the logistics automotive is in difficulty in spite of the resumption of the automotive industry



The field that takes care in Europe of the logistics of the new automobiles of factory is subject to a remarkable pressure. It emphasizes ECGs, automotive the European association of the logistics, explaining that the end of according to trimester of this year, period in which usually a peak of the question of delivery of new motor vehicles in many European markets is recorded, has put once again in evidence a serious deficiency of ability in the majority of these markets. In a moment in which the automotive section it is benefitting in all Europe of an increase it is of the volumes that of the confidence of the market - ECGs emphasizes - the field of the Finished Vehicle Logistics (FVL) is found to being subordinate to a meaningful pressure.

ECGs specific that the last results of the survey Confidence & Cost municipal Survey Trend regularly from 2010 between the associates evidence that the activity is carried out to the maximum of the ability. The association emphasizes that urgently new investments are therefore necessary in order to satisfy the increasing requirements of the market, that is in increase, and that however the current resources financial institutions are insufficient in order to satisfy the increase of the question.

"Although there is an increasing confidence in the future volumes - the executive director of ECGs finds, Mike Sturgeon - with always smaller margins and with contracts in the short term it achieves some that the field is not still investing in new ability. Worse still - Sturgeon observes - in many regions the continuous fleet to age and this in spite of the high level of productive ability to the constructors of towings and truck".

ECGs remembers that the main producers of towings, that they have recorded a collapse until the -90% of their activity in the period post-crisis, estimate that the European fleet of bisarche is come down from the 19.000 to 16.500 units beginning from halves of 2008 and that the medium age of the towings remarkablly is increased going up from 3,6 years in 2008 to an average current 7,5-year-old. The association explains that such difficulties ulteriorly are aggravated by the deficiency of truck drivers.

Moreover - ECGs perceives - the perspectives do not promise absolutely nothing of bond. According to the association, in fact, these problems of deficiency of ability are not will last, but quite they will get worse in the near future.