News / Rhenus boosts services as sanctions push imports through more Russian borders

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German logistics provider Rhenus is looking to expand its freight handling and customs clearance facilities on Russian borders in response to changing freight import flows.

Speaking on the sidelines of this week’s Transport Logistics event in Munich, Olaf Metzger, managing director of Rhenus Revival, the umbrella name for the group of Rhenus’ Russian subsidiaries, claimed that the recent economic sanctions applied by the US and EU on the country, following its involvement in the conflict in Ukraine, was leading Russian importers ...