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TRUCKING MARKETS * Europe
* Study - TRM crisis continues in Spain and Portugal. DBK expects a downturn from 1% in 2013
Madrid,Spain -The Official Carriers/WK Transport et Logistique (France), by Daniel Solano -20 Feb 2013: -- The Spanish and Portuguese road plunged into recession in 2012 and activity is expected to decline further in 2013. Even if the number of operators falls, the spray continues and occupation weakens... After two years of growth, the total turnover of the companies road haulage in the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) fell by 3.5% in 2012 to 16.6 billion euros, according to the latest edition study on this sector regularly publishes the Spanish consultant DBK... The profession has been impacted by the recession, according to the latest available estimates, the GDP in 2012 would have declined by 1.2% in Spain and 3% in Portugal... Spain, which represents the bulk of the market (84%), the decline in the activity of Transport Rutiere (TRM) was 2.8% in 2012 (13.9 billion €), while Portugal has recorded a drop of 7% (€ 2.7 billion)... Consequence of the crisis, the fabric is fading. In 2011, 113,522 companies were identified in the Iberian Peninsula (-0.5% compared to 2010), including 104,872 in Spain and Portugal in 8650... The fleet increased from 432,629 units in 2009 to 373,913 units in 2011 (-8.6%). The Iberian Peninsula is characterized by weak fleets (3.3 vehicles per company on average)... Despite this decline, the atomization remains...* The Netherlands - TNT Express has reduced its losses in 2012. Europe remains the spearhead
(Photo from TNT Express: Clouds remain on economic conditions in 2013) Hoofddorp,Netherlands -WK-transport-logistics, by Anne Kerriou -19 Feb 2013: -- TNT Express is in the red in 2012 with a net loss of 83 million euros in 2012 (against € -270 million in 2011). The group will present March 25, 2013 a plan to improve its profitability... A few weeks after the failure of its merger with UPS, TNT Express announces poor results and weak outlook... The net effect remains negative at -83 million euros (M €). In contrast, the turnover grew by 1.1% to € 7,327 million, while operating income increased from -105 M € in 2011 to 89 M € in 2012... The recovery owes much to the improvement of the situation in Brazil, where the operating loss is limited to -73 M € -332 million against € in 2011. But in this country, "the objectives of turnover have not been met," laments TNT Express... Revenues declined 1.6% effect at 304 M €...
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