REFORM OF THE LABOR CODE * France: A day of mobilization calling for more
* Paris-- The CGT and FO unions mobilization, on 12 September, on the reform of the labor code
--- FO Transports had announced last week that if it succeeded in finding a basis for common demands with CGT Transports, the two trade unions would come together against the reform of the labor code by ordinance. The case is now concluded. "Against the aggression against the rights of employees, amplifying the social declines of the El Khomri law, the two federations call transport workers to a massive response, " the two unions said in a joint statement... The CGT Transports and FO-UNCP make of September 12 "a first day of mobilization", which therefore calls for others. They demanded "the repeal of the El Khomri law ", which they had strongly contested at the time, and "the withdrawal of the Macron Ordinances." At the end of this day, we call on employees to multiply general assemblies in companies to define the modalities of action for the continuation of the social movement, "the statement said... The reform of the labor code, presented on August 31, is called a "totally ideological project"... (Photo by David Basanta: Cheaper, eastern European operators have carved out a big chunk of the European road transport industry) -- Paris France - Actu-transport-logistique.fr - 11 Sept 2017
* Paris - The tricolor road transport regained some strength in 2016
--- Road transport of goods under the French flag increased by 1.5 % in 2016, breaking with four years of decline. The activity represented 155.8 billion tonne-kilometers... Although it remains significantly lower than in the year 2000, the activity of the French pavilion picks up a little color in 2016. According to the latest statistics of the General Commissariat for Sustainable Development, it reached 155.8 billion tonne-kilometers... For the companies, the year 2016 will not appear in the annals since with 92.3 billion tonne-kilometers (59.2 % of the overall activity), their activity dropped by 1.1 points... In tonnes of goods transported, this resulted in a 3.2 % decrease in activity , a 3.8 % increase in the number of kilometers traveled by their vehicles and an 8.7 % decrease in the distance traveled... (Photo: The activity of tricolor companies fell by 1.1 points) -- Paris, Frane - ActuTransport-Logistique.fr - 11 Sept 2017
MALICIOUSNESS ACCIDENTS * France: On trucks carrying hazardous materials
* Paris -Hazardous materials: Securing vehicle parking lots
--- The accidents at Bassens and Jonquières accelerated the work carried out jointly by the French Association for the Road Transport of Hazardous Materials and the Ministry of Ecology to secure vehicles when they were not on the road..."Maliciousness is the probable cause of these disasters, the carriers of which appear to be the first victims," explains Marc Mortureux, Director General of Risk Prevention, hence the desire to take effective, reliable and proportionate measures "Although they may have constraints on companies, we have sought maximum realism." A study carried out by Ineris, the National Institute for the Industrial Environment and Risks, will have to confirm if this goal is reached... The draft text presented to the members of the ATMD "is not entirely closed," says Mortureux. It introduces provisions relating to parking in the annex to the TDG directive on road transport... (Photo: 3 explosions in an industrial area of Bassens, Bordeaux, France) -- Paris, France - ACTU Transport et Logistique - 18 July 2017
ROAD HAULIERS COMPENSATION * France: Financial system to and from Island
* Corse Island - Unbalanced service: Compensation for carriers who will distribute traffic
--- The Transport Office of Corsica, in partnership with the road hauliers and the shipping companies delegated to them, has set up a financial compensation system designed to better distribute the trailers over the fleet deployed within the framework of the delegation Public service in July and August... The service today is unbalanced with saturated ships on Bastia and Ajaccio while capacities are available on Propriano and L'Île Rousse. Carriers agreeing to load on Propriano, instead of Ajaccio, receive a financial compensation of 450 € to cover the 70 km that separate the two cities. There was also an incentive for volunteers to get to Bastia from the port of Île Rousse... Ajaccio, Corse, France - ActuTransport-Logistique.fr - 18 July 2017
TRUCKERS' SHORTAGE * France: FNTR's major campaign to solve
* Paris - FNTR launches its springboard for employment
