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Dec 1, 2016

NEW MULTIMODAL TRANSIT ROUTE * Connecting Europe and Near East countries

* Tehran - First European cargo bypasses Turkey to reach Iran through Armenia
--- A maiden shipment has arrived in Iran from Germany via a multimodal transit route connecting Iran to Europe via the Black Sea, secretary of International Transport Association of Iran, Gholamhossein Amiri, announced. Plans are underway for the route to replace the one passing through Turkey... Tehran and Ankara have been grappling with a longstanding transit dispute, arising from different fuel prices in the two neighboring countries. The issue led the government to take measures, such as charging Turkish trucks a fee to compensate the considerably low fuel prices in Iran to sealing the Turkish trucks’ fuel tanks at the Bazargan-Dogubayazit border crossing... The common border has frequently been the scene of traffic congestion with transit trucks queuing at the border in lines reaching 15 kilometers at times... Recent negotiations with Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Bulgaria, Italy and Greece have centered around a transit corridor involving Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, the Black Sea, Bulgaria, Greece and Italy... According to Amiri, an agreement has been signed by Iran, Armenia and Georgia regarding implementation of the corridor... Trucks are shipped by roll-on/roll-off ships from Georgia to Bulgaria across the Black Sea. The same method can also be used for trucks shipping goods from Greece’s southern ports to Italy using the Mediterranean Sea... 
Teheran, Iran - The Financial Tribute/MASSISPOST (UK) - November 23, 2016

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Jun 13, 2015

TRUCKER STORIES * UK: 'I’m a trucker not an immigration officer'

* France - Calais, home to makeshift camps of thousands of migrants hoping to cross the border into the UK

   (Reporter, Victoria Derbyshire programme on BBC Two and BBC News Channel- Jun 10, 2015Lorry drivers passing through Calais, northern France, say they are now taking on the role of amateur immigration officer, as they struggle to keep would-be asylum seekers from gaining entry to the UK in their vehicles) 

 -- Lorry drivers have long been attracted to the job by the freedom of the road. But some say that in Calais, northern France, they are now taking on the role of amateur immigration officer. I spent three days with those travelling through the port town... "I opened the door with another driver and I had six adults and a baby in the trailer," Euan Fleming tells me... At a diesel stop in Calais - home to makeshift camps of thousands of migrants hoping to cross the border into the UK - he checks the padlock on the back of his huge lorry. It's intact this time, but he tells me about a recent occasion when it wasn't... "I'm a dad, I've got two kids - a five-year-old and a three-year-old - and this mum [in the trailer] had nothing with her. No bags, no packages, no nothing" ... He and his colleague told them all to get out. Euan didn't ask where they came from, but says he's often wondered if they ever made it to the UK... But Euan tells me he doesn't feel like those in charge of UK immigration really have a clue what is happening on the ground... "I would challenge the immigration minister to come and sit in my truck where you have sat and witness what we have witnessed. I would love to hear his solution"...
London, EN, UK - BBC News, by Catrin Nye - 10 June 2015

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May 23, 2015

TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * Europe: UK's Palletways

* UK - Palletways to expand trucking service to Eastern Europe

-- A significant increase in pan-European shipment volumes is fueling expansion for Palletways, a U.K.-based network of truck operators specializing in palletized freight... Palletized shipments between markets in Europe increased 35 percent last year, and Palletways said it expects volume to grow 50 percent over the next 12 months... Palletways is a network of more than 300 trucking companies, founded in the U.K. in 1994, that as a network handle what in the U.S. would be called less-than-truckload freight. The group now has 12 terminals in 13 countries, and delivers freight from Portugal to Slovakia and Denmark. Palletways now plans to move further into Eastern Europe... In a May 19 statement, the group said it is looking at extending services into Switzerland and six Eastern European countries, as well as completing a bigger hub in Germany... Starting in June, Palletways will expand into Poland and Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania, according to SHD Logistics, a U.K.-based supply chain publication... Palletways is one of several groups formed by hundreds of trucking companies handling palletized freight for shippers throughout Europe. Among its competitors are Palletforce, Eurodis, and Norbert Dentressangle’s Red Europe service...
Fradley Park, Lichfield, Staffordshire, UK - JOC by William B. Cassidy - May 20, 2015

