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Truck market
Breakdowns
are unacceptable
Right of way for efficiency: At the International Motor Show,
IAA Commercial Vehicles, in Hanover at the end of September,
manufacturers and fleet operators directed their focus on the “Total
Costs of Ownership” (TCO) of a truck.
“Drivers are interested above all in vehicle comfort, drivability
and performance,” explains Ron Borsboom, director of product
development at DAF Trucks in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
For product developers, fuel-efficiency and reducing CO 2 emissions
are therefore currently the key issues. “More than anything, vehicles
these days have to be reliable,” Borsboom says. “It is simply no
longer acceptable for vehicles to break down.” The developers’
planning is almost entirely dictated by legislation, with standards
in Europe (EURO) and the USA
(EPA) defining the framework. “15
years from now we are aiming for
a 97-percent reduction in nitrogen
oxides and a 95-percent reduction
in particulate matter. And all this
with lower fuel consumption as well,”
Borsboom adds.
At the IAA, Georg Pachta-Reyhofen,
CEO of MAN Commercial Vehicles,
gave a small demonstration of this
future. The spectacular Concept S
vehicle study boasts an air drag coefficient
of just 0.3, equalling the performance
of modern passenger limos
and saving up to 25 percent in fuel
and CO 2.
06 DACHSER magazine
Right of way for trucks in Europe
This is where the rubber hits the road: transport
solutions by truck are gaining in importance
Road Rail Waterway Figures in percent
1990
2005
2030
Hungary
Man of the year:
Engelbert Liegl
A high-calibre jury has nominated Engelbert Liegl,
managing director of Liegl & Dachser, “Man of the Year
2010” among Hungarian forwarders.
Every year, the logistics journal Navigátor appoints
the “Man of the Year” on the Hungarian
forwarding scene. In 2010, the prestigious award
went to Austrian-born Engelbert Liegl. The
44-year-old managing director of Liegl &
Dachser follows 12 Hungarian award winners
as the first non-Hungarian to be honoured
by the high-calibre expert jury. The jury was
especially impressed by Liegl’s achievements within the scope of
the Liegl & Dachser joint venture launched in 1999, referring to
the company’s outstanding dynamic development under his management
during the past few years and the high quality and
service standards associated with the brand. In its explanation, the
jury pointed out that under the management of Engelbert Liegl,
Liegl & Dachser had become a leading logistics provider in the
Hungarian market and enjoyed a high level of brand recognition
and respect throughout Europe. Even in the crisis year 2009, the
jury concluded, Liegl & Dachser had continued along its path of
growth and achieved excellent results, ranking fifth at national
level in terms of revenue.
58.4 27.9 13.7
72.5 16.0 11.5
74.4 15.0 9.6
Source: EEA
In brief
Together with its Australian
partner company Mainfreight
and Korean Air, Dachser Air
& Sea Logistics transported
a glass plate measuring
almost 14 metres by 3 metres
destined for the external
façade of a building in
Sydney from Munich to
Sydney in a spectacular feat
of air freight logistics. This
is the largest glass plate ever
to be carried by air. Dachser
had already set a record
two years earlier when
it transported glass plates
of a similar size.