A round table with FVL companies and OEMs
At its first physical general assembly & spring congress since 2019, the Association of European Vehicle Logistics emphasised that the FVL industry is now facing the third ongoing crisis in three years.
Wolfgang Göbel, ECG’s president, called for strategic partnerships with the car manufacturers and highlighted ECG’s strategic objectives for 2022. He stressed the urgent need for volume guarantees and/or minimum volume clauses that protect the suppliers. Other contract clauses are required to shield the carriers from the ravages of extreme inflation and other rapidly changing factors.
ECG’s president is thus calling upon the OEMs to come to the table and to resolve the issues together. There is a cross-industry forum for this purpose, and ECG is therefore hosting a hybrid (online & in Brussels) industry meeting on 28 June 2022 ahead of the association’s 25th anniversary event. (sh)