Frank Dreeke, CEO of BLG LOGISTICS Group until 2024, has been inducted into the Logistics Hall of Fame. For more than four decades, in a wide range of roles, he has shaped the development of the seaport and logistics industry far beyond his entrepreneurial positions. He is regarded as a driving force and the architect of modern seaport logistics.
PTV Group is committed to the Hall of Fame as a new member of the supporters' circle. As one of the leading software manufacturers, PTV plans and optimizes everything that moves people and goods worldwide.
TRATON AG joined the Logistics Hall of Fame supporter circle. By doing so, one of the world´s largest commercial vehicle manufacturers fosters the documentation of logistical milestones and wants to contribute to the networking and further development of transport and logistics. TRATON comprises the brands MAN, Scania, Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus and RIO.
The Logistics Hall of Fame will have another prominent member. Rolf Schnellecke, chairman of the Ssupervisory board of Schnellecke Group AG & Co. KG, will be inducted into the Hall of Fame of Logistics as an "outsourcing trendsetter and innovator of automotive logistics". He is the 34th member among the most deserving logisticians in the world. Official admission will take place on December 5 on the occasion of the annual Logistics Hall of Fame gala reception in the Erich-Klausener-Hall of the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure in Berlin.
The circle of supporters of the Logistics Hall of Fame is growing further. CHEP Deutschland GmbH joined the group in June.
"Without the inventions of logistics, our world would be chaos. The Logistics Hall of Fame impressively demonstrates to all of us what logistics does for humanity every day. CHEP is more than willing to support this," says Kai Derda, Managing Director of CHEP Deutschland GmbH, explaining the company's commitment.
In July, Humbaur joined the Logistics Hall of Fame supporters' circle. With the Gersthofen-based family owned company, one of the world' s largest manufacturers of trailers and vehicle bodies supports the logistics pantheon.
Steffen Bilger, Parliamentary State Secretary at the German Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, is the new juror of the Logistics Hall of Fame. In future, the parliamentarian will once a year cast his vote during the election of the new member.
Prof. Dr. Dirk Engelhardt has accepted the invitation to the jury of the Logistics Hall of Fame.
The Logistics Hall of Fame® honours leading figures who have made outstanding efforts to promote the further development of logistics and supply chain management. In addition, ist aims to document outstanding achievements in logistics and to encourage and promote innovations. In this way, it raises public awareness for the performance capability and innovative drive of logistics, helping to underpin the competitiveness and improve the image of the entire logistics sector. Patrick Schnieder, Federal Minister of Transport, is the patron of the event.
