In a nutshell, “clean, smarter logistics” is one of the strategic goals set by the South Tyrolean logistics provider Fercam AG for 2019. The international family-owned company is gradually replacing its diesel fleet with 460 hp LNG vehicles to increase sustainability in transport. First, 12 Iveco Stralis with LNG propulsion will be operated in shuttle…
Hegelmann Transporte Group, is expanding its fleet with 540 DAF XF 480 Super Space Cab. The tractor units will be supplied to the south German company on a programmed delivery throughout 2019 and 2020. It is the third large order in quick succession for DAF Trucks, following orders for 400 trucks from waste-to-product company Renewi…
Smart Chain LLP has been unveiled as the lead partner for the Supply Chain Conference which takes place in London on 19th and 20th March. The conference will feature speakers from some of the world’s leading supply chains including: Procter & Gamble, HP, Heineken, John Lewis, Shell, and Pentland Brands. SmartChain is a company of…
Nach fast 24 Jahren an der Spitze der LGI Logistics Group International GmbH kündigt der Vorsitzende der Geschäftsführung Andreas Bunz seinen Rücktritt im Spätsommer 2019 an. „Ich habe mich aus persönlichen Gründen entschieden, die Verantwortung für LGI abzugeben“, sagt Bunz. Nachfolger wird Bernd Schwenger, der aktuell bei LGI für die Geschäftsbereiche Automotive und Electronics verantwortlich…
Since its foundation in the mid-1990s, Girteka Logistics – with its headquarters in Vilnius, Lithuania – has developed into an industry leading European road transport company. Its modern fleet consists of over 5,600 trucks, 5,800 trailers and more than 13.000 employees. Based on outstanding in-service experience, Girteka Logistics has ordered a further 1,500 DAF XF…
At the Austrian Logistics Forum, representatives of well-known Austrian companies presented the goals of a worldwide, strong umbrella brand for excellent logistics services in the fields of transport, trade and technology. This should bring a higher reputation to the discipline of logistics and, moreover, give it the best minds. To put things in a nutshell…
Winning Supply Chain Excellence Awards left industry professionals “inspired”, “surprised” and “blown away” at the Hilton Park Lane on Tuesday night. Jakub Osiewacz and Amjad Chaudry from Shell said they were “blow away” by the ceremony. “Fantastic fun. I’m inspired by everything I’ve seen around me – I’ve really enjoyed it. I’m just so inspired…
Superdry, with its logistics partner Clipper, has taken the Overall Award in the 2018 Supply Chain Excellence Awards. The Award was presented at a glittering ceremony before hundred of supply chain leaders in London last night. Overall winner in the 2018 Supply Chain Excellence Awards: Superdry with Clipper Logistics Superdry fought off strong competition from…
In Austria, the first ÖBB Klimalok takes off for “100% green mobility”. Andreas Matthä, CEO of ÖBB, and Transport Minister Ing. Norbert Hofer wished the locomotive a great deal of success for the future missions at the baptism of the Vienna Main Station on 16 October. With 10,000 hp and up to 230 km /…
For Stiegl, Austria’s leading private brewery, the new E-trucks of Quehenberger Logistics are now rolling through the city of Salzburg. The zero-emission vehicles support the existing fleet of biodiesel-powered EURO-6 vehicles and two horse-drawn carriages that are in deployed around the brewery. “Electric vehicles are ideal for urban distribution traffic,” says Christian Fürstaller, CEO at…
Volkswagen is to use a new 3D printing process, named HP Metal Jet, which allows the mass production of vehicle parts for the first time. The process developed by printer manufacturer HP promises a 50-fold productivity improvement over other 3D printing methods. Volkswagen is partnering with HP and GKN Powder Technology on the project. Dr…
A total of 16 Mercedes-Benz Atego 1524s were added to the fleet of Reder Transporte. The transport company from Hörsching near Linz uses state-of-the-art vehicle technology in distribution traffic and operates the Atego across Austria. For Harald and Günther Reder as managing directors of Reder Transporte, the decisive factor for the purchase of these trucks was…
It is one of the most important milestones since the beginning of the century project Koralmbahn – the first tunnel breakthrough in the 33-kilometer-long Koralm Tunnel. For a total of 15 years, there has been onging works for the sixth-longest railway tunnel in the world virtually around the clock, and for almost exactly ten years…
Two new Mercedes-Benz Arocs 4163 8×6/4s for heavy-lift transports are joining the fleet of the family-owned company Felbermayr. The company specialising in transport, lifting technology and construction, will send the two trucks with heavy-lift special transports across Europe: each of the two Arocs SLTs can put up to 250 tonnes of total weight on the…
Ocado is to take 29 Iveco Stralis NP tractor units, which the manufacturer reckons is the largest UK order for single-fuel gas-powered trucks of any manufacturer to-date. Five of the CNG-powered trucks will go into service straight away from Ocado’s site at Dordon near Tamworth. The remaining 24 will go into operation later in the…
