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HGV toll: Climate protection – motivator and cost driver?

HGV toll: Climate protection – motivator and cost driver?

The heavy goods vehicle toll, imposed as a means to accelerate the transition to climate-neutral drive systems, has been linked to CO2 emission levels since 1 December 2023. Jürgen Resch, Federal Managing Director of Environmental Action Germany (DUH), and Simeon...
Low-pressure system Bernd caused extensive damage

Low-pressure system Bernd caused extensive damage

Global warming has been causing more and more natural disasters over the years, resulting in insurers and reinsurers facing mounting costs. As a result of this development, Allianz – a German multinational financial services company – is increasingly focussing on risk...
Better training in Buxtehude

Better training in Buxtehude

The NSB Group has two new ship navigation simulators, with which the ship management company plans to train the crews of the freighters it manages itself as well as those of other shipping companies. It is based in Buxtehude in the state of Lower Saxony, close to...
Why trucks should meet more often

Why trucks should meet more often

Start-up MANSIO plans to reinvent road transport with the help of AI. Longer transport routes are divided into legs on which regional transport companies operate and work together in a network with relay transports. Semi-trailers are handed over to the next driver at...
Automatic identification of container disasters

Automatic identification of container disasters

WILHELMSHAVEN, OLDENBURG, ELSFLETH. “Lost freight poses a high risk for the environment,” says Professor Christian Denker of Jade University’s Department of Maritime Studies and Logistics in Elsfleth. That is why a tracking unit and a communication platform for sea...