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Aug 29, 2013

TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * Europe

* Turkey - Operational leasing set to increase in 

(Image by Jenna Krajeski: Trucks wait in Turkey to cross into Iraq) 
Istambul,Turkey -Fleet Europe, by Tim Harrup -26 July 2013: -- A new report by consultants Frost  and Sullivan shows that operational leasing is rapidly taking hold in the Turkish market. The company’s ‘Strategic Analysis of the Turkish Fleet Leasing Market’ predicts that sales to operational leasing companies, which were at 69,000 last year, will almost double to 123,000 by 2018. According to Frost and Sullivan’s transport analyst Hikmet çakmak, it is a combination of the ‘service’ benefits of operational leasing, and higher vehicle taxes, which is pushing fleet buyers in this direction. As in other parts of Europe, the leasing industry is also trying to reach out to SME’s with its products, which will give a further boost to the operational leasing segment. However, Hikmet çakmak also points out that there is a lack of legislation in this domain in turkey, which needs to be addressed. Restrictions on leasing LCV’s are an example of one of the problems...


* Belgium - Ecocombis pilot project in Flanders soon a reality

(Photo: écocombis test in Flandre)
Flanders,Belgium -Truck and Business, by Astrid Huyghe 22 July 2013: -- About a year ago, the Flemish government approved a decree that would allow the establishment of a pilot project in Flanders ecocombis (vehicles with a maximum length of 25m25 and a maximum weight of 60 tons)... The Flemish government has approved the project and the particular presented to the State Council for review... In this pilot project, a contractor can not perform a maximum of 10 trips with EcoCombi and that, under certain conditions. Borrowing roads off the motorway network will be limited by such a very strict way...

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Jul 5, 2013

* Europe - BORDER TROUBLES: Serbia / Croatia

* Serbia - Trucks wait up to 30 hours at crossing with Croatia

Belgrade,Serbia -B92/Tanjug -July 3, 2013: -- A 15 km-long queue of freight vehicles has formed on the Serbian side of the Batrovci border crossing with Croatia... Truck drivers are waiting up to 30 hours to cross the border, while passenger cars are moving normally... On Tuesday, 300 vehicles moved across the border... The Serbian police are calling on freight vehicles to use other crossings to exit Serbia where the traffic is unhindered until safe and smooth traffic is established at Batrovci crossing... Serbian Transportation Minister, Milutin Mrkonjić, said on Wednesday that another lane will be opened for trucks carrying perishable goods at the Batrovci border crossing with Croatia... While visiting the crossing point where a line of trucks stretching for 10 kilometers has formed on the Serbian side, the Transportation Minister, told reporters that traffic should return to normal "in around 55 hours" ... Border police commander at Batrovci, Đorđe Borđoski, told Tanjug that trucks are waiting for around 30 hours to enter Croatia and there are between 700 and 800 of them in the queue...


* Europe - CO2 emissions set for 2020

(Photo: Diesel transportation truck)
Brussels,Belgium -Truck and Business, by Dirk Steyvers -26 June 2013: -- After the car (limited to 95 g CO2/km in 2020), the European Commission passed the limitation of CO2 emissions for light trucks to 147 g CO2/km. The effort to be made by manufacturers will be high when you consider that the average emissions were 180.3 g / km in 2012. The two categories of vehicles, however, are subject to a different calendar: cars must reduce average emissions of 7 g / km per year to 4 g / km per year only on the side of vans, where ambitions are much more measured. MPs did not set a new standard for 2025 and have settled for a non cnotraignante statement suggesting a limit of between 105 and 120 g / km. Good news though: the test procedures vans will be upgraded in 2017...


* Belgium - Station non-certified weighing: the UPTR claiming reimbursement carriers

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Brussels,Belgium -Truck and Business, by Astrid Huyghe -1 July 2013: -- The Council of State agreed with the UPTR result of its work on the weighing station Jabbeke. He believes that the weighing station number 005417 located on the A18 motorway exit at Jabbeke was not approved by the Flemish Government during the period 15 October 2008 to 27 January 2011. But all weighing stations are required to be registered in two years by the FPS Economy. The UPTR therefore that all fines imposed on the measures taken by the weighing station are null and asks the Minister, Hilde Crevits, all transport companies are penalized automatically and quickly repaid...

