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Cost-efficient driving = smaller carbon footprint

20Apr2020

Pressures to protect the environment are increasing around the world. There has been a lot of talk of alternative technologies and new concepts. At the moment, however, there are no feasible, mass-produced technologies that could fully replace diesel engines in European trucks. One solution that can reduce our carbon footprint right now, though, is cost-efficient driving. VCHD Cargo insists on cost-efficient driving in all its operations.

VCHD Cargo vehicles are travelling across Europe nearly every day and constant driving optimisation is one of our company’s main priorities. We regularly review the routes of our regular lines with the aim to reduce the number of empty kilometres. We work with our customers to maximise the efficiency of space utilisation in our trucks and we motivate drivers to driver in the most cost-efficient way possible. “We have defined principles of cost-efficient driving and implemented tools that track the application of these rules,” VCHD Cargo a.s. chairman Ing. Petr Kozel explains, adding: “This includes minimisation of high-rev time, using engine idling and cruise control, smart breaking and, of course, sticking to the speed limit, etc.” Drivers get bonuses if they drive in a cost-efficient and environment-friendly way. According to Petr Kozel, safe driving is the absolutely fundamental rule and a second nature for all professional drivers.

“We approach our business responsibly and with respect for our environment and we teach these principles to all our colleagues,” Petr Kozel added. VCHD Cargo uses vehicles that meet the highest emission standards and in most cases transports cargo in modular bodies that allow the best use of the loading capacity. Furthermore, the company’s branch in Havlíčkův Brod uses electricity generated in its own photovoltaic plant.

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We protect our drivers – we protect all of us!

26Mar2020

For several weeks, new measures have been in place at VCHD Cargo in connection with the spread of COVID-19. Our drivers are just behind the first line, which is, in terms of the risk of infectious of the disease, undoubtedly formed by paramedics, doctors and defence forces. Every day, our people drive through the whole of Europe and take the risk in the areas affected by the disease. They ensure that stores and e-shops are fully supplied. They are often exposed to contacts with unknown people on the road, during loading and unloading. By protecting them, we are actually protecting all of us. We take measures that minimize the risk of infection and its spread.

We are tirelessly looking for protective equipment – we have purchased hundreds of masks and respirators as well as dozens of plastic respirators with replacement filters, 1.5 thousand disposable latex gloves, 40 litres of disinfectants and 70 litres of antibacterial gels (and it is really not easy to get those). Also a plastic respirator with filters, which we put in all our 156 vehicles in the past is today’s big advantage.

We have purchased ozone generators for each branch, which are now used to efficiently clean and destroy viruses and bacteria for our entire fleet of trucks and company premises. In total, we have invested more than 10.000 EUR in protective means (and we will of course continue doing so).

We also want to thank CESMAD (Czech hauliers association), where we were one of the first to pick up masks and respirators, and last but not least, an employee of Bohemia Plast (who is our neighbour in Kladno), who sewed our drivers dozens of masks.

We have also set up new measures for administrative staff and their protection – we have introduced contactless handover of documents and sent most of our staff to work from home. We believe that all these measures in society and in companies, together with the responsibility of each of us, will contribute to slowing down and stopping the spread of this new coronavirus.

We are also troubled by a number of negative effects on our work. This is particularly a slow, lax approach in some countries, although with the advancing virus, the situation in wearing masks has improved. Yet smoking corners with 10-15 smokers are still very common in Germany. Equally negative is the opposite extreme. Total isolation, which some have explained by locking toilets, showers, canteens. This is very bad news for our drivers, who are daily on the road and transporting the goods for the people. Yet our drivers are doing a great job and we are grateful to them.

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VCHD Cargo adding a new refrigerator line to Italy

18Nov2019

The Czech company VCHD Cargo specialises in refrigerated transport and has recently introduced a new chiller line to Milan, Italy. The double-decker trailer with a refrigeration system has a capacity of 66 standard pallets.

VCHD Cargo offers regular international and domestic cargo transport lines. Some of these lines use vehicles with temperature control. “Refrigerated vehicles are suitable for a variety of goods, not just food,” says VCHD Cargo CEO Pavel Sirotek. “We provide this service to clients in the chemical, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries, too. It is ideal for any product sensitive to temperature changes, both in terms of heat and cold, such as water-soluble paints, cosmetic creams and toners, etc.”

