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Here you can find news and blog posts about the logistics and transport industry.
TIMOCOM Start-Up Blog: Have you started a transport business?
For new companies, safeguarding liquidity and maintaining an acceptable debt to equity ratio can be difficult. Factoring can be a valuable resource. For TIMOCOM customer TSL Justrans s.c., a Polish company, receiving payment within 24 hours is the ... Read more
Saving Time for 25 Years
TIMOCOM is celebrating its silver jubilee in 2022. For 25 years, we have used the Smart Logistics System to improve the logistics industry and help it on its way to Logistics 4.0. And Dallmaco Speditionsgesellschaft mbH has been a loyal customer ... Read more
The new silk road - logistics infrastructure Made in China
The People’s Republic of China will turn 100 in 2049. President Xi Jinping plans to transform the country into the world’s largest economy by then. As part of this plan, he wants to revive the ancient route known as the silk road. For ... Read more
Diesel Price Shock: Effect on European Logistics
Global sanctions and a possible import ban on Russian oil have driven international fuel prices to their highest level in 15 years and the outbreak of war in Ukraine has had catastrophic human and economic consequences. In this blog article, we ... Read more
EU Licence: the following new rules apply to courier and parcel services
Is it possible to transport goods or offer cabotage services internationally without an EU community licence? Courier and parcel services are facing changes to EU laws that come into effect on 21 May 2022. The EU adopted changes to the regulations ... Read more
Winter is upon us - what drivers need to know
The Christmas season, which can be both hectic and relaxing, is behind us, and the new year is here. For most of us, winter only really gets started when we see that first snowfall: in the Alps that can be as early as the beginning of ... Read more
German Supply Chain Law and UN Sustainable Development Goals
Organic fashion, sustainable gifts, climate neutral travel – consumer behaviour is sending a clear message. But unfortunately, Germany ranks fourth on a list of countries with the largest environmental footprint, and is home to only five of ... Read more
Port congestion in the USA causes global delivery chaos
First the Ever Given blocked the Suez Canal, then China closed its harbours, and now there are container ships lining up to get into America’s largest ports. Around 4,000 container ships are currently waiting for harbour access. The two ... Read more
Post Brexit Customs regulations, cabotage, extended work visas. What's next?
"Brexit has not helped us," is the down-to-earth assessment of Chris Hall, European Manager at the British freight forwarding company UKI Express Transport LTD, in an interview with TIMOCOM. The Brexit's faithful companion goes be the name of ... Read more
TIMOCOM Transport Barometer:
Road transport is booming. According to the TIMOCOM transport barometer, freight volumes across Europe rose a full 51 percent above the previous year’s volumes during the third quarter of 2021. Even though they dropped slightly as compared to ... Read more
New technologies that changed the logistics industry forever
The logistics industry is an important and crucial component of world trade, providing significant financial contributions, not to mention that without it, there would be no way to get goods where they need to go. Today on the blog, we are going to ... Read more
Digital pallet management vs. analogue pallet exchange Expert
Pallets have had a significant supporting role in the logistics industry since the 1960s. The EUR-pallet was developed as a multi-use exchange pallet and quickly became a driver of standardisation within the logistics industry. But the analogue ... Read more
Guest Post: The importance of Supply Chain Visibility
Dynamic markets and multi-layered logistics networks mean that companies are faced with even more challenges. They have to react quickly to unforeseen changes to the market and deal with supply chains that are becoming more complex, and therefore ... Read more
Are you already Carrier of Choice?
Efficiency, service and digitilisation – this combination is the key to success for many service providers. However, it is not always easy for transport companies to keep an eye on all three aspects and to implement them professionally. After ... Read more
Steel shortages and delivery bottlenecks cause delays
Steel shortages and missing parts are currently causing delivery bottlenecks and delays. Almost every second company in Germany is dealing with the consequences. The raw material shortage is also affecting warehouse equipment manufacture. How can ... Read more
Quick payment: how factoring services help logistics companies
As is the case with many other industries, logistics companies often have to deal with long payment terms, a problem only exacerbated by late payments. This is a real predicament for companies already forced to operate with very low margins. ... Read more
Resilience vs. efficiency: stability thanks to flexible supply chains
Climate change, global conflicts, resource shortages and changes to consumer behaviour all pose risks to current supply chains.Creating resilient supply chains requires precise analysis of what is causing the risk as well as targeted ... Read more
The Ever Given and the Suez Canal:
Everybody is talking about it. The ‘ketchup effect’, caused by the container ship Ever Given when it blocked the world’s most important trade route. For the second time in a year, the logistics industry found itself under enormous ... Read more
A guide to customs clearance for import and export to the EU
The decision to leave the European Single Market and the Customs Union has fundamentally changed UK border controls and customs clearance. This directly impacts importers and exporters, as well as transporters, moving goods between the UK and the ... Read more
Increase flexibility, reduce costs
Approximately 10 % of all costs in industrial companies and around 30 % of all costs in commercial companies are related to logistics processes. For this reason alone, companies should regularly examine the efficiency of their own delivery ... Read more