Monday, 23 AUGUST 2010 - CATEGORY : PRESS RELEASES
Cooperation between market leaders
Aix en Provence - Düsseldorf, France, 09/08/2010:
On the one hand, there is VIALTIS, the European market leader in cost reduction for the transport industry. On the other hand, TimoCom, the company behind leading Europe-wide freight and vehicle exchange service TC Truck&Cargo® and TC eBid®, the European transport industry's online tendering platform. The two companies have now entered into a partnership that brings benefits to both their customers.
Increasing efficiency, saving costs – these are values that both TimoCom and VIALTIS are committed to. The collaboration between these two service providers will enable services to be consolidated and the range offered to customers to be extended for all companies involved in transport.
Cooperation as a logical consequence
TimoCom's tendering platforms are designed to prevent unladen journeys and to permit long-term scheduling of transports. Using the freight exchange TC Truck&Cargo® and the tender platform TC eBid® allows all companies involved in transport to effectively save time and money.
In combination with VIALTIS, there are now even more opportunities to make savings, as VIALTIS offers transport companies valuable services both for administrative processes and when on the road.These cover everything from paying road tolls and getting VAT refunds or reimbursement in advance, diesel fuel tax rebates and competitive fuel prices to booking a ferry.
Cooperation at the highest level
TimoCom Soft- und Hardware GmbH was founded in 1997 and is an IT service provider for the freight industry. TimoCom has grown from a start-up venture to an established, medium-sized company in just a few years. With a large team of international employees, TimoCom provides two European tendering platforms: the market-leading freight and vehicle exchange platform TC Truck&Cargo® and TC eBid®, the online platform for transport tenders.
VIALTIS is a service provider working for international transport companies. As a privileged partner of the IRU (International Road Transport Union), the Group has 10 offices in Europe with 6,000 customers in over 40 countries.
Further information on TimoCom and VIALTIS can be found at www.timocom.com and www.vialtis.com.
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Aix en Provence - Düsseldorf, France, 09/08/2010:
On the one hand, there is VIALTIS, the European market leader in cost reduction for the transport industry. On the other hand, TimoCom, the company behind leading Europe-wide freight and vehicle exchange service TC Truck&Cargo® and TC eBid®, the European transport industry's online tendering platform. The two companies have now entered into a partnership that brings benefits to both their customers.
Increasing efficiency, saving costs – these are values that both TimoCom and VIALTIS are committed to. The collaboration between these two service providers will enable services to be consolidated and the range offered to customers to be extended for all companies involved in transport.
Cooperation as a logical consequence
TimoCom's tendering platforms are designed to prevent unladen journeys and to permit long-term scheduling of transports. Using the freight exchange TC Truck&Cargo® and the tender platform TC eBid® allows all companies involved in transport to effectively save time and money.
In combination with VIALTIS, there are now even more opportunities to make savings, as VIALTIS offers transport companies valuable services both for administrative processes and when on the road.These cover everything from paying road tolls and getting VAT refunds or reimbursement in advance, diesel fuel tax rebates and competitive fuel prices to booking a ferry.
Cooperation at the highest level
TimoCom Soft- und Hardware GmbH was founded in 1997 and is an IT service provider for the freight industry. TimoCom has grown from a start-up venture to an established, medium-sized company in just a few years. With a large team of international employees, TimoCom provides two European tendering platforms: the market-leading freight and vehicle exchange platform TC Truck&Cargo® and TC eBid®, the online platform for transport tenders.
VIALTIS is a service provider working for international transport companies. As a privileged partner of the IRU (International Road Transport Union), the Group has 10 offices in Europe with 6,000 customers in over 40 countries.
Further information on TimoCom and VIALTIS can be found at www.timocom.com and www.vialtis.com.
Friday, 20 AUGUST 2010 - CATEGORY : PRESS RELEASES
VIALTIS- TRANSCAMION has entered into a partnership agreement with UND Deniz for the whole of Europe.
Aix en Provence (FR) –Munich (DE), 20/08/2010:
Bookings for the Tekirdag-Toulon Ferry are now open to transporters. For the first time, there is a regular service between Turkey and France.
This mode of transport saves approximately two days as compared to journeys by road. The 3 boats making the crossing each have a capacity of 2800 linear metres. Drivers make the journey by plane, a service organised by the Ferry company.
