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34
years of experience
49
already supplied countries
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The name of our owner-managed company is “Conti-Service”. The name tells the story. We offer troubleshooting as well as big tenders. Even on a rapitly expanding market, we never lost our personal attitude. You will always know which members of our team is responsible for you and will get a professional, responsive and personal service.
Your Conti-Service team
| 1986 | GAU in Chernobyl | 24/11/1986 Conti-Service established successfully in Hamburg |
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| 1987 | Sowietunion, Glasnost and Perestroika have been subject of Gorbatschows reform | First transports to Poland and Romania |
| 1988 | End of communism in Ungarn | First transports with our western German trucks to Russia and the Baltic States |
| 1989 | The Romanian dictator Ceausescu was executed in Dezember. Russland leaves from Afghanistan. The fall of the Berlin Wall! | Businesstravel about a warehouse to Poland. Conti-Service has the first loads to Yugoslavia. First contacts and contracts with former DDR-companies |
| 1990 | End of USSR. Jelzin is the new Russian President. Iraq attacks Kuwait. Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegowina declare their independent | First Full Trailer Loads to Moskow. New transporte to Hungary an Czechoslovakia. One shareholder of Conti-Service discontinues. Mr Leineweber and Mr Körner are now holding 25% of the company, each |
| 1991 | Russian military action in the Baltic States. Warsaw Pact dissolves. Intedependence of the Czech. Eruption of the civil war in Yugoslavia. | Stop of the Yugoslavian transports as a consequence of the civil war. Creation of a new structure of the transports to Bulgaria and Romania |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton is the new President of the USA. UN troops are stationed in Yugoslavia. Civil war in the Caucasus. Treaty on the European Union (Maastricht) | First loads of high value goods like alkohol and cigarettes for the UN troops |
| 1993 | Czechoslovakia divides to Czech Rep. and Slovakia. Coup against Boris Jelzin in Russia. 1/11/1993 begin of the European Union (EU) | Russian transports are comming to a complete standstill. The main shareholder is leaving the company. Mr Leineweber and Mr Körner are now holding 50% each |
| 1994 | First bobardments of serb positions around Sarajevo by american combat aircrafts | First IT- infrastructure with computers in our office. Conti-Service starts a joint venture in Russia. Numerous of transports of electronic goods to Moskow. Beginn of furniture transports from Romania. Conti-Service is issuing authority for TIR Carnets |
| 1995 | Massive shell impacts on the market of Sarajevo, thereupon the NATO started the biggest air raids on serb positions | First paper loads to Poland, Romania and Hungary |
| 1996 | Germany officially recognized the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Russia signed the peace agreement with Chechnya. Tony Blair becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain | Opening of a new warehouse in Moscow for german Chemicals customers. 10th anniversary! Conti-Service changes the location of the russian office from Ramenskoje to Jukovsky |
| 1997 | Great Britain hands Hongkong over to China. Japan has a stock market crash. EU freezes foreign assets of Serbia and the rest of Yugoslavia | CS makes transports for humanitarian relief aid missions to Romania. Conti-Service akquires new customers for paper transports. The joint-venture in Russia becomes a branch office |
| 1998 | Poland, Czech Rep. and Hungary join the NATO. NATO begins the attack on Serbia to defend the human rights of the Kosovo Albanians. massive expulsion and mass killing of ethnic Albanians.Major bank crash in Russia and Asia | Major order for a rehabilitation of a nuclear power plant in the ex – USSR. Reawakening of transports to Sarajevo. Russian transports are comming almost to stop in Autumn. |
| 1999 | Boris Jelzin announces his resignationer on 31/12. Putin is successor | First Russian customers ex work. Next major order for a rehabilitation of a nuclear power plant in Russia |
| 2000 | No problems with the new year change in 2000. EURO has a collapse of price: 1,2$ to 0,5 $. Dictator Milosovic attempts to rig the elections in Serbia with following civil protests | No problems with the new year change in 2000 for CS, too. More rders for paper and chemical transports. Increasing priority on transports of hazardous goods |
| 2001 | Bush becomes the new US-President. Sharon becomes Prime Minister of Israel. 09/11 has horrified the world | CS participates in Ungarn. First homepage of Conti-Service |
| 2002 | Heavy flooding in southern Russia. Hostage-taking in the Moscow Theater – more then 100 victims. Germany sends more troops to Afghanistan | Russian branch office moves to central Moscow |
| 2003 | Begin of the US-invasion in Iraq. Exceptionally hot summer | Conti-Service opens a branch office in Poland |
| 2004 | Massive terrorist attack in Madrid. Tsunami in eastern Asia. 250.000 victims | Conti-Service has a new Logo and a completely new internet presentation |
