The change remains

The change remains

In view of the current challenges, how can transport and logistics remain competitive in the future? Science journalist Ranga Yogeshwar provided some exciting impulses at the Wiehl Forum of BPW Bergische Achsen and explained how companies should react to the most important influencing factors.

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90 per cent automation, 10 per cent human

90 per cent automation, 10 per cent human

Autonomous driving is considered a recipe for success against driver shortages, for climate protection and efficiency. At the Wiehl Forum of BPW Bergische Achsen KG, Hendrik Kramer from Fernride presented how his company plans to bring autonomous electric trucks onto the road in the near future.

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Heavy transport through the desert

Heavy transport through the desert

Extreme conditions such as intense heat and rough terrain place great demands on transport vehicles, and especially on their running gear: with the help of BPW axles, low-loader manufacturer Faymonville designs robust, stable trailers that safely transport loads such as this 150 tonne tank over unpaved roads to their destination. This article is part of a series on exceptional transport operations on BPW axles over the past 125 years. Episode 4: Desert transports!

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FUTURE LAB

The change remains

The change remains

In view of the current challenges, how can transport and logistics remain competitive in the future? Science journalist Ranga Yogeshwar provided some exciting impulses at the Wiehl Forum of BPW Bergische Achsen and explained how companies should react to the most important influencing factors.

90 per cent automation, 10 per cent human

90 per cent automation, 10 per cent human

Autonomous driving is considered a recipe for success against driver shortages, for climate protection and efficiency. At the Wiehl Forum of BPW Bergische Achsen KG, Hendrik Kramer from Fernride presented how his company plans to bring autonomous electric trucks onto the road in the near future.

The precision of Predictive Maintenance

The precision of Predictive Maintenance

How precisely can Predictive Maintenance predict when a vehicle needs to go to the garage? Benjamin Adrian, Deputy Head of the System Analysis, Prognosis and Control department at the Fraunhofer-Institut für Techno- und Wirtschaftsmathematik ITWM in Kaiserslautern, is researching this topic. In this interview, he explains how precisely the optimal time for predictive maintenance can and should be calculated.

ECOMOTION

The recuperation axle of the future

The recuperation axle of the future

In the “RekuTrAx” research project, BPW is collaborating on a recuperation axle module of tomorrow that promotes CO₂ savings and sustainable transport: universities and industry partners are jointly designing a future version of the ePower electric axle module.

Trailer refrigeration without direct emissions

Trailer refrigeration without direct emissions

The requirements for low-emission and quiet transport, particularly in inner-city logistics, are increasing. An efficient, autonomously driven trailer refrigeration solution from collaboration partners Thermo King and BPW is designed to sustainably improve the ecological balance. Field trials are currently underway and series production is scheduled to start in the fourth quarter of 2022.

Study: E-trucks lead the way in terms of cost efficiency

Study: E-trucks lead the way in terms of cost efficiency

Which technology is winning the race when it comes to zero emissions in the commercial vehicle sector? According to a recent study by the non-governmental organisation Transport & Environment, battery-electric long-haul trucks and trolley trucks come out on top in a comparison of total cost of ownership.

Trailer refrigeration without direct emissions

Trailer refrigeration without direct emissions

The requirements for low-emission and quiet transport, particularly in inner-city logistics, are increasing. An efficient, autonomously driven trailer refrigeration solution from collaboration partners Thermo King and BPW is designed to sustainably improve the ecological balance. Field trials are currently underway and series production is scheduled to start in the fourth quarter of 2022.

Study: E-trucks lead the way in terms of cost efficiency

Study: E-trucks lead the way in terms of cost efficiency

Which technology is winning the race when it comes to zero emissions in the commercial vehicle sector? According to a recent study by the non-governmental organisation Transport & Environment, battery-electric long-haul trucks and trolley trucks come out on top in a comparison of total cost of ownership.

SUCCESS STORY

Why are LHVs still a niche product?

Why are LHVs still a niche product?

Kühne + Nagel in Hamburg used one of the first LHVs in Germany. Ten years later and the conclusion is: the concept saves costs, supports climate protection and even with driver shortfalls. However, the expansion of the Positivnetz (permitted route network) is slow.

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Why are LHVs still a niche product?

Why are LHVs still a niche product?

Kühne + Nagel in Hamburg used one of the first LHVs in Germany. Ten years later and the conclusion is: the concept saves costs, supports climate protection and even with driver shortfalls. However, the expansion of the Positivnetz (permitted route network) is slow.

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LOGISTICS HERO

Regular meetings for professional drivers

Regular meetings for professional drivers

Truck drivers from across Germany meet at the regular long-distance drivers’ meetings held by the police to discuss ideas and find out what is new. Chief police commissioner Andrea Möller is on the ball in Winsen (Luhe) – she is committed to gaining more appreciation for vehicle drivers and better working conditions.

Woman fights for more truck parking spaces

Woman fights for more truck parking spaces

Anna Kuzynin tackles grievances in the transport industry head-on – both professionally and voluntarily. Since the shortage of parking spaces makes work extremely difficult for truck drivers, she is now campaigning for more truck parking spaces as Key Account Manager at KRAVAG Truck Parking.

