Heavy-duty truck market decline in 2011 large logistics companies to buy cars without the passion of users to throw the car into the wind
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According to statistics, in July 2011, heavy truck industry sales reached 74,000 units, a year-on-year decrease of 31%; in June, the heavy truck industry sold 63,600 units, a year-on-year decrease of 32.2%, and a new low. In fact, both in terms of production and sales data in May and June, and from the overall production and sales situation in the first half of 2011, the heavy truck market has remained unoptimistic. However, those affiliated logistics companies and transporters who are in the vortex do not know what to do next.
Logistics companies: The oil price keeps rising and the car is not passionate
In China, the most demanding heavy truck construction projects and logistics transportation. The financial crisis in 2008 forced the country’s 4 trillion yuan into the market to stimulate demand. For a time, the production and sales of engineering construction vehicles and logistics vehicles were hot and prosperous, and all the heavy truck companies hit a peak in performance over the years. However, despite the fact that high-growth demand can stimulate the market, demand has also been consumed ahead of schedule, so that the overall situation in 2011 has shown an unoptimistic situation.
A logistics company said that the sale of cars to reduce the operating costs of enterprises, the current freight market is too difficult. Compared with 2008, the current freight market is more difficult to operate, and recently introduced the “Road Safety Protection Regulations†to rectify overloading and over-limitation. Overloaded profit margins are around 3%-5%, and there is no profit without overloading. The average profit rate of logistics companies is now between 3% and 5%. The cumulative impact of several increases in oil prices has been significant, and it has reached the limit for companies. When the price of oil is raised by another two or three cents, shipping costs must be raised.
In 2009, the country had made seven adjustments to refined oil prices. Now that fuel costs have accounted for more than 60% of all costs, logistics companies have seen less and less room for oil price hikes. The price of oil has been raised continuously, but freight has not dared to adjust. Every time the price of refined oil products is raised, most transport companies have not raised their freight rates basically. This is because the competition is too fierce. A slight adjustment in the freight rate may result in the loss of many customers. Therefore, logistics companies are afraid to take the lead in adjusting prices. Basically, they are losing money. Many companies do this.
The root cause of this situation is the vicious competition caused by the industry's non-standardization. Because the industry's entry threshold is low, more than ten million yuan will be able to start operations. Business operators only need to go to the industrial and commercial department to have a business license, and then the certificate will be sent to the transport management department. For the record, one or two simple office spaces, a desk, and a telephone set up a logistics company. Some even have business licenses. In this context, new vehicles will not be considered.
Heavy truck users: throw a car, only for a loss
Logistics companies are still the case, and the heavy-duty truck drivers on the market are even more miserable. As oil prices have soared, drivers’ wages have risen, and maintenance and other costs have also risen, but freight rates have not been able to rise. On the other hand, trucks have become more and more intense and the competition between them has become fierce. Long-distance transportation often encounters traffic jams and oil hardened, which proves that the logistics industry is highly competitive.
Now that the situation of the self-employed family is very poor, it can't continue to operate. Individual freight has never been so sad. According to reports, many heavy truck drivers have recently sold their cars and turned to large logistics companies as drivers. They feel that they are running transportation. Although they have a little more revenue, they also have higher costs. They need to contact the sources of goods, collect payments, and so on. Every step can not be sloppy. In the case of a large logistics company as a driver, as long as the car is well opened, although the money is not much, but it settled in peace of mind. 
And with the development of efficient logistics and the shortage of mature heavy-duty truck drivers, a few large-scale logistics companies have even given the drivers a monthly salary of 800-110,000 yuan. It is reported that drivers who are engaged in long-distance freight transportation at logistics companies such as Debang can receive a monthly salary of more than 10,000 yuan when their attendance is high. This is far higher than the net income of the vast majority of retail investors on the market. Moreover, individual owners have to invest funds to purchase vehicles to take on loans for car loans. When the logistics company is a driver, it only needs to pay a certain amount of deposit, the capital investment is not big, the burden is small, and the input-output ratio is much higher than the individual transportation.
Project construction: 4 trillion yuan investment construction near the end
After the financial crisis in 2008, after the country’s 4 trillion yuan in funds, the project construction project in 2009-2010 was booming. Construction projects such as high-speed rail, expressway, and real estate can be seen everywhere, and this requires heavy trucks, concrete mixer trucks, and heavy trucks. It can be said that, in addition to the rapid development of the logistics industry, engineering construction has contributed to the pulling of the heavy truck market.
Some engineering construction companies stated that they will not purchase new vehicles at the moment. If there is a construction project in a certain province or city, the headquarters will be set up in the local area, and then some of the projects will be contracted to the local engineering construction team. There are many construction projects and there are many natural vehicles. The national railway and highway construction with 4 trillion yuan investment will be completed in the next 2-3 years, and the demand for heavy trucks will also gradually weaken.
Project construction projects will not stop but will only slow down. From the aspect of national macro-control, many construction projects have been postponed or postponed. The demand for heavy trucks in the construction of real estate projects is relatively large, but for railway projects with higher technological content, the demand for heavy trucks is actually not large, and the main equipment is mainly beam elevators. In view of this, at the end of the 4 trillion yuan investment and construction, the demand for heavy trucks has significantly decreased in this area.