A team for more than 25 years

Since 1995, Dissegna Logistics from Rossano Veneto near Vicenza in north-eastern Italy has purchased an impressive 700 trailers from Schmitz Cargobull, 600 of which are suitable for intermodal transport. At first it was conventional curtainsider trailers that Gino Dissegna, the founder of the company, needed. Later, refrigerated boxes without a refrigeration machine for dry freight were added and, from 2010, trailers with FERROPLAST technology. "We immediately saw that their cooling properties, were far superior to the conventional trailers with fibreglass bodies," recalls Ilario Dissegna, son of the company founder and current CEO.
Dissegna Logistics is a specialist in intermodal transport. Of the 51 million kilometres covered per year more than 50 percent runs on rails and ship, focusing on sustainability. The main markets are Central Europe (Germany, BeNeLux, France and UK) but Dissegna fleet is present also in Eastern Europe, Scandinavia and Greece. The company from Veneto is also active in Northern Europe. Ilario Dissegna and his staff handle 55,000 consignments a year. These include industrial products as well as perishable goods, food and medicines. The pharmaceutical sector alone accounts for 15 percent of the consignments.
The intermodal forwarder's trailer fleet is driven by 180 company-owned tractor units. The most recent acquisition, ten S.KO COOL refrigerated semi-trailers with refrigeration machine and TrailerConnect telematics from Schmitz Cargobull, came with a five-year full-service contract as the icing on the cake. "There are several reasons for this," explains Ilario Dissegna. "First of all, telematics allows us to keep the temperature in the vehicle under control at all times. But also the control of the door locks and the geolocation of the vehicle is of utmost importance for unaccompanied intermodal transports." The one-stop shop solution that Schmitz Cargobull offers through the regional dealer Agos Servizi Rimorchi is also of the highest value to Dissegna: "This makes our operating costs more calculable and minimises downtime," reports the CEO.
In terms of customer orientation, Schmitz Cargobull's telematics are equally convincing for the northern Italian Dissegna: "The traceability of goods is an important issue for our customers. Now we can predict the estimated time of arrival and precisely quantify a possible delay. CO2 emissions are also calculable and thus the environmental compatibility of a transport."