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Lightweight swapbody offers more space

France’s Modalis Group has developed a lightweight swap-body with greater interior volume rail-road freight: Designed in collaboration with the Belgian engineering firm Agesia, the unit is made from special steels and an innovative composite material that will be previewed at the  JEC World 2024 trade fair for such materials. The 45ft unit is coded as C45 L=13,710 mm x W= 2 550 mm x H= 2 900 mm), the most common ... [+]

Commission set to extend Ukraine road deal

The European Commission says it plans extend its road transport agreements with Ukraine and Moldova while updating that with Ukraine. The original agreements, signed in June 2022 and later extended until end of June 2024 give bilateral transport rights to Ukrainian, Moldovan and EU hauliers in ... [+]

Surface transport competition rules go under the microscope

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is reviewing the Rail, Road and Inland Waterway Transport Block Exemption Regulation ahead of a recommendation to government on whether to vary or revoke it. It is one of the EU block exemption regulations that were in force ... [+]

Eskesen to chair temperature campaign group

The Join the Move to –15°C Coalition, which campaigns to reset frozen food temperature standards to reduce greenhouse gases has appointed refrigerated cargo expert, Thomas Eskesen, as chair. The Coalition, which was initiated by DP World in 2023, is an industry-wide alliance that aims to redefine ... [+]

New customs gateway to speed Pall-Ex deliveries to Europe

Pall-Ex Group has launched a new streamlined European service. The network operator says it aims to minimise the stress of transporting goods across the EU, with an efficient solution for freight clearance.  The service uses a gateway to EU countries under regime 40/42, using France as ... [+]

ITAL goes direct to the Rock

Ital logistics has added direct weekly road freight groupage services to Gibraltar to its pan-European network in partnership with local freight forwarder Eastgate Express Services. The largest logistics company on the Rock, founded in 1997, Eastgate specialises in UK overland transport, as well as offering storage, ... [+]

FedEx plugs in Spain to electric network

FedEx Express Europe has received the first of a fleet of 33 new Mercedes-Benz eSprinter vans being added to ground operations in Spain over the coming months. The 3.5-tonne fully electric vehicles have been allocated to stations in Madrid and Barcelona, with 16 vehicles already picking ... [+]

New life in Uganda for British trucks

Two heavy goods vehicles from the UK are helping to train truck drivers in Zambia at the Industrial Training Centre (ITC) in Lusaka, after being donated by supporters of Transaid. The vehicles, a Scania 6x2 and a Mercedes Actros 6x2, were donated respectively by long-standing Transaid ... [+]

Haulage boss goes on the road

So determined is Mindaugas Paulauskas, managing director of Lithuanian-based Girteka Transport to find out what a typical day in the life of a truck driver entails, that he is embarking on two-week journey behind the wheel from Lithuania by way of Norway, southern Europe and ... [+]

Aramex trucks beat Red Sea blockade

Aramex is operating sea/road services using its own trucks to beat the blockade on shipping through the Red Sea. The forwarder is running trucks from Asia via Dubai, and Dammam, Saudi Arabia to connect with shipping services and from Europe to Port Said, Egypt, avoiding transiting ... [+]

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