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Apr 8, 2013

* Europe: The crisis seems amplify abusive practices on prices and payment terms

* France - Outsourcing of transport services: the abusive practices amplify 

Paris,France -The Official Carriers/WK Transport et Logistique (France), by Bruno Mouly -27 March 2013: -- In the context of crisis and fiscal pressure experienced by the road, the abusive practices amplify prices and payments in subcontracting. Carriers are struggling to use the legal tools at their disposal... 40% decrease of the partial repayment of the TICPE («Taxe Intérieure de Consommation sur les Produits Pétroliers») on diesel retroactive to July 1, 2012. The government plans to raise the taxation of the ecotax in early 2013, introducing it in October 2013 ... The clouds gather in the sky road transport of goods, an area already hard hit by the crisis which causes abnormally low prices related to an imbalanced market where supply exceeds transport demand... Even large transport companies that sign contracts real partnerships with their clients are not immune to a tightening of trade negotiations or pricing surprises. "Some shippers and forwarders large still refuse to pay the surcharge at the foot of diesel fuel bill," said Michel Mattar... Finally, in times of crisis, the terms of payment have a tendency to lie...



* Belgium - Top 100 Distributors: Turbotrucks ... obviously


Turbos Hoet from Eurofun on Vimeo.
Brussels,Belgium -Trucks and Business, by Claude Yvens -29 March 2013: -- Premiere that Top 100 distributors heavyweights in Belgium. Applying to the dealers recipe that made ​​the reputation of the top 400 carriers, this classification features not only the largest groups, but also the most beautiful progressions... With ten locations, the group Turbo's Hoet logically dominates the rankings. Behind him, the massive presence of Mercedes-Benz distributors be explained by the inability to distinguish between activities 'cars' activities 'heavyweights' in many cases... This ranking is based on the balance sheets filed with the National Bank by all companies that distribute trucks in Belgium...

 Which is the average distributor? 
 • Turnover 2011: EUR 16.689 million
 • Value: £ 1,612,000
 • Profit: € 252,000
 • Profit margin: 2.29%
 • Staff: 22.4 FTE (full time equivalent)
 • Productivity (VA / employee): 77002 EUR / pers. 
The TOP 100 is visible in this PDF...

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Jan 25, 2013

TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * Europe

* France - Eurotunnel swing record traffic for shuttle trucks in 2012

(Eurotunnel had never carried many trucks in 2012)
Paris, France -WK Transport Logistique, by Anne Kerriou -24 Jan 2013: -- Unlike the traffic of freight trains which assumes the Eurotunnel truck shuttle traffic jumped 16% in 2012. It touches 1.5 million vehicles, beating a record. Subsidiary Europorte also kept its promises... The economic crisis is not over, competition remains intense in the Channel market, but Eurotunnel is doing well. This is essentially the message of the group management. The total turnover was in fact increased by 14% in 2012, reaching 993.1 million euros... The shuttle activity generates nearly half of its revenues (478.1 M €, an increase of 16%)... The year 2012 was particularly dynamic for shuttle trucks. The number of trucks transported increased by 16%, amounting to 1,464,880 vehicles... According to Eurotunnel, the Channel truck market has been "a year of recovery (+2.5%)," while the remaining 10% below the 2007 level...
* France - Transport of live animals should not last more than 8 hours by the European Parliament

(The number of pigs has increased by 70% between 2005 and 2009) 
Strasbourg,France -WK Transport et Logistique, by Louis Guarino -18 Jan 2013: -- MEPs passed a resolution supported by the animal welfare lobby to limit the duration of the transport of live animals. The question of European harmonization remains raised... This is a resolution that passed almost unnoticed in Strasbourg but that should be talked about in the coming months... The European Commission should submit a report to MEPs to revise regulations on the protection of animals during transport...


* France - Deret group continues to build on its fleet of electric trucks

(Electric vehicles are also used as advertising media) 
Paris,France -WK Transport et Logistique -23 Jan 2013: -- Deret continues to expand its fleet of electric trucks and put on deliveries in town. After an experience in Nantes for teaching Weldom, it will test the early 2013 Maxity electric 4.5t to Paris... The group operates Deret the first fleet of electric trucks in France, with 52 service vehicles (Modec 5.5 t GVW and Smith 10 t and 12 t) for deliveries in the city center... The lack of noise makes the difference Deret announces operating cost of the fleet from 15% to 20% higher than it would be if the vehicles were heat (with a recharge of 24 hours per week at a minimum, to a maximum range of 128 km observed). The group will, in early 2013, test the electrical Maxity 4.5 t (designed with PVI) in Paris...

