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“The federal government is ripping off properly”
Berlin The transport industry is mobilizing against the federal government’s plans to make road freight transport significantly more expensive. “We expect the government to stick to the coalition agreement and…
Electric trucks cheaper than diesel trucks from 2024
Vienna Fully electric trucks in the fleet are currently not an issue for most companies in the forwarding trade. The available electricity trucks are simply too expensive – especially for…
Tens of thousands of heavy loads are waiting for highway permits
Transport of rotor blades (archive) It currently takes weeks before a special transport with excess length, width or weight is approved. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The transporters and logisticians could not…
Minister Wissing should not introduce climate tolls before 2025
Berlin Freight forwarders and logistics service providers warn Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) against introducing the planned doubling of the truck toll at the end of the year. Above…
Traffic light is struggling – the coalition cannot agree on climate protection
Berlin The top representatives of the SPD, Greens and FDP negotiated in the Chancellery for around 31 hours, spread over three days. The result is a 16-page paper entitled “Modernization…
FDP commissions reports on the effects
speed limit Since the beginning of the coalition, the FDP and the Greens have been arguing about the right way to go in transport policy. (Photo: imago images/Christian Ohde) Berlin…
Will the diesel additive become cheaper again?
Adblue tank cap The mixture significantly reduces pollutant emissions from diesel vehicles. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Around 1.1 billion liters of Adblue are consumed in Germany every year. Trucks in particular…
The climate toll only comes with enough eco-trucks
Berlin Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing only wants to demand an additional climate toll from the transport industry for every kilometer driven on motorways and federal highways if there are…
Pressure is increasing for diesel trucks to be phased out more quickly
Berlin, Vienna In the car business, the diesel engine is a phased-out model, and market shares have been shrinking for years. In the case of heavy trucks, on the other…
The federal government is waiving new billions from the toll
Toll bridge on the A3 Why wasn’t the software for the electronic toll collection system added early enough to be ready for use in 2023? (Photo: imago images/Jochen Tack) Berlin…
Fertilizer and Adblue prices are going up
Adblue filling station in Dortmund The urea-based fluid is used in diesel vehicles to reduce nitrogen oxides. (Photo: imago/Cord) Dusseldorf Bottlenecks and massively rising prices are threatening fertilizers and the…
Fertilizer and Adblue prices are going up
Adblue filling station in Dortmund The urea-based fluid is used in diesel vehicles to reduce nitrogen oxides. (Photo: imago/Cord) Dusseldorf Bottlenecks and massively rising prices are threatening fertilizers and the…
Fertilizer and Adblue prices are going up
Adblue filling station in Dortmund The urea-based fluid is used in diesel vehicles to reduce nitrogen oxides. (Photo: imago/Cord) Dusseldorf Bottlenecks and massively rising prices are threatening fertilizers and the…
Truck builder cannot deliver trucks because there are no drivers
Daimler trucks The manufacturer’s sales increased, but there are problems with free cash flow. (Photo: Bloomberg) Munich Logistical problems, of all things, are clouding Daimler Truck’s business. In concrete terms,…
VW and Fernride start teleoperation: remote-controlled trucks in the test
Munich Milos Nesic is sitting in his office, the large screen in front of him shows a parking lot. His office chair: a replica truck seat with a steering wheel,…
How Germany is fighting for the energy boycott
struggle for the energy boycott What consequences would an embargo have for German industry? (Photo: Imago/Reuters) In Berlin and Brussels there is a struggle for a boycott against Russian oil…
Price of diesel additive jumps to record high
AdBlue filling station in Dortmund While the additional tank in passenger cars is usually refilled at the inspection intervals, trucks have to fill up with AdBlue more frequently. (Photo: imago/Cord)…
“We pay extra for every order”
Dusseldorf The trip to the office left Detlef Benecke in shock that morning, at least that’s what the forwarder from Wittenberge in Brandenburg says. The gas station in town asked…
“We pay extra for every order”
Dusseldorf The trip to the office left Detlef Benecke in shock that morning, at least that’s what the forwarder from Wittenberge in Brandenburg says. The gas station in town asked…
“We pay extra for every order”
Dusseldorf The trip to the office left Detlef Benecke in shock that morning, at least that’s what the forwarder from Wittenberge in Brandenburg says. The gas station in town asked…