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The electric vehicle manufacturer NIO consolidates the storage, distribution, and customs processing of its spare parts and accessories at the DHL location in Holtum, Netherlands. Several business areas of the logistics service provider are incorporated into the solution. 

(dpa/sa) Burning cars on a freight train in Magdeburg: The control center warns residents. There are also repercussions for train traffic.

The logistics service provider Geodis continues its cooperation with MND. For a tourist resort northeast of Tashkent, the first 92 deliveries were made in 2025. Further transports are set to follow - including chairlifts, gondolas, and an alpine roller coaster.

Central live cockpit brings together tracking and scanning data. This provides the logistics service provider with transparency regarding the location and status of its returnable containers within the network.

The development service provider for the automotive sector has researched that trucks with range extenders can reduce total operating costs by up to 33 percent compared to diesel trucks.

A consumer goods manufacturer found only 86 percent actual performance instead of the 95 percent indicated. The Hamburg-based express logistics provider Zipmend points to differences in definitions and statistical adjustments.

Truck manufacturer Volvo Trucks reports increasing sales figures for gas-powered trucks - 2025 has been the best sales year to date in this regard. The current largest market: the United Kingdom.

The company aims to continue its growth trajectory in India and will invest up to 200 million euros over the next five years in a modular future campus in Chennai.

The freight terminal of the Andreas Schmid Group has been expanded with an extension. With this new construction, the logistics company based in Gersthofen is responding to the continuously increasing volume growth from national and international groupage networks.

Poland and Germany want to modernize central rail corridors and pool investments. EU funds for strategic infrastructure are also a focus.

The electrification reduces emissions, but it leads to an increasing demand for raw materials such as lithium and aluminum. A new industry study conducted in collaboration with the Traton Group shows where risks can arise in global supply chains as a result.

The logistics company is expanding in the Ruhr area and has leased over 5,500 square meters of logistics space in Witten, North Rhine-Westphalia, from Logivest.

According to E.ON data analysis, there are currently nearly two million electric cars and over 100,000 fully electric trucks registered in Germany. The current fleet of electric vans and trucks saves over 1.2 million tons of CO2 emissions per year by charging with green electricity.

DHL is relocating the delivery of letter and parcel shipments to a new location in the Visio industrial park. The lease for the more than 4,000 square meter facility runs for at least ten years, with the start planned for September.

(dpa/sn) A semi-truck has gone off the road on the A9, and it was too late for the driver to receive any help.

For the electric counterbalance forklifts Xi10 to Xi20, Linde Material Handling (MH) is collaborating with Graepel: The company is responsible for engineering, tool construction, forming technology, coating, and the pre-assembled delivery of the components.

Specialist in liquids must enter insolvency proceedings - operation continues.

(dpa) Will Zim Integrated Shipping Services soon belong to Hapag-Lloyd? The container shipping company could take over the competitor from Israel. This will require, among other things, a release from the State of Israel.

The Craiss Generation Logistik Austria GmbH & Co. KG has officially inaugurated its new halls at the Weiz location. In the future, around 40,000 square meters of storage and production space will be available for a manufacturer of electrical and energy technology.

(dpa/lby) A truck left the road on the A8 and slid down the embankment. In the process, it lost almost all of its cargo.