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Cargo Manager at the Mega Trucks Festival 2025 – a look back<\/p>\n\n

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On December 6 and 7, 2025, we were present at the Mega Trucks Festival<\/a> in the Brabanthallen<\/a>. The Mega Trucks Festival is a major trucking event where enthusiasts, drivers, and transport companies come together for impressive trucks, presentations, and everything related to transport. <\/p>\n\n

Many owner-operators and transport companies came with the same question: how will the kilometer charge affect my margin per trip?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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What is a kilometer charge?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n

A kilometer charge is a new levy<\/strong> per kilometer driven for trucks. The rate depends, among other things, on the vehicle type and emission class. For many companies, this will become a fixed cost that you must include in your calculation in advance<\/strong>, just like fuel, tolls, and other kilometer-based costs. <\/p>\n\n

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Why this directly affects your margin<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n

If you do not include the kilometer charge in your pre-calculation, you will only see the effect afterward in your results. And by then, it is too late: the trip has already been driven and the price has already been agreed upon. <\/p>\n\n

Ernst van Kranen<\/strong> (owner of Cargo Manager):<\/p>\n\n

\u201cEven before you depart, you must know what a trip costs and what it yields. Profitability should be clear in advance, not just in hindsight.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n

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Practical: how to use it in pre-calculation<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n

During the festival, we let visitors calculate their kilometer charges in our TMS Cargo Manager based on their own situation. This immediately made it clear: <\/p>\n\n