--- The National Federation of Road Transport (FNTR) is launching a major campaign in favor of employment and the attractiveness of the freight trades in an industry which suffers from a critical shortage of personnel linked to its bad image..."TRM companies have a tight job market, unable to fill positions they can offer.This shortage hitherto hidden by the years of crisis since 2008 is now 'All the more glaring with the resumption of the growth of the transport activity", analyzes Florence Berthelot, general delegate of the FNTR...The problem is so crucial that some transport companies can not catch markets because of a lack of personnel... (Photo credit Photostock - The sector is struggling to recruit more or less qualified personnel, such as drivers, but also managers or profiles related to the logistics profession) -- Paris, IdF, France - ACTU Transport et Logistique - 28 June 2017
* Paris - Road safety: rising mortality among commercial vehicle users
--- Mortality of truck drivers is stable for 2016. On the other hand, it is rising sharply for the users of commercial vehicles, reveal the figures of the National Interministerial Observatory of road safety...The figures for road accidentality increase for the third consecutive year.The final report 2016 of the National Inter-ministerial Road Safety Observatory (ONISR) reports 3 477 deaths in an accident in metropolitan France. Even though 16 more people lost their lives compared to 2015, the figure remains broadly stable. The number of casualties recorded a slight increase of 2.6%, with 72,645 victims in 57,522 bodily injuries...Among the accident factors, excessive speed is still the leading cause, followed by alcohol, incriminated in 23% of cases in the 35-49 age group. Consumption of narcotic drugs mainly affects the 25-34 age group... Paris, France - ACTU Logistique/Transport - 29 June 2017
TRAMFRET * France: A new freight transport experiment
* Paris - In Saint-Étienne, the goods finally take the tram
--- The project of TramFret will have taken time before to see the day ... announced for 2016 then for April 2017, it is in June of this year that the transport of goods by tram could finally be tested in Saint-Etienne. Back on a first experiment... This first test of the TramFret project finally took place a few days ago with the sign Casino . This delay is due to the fact that the TramFret project is conditioned by the decision to renew rolling stock by the tram operators. In Saint-Étienne, the new equipment was not delivered until the beginning of May, so TramFret could only start in June... Deliveries were made at the usual hours for the sign, at 6:30 am, when the tram line does not yet reach its peak of frequentation on the users side. "We were able to demonstrate that the unloading is done in less than 2 minutes with 10 rolls," welcomes Joël Danard... We must now wait for the renewals of rolling stock, which Joël Danard announces many between 2017 and 2023, especially in Paris ... Paris, France - ACTU Transport/Logistique - 29 June 2017
*Paris - Report: "Logistics remains the poor relation of debates and public policies in metropolises"
... A report which advocates a better take into account the transport of goods in debates on the city...The observation that "Logistics remains the poor relation of debates and public policies in metropolises"... "particularly deregulated forms of work, such as the explosion of couriers self-entrepreneurs working for digital platforms"... Individual small businesses or very small SMEs now transporting "80 % of all shipments delivered to the city for hire or reward" ... In Paris, for example, the average distance between warehouses where deliverers get their supplies and the center has almost tripled since 1970, going from 6 to 16 km, the report says... In order to remedy all these evils, the authors issue 8 proposals for action to be declared at the national level, that is to say, central administrations and / or local and regional authorities...Terra Nova recommends to give a price signal to traffic on urban motorways, via "the implementation of the ecotax for urban motorways especially in Ile-de-France, including the exemption of Euro 6 vehicles and clean vehicles "... Paris, France - ACTU Transport-Logistique - 29 June 2017
ILLEGAL TRUCKING * Europe - Enhanced detachment rules
* France - Decree aims to strengthen the rules against the provision of illegal international services
