Trumpf finds a way around container export disruption

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Trumpf has moved 49 pieces of laser-cutting machinery and associated parts to the US by chartering its own vessel between Hamburg and New York

Trumpf has become one of the first German industrial companies to charter its own deep-sea container ship to move laser-cutting machines to the US. The company made the move to overcome congestion and delays in the container shipping sector.

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