About VerkehrsRundschau

VerkehrsRundschau

VerkehrsRundschau is the German trade magazine for freight transport and logistics, the Fachmagazin für Güterverkehr und Logistik the infobox describes, published by the Verlag Heinrich Vogel of the Tecvia publishing group in Munich. Founded in October 1946 by the publisher Heinrich Vogel, the Im Oktober 1946 brachte der Verleger Heinrich Vogel die erste Ausgabe heraus the history records, the magazine has covered all transport modes — road freight, rail freight, inland shipping, sea shipping, and air freight — for nearly eight decades. Appearing 17 times a year, the 17 Ausgaben pro Jahr the infobox records, the brand extends beyond the print magazine to the online portal, daily newsletter, VR plus professional portal, e-paper, podcast, event academy, webinars, special publications, and book program.

Overview

The every-second-Friday rhythm gives the freight transport industry its regular trade briefing: the 17 print issues per year, with the daily newsletter's news flow and the online portal's continuous coverage. The 79th volume year in 2025 documents the magazine's near-eight-decade continuity.

The all-transport-modes scope defines the editorial program: the Güterkraftverkehr, Schienengüterverkehr, Binnenschifffahrt, Seeschifffahrt, and Luftfracht coverage that the trade magazine carries. The logistics, shipping industry, politics, law and taxes, management, markets, companies, IT and communication, and warehousing and transshipment sections structure the fortnightly issues.

The decision-maker readership gives the magazine its B2B authority: the owners, CEOs, and executive staff of the logistics providers, the transport logistics decision-makers in the transport economy and industry, and the TÜV Süd clients. The 77 percent of the interviewed from the logistics sector or industry and trade documents the readership's professional concentration.

The Verkehrsrundschau, in its own spelling VerkehrsRundschau, the Eigenschreibweise VerkehrsRundschau the article records, formerly Verkehrs-Rundschau, is a trade magazine for freight transport and logistics of the Verlag Heinrich Vogel from the Tecvia specialist publishing group. The magazine covers topics of all transport modes, the Themen aller Verkehrsträger the article describes, i.e., road freight transport, rail freight transport, inland shipping, sea shipping, and air freight.

The brand also includes an internet presence, a daily newsletter, an event academy, special publications, a book program, and the online professional portal verkehrsrundschau-plus.de, the Zur Marke gehören the article lists. The 2025 media data's short facts record 17 issues per year, the 79th year in 2025, the 79. year 2025, and the Munich publishing house at Aschauer Strasse 30, 81549 Munich.

The magazine reports every second Friday, the Jeden zweiten Freitag the media data states, in its print edition on logistics, the shipping industry, politics, law and taxes, management, markets, companies, IT and communication, and warehousing and transshipment. Regular specials address particularly relevant topics, the regelmäßig Specials; the editorial offering is rounded off by information on new technical developments, independent vehicle tests, the unabhängige Fahrzeugtests, and service information for the daily business.

History

The October 1946 founding places the magazine in the immediate post-war German press landscape: Heinrich Vogel's first Verkehrsrundschau issue appearing just 17 months after the war's end, serving the freight transport industry's reconstruction. The Robert Vogel Foundation's history records the founding.

The Verlag Heinrich Vogel's evolution into the Tecvia group marks the specialist publisher's consolidation: the Munich-based Fachverlagsgruppe Tecvia with the Aschauer Strasse 30 publishing house. The 2025 media data's Tecvia GmbH publishing house record documents the corporate structure.

The brand's multimedia expansion traces the trade press's 21st-century transformation: from the fortnightly print magazine to the daily newsletter, the verkehrsrundschau-plus.de professional portal, the podcast, the webinars, the event academy, and the book program. The 17-issues-per-year rhythm balances the print tradition with the digital continuous coverage.

In October 1946, the publisher Heinrich Vogel brought out the first issue of the Verkehrsrundschau, the Erstausgabe 1946 the infobox records. The post-war founding places the magazine in the German transport industry's reconstruction: the trade magazine for the freight forwarders, hauliers, and logistics companies rebuilding the country's goods transport.

The Verlag Heinrich Vogel's growth into the Tecvia specialist publishing group gave the magazine its modern media-group infrastructure. The 79th volume year in 2025 documents the continuous publication since 1946. The brand's expansion from the print magazine to the online portal, the VR plus professional portal, the podcast, and the event academy traces the trade press's digital transformation.

Coverage and Content

The road freight journalism is the magazine's core: the Güterkraftverkehr coverage with the haulier industry's regulatory developments, the toll and driving-time rules, and the independent vehicle tests. The rail freight journalism covers the Schienengüterverkehr's track price disputes, with the 2027 Deutsche Bahn court ruling's industry impact.

The shipping journalism addresses the waterborne freight: the Binnenschifffahrt's inland navigation and the Seeschifffahrt's maritime logistics, with the Gulf oil exports' return to pre-war levels. The air freight journalism covers the Luftfracht's cargo markets. The warehousing and transshipment reporting serves the Lager und Umschlag professionals.

The sustainability journalism reflects the industry's transformation: the CO2 transparency podcast's emission-reduction decision factors, with the cost pressure and climate protection requirements. The pharma logistics joint venture's narcotics and medical cannabis focus shows the specialized logistics coverage. The Munich mobility center's automated traffic systems integration documents the future-transport reporting.

VerkehrsRundschau covers the freight transport and logistics' full spectrum: the logistics reporting, the shipping industry coverage, the politics, law, and tax journalism, the management features, the market analyses, the company portraits, the IT and communication coverage, and the warehousing and transshipment reporting. The every-second-Friday print rhythm keeps the transport industry current.

The current-affairs journalism serves the logistics decision-makers: the 2026 podcast's CO2 transparency in transport logistics, the 2027 track price court ruling for Deutsche Bahn, the LOXXESS-MSK pharma logistics joint venture, and the Thalia omni-channel hub's automated logistics. The independent vehicle tests give the hauliers the practical purchasing guidance.

The professional collaboration with the associations, the Verbänden, politics, and other authoritative organizations, combined with the independence as the highest good, the Unabhängigkeit als höchstes Gut, makes the VerkehrsRundschau the ideal platform for knowledge transfer at the highest level. The readers are owners, CEOs, and executive staff of logistics providers, the Owners, CEOs, executive staff of logistics providers the media data names, and transport logistics decision-makers in the transport economy and industry.

Organization and Ownership

VerkehrsRundschau is published by the Verlag Heinrich Vogel, the PUBLISHING HOUSE the media data names, part of the Tecvia GmbH specialist publishing group in Munich. The chief editor is Gerhard Grünig, the CHIEF EDITOR the media data lists; the deputy chief editor is Fabian Faehrmann. The journal's ISSN is 0341-2148, the ISSN 0341-2148, with the web presence at www.verkehrsrundschau.de, the WEB ADDRESS.

Current editorial team details beyond the leadership are not publicly confirmed in the sources reviewed.

Digital Presence

Verkehrsrundschau.de is the magazine's digital home, the www.verkehrsrundschau.de the media data lists, with the daily news, the issue archive, and the subscription services. The daily newsletter, the täglicher Newsletter the article lists, gives the readers the transport industry's news flow; the verkehrsrundschau-plus.de online professional portal, the Online-Profi-Portal, serves the paying professionals. The VerkehrsRundschau podcast addresses the current topics like CO2 transparency.

The brand's social media presence spans Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Xing, the Social media the media data lists. The event academy's webinars and the book program extend the brand beyond journalism. The e-paper and the magazine archive, the Epaper and Magazine archive the media data lists, give the digital readers the full publication history.