News: July 2009

Five container transporters formed Truck Load Match

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 %.

Volvo: the record truck order in India

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

Vijay Leasing Company in Hyderabad, India is the company purchasing 125 Volvo FM trucks. The trucks will be delivered in the summer of 2009 for use in coal and steel mines in southern India. Vijay Leasing Company already owns 108 Volvo trucks. In Volvo Trucks' full ten-year presence in India, this is the largest order ever and a milestone, according to Pär Östberg, member of Volvo's Group Executive Management and President of Trucks Asia. There are a total of 5,500 Volvo trucks in India, which is the world's fourth largest truck market.

Schenker group reorganises in Spain

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.

A safe driving solution from Renault Trucks

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).

These three systems are contained in a single unit placed on the dashboard, connected up to the truck’s speaker system and to a sensor stuck to the windscreen. This easy-to-use aid details and graphically illustrates the sound alerts mentioned above. It is already available for the Premium Long Distance range and for the Magnum as of the first half of 2009.