02/17/2023 - Safety is always a top priority when transporting goods - especially when hazardous goods are being handled. For this reason, there are numerous important regulations for tank containers, which concern the inspection of safety-relevant aspects. For example, according to the regulations of the International Convention for Safe Containers, an intermediate inspection must be carried out every 2.5 years and a periodic inspection every 5 years.

The workshop team of Dinges Logistics carries out these inspections of containers as an approved partner of Bureau Veritas, the leading company for testing, inspection, and certification. In this context, a very positive conclusion has now been drawn for the past year - in the workshop of Dinges Logistics, a total of approximately 400 inspections of tank containers were carried out in 2022. This figure has increased sharply compared to the previous year and is attributable to the growth in capacity, which resulted primarily from the opening of another site and the associated expansion of the workshop.

Basically, all services of the workshop are not only used by the company's own fleet, but are also available to the customers of Dinges Logistics. In addition to the previously mentioned container inspections, the workshop team also provides the complete portfolio of maintenance, repair, and overhaul services for tractor units, tank semitrailers, chassis, and tank containers. Furthermore, the workshop is a recognized TÜV base, in which not only various tests, but also the adequate preparations for the TÜV approval are carried out. For example, the TÜV tests due twice a year, i.e. the main inspection and the safety inspection, are executed in the own workshop for the approximately 350 vehicle license plates, which are kept in the fleet of Dinges Logistics. In addition, painting work is also carried out and in order to optimize this, the company recently invested in a paint booth.

Ingo Dinges, Owner and Managing Director of Dinges Logistics, is very confident with regard to the workshop's performance. "Of course, growth always implies certain challenges, but these have been mastered well. Through our internal evaluations, we can see a consistently positive development. The team complements each other really well, with all employees bringing their individual strengths to favorable effect." The workshop is an essential part of Dinges Logistics' value-added service. It contributes significantly to the success and the future viability of the company.