DHL Group and Scania have completed a 100-day trial of the new Erev (extended range electric vehicle) truck with an integrated fuel generator for recharging the battery. The tests took place on the route between Berlin and Hamburg, where the vehicle operated on electricity from the grid 91.9% of the time, reducing CO₂e emissions by more than 90% compared to diesel analogues.
A year after cargo-partner became part of the NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS group, the companies are combining their transport capacities within the ONE Road project. The cooperation covers Central, Eastern and Western Europe, offering customers flexible solutions for the delivery of groupage, partial (LTL) and full (FTL) cargo. The network is based on cargo-partner’s key hubs in Vienna, Žory, Ljubljana, Zagreb and Sofia, as well as the Nippon Express infrastructure in Western Europe.
According to a new report from S&P Global Mobility, the Western European truck market is set to see one of its biggest contractions in 2025, with new vehicle registrations expected to fall by 4.2% to 290,000 units. Key factors include tightening EU regulations, weak economic growth and political instability in countries such as Germany and France.
Vice Prime Minister for Reconstruction of Ukraine Oleksiy Kuleba and his deputy Serhiy Derkach held a meeting with a delegation of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Poland and the Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy. The parties focused on establishing freight and passenger transportation, developing border infrastructure and strengthening railway cooperation.
In March 2025, Lithuanian trucks increased their mileage on German toll roads by 6% compared to the same period last year. According to the German Federal Office for Logistics and Mobility (BALM), the increase was recorded after a decline in February and concerns Lithuanian, Polish and German trucks. The total mileage of all vehicles over 3.5 tons increased by 6.4% year-on-year.
The German Federal Office for Logistics and Mobility (BALM) recorded a decline in heavy truck traffic on toll roads in February 2025. After a 3.5% year-on-year increase in January, the volume of transport by trucks over 3.5 tonnes fell by 2.5% year-on-year in February. Both German and Polish carriers recorded a drop in mileage, while Lithuanian trucks showed even weaker results.
The Kazakh-Polish joint commission on international road transport held a meeting at the Ministry of Transport of Kazakhstan. The participants discussed the positive dynamics of cargo transportation in 2024 – the volume of road transport deliveries between the countries increased by 5% and reached 360 thousand tons.
Logistics company DACHSER closed 2024 with revenue growth of 13%, surpassing the €8 billion mark for the first time, to a final figure of €8.027 billion. This result was achieved through both organic growth (+4.7%) and major acquisitions: DACHSER & FERCAM Italia, Frigoscandia and Brummer are included in the report for the first time. Transport volumes increased by 7.6% to 83.2 million shipments, while tonnage increased by 10.2% to 44.1 million tonnes.
According to the DSV report, the eurozone economy continues to struggle, including due to a sharp jump in energy prices – from 0.1% to 1.8%. This has a negative impact on the transport sector, where freight traffic has fallen, costs have risen and the number of bankruptcies has increased. In France, the number of bankrupt transport companies has increased by 37.8%, in Belgium – by 5%, and in Germany this figure has doubled.
As of 28 February 2025, the old truck parking lot at the Csepel Terminal in Budapest will be permanently closed. Now, the area can only be accessed via the new cargo entrance, which has modern parking areas.