VCHD Cargo meets these temperature requirements thanks to its double-decker refrigerated vehicles equipped with temperature sensors that allow online monitoring of the conditions inside the vehicle. The trucks also have a back-up contact thermometer. In addition to temperature control, another advantage of these vehicles is the fact that they have two levels, the upper level being flexible and independent of the lower loading area. Depending on the type of goods transported, the upper level may be installed, for example, only in the front part of the trailer where smaller units can be placed in two tiers and the rest of the trailer may be filled with pallets with heights of up to 2.7 meters. If the full upper level is installed, the trailer’s pallet capacity is doubled to a maximum of 66 pallets.

“Some of our customers do not know how to take full advantage of the double-decker trailer or lack the necessary loading technology,” says Pavel Sirotek. “We try to motivate these customers to increase their transport efficiency and even offer to provide a special forklift that takes up the space of two pallets in the trailer but allows loading on the upper level. Double-decker trailers are not just economically attractive. They also help reduce the cargo’s carbon footprint.”

The average age of VCHD Cargo vehicles is 2.9 years and 98% of the company’s trucks meet the EURO 6 emission standard. All vehicles are equipped for hazardous goods transport in accordance with ADR. VCHD Cargo’s has regular lines to more than 70 European destinations and customers can keep track of the current location of their goods thanks to GPS tracking.

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VCHD Cargo: Investments in on-board toll units amount to millions, but a common European toll system is still a far-off dream

11Nov2019

The Czech Transport Company VCHD Cargo owns a fleet of over 150 trucks. Due to the fact that the company is involved in export shipping, each vehicle is fitted with five or more on-board toll units on average. Thus, the Company has over two million CZK locked in on-board toll units. Now, the Czech Republic is embarking on a system employing new and more expensive on-board toll units.

The truck drivers’ collection has just been enriched by a new “box”, as it is nicknamed in truck drivers’ jargon, for transit through the Czech Republic. The Ministry of Transport’s tender was won by the CzechToll Company and SkyToll Company consortium to replace the Austrian Kapsch Group. The refundable deposit per on-board unit has increased to 2,468 CZK from the current 1,550 CZK. The technology is also changing, microwaves will be replaced by a satellite system – to be launched on motorways on 1^st December and on first-class roads in January 2020.

Ing. Pavel Sirotek, VCHD Cargo CEO, comments on this: “Due to the size of our company we fall into the post-paid category. We have registered into the system on time and have picked up on-board toll units for all our vehicles. What we find paradoxical is that although the toll system in Slovakia is operated by the same consortium, the toll systems are incompatible.”

For a small carrier company, this may represent a relatively large financial burden. “A deposit or another fee, as it is, is always related to each on-board toll unit installed in each vehicle”, explains Pavel Sirotek. “In Slovakia, for example, the deposit per on-board toll unit is 50 EUR, in Poland 28 EUR, and in Belgium even 135 EUR. The common system for Austria and Germany charges 3,300 CZK for the installation of an on-board unit in the truck and even 600 CZK for its disassembly, all non-refundable,” calculates Pavel Sirotek adding that “an integrated European toll system is, unfortunately, still a far-off dream.”

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VCHD Cargo commits to cost-efficiency

8Oct2019

The leading Czech carrier VCHD Cargo has published results of its cost-efficiency efforts. The company’s strict internal regulations have brought about savings of more than CZK 11 million on fuel and, more importantly, a 6.2% reduction in its carbon footprint.

VCHD Cargo vehicles navigate European roads practically every day and carriage optimisation is, therefore, one of the company’s key priorities. The routes of its regular lines are regularly reviewed in order to eliminate empty capacities and the carrier works with its clients on ways to maximise the efficiency of space usage inside its vehicles. Drivers are motivated to drive economically. “We have defined a set of principles of economic driving for our employees and we have tools for monitoring their application in practice,” says Ing. Pavel Sirotek, the CEO of VCHD Cargo a.s., adding “This includes maximum avoidance of high engine RPM situations, use of idling and cruise control, specific braking strategies and, of course, respecting the speed limit, etc.” Drivers are rewarded for cost-efficient and environment-friendly driving performance. As for driving safety, Pavel Sirotek says this core value is ingrained in every professional driver.

“We approach driving, the fundamental cornerstone of our business, with humility and respect for those around us and we try to instil this ethos in all our colleagues,” Pavel Sirotek explains. The company’s fleet meets the highest emission standards and typically uses modular trailer superstructures that allow the most efficient use of the load space. Furthermore, the company’s branch in Havlíčkův Brod has an alternative source of energy in the form of photovoltaic panels.

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