--- A recent decree to strengthen the rules against the provision of illegal international services introduced changes to the Transport Code relating to rolling or navigating personnel... Moreover, the declaration made by the undertaking which employs posted workers must indicate its period of validity, up to a maximum of six months. The declaration must be transmitted in dematerialized form to the labor inspectorate... Furthermore, Decree of 3 May introduces a new article in the Labor Code relating to the payment of a contribution of 40 € per employee to foreign companies who post employees in France... This contribution is due as part of the costs for the dematerialization of the declarations relating to the posting... Paris, Frasnce -- Supply Chain Magazine/ACTU L & T, by SILVIA LE GOFF - 20 May 2017
CARRIERS COMPENSATION * Europe: By European truck manufacturers
* France - Carriers begin to look at the contours of compensation --- The heavy fine of 2.93 billion € imposed in July 2016 by DG Competition builders European heavyweights (Daf Daimler, Iveco, Volvo / Renault) who agreed on prices gradually encourages carriers to study the Compensation for the damage suffered... One law firm begins collecting data to assess the damage suffered by French carriers and privileges the transaction with the manufacturers and gives itself until September before considering a legal proceeding. The Carving firm , on the other hand, tried to seek redress from the French courts, without excluding amicable solutions...The data analysis work has begun. The firms specialized in international litigation and competition law gives itself four months before considering its judicial strategy."We will decide in September whether we are going to litigation, "...The carriers are also approached by the firm Carving, specialized in mergers and acquisitions, which advocates compensation measures before the competent courts in France (it targets fleets of more than 100 vehicles)... (Photo credit DR: The € 2.93 billion fine imposed by DG Competition on European truck manufacturers encourages carriers to investigate the contours of compensation for the damage suffered) -- Paris, France - ACTU Transport et Logistique, by BENOÎT BARBEDETTE & LOUIS GUARINO - 18 May 2017
* Paris - DHL Express is surfing the wave of e-commerce
--- The global cross-border e-commerce market continues to blaze gleefully. The DHL group, which generated a turnover of 57.3 billion euros including 14 billion euros in the express, plans to take its place there... National e-commerce has not lived, but it is outrageously overtaken by e-commerce that crosses borders. This market segment has reached around $ 300 billion in sales in 2015. A share that "will increase to $ 900 billion by 2020," said Michel Akavi, president of DHL Express France...Cross -border e-commerce is therefore a strategic market for the German group, which claims to be "the most international company in the world" ("more than Coca-Cola", according to Michel Akavi) . Present in 220 countries, DHL claims a market share in the package of 34 % in the world (41 % in Europe) and the processing of 360 million shipments each year. Its scope of implementation covers 1 500 agencies and 15 regional hubs (30 700 vehicles clean)...According to a DHL study called "Spice Trade of the 21st Century", the growth of global e-commerce is so exponential that it is twice as fast as that of traditional trade. Overnight deliveries (Premiums) increase from 10 % to 15 % each year... According to the DHL study, the United Kingdom, the United States and China together account for 60 % of the origin of the offers. Italy, Spain, France and Germany follow behind. The most purchased products online are electronics, textile, cosmetics and sporting goods... (Photo DHL Express France: Panoramic show for a delivery) -- Le Bourget, France -
ACTU Transport et Logistique, by SLIMANE BOUKEZZOULA - Updated 7 May 2017
TRUCKERS AGAINST TAX * France - The Fillon tax: Fixes 50% tax on early retirement
* Paris - The signing of the protocol on end-of-life leave reassures the profession
--- The signing of the end of activity protocol (CFA) by Alain Vidalies, Secretary of State for Transport, prompted several reactions from the professional organizations concerned about the absence of the government Table of discussions... In the meantime, the State plans to specify the conditions for its participation in the future scheme by 30 June 2019... Its entry into force should then take place on 1 January 2021 and concern requests made after 31 December 2020... Through a joint press release, FNTR, Unostra, TLF and CSD are pleased to see companies no longer "undergo the Fillon tax (which fixes a 50% tax on early retirement, does not apply to branch agreements and therefore does not concern the CFA) on CFA, starts as of January 1 , 2018"... (Adobe Photo Credit - End of activity - The adoption of the government amendment would allow the social partners to calmly begin discussions on the CFA, as set out in the framework agreement of 20 April) -- Paris, France - ActuTransport-Logistique.fr, by DIANE-ISABELLE LAUTRÉDOU - 30 April 2017
