Raimundo Diaz (WKTS): “For a transporter, a TMS is first of all a question of change management”.   Wolters Kluwer Transport Services acquired its TAS TMS from Transics and is to integrate it into its other logistics chain... Read more |  15/12/2011  |  Claude Yvens   Walter Mastelinck (Transics) : “Fleet management will evolve further in the back office.” Fleet Management | In the view of Walter Mastelinck CEO of Transics the next evolution in fleet management will be seen in the... Read more | 06/12/2011 | Claude Yvens New Mercedes Actros : much more than just a flatbed Mercedes has unveiled its heavy gun: the new Actros turns heads but also signals a tutrning point in the brand's... Read more |  22/06/2011  |  Claude Yvens Shortage of tyres: buy now... and re-tread! The more and more persistent noises emanating from certain transporters are now proving to be true: the replacement tyre market... Read more |  12/04/2011  |  Claude Yvens New research highlights lack of operator belief in the benefits of fleet technology With road haulage markets down by around 20.0% across Europe in the first half of 2009 cost control and efficiency... Read more |  22/10/2009  |  Claude Yvens   Family businesses Fighting with other weapons Fleet Management | In addition to the various discussions at the Truck Europe Forum on the major challenges of the sector – particularly... Read more | 05/06/2009 | Julie Widart   Padrosa Grup Diversification is the major priority Fleet Management | Despite the pressures burdening transporters at present Pere Padrosa – at the head of the third generation of the Spanish... Read more | 17/05/2009 | Julie Widart Service cards: Fantastic, this plastic… There is hardly a driver nowadays who doesn’t have the use of a payment card for his work. But the... Read more |  13/05/2009  |  Christel Cluyten   BBS: What's in A Name? Fleet Management | Amongst the associations bringing together specialist transport companies the ECTA (European Chemical Transport Association) is perhaps the one which creates... Read more | 11/05/2009 | Christel Cluyten

Headline   Hupac up 6.6 % in 2011 Economy |  Hupac the Swiss combined transport company saw its transport volumes increase by 6.6 % en 2011. This increase was less... Read more | 01/02/2012 | Claude Yvens   Another month of consultation on 'weights and measures' directive Politics |  On February 27th the consultation period launched by the European Commission on weights and measures for road transport units closes.... Read more | 01/02/2012 | Claude Yvens   73 years of profit for DAF Products |  Following a good fourth quarter Paccar finished the year with another positive net result the  73rd in 73 years of... Read more | 01/02/2012 | Claude Yvens   11,960 units and 130 % up for Kögel in 2011 Products |  Following its takeover by the Humbaur group Kögel made great progress in 2011 far outstripping the global trailer market. With... Read more | 31/01/2012 | Claude Yvens