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A 20-meter Moscow metro wagon. A 6-ton passenger plane engine. A 1,000-part city tram. All these vehicles’ components must go a long way before they can function together as a whole.

From 21 to 23 May, the German city of Bremen will host the "heavy" logistics and transportation industry’s key annual event: Breakbulk Europe. Representatives of the entire industrial supply chain will come together in the Bremen Musicians’ hometown.

Japan is one of the world’s most economically developed countries. The basis of Japanese industry is high technology. Expensive Japanese chips and machine tools, production lines, cables and industrial robots are sold worldwide.

Europe is not just about the European Union. It is also worth remembering the significant road transport export and import potential of Southeastern Europe, including the Balkan Peninsula.

Project transportation is one of the most interesting areas of logistics. It involves not just transport, engineering, and customs, but often legal, economic, and sometimes political issues as well.

Everyone has heard ancient tales about merchants bringing goods from distant countries. Spices from India, silk from China, and cloth from England traveled thousands of kilometers and fell into the hands of buyers only after several months. Today, in the era of high speeds and constant availability of goods, late delivery can quickly lead to a perfume falling out fashion. The efficiency of product transportation is a critical factor – especially for lines of goods that are regularly updated.

"When in Rome, do as the Romans do." It’s a proverb that is true not only for Italy, and not just for travelers.

The origin stories of airports, reactors, factories, and large industrial construction all share a common element: project logistics. Andrey Abramov, AsstrA Industrial Project Logistics Specialist shares how to map a project solution to a client’s specific needs and what goes into planning a successful shipment.

From March to August 2018, transport and logistics operator AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG transported crane parts, counterweights, crane maintenance equipment, and several self-propelled heavy and oversized cargo moving modules.

In August of this year, the AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG group of transport and logistics companies shipped a new 26-meter rail wagon to Germany, and then shipped similar cargo from Switzerland a few weeks later.

Top Transport Europe is a two-day event gathering logistics and transportation services buyers and suppliers for a series of meetings in Marseille, France. This year the event is being held from 17th October to 18th October. Following the success achieved during the event last year, international logistics group AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG will be attending it again this year.

Realizing eco-friendly ambitions in logistics is not an easy task. But there is a company doing so perfectly – AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG.

In 2017 AsstrA specialists executed around 7,500 partial load orders, of which 2,000 involved Russia-bound routes.

The AsstrA group provides comprehensive transport and logistics services related to the organization of international light industry goods transportation, including the transport of clothing, accessories, textiles, fittings, and more.