Buss Group
| Buss Group GmbH & Co. KG
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| legal form | Limited partnership |
| founding | August 1, 1920 |
| Seat | Hamburg , Germany |
| management | Johann Killinger |
| Number of employees | approx. 300 (2018) |
| sales | 102 million euros (2011) |
| Branch | Logistics:
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| Website | www.buss-group.de |
The Buss Group is a service group in global logistics and the third largest service provider in the Port of Hamburg .
The Buss Group GmbH & Co. KG takes over the function of a holding company . Buss is also connected to the shipping company Aug. Bolten Wm. Miller's successor through a 37 percent stake .
history
Gerhard (Gerd) Buss, born on July 22, 1884, founded the Gerd Buss Stauerei in Hamburg in 1920 . Buss came from an old East Frisian family and previously worked as a captain at the Oldenburg-Portuguese Steamship Rhederei (OPDR). On August 1st, 1920 the stevedoring began its activities, within a week a foreman and a few stevedores ( dock workers ) completed the first steamer of 300 tons.
During the Second World War , German merchant shipping and thus Buss' business activities largely came to a standstill. From 1945 the company was rebuilt by Gerd and his brother Hinrich Buss and won back their old customers after resuming German merchant shipping.
After the death of the company founder Gerd Buss in 1954 and his brother Hinrich Buss in 1966, Gerd's son Jürgen Buss became the sole personally liable partner. In the 1960s, the classic stevedoring business declined due to the beginning of containerization. Therefore Buss expanded into other port service areas and locations.
In 1970 the company had more than 800 permanent employees and meanwhile had a total of eleven port operations that offered an all-round port service. On January 1, 1971, the Buss shareholders and the August Bolten shipping company founded Binder KG . This merger was financially and tax-wise for both companies - and the shareholders had been on friendly terms for a long time.
In the 1980s, the Buss company developed into further successful start-ups. The Gerd Buss Drehtainer deals with the construction, repair and cleaning of special containers. The DeCeTe in Duisburg is a container rail and inland waterway terminal.
In 1991 Johann Killinger, a former partner of the August Bolten shipping company, joined the Buss Group. Due to the advancing containerization, he pushed ahead with diversification during the 1990s and opened up the new business areas of chemical and pharmaceutical logistics and logistics real estate.
The Buss Group had to cut a large number of jobs in the 1990s as the business with conventional general cargo gradually declined. Stowing non-containerized goods has become a niche business. Over time, today's business areas were established.
In 2002, Hans Helmut Killinger transferred all of Buss' shares to his son Johann Killinger, who became managing director of the Buss Group. In 2003, Buss founded the issuing house Buss Capital , which placed the first container funds in the same year. In 2004, the logistics property developer Ixocon was founded , and in 2006, Buss Safelox, a new market presence for the group's chemical and pharmaceutical logistics activities was created. In 2009 the hazardous goods storage division was sold to the Lehnkering company. In the same year the shipping company Buss Shipping was founded.
Business areas
Buss is now active in the business areas of port logistics, logistics real estate development, investments, container leasing and shipping.
Buss Port Services (port logistics)
Buss Port Services continues what Gerd Buss stevedoring began almost a century ago. In addition to stevedoring services, another focus is on works logistics. Whether at its own terminals in Sassnitz , Stade-Bützfleth , and Eemshaven / Netherlands or third-party terminals as well as at the customer's site - Buss Port Services implements tailor-made logistics solutions.
Buss Offshore Solutions
Buss Offshore Solutions is a specialist in offshore wind logistics with the terminals in Eemshaven (Buss Orange Blue Terminal), Stade and Sassnitz ( Mukran Port ) . Buss Offshore Solutions has extensive experience in project planning and the management of large projects.
Ixocon (logistics real estate)
Ixocon was founded in 2004 and designs, realizes and manages logistics properties across Germany. With a managed area of 460,000 m², Ixocon is one of the leading providers in the field of project development and management of logistics properties in Germany.
Leonhardt & Blumberg Shipmanagement (shipping company)
With the founding of Buss Shipping in 2009, the Buss Group expanded its business areas to include its own shipping company in the container segment. Buss Shipping has been bundling its activities with those of the traditional shipping company Leonhardt & Blumberg since 2017. The joint venture operates as Leonhardt & Blumberg Shipmanagement and has an experienced management team with many years of expertise in the shipping market.
Buss Capital (closed funds)
Buss Capital is an issuing house and container financier with a focus on shipping, logistics and real estate. Buss Capital has its headquarters in the Port of Hamburg and a sister company in Singapore . Buss Capital is the German market leader in the closed container fund segment.
FPG Raffles (container leasing)
The container leasing company FPG Raffles was founded in 2006 as Raffles Lease. Since March 2017 this has been cooperating with the Financial Products Group Co. Ltd. and has been operating as FPG Raffles since then. Buss Global Holdings holds 15.25 percent of the capital. FPG Raffles manages and rents out its own containers as well as for third parties such as investors. FPG Raffles has a global network and a large, diversified container pool. The headquarters of the company is in Singapore , further locations are: Shanghai , Sydney , London , Dublin and Hamburg .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Buss Port Logistics' offshore division will operate as Buss Offshore Solutions in the future . Buss Group press release from June 1, 2017, accessed on June 28, 2017