Spreading happiness one shoe box at a time

Spreading happiness one shoe box at a time

Holger Philipowski, Branch Manager of Quehenberger Logistics DE GmbH, helps ensure that hundreds of thousands of boxes full of presents are distributed every year to children in need around the world: He organises the transport for the “Weihnachten im Schuhkarton” (Christmas in a Shoe Box) campaign from Berlin to Eastern European countries, thereby showing how logistics does good.

Regular meetings for professional drivers

Regular meetings for professional drivers

Truck drivers from across Germany meet at the regular long-distance drivers’ meetings held by the police to discuss ideas and find out what is new. Chief police commissioner Andrea Möller is on the ball in Winsen (Luhe) – she is committed to gaining more appreciation for vehicle drivers and better working conditions.

Woman fights for more truck parking spaces

Woman fights for more truck parking spaces

Anna Kuzynin tackles grievances in the transport industry head-on – both professionally and voluntarily. Since the shortage of parking spaces makes work extremely difficult for truck drivers, she is now campaigning for more truck parking spaces as Key Account Manager at KRAVAG Truck Parking.

Spreading happiness one shoe box at a time

Spreading happiness one shoe box at a time

Holger Philipowski, Branch Manager of Quehenberger Logistics DE GmbH, helps ensure that hundreds of thousands of boxes full of presents are distributed every year to children in need around the world: He organises the transport for the “Weihnachten im Schuhkarton” (Christmas in a Shoe Box) campaign from Berlin to Eastern European countries, thereby showing how logistics does good.

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BPW'S BEST

Heavy transport through the desert

Heavy transport through the desert

Extreme conditions such as intense heat and rough terrain place great demands on transport vehicles, and especially on their running gear: with the help of BPW axles, low-loader manufacturer Faymonville designs robust, stable trailers that safely transport loads such as this 150 tonne tank over unpaved roads to their destination. This article is part of a series on exceptional transport operations on BPW axles over the past 125 years. Episode 4: Desert transports!

Wind vane transport: “Everything but standard”

Wind vane transport: “Everything but standard”

P. Schwandner Logistik + Transport GmbH specialises in the transport of vanes for wind turbines. In early 2023, the company brought nine of these extremely heavy and long loads to a wind farm in Thuringia. As with any form of transport of this kind, this was an exciting challenge with regard to people, technology and expertise. This article is part of a series on exceptional transport operations on BPW axles over the past 125 years. Episode 3: Wind turbine blades!

Heavy transport through the desert

Heavy transport through the desert

Extreme conditions such as intense heat and rough terrain place great demands on transport vehicles, and especially on their running gear: with the help of BPW axles, low-loader manufacturer Faymonville designs robust, stable trailers that safely transport loads such as this 150 tonne tank over unpaved roads to their destination. This article is part of a series on exceptional transport operations on BPW axles over the past 125 years. Episode 4: Desert transports!

Wind vane transport: “Everything but standard”

Wind vane transport: “Everything but standard”

P. Schwandner Logistik + Transport GmbH specialises in the transport of vanes for wind turbines. In early 2023, the company brought nine of these extremely heavy and long loads to a wind farm in Thuringia. As with any form of transport of this kind, this was an exciting challenge with regard to people, technology and expertise. This article is part of a series on exceptional transport operations on BPW axles over the past 125 years. Episode 3: Wind turbine blades!

BIG PICTURE

Fuel for “Down Under“

This four-link tanker can hold a whole 158,000 litres of diesel: As much liquid as five standard tankers – or 210,000 bottles of wine.

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Timber transport of superlatives

This semi-trailer combination can carry more than 144 tonnes of logs over selected routes in the Kaingaroa Forest, the largest forest on the North Island of New Zealand.

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Historic trucks on tour

Historic trucks on tourHistoric commercial vehicles such as this Krupp K 960 of the PS Speicher Einbeck from 1965 set out at the beginning of September 2022 on the great tour of Germany organised by ETM publishing house together with the Fehrenkötter haulage company....

A tree moves

This horse chestnut tree in Alphen aan den Rijn in the Netherlands had to make way for a housing complex. However, the 70-year-old tree was not felled, but allowed to move!

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5,300 kilos and 1,200 hp

Start of the Goodyear FIA European Truck Racing Championship season in Misano, Italy: Antonio Albacete of Team T Sport Bernau is waiting here, highly concentrated, for the Super Pole qualification that will decide his starting position in the first race of the day.

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Welding Gods

“Made in Germany” are the trailers, bodies and tipper bodies from Conow Anhängerbau in Fürstenhagen, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania. With the HW 80 a real classic of agriculture is produced here.

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Prominent transporter for motor sports cars

Prominent transporter for motor sports carsIn this trailer, valuable motor sports cars are driven to Formula 1 races: The "Race Support Max Pro" accommodates the vehicles and their equipment. Special vehicle manufacturer Bischoff & Scheck The intermediate level of...

1 tour feeds 20 cows for 1 year

This 20-tonne high-speed tractor proves its strength both in the field and on the road for Futtertrocknung Lamerdingen eG.

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Traffic lights and light poles had to make way for these transformers

Each of the four transformers that KAHL SCHWERLAST was to move from Lauenburg to Oststeinbeck in Schleswig-Holstein weighs 300 tons.

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On 96 wheels to the destination

12 axles of the company BPW Bergische Achsen KG and 96 wheels of a self-propelled heavy-duty module were directed by the employee of Hofmann Kran-Vermietung GmbH & Co. KG used his control panel for this transport.

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