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On October 18, the 10th edition of WConnecta, Europe’s biggest transport industry networking event, was held in Barcelona. Experts from international logistics operator AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG attended this conference.

Towards the end of the calendar year, there are plenty of reasons to go shopping, e.g. Black Friday sales, Christmas gifts for loved ones, and New Year celebrations. Both traditional and online stores quickly replenish the assortment of goods they sell during the busy season. Clearly organized logistics systems are what keeps those shelves filled. What best practices do transport and logistics industry experts use to make sure everyone receives a holiday gift? Let’s find it out with Justas Cibulskas, Head of the Groupage Cargo Division at AsstrA.

Time-critical and Go-Now charter experts CharterSync put its platform to the test when a freight forwarder wanted a 50-tonne shipment moved from Ostend to North Carolina at short notice. The machinery at 458 cubic metres needed specialist handling loading and transportation. The complexities of the shipment required multiple cranes and an available Antonov-124, one of the few cargo planes available to handle a load of this magnitude.

Leading provider of industrial robots, KUKA, offers tailor-made automated solutions for customers in a wide variety of industries. The Italian headquarters of KUKA recently turned to Yale® dealer Unicar to provide Yale materials handling equipment for its Turin warehouse.

On October 11, 2019 in Gdynia, Poland, the 20th annual “Wspólnа Kaczka 2019” maritime industry meeting took place. AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG experts once again participated in this strategic conference.

Collaboration between established businesses and startups is generally considered a win-win strategy. However, according to Kommersant magazine, 78% of larger companies see startups as a threat, and 45% fear they won’t be able to compete with the young “piranhas.”

In today’s business world, it often seems like only new, large, or unusual products or services get attention. In the logistics field, that means we tend to hear about oversized cargo, intercontinental routes, or express delivery of easily resellable goods. However, there are projects where a small thing like a helping hand can make a big difference.

Hermes UK, the leading consumer delivery specialist, has achieved a 4.4/5-star rating on leading review site Trustpilot, higher than any other UK parcel carrier.

Every day, technology becomes more and more crucial in every aspect of how we do business. But perhaps one of the places where emerging technologies are the most prominent is in warehousing and logistics.

Sea container transportation is the most cost-efficient transport mode. By sea, it is possible to ship multiple large consignments simultaneously. This transport mode is reliable and efficient, especially in case of long-distance and multimodal solutions.

From September 24 to September 27 of this year, the Polish city of Gdansk became the world capital of railway transport and transport technologies. The 13th International TRAKO Railway Exhibition was held at the Amberexpo Exhibition Center. This event is Poland's largest related to the rail rolling stock market.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson could be on the verge of a deal with European diplomats. Details of the negotiations haven't been released and questions have lingered about how any potential deal will treat the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland.

Speedy Freight, the UK’s leading provider of urgent or sensitive transport, has further expanded to the South East, with new branches in Stevenage and Cambridge. New Speedy Freight Franchisee, Zamir Mohammad will lead these branches and establish up to 30 local jobs for Preferred Owner Drivers.

In previous articles you’ve learned about the features and benefits of rail, air, and auto transportation. This final information is dedicated to sea transport. What is going on off the coast of Europe? Why might customers choose short-sea shipping? Let’s find out with Andrej Zajtsev, Deputy COO for AsstrA Sea Freight Transportation.

It is less than a month until the next edition of one of the most important events in the Polish transport and logistics industry. The 7th International Transport & Logistics Exhibition TransLogistica Poland 2019 will be held in Warsaw on November 5 and 7. It is the largest business platform in this part of Europe targeted at professionals operating in the main transport sectors. The international provider of transport and logistics services, AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG, after being successful at the fair last year, will also appear at the event this time.

The EU will invest more than €117m in sustainable transport infrastructure through the Connecting Europe Facility funding mechanism.

Lödige Industries, global market leader in air cargo terminals has announced it will unveil its latest innovation for intelligent automated Unit Load Device (ULD) transportation at the”Inter Airport Europe 2019“ trade show in Munich. The computer-controlled wheel-based carrier features a 5-foot and 10-foot model for different sizes of ULDs, with the larger variant capable of lifting and transferring palletized loadings.

In September of this year, the AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG group of companies opened its first office in France. The city of Lyon was chosen for the location of the transport and logistics provider office in the region.

The 21st Century is the Information Age. Therefore there are no reasons to doubt: who owns the information, owns the world. In the context of transport, telematics systems help to possess information, which is making the logistics business more efficient.