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VCHD Cargo launches new international route

The transport company VCHD Cargo has started operating an international route between Nuremberg and Wrocław. The line, with regular daily departures, has expanded the company’s portfolio to 112 routes, which go to all corners of Europe every day.

VCHD Cargo is a specialist in line haulage, which is used by logistics, manufacturing and retail companies. Within Europe, it offers international connections not only with the start or end of the route in the Czech Republic. One of these lines is the Nuremberg-Wrocław (Wroclaw, Poland) route, which has been in operation since the end of last year and on which the company transports consumer goods in tandem sets with swap bodies. “The line from Bavaria to Wroclaw, Poland, runs on an optimised route that takes advantage of the possibility of driver changes, both at our headquarters in Kladno and in the vicinity of Chemnitz, Germany, where many of our activities are also concentrated,” says Ing. Petr Kozel, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of VCHD Cargo a.s., and adds, “The swap bodies that we deploy on the line have a number of advantages for this type of transport and our customers and drivers appreciate, for example, the possibility of pre-loading them, which speeds up the clearance of the train at the loading point.”

VCHD Cargo has a fleet of quality tractors and trailers and the average age of its fleet is around three years. All vehicles in the fleet are also equipped for the transport of dangerous goods under the ADR agreement, and many of them allow temperature-controlled transport suitable, for example, for the distribution of foodstuffs, paints and coatings, cosmetics and other temperature-sensitive consumer goods.

The company’s experienced drivers guarantee safe and economical driving, and the company’s staffing policy ensures the smooth operation of the lines with “relief” drivers who can replace their colleagues on any line if required. International routes are planned by the dispatchers with an optimum combination of fast delivery and economical driving, and the dispatch centre is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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Martin Hustoles – New Business Development Manager

The Czech transport company VCHD Cargo has a new Business Development Manager, the experienced logistics expert Martin Hustoles. In his new job, he will steer the company’s development, especially in terms of international road transport.

A native of Kladno, Martin Hustoles graduated from a Secondary Technical School with a specialisation in mechanical engineering technology and has since expanded his education through numerous specialist seminars and courses devoted to logistics and management. Martin Hustoles has worked in logistics for over 25 years. He started his career in ESA in 1993, initially working as a dispatcher for international and domestic road transport and later serving on several other positions until 2000 when he left the company as its deputy sales director. Between 2000 and 2016, he worked in UTi Worldwide as the head of the sales department and the Business Development Manager responsible for logistics solutions and meeting the needs of key customers primarily in the automotive and hi-tech industries. Before joining VCHD Cargo, he worked in the logistics company DSV Road a.s. where he served as the Key Account Manager since 2016 when UTi Worldwide was acquired by the holding company DSV. In his capacity of Key Account Manager, Martin Hustoles was responsible for the former UTi Worldwide’s customer portfolio as well as key DSV Road accounts.

In his new job as VCHD Cargo’s Business Development Manager, Martin Hustoles’s objective will be to continue the company’s successful business development primarily in international road transport using the company’s own fleet but he will also work on acquisitions in the forwarding business.

VCHD Cargo’s large fleet of new vehicles is a clear market advantage. On top of that, the company uses modern green technologies, intelligent TMS (Transport Management System) and professional know-how. The company is also open to new investments. All this comes together to create ideal conditions for an optimal growth strategy,” Martin Hustoles says, adding “I am looking forward to personally contributing to the company’s overall vision of moving forward into the future with stability and prosperity.”

“The job of a Business Development Manager touches on all activities of our company, from working with major customers, through processes involved in day-to-day operation, marketing and economic processes to the development of new business areas,” says Chairman of the VCHD Cargo a.s. Board of Directors Petr Kozel, adding“we are confident that in Martin Hustoles we found a logistics expert who will take our business strategy and use it to grow our transport and, in the future, other logistics services.”

Martin Hustoles is married and has two children. He is fluent in English and Russian and conversational in German, French, Spanish, Italian and Japanese. He spends his free time with his family travelling and enjoying a variety of sports – skiing, cycling and motorsports.