Bookings for lorries and trailers to make the Toulon – Tekirdag crossing can be made as of now with VIALTIS-TRANSCAMION, the UND DENIZ Line's partner for Central Europe.
The responsiveness of both partners ensures bookings are quickly confirmed. The ferries are very well equipped to handle lorries and crossings take place in both directions 3 times a week to a set timetable.
The UND Deniz Tasimaciligi A.S. crossing offers a new regular RoRo service between Turkey (Tekirdag) and France (Toulon). In addition to regular departures, the transit time is slashed to 72 hours and therefore offers time savings as compared to travel by road.
Departures from Tekirdag (Turkey)
Departures from Toulon (France)
Drivers are flown using the Istanbul ↔ Marseilles connection
For information and bookings: Transcamion Ferry Booking Agency Munich
Direct tel: +49 898 960 73-47, e-mail: eastmed@transcamion.com
Direct fax: +49 898 960 73-83
About VIALTIS-TRANSCAMION Ferry Booking
With more than 120,000 HGV crossings per year, VIALTIS-TRANSCAMION is one of the largest ferry booking companies in Europe and can offer virtually every destination within Europe and the Black Sea.
VIALTIS-TRANSCAMION specialises in ferry bookings for road transport companies.
Thanks to direct partnerships with 150 ferry companies, VIALTIS-TRANSCAMION can offer more than 1,300 sea connections in Scandinavia, the Baltic Sea and the north-west of Europe, plus the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
VIALTIS-TRANSCAMION can provide crossings for all types of vehicles: utility vehicles, lorries, articulated trucks, super trucks and for transport of dangerous cargo.
Thanks to privileged relations with the ferry companies and thanks to its competencies, VIALTIS-TRANSCAMION can guarantee fast and reliable bookings which suit the needs of its customers and offer booking confirmation via SMS, fax, email or by letter.
More information is available from www.vialtis.com
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Aix en Provence (FR) –Munich (DE), 20/08/2010:
Bookings for the Tekirdag-Toulon Ferry are now open to transporters. For the first time, there is a regular service between Turkey and France.
This mode of transport saves approximately two days as compared to journeys by road. The 3 boats making the crossing each have a capacity of 2800 linear metres. Drivers make the journey by plane, a service organised by the Ferry company.
Bookings for lorries and trailers to make the Toulon – Tekirdag crossing can be made as of now with VIALTIS-TRANSCAMION, the UND DENIZ Line's partner for Central Europe.
The responsiveness of both partners ensures bookings are quickly confirmed. The ferries are very well equipped to handle lorries and crossings take place in both directions 3 times a week to a set timetable.
The UND Deniz Tasimaciligi A.S. crossing offers a new regular RoRo service between Turkey (Tekirdag) and France (Toulon). In addition to regular departures, the transit time is slashed to 72 hours and therefore offers time savings as compared to travel by road.
Departures from Tekirdag (Turkey)
|
Day |
Boat | Departure | Duration | Arrival |
| Wednesday | Mercia | 06:00 | 72 hours | 06:00 (Sat) |
| Friday | Beachy Head | 06:00 | 72 hours | 06:00 (Mon) |
| Sunday | Wessex | 06:00 | 72 hours | 06:00 (Wed) |
Departures from Toulon (France)
|
Day |
Boat | Departure | Duration | Arrival |
| Monday | Beachy Head | 20:00 | 72 hours | 20:00 (Thurs) |
| Wednesday | Wessex | 20:00 | 72 hours | 20:00 (Sat) |
| Saturday | Mercia | 20:00 | 72 hours | 20:00 (Tues) |
Drivers are flown using the Istanbul ↔ Marseilles connection
For information and bookings: Transcamion Ferry Booking Agency Munich
Direct tel: +49 898 960 73-47, e-mail: eastmed@transcamion.com
Direct fax: +49 898 960 73-83
About VIALTIS-TRANSCAMION Ferry Booking
With more than 120,000 HGV crossings per year, VIALTIS-TRANSCAMION is one of the largest ferry booking companies in Europe and can offer virtually every destination within Europe and the Black Sea.
VIALTIS-TRANSCAMION specialises in ferry bookings for road transport companies.