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Sep 1, 2011

TRUCKING INDUSTRY * Europe - Tripartite Eurovignette agreement:

Under 12 tonnes category partially exempt

Brussels,Belgium -TruckEurope, by Claude Yvens -24 May 2011: -- An agreement has just been reached between the three main European bodies (Commission, Council and Parliament) on the Eurovignette dossier... The tripartite agreement adds a few modifications to this report. The principal one of these involves the possibility of leaving it open to member states to exempt vehicles of under 12 tonnes from the future taxes, whereas the report included all vehicles of over 3.5 tonnes... The period during which the least polluting (Euro 6) vehicles will be exempt from the ‘external costs’ element is increased from three to four years... Taxes will be able to vary according to the time of day in order to reflect external costs allied to congestion, within a proportion of 175% (the El Khadraoui report recommended 200 %) for a period of five hours instead of eight... (Picture by Pureline: Norway telemark Porsgrunn Langange)

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Dec 21, 2009

TRUCKING INDUSTRY * Europe - Deutsche-Post DHL said to be selling French domestic business


Paris,France -TI, by Thomas Cullen -21 Dec 2009: -- Unconfirmed reports have appeared in the French press suggesting that Deutsche Post-DHL has agreed to sell its French domestic DHL Express business to the French investment company Caravelle. According to various reports, the deal has yet to be formally approved by the DP-DHL management board. The value of the deal is also unclear with suggestions that Caravelle plans to pay between $200m and $300m for DHL France. Deutsche-Post DHL has, as yet, made no statement... DHL Express in France is believed to be experiencing continuing losses at its French business, possibly running into tens of millions of euros per year... French based Caravelle is a specialist in turning loss making companies around, looking to make investments in the region of €300-400m... The reception of the news of the DHL sale amongst the workforce was one of an expectation of job losses. However, again it is unclear what Caravelle's management approach will be although it is suggested that the company has a record of working closely with the trade unions... (Photo from arabiansupplychain: DHL package delivery)

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Nov 21, 2007

TRUCKING INDUSTRY * EUROPE - A Kögel Big-MAXX to take away

One in eight trucks could be taken off Europe's roads if Kögel's Big-MAXX semi-trailer is accepted by EU member states

Germany -Road Transport -21 November 2007: -- ... Germany is two years into a six-year trial, which sees 300 of these longer trailers in operation with 50 hauliers. "There is absolutely no reason why this concept can't be rolled out across Europe, including the UK," says a Kögel spokesman... The Big-MAXX is simply a regular semi-trailer, but 130cm longer than the norm. The rear overhang is 100cm greater than usual, while the wheelbase has been extended by 30cm. This increases the overall length of the truck from 16.5m to 17.8m. In terms of capacity, it results in an extra 8% to 10%, increasing the number of Euro-pallets carried from 33 to 36... (More info, see below: 18 Nov 07: "TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * UK: Could Kogel's super-size trailers come to UK?")


* Holland - Thomas van Mourik brings together Baylis and Culina
Market Drayton,Shropshire,UK -Transport Intelligence/Management by Andrew Brown/Road Transport -November 20, 2007: -- Thomas van Mourik is one of the most interesting, dynamic and successful people in the industry. He built up Culina Logistics distributing chilled food for its owner, Muller, the German food giant... Now Theo Müller has purchased Baylis through his Luxembourg investment trust. So from January the Müller and Baylis will be one company with a £125 million turnover, and 250 trucks and 550 trailers... More importantly the new operation will bring together the chilled operation from Culina with the ambient offering from Baylis... Or as Thomas puts it “Our aim is to be the UK’s leading food and drink logistics specialist"... The Dutchman is clearly highly rated by Muller, one of the richest people in Europe. Thomas is a tough, determined, clever and highly successful operator. This is a bold move, as one would expect from Muller and van Mourik...

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