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A truck has operated for the first times from China to Türkiye under the TIR customs bonding regime, reports the International Road Transport Union (IRU). The truck, loaded with automobile parts, started the operation from the Khorgos border crossing and arrived at the port of Kuryk in Kazakhstan where it boarded across the Caspian Sea to Azerbaijan, before continuing by road to Istanbul, via Georgia. The truck travelled 4,800km in ...
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International development organisation Transaid has secured funding from the Puma Energy Foundation for a new two and a half-year truck driver training project in Ghana. It supoport nationwide rollout of a new Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) driver training standard in the country. Transaid has more ...
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FedEx is launching a two week pilot of a Mercedes Benz eActros 300 electric tractor for domestic linehaul at its Parkhouse station in Stoke on Trent, paired with an existing FedEx-owned trailer. FedEx previously piloted the Mercedes-Benz Trucks eActros 300 as a rigid truck for ...
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Austrian forwarder Cargo-partner has extended its European e-truck testing program to Slovenia, following successful pilots in Austria and Slovakia. Nippon Express-owned Cargo-partner launch its European electric truck testing program as part of its ROAD (Reducing Our Atmospheric Dependencies) initiative. In Slovenia it trialling the Scania ...
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Logistics UK has called on the new Labour government to urgently sort out post-Brexit border arrangements to avoid holiday traffic-type queues become a regular occurrence.
With summer holiday traffic expected to build at Channel ports from this weekend, Logistics UK is urging Keir Starmer’s government to ...
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XPO Logistics has launched a multimodal service between Antwerp, Belgium, and Istanbul, Turkey. The 2,600km route combines road and rail, reducing transit time from ten days to eight compared to road transportation alone. It also offers customers more regular service throughout the year, even in ...
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Girteka, Europe’s largest asset-based transportation company, has appointed Nikolay Pargov as chief operating officer (COO), effective 2 September. He will spearhead a strategic transformation to increase agility and cost-efficiency to better respond to market demands and customer needs. This transformation is expected to bolster the ...
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A freight permit system for the Operation Brock queue for freight on the M20 to manage traffic in what is predicted to be a very busy summer for Dover and the Channel Tunnel. Large numbers of passengers are expected to head through Kent to Europe ...
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The Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) in Europe, Middle East and Africa has published a Driver Security Guide. It is available to download free from the industry Association’s website in 15 and discusses the supply chain security environment and associated risks. It also highlights the ...
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Danish-owned forwarding and logistics company DSV is to use green HVO diesel in its 40-vehicle London delivery fleet. It has installed an HVO fuel bunker at its Purfleet base, which is expected to contribute up to a 90% reduction in CO2 emissions. It is also ...
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