Thanks to direct partnerships with 150 ferry companies, VIALTIS-TRANSCAMION can offer more than 1,300 sea connections in Scandinavia, the Baltic Sea and the north-west of Europe, plus the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
VIALTIS-TRANSCAMION can provide crossings for all types of vehicles: utility vehicles, lorries, articulated trucks, super trucks and for transport of dangerous cargo.
Thanks to privileged relations with the ferry companies and thanks to its competencies, VIALTIS-TRANSCAMION can guarantee fast and reliable bookings which suit the needs of its customers and offer booking confirmation via SMS, fax, email or by letter.
More information is available from www.vialtis.com
Thursday, 03 JUNE 2010 - CATEGORY : PRESS RELEASES
VIALTIS-TRANSCAMION Schiffahrtsagentur signed europeanwide bookingagreement with Visemar Line.
With immediately effect the ferry for route from Venice to Alexandria
(Egypt) and Tartous (Syria) can be booked at VIALTIS-TRANSCAMION.
For the first time a regular ferry-service to Egypt and Syria is established.
Time saving compared to the land-route via Turkey to Iraq or other Middle-East
Destinations. Vessel “Visemar I” do have a capacity of 2.800 loading-meter and
Place for 300 passengers in 70 cabines plus pullman-seats.
Europeanwide operating ferry-agency VIALTIS-TRANSCAMION Munich as partner for bookings at Visemar-Line for central-europa are trucks and trailer on route Venice to Alexandria and Tartous bookable with immediately effect.
Due to the direct link between both partners, the booking will be confirmed
within very short time.
The ferry-boat is equiped the best way for trucks and trailer, furthermore also
every other kind of self-driving vehicles will be accepted. A separate deck
for cars is offered on the vessel. Departures are weekly on fix day and time.
Transit-time by that new ferry-service between Italy and Egypt resp. Syria will
be shortened compared to the journey via land via Turkey as well as to the
shipping by container.
Information and booking: VIALTIS-TRANSCAMION Fähragentur München
Tel-direkt: +49 / 89 / 89 60 73-48, E-Mail: westmed@transcamion.com
Fax-direkt:+49 / 89 /89 60 73 –84
With immediately effect the ferry for route from Venice to Alexandria
(Egypt) and Tartous (Syria) can be booked at VIALTIS-TRANSCAMION.
For the first time a regular ferry-service to Egypt and Syria is established.
Time saving compared to the land-route via Turkey to Iraq or other Middle-East
Destinations. Vessel “Visemar I” do have a capacity of 2.800 loading-meter and
Place for 300 passengers in 70 cabines plus pullman-seats.
Europeanwide operating ferry-agency VIALTIS-TRANSCAMION Munich as partner for bookings at Visemar-Line for central-europa are trucks and trailer on route Venice to Alexandria and Tartous bookable with immediately effect.
Due to the direct link between both partners, the booking will be confirmed
within very short time.
The ferry-boat is equiped the best way for trucks and trailer, furthermore also
every other kind of self-driving vehicles will be accepted. A separate deck
for cars is offered on the vessel. Departures are weekly on fix day and time.
Transit-time by that new ferry-service between Italy and Egypt resp. Syria will
be shortened compared to the journey via land via Turkey as well as to the
shipping by container.
Information and booking: VIALTIS-TRANSCAMION Fähragentur München
Tel-direkt: +49 / 89 / 89 60 73-48, E-Mail: westmed@transcamion.com
Fax-direkt:+49 / 89 /89 60 73 –84
TAGS : Ferry
Tuesday, 25 MAY 2010 - CATEGORY : PRESS RELEASES
The VIALTIS Group, a specialist in road transportation services and a leader in cost reduction, has announced the launch of a new free service with high added value for international road transporters.
Aix en Provence, 25 May 2010:
The myVialtis.com secure website serves as an information gateway between VIALTIS and its customers. It aims to provide key information enabling them to prepare and optimise the costs of their various journeys across Europe.
Following on from the recent launch of the "Diesel Optimisation Programme" offer and available since the 1st April 2010, it is now used both in France and abroad by some of the biggest hauliers. This highly intuitive and efficient tool is available in 11 languages.
Online services include:
- A European journey simulation tool incorporating Google maps technology and offering advanced functions: itineraries, fuel consumption, service stations and secure parking in partnership with the IRU;
- A variety of practical information with real‐time updates for improved journey planning: fuel prices in more than 29 countries (source: IRU) as well as prices at the pump and services available at each service station;
- Management tools indicating fuel consumption by vehicle, country or service station, consolidated for all petrol suppliers;
- Access to dematerialised customer information management: online and current contract request module.
