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  • US Marine Highway Map
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    ​USA to boost inland waterway network

    2025-07-15T07:00:00Z

    The USA’s transportation secretary Sean P. Duffy has confirmed that 848 miles (1,364.7 km) of navigable waterways will be added to the national network, supported by 14 new sponsors to the US Marine Highway Program (USMHP). The expansion brings the network to 27,139 miles (43,675 km) across 35 designated routes.

  • Van der Vlist - rail
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    Van der Vlist’s S-Bolster on track

    2025-07-14T07:00:00Z

    Dutch specialist transport company Van der Vlist has introduced an intermodal rail service for oversized cargo using an in-house designed railway platform, the S-Bolster.

  • BOLK transport esta
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    VI-GST pressures German government to deliver heavy transport reforms

    2025-07-10T07:00:00Z

    Germany’s heavy transport and industry lobby group Verbändeinitiative Grossraum und Schwertransporte (VI-GST) has sent an updated position paper to the recently elected federal government in Germany, to ensure that it delivers on promised improvements to the country’s heavy and abnormal transport regulations.

  • DDP delivers initial shipment to hydropower plant in Laos 1
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    DDP delivers initial shipment to hydropower plant in Laos

    2025-07-08T07:00:00Z

    Deufol Döhle Projects (DDP) has delivered the first critical shipment for a major hydropower project under construction in Laos.

  • Ceva Almajdouie boosts fleet
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    Ceva Almajdouie boosts fleet

    2025-07-08T07:00:00Z

    Ceva Almajdouie – a joint venture (JV) between Ceva Logistics and Saudi Arabia’s Almajdouie Logistics – has expanded its equipment fleet. 

  • Viktor Baumann. SPMT. Germany. 2015
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    ETOL due to be completed this year

    2025-07-07T07:00:00Z

    The European association of abnormal road transport and mobile cranes’ (ESTA) European Trailer Operator Licence (ETOL) for modular hydraulically suspended trailers (MHST) is on track to be finalised by the end of the year.

  • TGP_1
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    TGP supports steel plant expansion

    2025-06-09T08:49:00Z

    Trans Global Projects (TGP) has delivered a 3,235 cu m shipment for the first expansion stage of a steel production plant in Lower Saxony, Germany.

  • Rhenus_Enercon
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    Rhenus partners with Enercon for specialised barge

    2025-06-06T07:33:00Z

    Rhenus Group is partnering with wind turbine manufacturer Enercon to develop a push barge for the transport of wind turbine components.

  • Overland - Potteries
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    Updated NPCC guidance on the policing of abnormal loads in the UK

    2025-06-03T07:02:00Z

    The UK’s National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) has released updated guidance on the policing of abnormal loads, with the Heavy Transport Association (HTA) planning to host an online meeting in the coming weeks to discuss the revised directives. 

  • Oregon becomes 21st US state to implement ProMiles
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    Oregon becomes 21st US state to implement ProMiles

    2025-05-28T09:30:00Z

    The Oregon Department of Transport (ODOT) has launched a web-based over-dimensional permitting system in cooperation with ProMiles Software Development Corporation.

  • DAKO delivering gas turbine to Libya inland transport
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    DAKO delivers in Libya

    2025-05-27T10:08:00Z

    DAKO Worldwide Transport has delivered a 317-tonne gas turbine, along with associated components, from Hamburg, Germany, to the Sarir power station in Libya.

  • Schmidbauer-SPMTs
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    Schmidbauer scales up SPMT fleet

    2025-05-26T07:00:00Z

    German heavy lift and transport specialist Schmidbauer has been progressively expanding its equipment fleet and now has over 200 SPMT axle lines, with eyes for further expansion.

  • IRU_Pic
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    European road freight index slips as demand cools

    2025-05-20T12:34:00Z

    Contract and spot road freight rates in Europe both declined in the first quarter of 2025, according to the latest Upply x Ti x IRU index. Moreover, the industry continues to grapple with a severe driver shortage although there has been progress on harmonising licence regulations across the bloc.

  • Laso_Transportes_Wind Project
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    Laso completes multi-origin deliveries for Les Colladetes wind farm

    2025-05-20T07:00:00Z

    Laso Transportes has delivered components for eight wind turbines to the Les Colladetes wind farm site in Tarragona, Spain.

  • Rhenus signs MoU with IWAI
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    Rhenus signs MoU with IWAI

    2025-05-15T07:00:00Z

    Rhenus Group has put pen to paper on a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), meaning that it the global logistics service provider will operate barge services in several of the country’s national waterways.

  • Homages paid to industry stalwarts
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    Homages paid to industry stalwarts

    2025-05-15T07:00:00Z

    The European association of abnormal road transport and mobile cranes (ESTA) has paid tribute to Gerhard Kaupert from Manitowoc and Martin Lottes from Tadano Faun, who are both set to retire this year. Meanwhile, Zuidnatie is celebrating Marc Van Aken, who has been working – and continues to work – in the port industry for 40 years.

  • UTF-8CombiMAX PA-X in action at Wiedemann (5)
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    CombiMAX PA-X debut for Wiedemann Transporte

    2025-05-12T07:00:00Z

    Germany’s Wiedemann Transporte has completed the maiden project for its CombiMAX PA-X semi-trailer from Faymonville: the transport of a 73-tonne drilling rig from a hydroelectric power station nestled nearby the River Lech.

  • AdBlue ‘malfunctions’ flagged by ESTA
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    ESTA releases guidance to reduce dangers from AdBlue faults

    2025-05-08T07:00:00Z

    The European association of abnormal road transport and mobile cranes (ESTA) has released updated guidance to help its members minimise issues with AdBlue – also known as diesel exhaust fluid (DEF).

  • ESTA re-elects president, releases LORM guide
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    ESTA re-elects president, releases LORM guide

    2025-04-22T11:39:00Z

    The European association of abnormal road transport and mobile cranes (ESTA) has re-elected Fabio Belli as president for a second three-year term and has released the lifting operation risk management (LORM) best practice guide.

  • Roundtable forum tackles sector safety
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    Roundtable forum tackles sector safety

    2025-04-21T07:00:00Z

    April 17 saw deugro Houston host its inaugural annual trucker safety forum.