TOTAL GROUP * France: Introduces natural gas fuel for trucks
* Nantes - 200 New Natural Gas fueling stations in Europe
--- Total yesterday officially inaugurated its first natural gas fueling station in France, in Nantes. Natural gas fuel is an alternative fuel primarily used by trucks and transporters of materials or goods, such as garbage trucks, and passengers, such as buses. Another 15 stations will be opened this year, followed by an additional 10 a year. The aim is to create a network of 110 outlets — either Total or AS24*, the Group affiliate specialized in marketing fuel to truckers and transporters — supplying natural gas fuel in France... Total already has a network of 450 natural gas fueling stations worldwide. The Group markets compressed natural gas (CNG) in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Egypt, Pakistan and now in France. It opened its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueling station in 2015, in Belgium, near the port ofAntwerp... (Photo: New LNG from TOTAL/AS24) -- Nantes, France - Total.com (PR) - 6 April 2017
* Grenoble - The logistics biennial: heading towards recruitment
--- The first Logistics Biennial organized by the Logistics Intelligence Center was held from March 7 to 10 in the heart of the Chesnes International Park in Nord-Isère. Participants were able to discover or make discover the trades and opportunities of the logistics sector, and the employees and students showcase their skills... With more than 1,300 visitors, the first edition of the Biennial of Logistics fulfilled its objectives. "This success demonstrates that this event responds to a strong need of businesses, the public and the territory.Logistics is a strategic sector for businesses, the economy and the territory of Nord-Isère: more than one in four, or more than 10,000 in the territory of the Porte de l'Isère urban agglomeration community (CAPI), is a logistical job, but employers are struggling to recruit for lack of candidates, " said Thomas Daudré-Vignier, Logistics Intelligence Center... (Photo: For its 4th edition, the first edition of the Biennial of Logistics welcomed more than 600 schoolchildren, high school students and professors and about 500 jobseekers and students) -- Nord-Isère, Grenoble, France - (Actu Transport Logistique) - 27 March 2017
ROAD TRAFFIC CONTROL * France: One third of the LGV checked in violation
* Paris - Road traffic control of light commercial vehicles: 73 violations detected in 6 hours
--- In Île-de-France, the State services carried out a roadside inspection operation targeting light commercial vehicles. Balance sheet: 73 offenses, of which 47 related to unfair competition... Successful road control operation in Île-de-France. On 16 March, from 6 am to 12 noon, in a the coordinated checking operation alongside the security forces, Paris, Seine-et-Marne, Yvelines, Essonne and Seine-Saint-Denis. They specifically targeted light commercial vehicles, in particular breaches of competition rules... The result is convincing. "Of 89 light commercial vehicles (LCVs) of less than 3.5 tonnes that were checked, 46 of which were registered outside France, 28 were in violation," said a prefecture of Ile-de-France. Of these 28, 14 vehicles were French (11 overloaded) and 14 non-residents, the prefecture said... The operation it's part of one of the eleven weeks of cabotage observation programmed by the European Commission to control specifically light commercial vehicles used for road transport on behalf of others and in particular The non-residents, which we have observed in recent years a rapid growth, specifies the Prefecture... (Photo: An LGV on the road) -- Paris, IdF, France - ActuTransport-Logistique - 22 March 2017
2017 TRUCKING PROGNOSIS * France: Time for strategy assignments
* Paris - Thought for the trucking industry worldwide