The customer area will be updated very soon and a version 2.0 will incorporate other services offered by VIALTIS, for example toll payment. Finally, it will be possible to consolidate all the data linked to a fleet of lorries or a particular registration. For example, customers will be able to cross‐reference all information relating to each vehicle: fuel consumption, tolls, etc.
With the launch of a new version of its corporate website, www.vialtis.com, and massive investment in its IT infrastructure, VIALTIS is further strengthening its presence on the web and across a range of new technologies to bring benefits to the road transportation industry.
About VIALTIS
VIALTIS is a service company dedicated to international road transport companies. As a privileged partner of the IRU (International Road Transport Union), the Group has 10 offices in Europe with 6000 customers in over 40 countries.
Since 1982, VIALTIS has developed lasting relationships with carriers of all sizes, thanks to its professionalism and expertise and by offering its customers substantial reductions in their charges. An independent road services expert, its business activities revolve around seven areas of competence: fuel, recovery of foreign VAT, tax refunds on diesel fuel, tolls and road taxes, ferry and train bookings, financing, and the RoadPass service card.
http://www.vialtis.com
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Tuesday, 04 MAY 2010 - CATEGORY : PRESS RELEASES
The VIALTIS Group, road services expert and leader in cost reduction, announces its new organisation and launches a high added value range of services intended to increase its competitive advantage in France and across Europe.
Aix en Provence, 4 May 2010:
Having recently relocated to its new headquarters in Aix-en-Provence, France, in 2009, the VIALTIS Group is today introducing a new range of services aimed at significantly optimising the operating costs of road transport companies.
To this end, the Group has structured its new offering to include various complementary areas, Road hauliers may now access an integrated, scalable and customised range of services, according to their needs.
Sebastian Schmitt, CEO of VIALTIS stated: "We are proud to introduce our new range of services. This will enable us, at this time of crisis, to better meet the specific needs of road hauliers, looking to optimise their operating costs in order to remain competitive. VIALTIS is there to help them in this.”
Introducing the new range of services from the VIALTIS Group:
- Diesel Optimisation Programme
VIALTIS provides independent advice to carriers and offers very attractive commission-free diesel services supported by the most competitive fuel networks in Europe.
Today, its network of partners includes independent and local oil companies offering the best prices in their markets, and also major international oil companies. To complete this service, VIALTIS has developed a website: myVialtis.com.
In addition, VIALTIS helps its customers to significantly reduce their fuel costs through reimbursement of all the taxes they are entitled to reclaim (France, Belgium, Spain, Slovenia, and Italy). VIALTIS provides unique expertise on the tax regulations in force in each state and offers a comprehensive management of diesel tax refund applications up to the point of reimbursement.
- Foreign VAT recovery & financing
In the context of the new VAT Directive 2010, which makes provision for the electronic processing of claims, VIALTIS has invested significantly in its IT system and has integrated new technologies.
VIALTIS not only continues to ensure the recovery of VAT for its customers in 29 countries, but will soon give them the opportunity to optimise their cash flow, with the guarantee of a VAT refund in less than 10 days, in countries where this was not previously available.
- Net invoicing
With VIALTIS, customers can benefit from the automatic deduction of VAT on RoadBox/TIS-PL and GO-BOX electronic toll bills (in France/Spain and Austria respectively).
- Tolls and road charges
VIALTIS manages all types of payments for its customers (cards and badges) in Europe for motorways and the Mont Blanc /Frejus tunnels, with a single contract. The Group liaises with all the different operators (responsible for orders, invoices and replacements) and provides daily online information for monitoring transactions in detail.
- Booking via ferry and train
With a single call or click, VIALTIS, with its subsidiary TRANSCAMION, enables online booking of over 1,300 ferry and rail connections regardless of the merchandise carried. In many situations, sea/road and rail/road are the fastest and most reliable means of transport for cargo and drivers, as there is no need to worry about traffic, driving day and night, or legal resting time.
- RoadPass card service
With a single card, customers can benefit from multiple support services in Europe and simplified payment of tolls and ferries. Thanks to an extensive network of specialist providers and a multilingual technical platform, the teams at VIALTIS are able to assist carriers on all European roads and motorways, 24/7. VIALTIS covers all the hazards of the road across Europe and offers a bespoke pay-per-use service.