| 2005 | Hurricane Katrina destroyes large sections of New Orleans. John Paul II dies. 56 victims at a terrorist attack on the London Underground | CS divesting equity investments in Poland. 27/12: Conti-Service makes transports to Sibiria and delivers them on time on 18.01. The length of route amounts to 11.000 km! |
| 2006 | The roof of an ice arena collapsed in Bad Reichenhall. World Soccer Championship in Germany – it´s the “summer fairy tale”. Germany only narrowly escapes a terroristic attack, because of failed suitcasebomb. Saddam Hussein is being executed | 20th anniversary. Freight rates to eastern europe incresase, because of an extreme shortage of cargo hold and high demand |
| 2007 | Boriz Jelzin dies. Terroristic attack on Bhutto – Prime Minister of pakistan. G8 Summit Heiligendamm. Bulgaria und Romania join the EU. Slovenia receives the EURO. Sarkozy is elected President of France | high sales for paper and high value transports. Conti-Service tries to find a new and suitable location for the office |
| 2008 | Medwedew is new elected President of Russia. Obama wins in the United States. Global financial crisis triggered by the bankruptcy of the Lehman Brothers bank | CS Conti-Service relocated after 22 years to the “Störtebekerhaus”. |
| 2009 | Economic depression! The favorite word of the year is “Abwrackprämie” ( scrapping bonus). Many people buy new cars Michael Jackson dies. The outbreak of swine flu | CS Conti-Service absolves 4th TÜV-audit. Plans about a project for motorbike-transports for hoilday are getting ready. |
| 2010 | Earthquake in Haiti – 230.000 victims. Coldest Dezember for 100 years. Biggest oil spill catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico | CS Conti-Service absolves the 5th TÜV-audit. transports to CIS increase |
| 2011 | Catastrophic accident at Fukoshima nuclear power plant. EHEC epidemic in Europe breaks out. Almost 90 people have been killed randomly at an unbelievable massacre in Norway. Economic crisis first hits Greece and then infects the entire Euro zone. The economy remains stagnant. Northern Africa revolts. Gaddafi will be overthrown. Mubarak is put on trial. Osama bin Laden is shot in Pakistan | Conti-Service is approved as a regulated agent by German FAA. Freightrates are under pressure. 25th anniversary! |
| 2012 | Never ending crisis in Greece. Civil war in Syria. Hurricane Sandy hit New York | Begin of dealing with Siberia transports. Conti-Service have passed verification as a regulated agent by German FAA. Rivalry in the euopean marketplace is constantly growing |
| 2013 | Ongoing civil war in Syria. Snowden publishes the bugging affair. Typhoon Hayan destroys large parts of the Phillipines | Croatia becomes 28th member of the EU. The eastern Europe transport market still struggles |
| 2014 | Krim has been annexed by Russia. Russian separatists are fighting against Ukrainian troops. ISIS raids Kurdish towns. Ebola-Virus in western Afrika. Germany wins the football World Cup | The Russian traffic again comes to a standstill during the course of the boycott by the EU. Mr Leineweber is leaving the company. Lando GmbH Essen is new holder. 01/12/2014: Conti-Service relocates to Wendenstr. 309, 20537 Hamburg |
| 2015 | Wave of refugees in Germany. Trade boycott agains Russia. Suicide of a German Wings pilot. Volkswagens “Waste Gas Affair”. | Conti-Service intensifies activities in Turkey und Eurasia. CS modernises the IT-Hardware from all out |
| 2016 | Drama in Aleppo-Syria. First terroristic attacks in Germany. Donald Trump wins the US election. Kosovo is represented at the Olympic Games for the first time. Coup in Turkey | Conti-Service buys all shares from Lando back. The company is now in total family ownership by Peter Körner (75%) und Konstantin Körner (25%). New modern Homepage. Conti-Service expands its operations in Eurasia. The ISO-certificate has been continued with one year again. |
| 2017 | The building of the Elbphilarmonie concert hall opens. Former chancellor Helmut Kohl dies in the age 87 years. Brexit – Greatbritain initiate the exit of the European Union | Big increases in Central Asia and Russia, as well as big increases in special transport business in whole Eurasia. Because of transitions in German FFA, Conti-Service does not need the to be regulated agent anymore. First meeting about opening a subsidiary firm in St Petersburg . |
| 2018 | After 65 years of silence, North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae In shake hands at the border. In the jungle of Guatemala a huge Mayan city is discovered. | Foundation of Conti-Service International Forwarding in St. Petersburg. The CIS market continues to grow. Additional winnings from tenders for Belarus, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. |
| 2019 | Demonstrations for a better environmental policy are taking place under the banner of “Fridays for Future”. Angela Merkel gives up her party leadership after 18 years (2000-2018). Turkey launches military offensive in northern Syria. Germany celebrates 30 years of reunification. | Konstantin Körner becomes managing director. Alexander Schmidt becomes new Shareholder and authorized representative. Conti-Service is driving wind power projects to Russia and can greatly expand its special transport division. |