More company cars sold last year
The number of commercial vehicles sold in the European Union last year was almost a tenth higher than in the first corona year. This is reported by the European trade association ACEA, where all…
PostNL suffered from bottlenecks
PostNL delivered fewer parcels in the last three months of last year than a year earlier. According to the parcel and postal deliverer, this is due to the "one-off effect due to Covid-19",...
Possible chaos at border for truck drivers
From February 2, all truck drivers must stop at or just after the border to manually indicate in the tachograph that they are crossing a national border. This may lead to…
Fewer packages late in December
Ordering online has become an indispensable part of our society. You see parcel delivery vans everywhere. Waiting for our packages, we all know it, and also...
Various causes for drop in sales of emission-free trucks
Sales of zero-emission trucks fell sharply in 2021. Only 264 emission-free trucks were registered. That is almost halved compared to a year earlier.…
Parcel deliverers audited by ILT
In December, the Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate (ILT) carried out 183 checks on parcel deliverers throughout the Netherlands. During the action, ILT inspectors mainly checked the possession and presence of…
Sales of light and heavy commercial vehicles up in 2021
A total of 2021 heavy commercial vehicles (trucks) were sold in 12.082. An increase of 8,2 percent compared to 2020, when a total of 11.170 trucks were registered. Also the registrations of…
PostNL takes the cake with a backlog of deliveries
At this time of year we think it is normal for something to go wrong when sending millions of packages. But when the tracking system of companies like PostNL is also unreliable…
Bol.com becomes shareholder of Cycloon bicycle courier
Cycloon and bol.com today announce a proposed strategic partnership in which bol.com will become a shareholder of Cycloon. The parties jointly want to accelerate the growth of Cyclone and share the ambition to…
Regulation help Code 95 for professional drivers
To make it easier for professional drivers to check whether code 95 is necessary, the Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate (ILT) has developed a Code 95 regulation aid. People who…
Nijhof-Wassink Group takes over Tanktransport
Wemmers Tanktransport and Nijhof-Wassink Group have reached an agreement to continue together. All activities, branches and employees of Wemmers Tanktransport will become part of the Nijhof-Wassink...
DHL Parcel continues to focus on sustainable transport
DHL Parcel continues to focus on sustainable transport. After the 1400 electric vans that have been delivering to residential areas since this autumn, DHL has now also put three electric trucks into use.…