According to the Minister of Economy, there will be no reimbursement of the TICPE in 2024. A decision expected for the competitiveness of the French road freight transport sector and not to weaken the transporters.

As of August 21, 2023, all new vehicles will be equipped with the new version of the 1C smart tachograph, which incorporates the regulatory changes related to the mobility package voted in 2020. In order to allow law enforcement to monitor compliance with cabotage rules (three transport operations authorized abroad over a 7-day period), the 2023 tachograph will be equipped with a GNSS geopositioning module and an automatic and time-stamped recording function for border crossings. (Source Transport Info)

The reduction of the partial reimbursement of the TIPE will indeed take place. For months, despite the employers' organizations that were up in arms against this perspective provided for by article 130 of the climate and resilience law. However, this measure will be included in the 2024 Finance Bill. (Source Les Routiers)

Road freight transport prices in Europe decreased in the first quarter of 2023, on both the contract and spot markets. However, they remain well above the pre-pandemic level. (Source Upply)

In January, according to INSEE, the total number of business creations decreased again (-5.1% after -3.3% in December). The transport sector was not spared with a drop of 10.8% in one month and with the highest drop of any sector over a year (-33.1%). (Source TRM24)

The year 2022 was marked by unprecedented inflation in costs, both in terms of its generalization and its scale. Driver personnel costs, the main cost component of heavy goods vehicles, are increasing with, on the one hand, successive revaluations of conventional minimums (salary and travel allowances) and, on the other hand, tension in the labor market. Energy and raw material prices recorded record inflation in 2022, impacting not only fuel prices, but also those of equipment, spare parts, AdBlue, tires and other consumables. (Sources CNR)

Volvo Trucks is launching a new truck that runs on liquefied biogas (Bio-LNG), a renewable fuel produced from organic waste, including food waste. The truck is designed for long-distance transport and can reduce or eliminate CO2 emissions, contributing to sustainable mobility. (Source TRM24.fr)

Road transport is being hit hard by the number of business failures, which is increasing compared to the previous quarter. The cause is the increase in the cost of energy, inflation of raw materials and the increase in social costs. A situation that is likely to continue during this year 2023. (Source Actu-Transport)

Drivers from Eastern countries have made up for the shortage of road drivers in Western Europe, but the crisis of vocations is now appearing in these countries. Direct consequences of the crisis in Ukraine, retirements, low wages etc.... (Source Actu transport logistic)

This directive, which came into force on 12 January 2023, aims to guarantee the minimum level of training for road drivers within the EU, by certifying their initial qualification and their ongoing training in terms of knowledge of safety rules, defensive driving to anticipate dangers or so-called efficient rational driving. (Official Journal of the EU)

The company has just acquired 12 new vehicles, Man TGXs which run on B100, a fuel made 100% from French rapeseed. (Source Europe-Camions)

The test of the Volvo FH I-Save 460 on open roads is conclusive. Significant progress over the past four years, but fully involved in the design of electric trucks, Volvo continues the development of its diesel engines. (Source Europe-Camions)

Continuation of the discovery of Scania Super engines, this time with the 560 hp and 2800 Nm of torque version located at the heart of the new DC13 engine range revealed in 2021. (Source TRM24.fr)