Berlin – a center for logistics
Logistics and telematics businesses enjoy optimal business conditions in Berlin: modern freight haulage centers, comprehensive infrastructure and quick connections to wider transportation networks.
TU Berlin is a European leader in the teaching and research of logistics; this strength is reinforced by many well-known companies headquartered in Berlin that develop and globally market a wide range of logistics services.
In globally networked markets, a successful region can enhance its profile with a high-capacity transportation and information infrastructure and powerful logistics systems for industry, commerce and services.
Berlin offers the following competitive advantages for logistics businesses
- Central focal point for European traffic and freight flows;
- European transportation node with six autobahns, ten main rail lines, two high-speed rail lines and three waterways;
- High-speed rail line between Berlin-Leipzig and Berlin-Munich;
- The Berlin-Brandenburg region has a very modern airport, express service providers on site ensure international networking;
- More freight haulage centers than any other region of Germany;
- Five freight villages in Brandenburg and Berlin are among the best twenty in the entire country. And more than that, the Freight Village Berlin-Westhafen and Berlin-South Großbeeren is among the best in the industry;
- Nearly 100 larger logistics businesses and 26 research institutions working in the fields of transportation logistics and telematics in the region, employing 6,400 workers; A total of 200,000 employees in the logistics sector
- Europe's largest center of teaching and research for logistics:
- - Technical University of Berlin
- Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau (Technische Fachhochschule Wildau) - The International Supply Chain Conference (Deutscher Logistik-Kongress Berlin) is the leading industry event;
- Outstanding pool of highly qualified technical specialists and management talent;
- Subsidies and incentives for capital investments, employee training, as well as for research and development projects.
- In real laboratories in urban, suburban and rural areas, new technologies - for example using artificial intelligence - and mobility solutions are developed and tested
- Berlin is the starting point for numerous new applications and business models for the mobility of the future based on innovative vehicle concepts and intelligent mobility management
