Harvesting a new transport channel: the latest Top Story available on CNHIndustrial.com
September 08 2020 - 5:00AM
By the Beautiful Blue Danube, title of the most
famous waltz ever written, is the bucolic setting for the latest
installment in CNH Industrial’s Top Stories series. The article
takes the reader on a river journey of discovery across Europe from
Passau in Germany to Ruse in Bulgaria to explain how a modern day
logistical problem was solved by revisiting one of the oldest means
of transport in the world:
cnhindustrial.com/harvestinganewtransportchannel_eng
London, September 8, 2020
The challenge faced by the Transport Logistics
team at CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNHI / MI: CNHI), was the
transportation of its Case IH and New Holland Agriculture combine
harvesters from the Company’s hub in Zeebrugge, Belgium, to
destinations throughout Europe. Combine harvesters are by far the
largest piece of machinery at a farmer’s disposal weighing in at up
to an impressive 24,500 kilos which makes delivering them from the
factory to field by road an exceptionally challenging task.
To solve this very modern problem, the CNH
Industrial logistics team took inspiration from one of the oldest
means of transport – water. The River Danube, at 2,780 km is the
second longest river in Europe, flows through 10 countries from the
Black Forest in Germany to the Black Sea, in the southeast corner
of the continent and has been used for shipping freight for
centuries. Founded in 1829 The Danube River Steamboat Shipping
Company grew to become the largest river shipping company in the
world with some 200 steamboat ships and 1,000 cargo boats. The
advent and subsequent expansion of the railway meant that river
transport declined in importance and popularity.
The team at CNH Industrial recognized the
potential in this once widely used means of transport for the
shipping of its combines. In this latest Top Story we explore the
technical challenges that were overcome in enabling the transition
from road to river and highlight the benefits as a cost-effective
and environmentally-friendly transport service. Come aboard with
CNH Industrial as the Company continues its quest to reduce its
carbon footprint through innovative sustainable transport solutions
at: cnhindustrial.com/harvestinganewtransportchannel_eng
CNH Industrial
N.V. (NYSE: CNHI / MI: CNHI) is a
global leader in the capital goods sector with established
industrial experience, a wide range of products and a worldwide
presence. Each of the individual brands belonging to the Company is
a major international force in its specific industrial sector: Case
IH, New Holland Agriculture and Steyr for tractors and agricultural
machinery; Case and New Holland Construction for earth moving
equipment; Iveco for commercial vehicles; Iveco Bus and Heuliez Bus
for buses and coaches; Iveco Astra for quarry and construction
vehicles; Magirus for firefighting vehicles; Iveco Defence Vehicles
for defence and civil protection; and FPT Industrial for engines
and transmissions. More information can be found on the corporate
website: www.cnhindustrial.com
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Media contact:
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Overall
Corporate Communications ManagerCNH IndustrialTel. +44 (0)2077 660
338
Email:
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