The fledgling heavy-lift company JH Logistik has found its niche.

Ship transport is still the exception rather than the rule for heavy and oversized cargo, even though there is definitely potential, emphasises Jens Hafemann, owner of JH Logistik, a logistics company founded in mid-2007 with its headquarters in Delmenhorst near Bremen. This is why he and his currently eight-strong team develop transport concepts that include waterways.

Waterway transport is not only a welcome option in response to congested roads and because of its eco-friendliness, but it also offers advantages in the “sometimes sluggish authorisation procedures”, illustrates the entrepreneur. In this effort, the managing director also draws from his professional experience as a man who knows his way around water: Following his training at a heavy-lift freight forwarding company, Hafemann worked for Bremen-based port service provider Weserport as well as for Transcamion, a shipping agency with a strong focus on European ferry transport.