The international transport company Vegatrans based in Wals-Siezenheim had launched its first LNG vehicle on the occasion of the opening of the first LNG filling station in Ennshafen in September 2017. Now they continues to rely on this sustainability concept and is expanding its fleet with a further nine Iveco CNG and LNG vehicles. The…
Girteka Logistics has ordered 500 DAF XF trucks for its International FTL operations. They are part of their plan to further expand the business throughout Europe. “The majority will be put into operation between July and October 2018”, says Mindaugas Raila, Chairman of Girteka Logistics. Since its foundation in the mid-nineties Girteka Logistics – with its…
Worldwide Flight Services has introduced 12 new 18-tonne Iveco Eurocargo trucks to handle its operations at Heathrow. The Eurocargo trucks are joining a fleet of 54 and will be in operation up to 24/7 all year round. The trucks are mounted with a specialised flatbed body with impact-resistant rollers built by AMS which protect to…
Gartner’s annual Supply Chain Top 25 has identified Unilever as the top supply chain industry leader for the third year. Inditex is in second place and Cisco Systems in third. McDonald’s is no longer featured as it has been moved into the Master’s category with Apple, P&G and Amazon. 2017 results showed healthy growth, despite…
CargoServ has established itself as a major player in the railway sector with around 5 million tonnes of transport per year: about 70 trains per week operate on the transport routes to and from Linz via Passau (Germany), Breclav / Bernhardsthal (Czech Republic), Bratislava (Slovakia) as well as Tarvis (Italy). The large vehicle fleet currently…
Eine Innovation des Logistikdienstleisters LGI Logistics Group International GmbH aus Herrenberg (Baden-Württemberg) hat in diesem Jahr die Jury überzeugt. Pakadoo machte das Rennen unter acht Einreichungen für den gemeinsamen Nachhaltigkeitspreis Logistik der Bundesvereinigungen Logistik in Österreich und Deutschland. Platz zwei ging an Aldi Süd, Platz drei an Dräxlmaier. Mit Pakadoo wird erstmals ein Corporate Start-up…
Digitale Lösung für die letzte Meile: Start-up Pakadoo erhält den Nachhaltigkeitspreis Logistik 2018. Eine Innovation des Logistikdienstleisters LGI Logistics Group International GmbH aus Herrenberg (Baden-Württemberg) hat in diesem Jahr die Jury überzeugt. Pakadoo machte das Rennen unter acht Einreichungen für den gemeinsamen Nachhaltigkeitspreis Logistik der Bundesvereinigungen Logistik in Österreich und Deutschland. Platz zwei ging an Aldi…
HP has launched ‘Piazza’, a cloud-based platform that enables publishers to build a virtual warehouse for fulfilment of book orders, while holding zero inventory. “Pearson is undergoing a digital transformation to become a simpler, more efficient business and our UK book supply chain is a key part of this,” said Stephen Jones, Pearson director of…
Der multinational agierende Smartphone-Zulieferer Foxconn http://www.foxconn.com hat trotz steigender Umsätze im abgelaufenen Geschäftsjahr 2017 Verluste von mehr als einer halben Mrd. Dollar erwirtschaftet. Für das desaströse Ergebnis ist insbesondere die Handy-Sparte des Unternehmens, FIH Mobile, verantwortlich. Konkret beläuft sich das Minus auf bis zu 525 Mio. Dollar. Zum Vergleich: 2016 hatte Foxconn noch einen Gewinn…
At Prangl GesmbH trucks from Volvo Trucks enjoy a high status. “Our fleet of heavy-duty tractors consists to a large extent of vehicles of the Swedish truck brand,” says Managing Director Mag. Christian Prangl. In the last 12 months, the family-owned company has acquired 32 new Volvo Trucks. Specifically, these are vehicles in eleven different…
Palletways is moving to contract hire vehicles for its owned transport operations with an order for 67 trucks from Mercedes Benz. The company’s owned operations traditionally spot-hired a substantial number of its vehicles but has taken a strategic decision to increase the proportion of its fleet which is the subject of longer-term arrangements. The new…
LGI Logistics Group International GmbH has won another major customer. Starting in the summer of 2018, it will control parts of European distribution for many Panasonic products, especially in consumer electronics, as the company announces in a press release. “LGI offers a one stop shop logistics approach focused on our needs, enabling us to serve our…
Die LGI Logistics Group International GmbH hat einen weiteren bedeutenden Kunden gewonnen. Man werde ab Sommer 2018 Teile der europäischen Distribution für viele Panasonic-Produkte, vor allem aus der Unterhaltungselektronik, steuern, gibt das Unternehmen in einer Pressemitteilung bekannt. „LGI bietet einen auf unsere Bedürfnisse fokussierten Logistikansatz aus einer Hand, der es uns ermöglicht, unsere eigenen Kunden…
The HHLA intermodal subsidiary Metrans is expanding its own traction fleet. This means that more and more Metrans locomotives are pulling container trains through Europe. Metrans will pursue its strategy by adding ten further locomotives to its fleet, beginning in the first quarter of 2018. The locomotives are Bombardier TRAXX F140MS models (class 186). This…
After renovation and repair work, the Port of Vienna’s icebreaker ship “MS Eisvogel” has returned to its home base in the port of Freudenau. The extensive work on the ship was needed after a smoldering fire at the beginning of the year, which had caused extensive damage to the icebreaker. On November 8, the refurbished “MS…
