Source: BGL
Source: BMI
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Source: Logivest
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600 Mio. €
Source: DHL
Source: Handelsblatt
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22 percent of German logistics companies use AI
Source: Bitkom
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Source: BGL
Lorry mileage fell by 1.4 percent in July
In July, 1.4 percent fewer trucks for which tolls have to be paid were on the road on German federal highways than in June – according to the calendar- and seasonally-adjusted figures from the Federal Office for Goods Transport (BAG) and the Federal Statistical Office. Compared with the same month last year, the calendar-adjusted index was even 1.6 percent lower. Truck mileage can provide early indications of current economic trends in the industry.
Source: DVZ
Rhine level is under 1 metre
At the beginning of August, the level of the Rhine River dropped below 1 metre: 93 centimetres was reported on 8.8. In the past 20 years, the water has only been lower three times, in 2003, 2011 and 2018. Transport ships have to reduce their cargo so that they do not run aground. They usually need around 1.50 metres to be able to sail fully loaded. If less is loaded it drives up transport costs.
Source: Capital, Wirtschaftswoche
USA sells 11.2 billion cubic feet of LNG per day
200,000 railway ties examined
Deutsche Bahn inspected around 200,000 concrete train ties on tracks throughout Germany because they could have been the cause of the serious train accident in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on June 3, 2022. The precautionary inspection caused restrictions in freight traffic: For example, Berlin’s Westhafen port remained closed to freight trains for several weeks.
Source: DVZ
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Source: DPA
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Euro VI trucks
Source: DVZ
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Source: DVZ
3 research institutes and 16 companies launch study on driver shortage
Source: Christian Kille
Source: DESTATIS
Source: Study by the Competence Centre for Securing Skilled Labour (Kofa) at the Institute of the German Economy (IW)
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Source: www.dvz.de