--- We will remember 2016, in road transport, as a good vintage having brought together several favorable elements. They benefited from the value of goodwill and the improvement of production tools. This is visible in the renewal of the rolling stock (see the level in net increase of the registrations in 2016). This is also evident in the IT investments initiated. Thus, the margin of maneuver of the companies was appreciated by a triptych of first choice: low interest rates opening to advantageous credits; The price of diesel fuel remained steady; A full-fledged CICE, after the earliest beginnings. These three factors have positively influenced many decisions and purchasing commitments (today's investments are the jobs of tomorrow, it is said). In addition, for many SMEs, they have relieved current cash flows, reduced debt levels and / or provided the opportunity to (re) build equity. We expect to see the balance sheets of 2016, after a period 2012/2015 which saw the proportion of TRM companies with positive current results go from 59% to 78%, according to the Banque de France. Will this alignment of planets (rare phenomenon in astronomy) continue in 2017? Despite these favorable elements, many carriers see 2017 as a turning point, subject to choice. In politics, one does not win an election by arguing a good balance. One convinces with a project and clear prospects. In economics, it's the same. Yesterday's record does not guarantee the quality of decisions for tomorrow, regardless of the nature of the growth targeted: diversification into a new business, redemption of a goodwill, geographical expansion, acquisition of new skills ... Much business leaders today are obliged to define a strategic thinking and a clear business plan before seizing the opportunities. To do this, they need to step up, get out of the business, get away from the day-to-day operations. This need also passes through a reflection on governance, which is most often bicephalous, and which is seen to develop in SMEs (between a father and a son, a president and his Dg ...). It is this red thread that will guide some of the SMEs and transport groups in 2017, for whom reflection must precede action... (Photo: Flagged down: A police man stops a freight truck on the French-Belgian border) -- Paris, France - The Official Carrier, by BENOIT BARBEDETTE - 13 JAN 2017
Vente Privée * France - Will halve the number of its carriers
* Saint-Denis - The e-retailer, aims to simplify its organization transport
--- Ideally, the number of beneficiaries which it uses to supply customers in Europe would increase from 50 to 20 eventually...Continuous growth since its inception in 2001, Vente Privée has quadrupled its turnover in 8 years to reach 2 billion euros last year, against a backdrop of internationalization of its flow. Today with a third package (30 million annually) delivered outside France against 20% here another three years, the company aims to eventually drastically simplify its transport policy... Indeed, Vente Privée, which works with nearly 4000 international brands in all areas (textiles, wines, furniture, etc.), currently supports a complex organization for service to its Internet customers in each of the European markets that covers... Translated into transport problems, this complexity is mobilizing staff resources and computing power within the company... To alleviate this burden, the firm is actually assistant for a few years the services of an IT solution developed by Metapack. The system automates the dynamic allocation of carriers depending on the product, its destination and the chosen delivery method by the user buyer, and the management and maintenance of the delivery flow... Overall, by negotiating higher transport volumetrics, Vente Privée has cut the cost of the job, knowing that its logistics budget, ranging distribution, represents about 9% of the turnover of the company... (Photo: Vente Privée warehouse. Le e-commerce ne connait pas la crise) -- La Plaine Saint-Denis, France -- WK Transport et Logtistique - 22 Sept 2016
TRUCKING PRICES * France - General decline in 2nd Q 2016
* Paris - Slight rebound in some sectors
--- The price index of freight released by the Ministry revealed a decline for all modes of transport in Q2 2016, compared to the same period of 2015. The change compared to the 1st quarter however shows a progression for road and sea... No major increase in view of the price of transportation . Year on year, the indices are trending down, whatever the mode, show the cargo price indices and warehousing published by the statistical service of the Ministry... The most spectacular falls back to the overseas: air cargo transport prices as maritime decline of 6.4% in Q2 2016 compared to the same period in 2015... As for land modes, the river also shows a significant decline (- 2.6%), when the rail and road limit their respective erosion - 1.9% - 1.1%. Prices for mail and express freight, finally, decrease of 0.8%... Looking at price developments of the second quarter compared to the first three months of the year , three sectors were up: the sea (+ 1.2%), road (+ 0.7%), and modestly express-mail (+ 0.2%). Not enough to achieve a lasting upward trend, however... (Photo: Trucks on France highways) -- Paris, France - WK Transport et Logistique - 28 Sept 2016
