MSC India has achieved a milestone in its project cargo shipping solutions, with the loading of a 140-ton transformer on MSC Regina from the port of Mundra, the company announced yesterday. MSC India sees the record-breaking heavy lifting as evidence that the company is now ready to cater to the heavy cargo category on container ships.

MSC India’s heaviest ever breakbulk parcel opens new doors for the company

Although the sales revenue of Hungarian logistics company Waberer's increased significantly in the first half of 2022, its net income decreased significantly according to the group's latest financial report. When assessing the results, the company's CEO said that recruiting drivers from India could be a long-term solution for the company that provides it with a competitive advantage.

Waberer’s 2022 sales revenue up significantly, but net income drops

Maersk is acquiring the Martin Bencher Group, a Denmark-based firm specialising in non-containerised project logistics. The shipping giant has also announced the launch of a new product today named ‘Maersk Project Logistics'.

Maersk takes over project logistics company and launches new product

Inflation, weakening demand, social instability and the war in Ukraine are leading to tumultuous developments in road freight prices, reveals the Ti -Upply -IRU Road Freight Rate Benchmark for Q2 2022. For the first time, this edition offers separate analysis of the evolution of spot and contract rates.

Contract road freight rate index reaches an all-time high in Q2, says latest analysis

German and Czech road transport associations have lodged formal complaints to the European Commission regarding the night driving ban in Tyrol. They argue the measure is unnecessary, prevents the free movement of goods, and increases air pollution.

German and Czech hauliers lodge formal complaint against Tyrol to EU Commission

The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK – CILT(UK) – has revealed its Top 30 UK Logistics Service Providers for 2022. DHL, DPD, GXO, Wincanton and Kuehne + Nagel took the Top 5 spots this year.

CILT names DHL, DPD and GXO as UK’s top logistics providers

Next year, the logistics service provider Dachser will put a 27-ton Hyundai Xcient truck on the road in Magdeburg, Germany. The zero-emission truck will be used for regional distribution as well as regular scheduled nighttime services to Berlin. Another hydrogen fuel-cell truck, the 19-ton Enginius Bluepower, will start making deliveries for Dachser to Hamburg’s city centre in mid-2023.

Dachser to put its first hydrogen trucks into service in 2023

Thirty two European rail companies and organisations have signed a declaration to support the reconstruction of railways in Ukraine. The declaration has been sent to the leaders of the Council of the EU, the European Parliament and the European Commission, hoping the proposals will now find top-level EU support to ensure they can be realised.

32 European rail companies support Ukraine’s railway reconstruction

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Spain has approved a law for the transport sector that aims to prevent hauliers from working at a loss. The implementation of the measure means road transport firms will be able to apply for more direct state aid to cover increasing fuel costs.</span>

€1,250 per HGV – Spain offers more financial and legal support for hauliers

Despite a haulier downloading all the data from its tachographs, it was fined over €2,000 by the Dutch transport inspectorate for not providing enough data when requested. As it turned out, an error occurred somewhere in the process of the data being transferred from the company computer to the inspector's device, resulting in incomplete data being available to the supervisor.

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