News: 2009

Five companies specializing in container transport around the port of Rotterdam have created a common company under the name of Truck Load Match. The five partners are Van den Bogerd, GTO, JGT, Van der Most and G. van der Heijden & Zn., which each own 20 % of the capital. The principal objective of this collaboration is the reduction in empty journeys, common in container transport. According to Bert van der Heijden, one of the project’s founders, the use of a common planning platform will enable these to be reduced by 30 %.

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Volvo Trucks in India has secured an order for 125 trucks. It is the company’s largest order since being established in the country.

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With a concern to respond to the constraints of the market, German group Schenker, European leader in logistics, is restructuring its services in Spain. This restructuring, which began at the beginning of the year, involves the merger of Schenker Logistics España S.L. and Schenker Industrial Logistics Iberica to form Schenker High Tech Logistics, with headquarters in Madrid. This reorganization is considered by the management of Schenker to be necessary in order to respond to the specific needs of its international clients.

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Renault Trucks has always been committed to road safety, and now offers its customers a safe driving solution. Using a single unit, the driver can now receive alerts in case of unintentional lane changes (the LDW system - Lane Departure Warning), failure to respect braking distances (the HMW system - Headway Monitoring & Warning) and risks of imminent collision (the FCW system - Forward Collision Warning).

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