According to the ECGs the automotive future of the logistics is rose-colored



According to the ECGs, the association of the enterprises that operate in the field of the logistics of the vehicles in Europe, in 2015 the section will be able see again the light and to pick the opportunity of a determined increase of the automotive industry. Costantino Baldissara, that president of the ECGs from the assembly of the associates met last week to Athens is reconfirmed, has explained that the economic crisis will finish this year and has exhorted the companies to make investments in ability the aim to satisfy the next increase of the question.

"For the first time after years - Baldissara has declared - a fair wind blows indeed. Besides the excellent economic perspective for the automotive industry, of which we are partner logistic, the transfer of the production of car in the European Countries will give more job to us in terms of transport of the ended vehicles to the final users. We expect that the vehicles in more exporting from or within Europe will be 1,5 million. Our industry - it has found the president of the ECGs - needs billions of euro of investments in order to prepare itself for the new era if we want to avoid caused necks of bottle from a deficiency of ability regarding the question. For example - Baldissara has remembered - the investments in new trucks are come down to the level more low during the last few years and this could prime a deficiency of ability".

The data on which ECGs deep its optimistic forecast is those of the level of registrations of new cars of factory, that it is in increase from seven consecutive months in almost all the European markets. In the first four months of 2014 - the association has remembered - the automotive sales are increased in average of +7.1% in Europe, even if regarding the same period pre-crisis from seven year ago the car sales are still in average inferior of -18,8%; moreover in some nations that are hit more hardly by the crisis, as Spain and Greece, the car sales are still between the -47% and the -78% inferiors to the levels pre-crisis. For the ECGs, it will have to attend some years before these Countries newly reach analogous volumes of sales to those pre-crises, but - it has emphasized the association - the perspectives are however favorable.

The ECGs has emphasized moreover as the European automotive industry is still second the largest one to the world having lost in 2013 only its position of leader in the production of commercial cars and vehicles to advantage of China. Beyond the last year 17 million new car they are produced in Europe (comprised Russia and Turkey), regarding little more than 20 million produced in China. In Europe the automotive industry generates a turnover of 839 billion euros, figure that corresponds to about 7% of the Gross Domestic Product one of the EU, and appoints to a job 12,9 million people, that is to about 5.3% of the force job of the EU.

Baldissara has turned also an appeal to the European institutions which it has asked for giving to the field of the logistics of the car the breath of which needs: "the length of cargo of the trucks that usually we use for the transport of vehicles - has explained - it risks to being reduced at less than the length allowed from the national norm in many European Countries. This could mean that respect today the number of carried out travels the conveyors will have to increase of 20% in order to do so as that the same number of vehicles reaches their final destination, not to mention the increase of the numbers that is in front of we. I want also to warn our legislators - it has concluded the president of the ECGs - about the danger that the norm of the EU in matter of emissions from fuel to low sulfur tenor, that it will take effect in 2015, can force the operators to transport the vehicles via earth instead that by sea. This goes against the objective declared from the European Union to carry the goods outside from the streets".