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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”.

25. July 2017 / Reading time: ~ 1 Min.
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Reduced downward margin

[Oil prices were unable to maintain the high level they presented at the beginning of the year, of well above USD 50 per barrel. Accordingly, diesel prices are also most ten percent lower than those quoted during the winter.

8. June 2017 / Reading time: ~ 1 Min.
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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).

30. May 2017 / Reading time: ~ 1 Min.
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Decidedly undecided

[Results of the Freight Connections survey on the effects of banning diesel engines in cities.

23. May 2017 / Reading time: ~ 0 Min.
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Recipe for growth

[To promote road transport around the world – that is the subject of the guide the World Bank presented at the International Road Transport Union (IRU) in Marrakech.

9. May 2017 / Reading time: ~ 2 Min.
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Are you ready for industry 4.0?

[Job skills are changing rapidly as automation advances across almost every area of industry. What skills will people need as business embraces the fourth industrial revolution?

27. April 2017 / Reading time: ~ 2 Min.
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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.

25. April 2017 / Reading time: ~ 1 Min.
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All facts at a glance?

[In its Logistics Performance Index (LPI), the World Bank ranks 160 states according to different logistics criteria – including the “ability to track and trace consignments”.

20. April 2017 / Reading time: ~ 0 Min.