
Transportation management system
Integrated management of order, fleet and driver
Doll + Leiber will be showcasing its software solutions for the courier industry at CEP together near Frankfurt, the trade fair for courier services.

Transportation management system
Doll + Leiber will be showcasing its software solutions for the courier industry at CEP together near Frankfurt, the trade fair for courier services.

With the all-electric eActros truck, Mercedes-Benz Trucks is demonstrating that heavy-duty distribution transport in the Murg Valley is already possible today with zero local emissions and low noise levels.

On February 19, Volvo Trucks handed over its first all-electric vehicles to customers.

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (VWN) has made a successful start to the new year: In January, the brand handed over 39,500 vehicles to customers worldwide.

Fleetboard is strengthening its market position with two steps: the integration into Mercedes-Benz Trucks and the acquisition of the habbl logistics application and the team behind it.

Hermes Germany is rising to the urban challenge and using the MovR cargo bikes from Rytle GmbH in Bremen.

On February 6, Dr. Bernard Krone and Bernard Krone presented Uwe Seeler with a cheque for 10,000 euros for the Uwe Seeler Foundation.

More and more quiet freight wagons are in use on German railways. DB Cargo in Cologne has now equipped its 50,500 wagons with noise-reducing LL composite soles.

33 million euros for research center
French commercial vehicle manufacturer Renault Trucks is building a new research and development center in St. Priest near Lyon. The large-scale project covering 11,300 square meters is scheduled for completion in the first half of 2021.

A fully digitized supply chain is becoming increasingly important for logistics companies. At LogiMAT, the leading provider of operational logistics software will be presenting the latest version of its cadis software.

The Jost Group wants to replace more than a third of its fleet with clean methane vehicles by 2020. The company is relying on Iveco for this.

An Airbus A 320 flying low through Germany at night: a spectacular heavy haulage operation with an Actros SLT heavy-duty tractor unit from Mercedes-Benz drove through Germany and attracted a great deal of attention everywhere it went.

The 25,000th truck delivered by MAN Truck & Bus Deutschland in 2018 went to Reinfelder Transporte, Dettelbach.

Daimler has trimmed its best-selling Actros model for the future. Camera exterior mirrors, a digital cockpit, electro-hydraulic steering and the first semi-autonomous driving mode in a heavy truck make the flagship fit for the future. Can analog drivers still keep up?

Christian Sulser takes over the position of Business Director for the German and Swiss markets at Iveco Magirus. He succeeds Sönke Weichenthal.

Roll-out in the central warehouse
Würth Industrie Service introduces time slot management at its Bad Mergentheim site. From January, the web-based SLOT system from the software company Cargoclix will be in use there to optimize the supply control for the C-Parts range.

Daimler Trucks recorded one of the best sales years in its history in 2018. With well over 500,000 trucks, the company achieved its highest sales level in 10 years. After just eleven months, the company's deliveries in 2018 were already 11 percent above the previous year's level.

DAF Trucks delivered the first fully electric truck to the Dutch supermarket chain Jumbo in the middle of the month.

As part of a consortium, Scania wants to drive forward the large-scale market launch of gas-powered trucks in Europe. The BioLNG EuroNet consortium aims to promote the Europe-wide use of LNG (liquefied natural gas) in road freight transport.

Renault's new distribution models
Renault Trucks launches the 2019 version of the Renault Trucks D and D Wide distribution vehicles. New engines meeting the Euro 6 D emissions standard and improved aerodynamics enable a reduction in fuel consumption of up to 7 percent.