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DSV to slash European road freight network after Schenker deal

Danish logistics group DSV plans to cut the number of depots and consolidation hubs in its European less-than-truckload network by more than a quarter, from 400 at the time of the Schenker acquisition in early May 2025 to 280 by year-end. Helmut Schweighofer, chief executive of the road division,…

Traffic jams on Brenner Pass

Night freight proposal targets Tyrol bottlenecks

Dettendorfer has teamed up with truckmaker MAN and companies across industry, energy, retail and logistics to try to relieve congestion on the Brenner corridor. The initiative, dubbed “Green Brenner”, aims to shift part of the traffic into the night…

Vlantana shifts hiring and fuel strategy as growth tightens

Driver shortages are now Vlantana’s biggest growth constraint. The Lithuanian haulier says it relied heavily on Ukrainian drivers before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but the pipeline collapsed overnight. Out of roughly 2,200 drivers at the time,…

Rising Investments

Dachser navigates competition amid Middle East disruption

The logistics provider Dachser is preparing for tougher conditions as soft economic momentum and geopolitical tensions tighten global transport markets. Chief executive Burkhard Eling said the conflict in the Middle East is constraining air and sea…

Management outlines plans

Fedex Freight pitches investors on life after spin-off

With less than two months until its separation from the US delivery group, Fedex Freight has made its case to investors, pledging annual revenue growth of four to six per cent as an independent company. At an investor day in New York, management…

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High costs hold back electric truck uptake

Electric trucks remain uneconomic for most operators, according to a study by Environmental Resources Management. Based on UK market data that the consultancy says reflects conditions across the EU, the report finds that only one per cent of…

Germany's road freight sector grows reliant on foreign drivers

Foreign nationals now hold almost a third of all registered employment positions in German road freight, up from less than a fifth seven years ago, according to the Federal Office for Logistics and Mobility. The shift is driven primarily by EU…

Highway tolls turn

March lorry‑toll increase shelved by Hungary’s transport ministry

Hungary’s transport ministry has withdrawn a planned increase in road tolls for heavy lorries that was due to take effect in March, reversing the second stage of a tariff adjustment scheduled for this year. The government had originally intended a…

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Italy’s hauliers fail to secure legally mandated waiting‑time fees

More than seventy per cent of Italy’s road hauliers are not receiving the waiting‑time compensation guaranteed by law, new monitoring by the transport association Assotir shows. The survey, covering operators across all regions, highlights how rarely…

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