About VIALTIS
VIALTIS is a service company dedicated to international road transport companies. As a privileged partner of the IRU (International Road Transport Union), the Group has 10 offices in Europe with 6000 customers in over 40 countries.
Since 1982, VIALTIS has developed lasting relationships with carriers of all sizes, thanks to its professionalism and expertise and by offering its customers substantial reductions in their charges. An independent road services expert, its business activities revolve around seven areas of competence: fuel, recovery of foreign VAT, tax refunds on diesel fuel, tolls and road taxes, ferry and train bookings, financing, and the RoadPass service card.
http://www.vialtis.com
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Aix en Provence, 4 May 2010:
Having recently relocated to its new headquarters in Aix-en-Provence, France, in 2009, the VIALTIS Group is today introducing a new range of services aimed at significantly optimising the operating costs of road transport companies.
To this end, the Group has structured its new offering to include various complementary areas, Road hauliers may now access an integrated, scalable and customised range of services, according to their needs.
Sebastian Schmitt, CEO of VIALTIS stated: "We are proud to introduce our new range of services. This will enable us, at this time of crisis, to better meet the specific needs of road hauliers, looking to optimise their operating costs in order to remain competitive. VIALTIS is there to help them in this.”
Introducing the new range of services from the VIALTIS Group:
- Diesel Optimisation Programme
VIALTIS provides independent advice to carriers and offers very attractive commission-free diesel services supported by the most competitive fuel networks in Europe.
Today, its network of partners includes independent and local oil companies offering the best prices in their markets, and also major international oil companies. To complete this service, VIALTIS has developed a website: myVialtis.com.
In addition, VIALTIS helps its customers to significantly reduce their fuel costs through reimbursement of all the taxes they are entitled to reclaim (France, Belgium, Spain, Slovenia, and Italy). VIALTIS provides unique expertise on the tax regulations in force in each state and offers a comprehensive management of diesel tax refund applications up to the point of reimbursement.
- Foreign VAT recovery & financing
In the context of the new VAT Directive 2010, which makes provision for the electronic processing of claims, VIALTIS has invested significantly in its IT system and has integrated new technologies.
VIALTIS not only continues to ensure the recovery of VAT for its customers in 29 countries, but will soon give them the opportunity to optimise their cash flow, with the guarantee of a VAT refund in less than 10 days, in countries where this was not previously available.
- Net invoicing
With VIALTIS, customers can benefit from the automatic deduction of VAT on RoadBox/TIS-PL and GO-BOX electronic toll bills (in France/Spain and Austria respectively).
- Tolls and road charges
VIALTIS manages all types of payments for its customers (cards and badges) in Europe for motorways and the Mont Blanc /Frejus tunnels, with a single contract. The Group liaises with all the different operators (responsible for orders, invoices and replacements) and provides daily online information for monitoring transactions in detail.
- Booking via ferry and train
With a single call or click, VIALTIS, with its subsidiary TRANSCAMION, enables online booking of over 1,300 ferry and rail connections regardless of the merchandise carried. In many situations, sea/road and rail/road are the fastest and most reliable means of transport for cargo and drivers, as there is no need to worry about traffic, driving day and night, or legal resting time.
- RoadPass card service
With a single card, customers can benefit from multiple support services in Europe and simplified payment of tolls and ferries. Thanks to an extensive network of specialist providers and a multilingual technical platform, the teams at VIALTIS are able to assist carriers on all European roads and motorways, 24/7. VIALTIS covers all the hazards of the road across Europe and offers a bespoke pay-per-use service.
About VIALTIS
VIALTIS is a service company dedicated to international road transport companies. As a privileged partner of the IRU (International Road Transport Union), the Group has 10 offices in Europe with 6000 customers in over 40 countries.
Since 1982, VIALTIS has developed lasting relationships with carriers of all sizes, thanks to its professionalism and expertise and by offering its customers substantial reductions in their charges. An independent road services expert, its business activities revolve around seven areas of competence: fuel, recovery of foreign VAT, tax refunds on diesel fuel, tolls and road taxes, ferry and train bookings, financing, and the RoadPass service card.
http://www.vialtis.com
TAGS : new_organisation, range_of_services
