape almost any material. Preston Makina, a good customer of Militzer & Münch based in Bursa, manufactures exactly such machines and relies on Militzer & Münch for the transport.

This time, a metal press measuring 8.60 x 2.35 x 3.20 meters and weighing a total of 75 tons had to be transported from Bursa in Turkey to Ploieşti in Romania. A proverbial mammoth task, thoroughly planned by Militzer & Münch Turkey in collaboration with customer Preston Makina. First, the heavy cargo had to be lifted onto a low-bed trailer with the help of a crane. After the freight had been properly secured and wrapped, the special transport was ready to start: From the northwest of Turkey, it first went along the Sea of Marmara, across the Bosporus and through Istanbul. The convoy then passed through Bulgaria before crossing the Romanian capital Bucharest and reaching its destination just under 100 kilometers further on: Ploieşti in Romania. “The order was handled to the customer’s full satisfaction, and the team did a really good job,” reports Kostas Sandalcidis, member of the Management Board.

Road transports are Militzer & Münch’s specialty. But the Militzer & Münch Bursa branch office also has a sound knowledge of sea transports. Within the Turkish Militzer & Münch country unit, the branch office is considered the country’s No. 1, an impressive achievement for the six-member local team, which is already looking forward to the next cooperation with Preston Makina.

300 tons for the glass industry

Eleven trucks, ten of them oversized, on the road in two convoys, with special permits and escorts, three nights each, through five countries. A task mastered jointly by the Militzer & Münch teams in Romania and Germany. The concerted action served to transport a plant for industrial soda production –  anything but an everyday job.

Soda ash is an important ingredient in many products of everyday use. The largest consumer is the glass industry, which uses soda ash in the melting process. Soda ash is also used in the production of detergents and cleaning agents, of textiles, paper, food and many more products.

The Ciech Group, which operates eight factories in Poland, Germany and Romania, is the second largest soda ash producer in Europe. In late 2020, subsidiary Ciech Soda Germany commissioned the Militzer & Münch team in Berlin with a special transport: to move a so-called carbonation column from the Romanian Ciech plant in Ramnicu Valcea to its new place of use at the Staßfurt site in Germany.

Two convoys with special vehicles

“This was our first order for this customer; it was a recommendation from another industrial company,“ says Sven Sange, Sales/Transport Scheduling at M&M Berlin. He organized the transport of the 300-ton colossus together with Militzer & Münch Romania.

Daniel Din from the team in Romania inspected the plant on site, then prepared the loading scheme. Subsequently, he synchronized the entire process. Eleven trucks, ten of them oversized, were needed to transport the dismantled chemical plant from Romania via Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to eastern Germany. The door-to-door transport started in two convoys just before and after Christmas.

“The parts of the dismantled plant were loaded in three days,“ says Daniel Din. “Five trucks on the first day, three trucks on the second day, and three trucks again on day three, as the last six loads were more complicated and couldn’t be handled on one day.“

Special permits had to be obtained for the oversized vehicles. The trucks were only allowed to be on the road at night, and traveled in two convoys. Each convoy took three nights to cover the 1,600-kilometer distance. “This transport is a good example of the successful cooperation between Militzer & Münch Romania and Militzer & Münch Germany,” says Militzer & Münch Romania Managing Director Valentin Dragu. Sven Wolthusen, Branch Manager M&M Berlin, takes a similar view: “From the first call to Daniel Din to the delivery, everything went smoothly, and the customer was fully satisfied.“