Author: Loe News

logitrans 2025, held in Istanbul, concluded after a three-day program. Standing out with its expanded exhibition area, increased international participation, and intensive business meetings, the event brought together companies operating across the logistics and transportation sector.

In container, vehicle carrier and similar platform trailers, operations are shifting away from a purely physical transport approach toward a digital model built around telemetry, sensors and remote monitoring. This infrastructure is expected to boost logistics efficiency, strengthen fleet management, enhance safety and accelerate maintenance processes.

Digital load management and telematics infrastructures are rapidly becoming widespread in vehicle carrier, container carrier and waste/scrap transport trailers used for logistics and recycling purposes. Trailer manufacturers and fleet operators aim to increase load stability, operational safety and transport efficiency by integrating sensor-based load monitoring, real-time location tracking and data analytics technologies.

In Türkiye, a comprehensive transformation is on the agenda in the areas of safety, superstructure durability and compliance with international transport standards for refrigerated semi-trailers as well as ADR-certified tanker and silo trailers. In tanker semi-trailers used for the transport of dangerous goods and in refrigerated superstructures that ensure cold chain logistics, compliance with ADR (European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road) is accepted as a fundamental requirement.

In Türkiye, the lowbed, semi lowbed and modular trailer classes used in heavy-load transportation are increasingly being addressed through a more systematic engineering approach in terms of both structural safety and vehicle coupling geometry. Manufacturers are incorporating technical processes into production planning aimed at verifying chassis strength, the suitability of connection points and load-carrying behavior, which are of critical importance in high-tonnage transport. Public policies and sectoral incentives are also paving the way for the development of products aligned with international market expectations.

In Türkiye, there has been an increase in production and certification processes compliant with the EN 12642-XL standard, which is considered important in terms of “cargo safety,” for trailer (semi-trailer) superstructures used in general cargo transportation. This standard aims to raise quality across the sector in terms of transport safety, superstructure durability and alignment with international norms.

ISO 17409:2020, one of the international norms for charging infrastructure safety in the field of electric vehicles, defines conductive charging safety requirements for road vehicles, including electric trucks. This standard provides a technical framework for safe power transfer, insulation, short-circuit protection, and thermal safety measures at the vehicle–charging station interface.

With the transformation toward electric trucks in the heavy commercial segment in Türkiye, the domestic development of traction batteries and standards-compliant production approaches aligned with international regulations are becoming a strategic focus. Supporting lithium iron phosphate (LFP) chemistry battery cells through domestic R&D and production projects strengthens a holistic industrial approach aimed at both supply chain independence and long-life, safe energy storage solutions.

In recent years, electric bus production has been focusing on compliance with technical standards alongside environmental sustainability targets in urban public transportation, battery technology, and safety–functionality requirements in high-voltage propulsion systems. This transformation has made both domestic development programs and alignment with international norms increasingly important.

The Euro 7 standard, the European Union’s latest vehicle emissions regulation, introduces stricter pollution limits that cover not only exhaust emissions but also particulate emissions resulting from brake and tire wear.