[During the first half of 2017, the numbers of new heavy goods vehicles (HGV) in Europe grew by just 2,2 %, compared with the relevant timeframe 2016.
Author: Sonja Terbrüggen
Knowledge means quality
[In its Logistics Performance Index (LPI), the World Bank surveyed the logistics industries of 160 states. It examined a plethora of different logistics criteria – including the “competence and quality of logistics services”.
Wicked features!
[Saloodo!, the digital freight exchange from DHL launched in January 2017, brings consignors and freight forwarders together on a single platform and is fully on the road to success: 4,900 transport companies are already signed up to offer customers services in 17 countries (as of May 2017).
Standstill is not an option
[The heads of state and government of the G20 countries have met in Hamburg. A major point of discussion at the summit was the issue of protectionism, which we actually thought had been overcome...
Significant gains in March
[Comparing the figures from December 2016 and the same month in the year before, the heavy truck registrations within the European Union grew by 16.1 percent. The country with the most gain is Italy (+ 200 percent).
Decidedly undecided
[Results of the Freight Connections survey on the effects of banning diesel engines in cities.
Update on DHL Freight Network
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Spoiler: A look at the future
[What is that, a submarine, an UFO? No, it is a revolutionary concept for a future truck or bus.
Full steam ahead
[Compared to the beginning of last year, the European transport market made a strong start in 2017, as current figures from the TimoCom transport barometer leave in no doubt.