TRUCKERS' BLOCKADE * France & UK BORDER, against TRUCKERS' JUNGLE migrant camp
* Calais - Truckers' Jungle migrant camp protest flops as holidaymakers are simply diverted around their roadblock
(Video by REPORTERBOX - Sep 5, 2016Calais is bracing itself for a week of severe disruption as French truckers begin a seven-day blockade of the port as they call for the closure of the Jungle migrant camp. Under light rain, around 80 trucks began a 'go-slow' on the A16 motorway - the main artery for freight and passengers heading for Britain either via the port or Channel Tunnel)
--- French truckers who planned to cause chaos at the port of Calais have had their protest against the Jungle migrant camp branded a flop as holidaymakers have been simply diverted around their roadblock... The town, in northen France, had been bracing itself for a week of severe distruption after truckers, farmers and business owners vowed to cut off the port in protest at the makeshift migrant camp... There had also been fears that the blockade would also cause chaos in Kent, if ferries were to stop running, forcing Operation Stack on the M20 to be put into place. But with sailings running on time, the M20 was also operating as normal... The protest began this morning under light rain when around 80 trucks began a 'go-slow' on the A16 motorway - the main artery for freight and passengers heading for Britain either via the port or Channel Tunnel... Farmers also joined the demonstration on their tractors as up to 500 people joined a 'human chain' protest in the blockade dubbed 'Operation Snail'...
... The truckers insist they will keep protesting until they receive a date when the Jungle camp, now home to 10,000 migrants, will be torn down... Local residents also say they makeshift camp is a blight on their businesses, and that those living there are involved in every kind of crime, from theft to attacking delivery lorries and trespassing on farm land. They are also demanding that British authorities stop fining drivers £2,000 per migrant found in their lorries... The truckers want him to come up with an exact timetable... Migrants have resorted to increasingly violent measures to try to get on to UK-bound trucks... Calais mayor Natacha Bouchart who said: 'There might be chaos and disorder on Monday but this is for a good cause. We want things to change. There is chaos every day and every night. We want the French government to take its responsibilities and put an end to this particularly difficult time we are facing' ... Criminal gangs are adopting new methods to smuggle migrants into the UK – including throwing items at cars to try to make them crash...Richard Burnett, of the Road Haulage Association, said the protesters were 'in it for the long haul', adding that it will bring 'further misery' for British hauliers and locals in Kent... Calais, France - The Daily Mail, by JENNIFER NEWTON/PETER ALLEN & ARTHUR MARTIN - 5 September 2016
* Paris - "Convargo" wants to connect shippers with truckers
--- A new startup is de-cloaking today. Convargo, launching in France, is the latest attempt to bring Uber-like convenience to the shipping industry, by connecting shippers with truckers... what exactly the startup does. Operating a model that sounds similar to U.S.-based Trucker Path and Cargomatic, Convargo’s platform connects shippers with local carriers, including facilitating the booking process... It claims to let you get a quote and book a shipment in just 3 clicks, while giving you access to thousands of local carriers. Through the app you can track the position of your goods in real time, and receive immediate proof of delivery upon arrival... For the carriers themselves, the startup promises to send them more business and reduce overheads as it’s effectively a cheaper middle person, with lower overheads itself. The usual online marketplace play, you might surmise. Interestingly, I’m told that 90 per cent of carriers in Europe have fewer than six trucks, so it’s a highly fragmented industry... (Photo: Uber for Truckers_France. Launching in France, Convargo) -- Paris, Ile de France, France - TechnoCrunch, by Steve O'Hear - Jun 19, 2016