
Alpega TMS: the Belgian-run transport software that puts European road freight online
Europe's road freight still runs on phone calls, emails and paper waybills that travel in the cab with the driver, get lost and are retyped at the other end.

Europe's road freight still runs on phone calls, emails and paper waybills that travel in the cab with the driver, get lost and are retyped at the other end.

The last mile, from depot to doorstep, is the most expensive and often the most polluting part of a delivery, full of failed drop-offs, half-empty vans and drivers circling for addresses.

Every morning, thousands of delivery fleets have to decide which van takes which order, in what sequence and at what time. Done by hand, that puzzle wastes kilometres, fuel and drivers' hours.

A late truck can stop a production line, leave a shop shelf empty or keep a dock crew waiting. Most shippers only find out when it is already late.

Every day, thousands of European factories and retailers have to find a truck, agree a price, book a loading slot and later prove what the trip emitted. Much of that still happens by phone, email and spreadsheet.