New figures from Eurostat show that Belgian road transporters cannot cash in their strategically favorable location in the heart of Europe in bilateral transport performance. Although Belgium appears three times in the top 20 of the most important goods flows by road in the EU, Belgian transporters rarely play a leading role in this.
General Manager Philippe Degraef van Febetra brought the figures on LinkedIn to the attention.
For example, our transporters only have a market share of 13.2% on the busy axis between Germany and Belgium. That is considerably less than the German colleagues (26.9%) and other foreign players (58.6%). “In the Belgium-Netherlands relationship, our carriers with a market share of 16.1% are simply outlasted by their northern neighbors who set a sampling score with 65.9%,” said Philippe Degraef. “Only in the bilateral transport with France does our Belgian carriers know how to get more or less out of work with a market share of 37.7%.”
According to Philippe Degraef, the cause of this situation is obvious: “Belgian transporters are simply too expensive compared to their foreign competitors. A reduction in labor burden, without purchasing power for the driver, remains an absolute necessity. Despite the difficult budget context in which our country has, the Federal Government must be fully committed.” ””
