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Transport logistique Gagne
07/02/2024

Transports Gagne embarks on the road to logistics

The Rhône-Alpes-based group, which specialises in refrigerated transport, is acquiring SMTRT 45, a company specialising in logistics. Here are some insights from the experts at AURIS Finance, a consultancy specialising in mergers and acquisitions. On 20 December 2023, the transport group Gagne acquired SMTRT 45 (Société montargoise de Transports Routiers et de Transit). This new […]

Bilan 2023 M&A Transports Logistique
05/02/2024

Transport & Logistics: An overview of mergers and acquisitions in 2023

A road haulage sector under pressure from current economic conditions The price of diesel fuel increased by 48% in fiscal 2022, affecting road hauliers’ margins significantly. Despite the fact that diesel prices rebounded to early 2022 levels in 2023, operators were unable to rebuild their margins. Road haulage companies had to cope with a fall […]

Taxe carbone transport
22/01/2024

What are the implications for the transport sector following the publication of the HGV ecotax decree?

On 27 December 2023, the decree on the application of the ecotax to heavy goods vehicles was published in the Journal Officiel, the government gazette of the French Republic. This text authorises the modulation of charges for access to local road infrastructure according to a vehicle’s level of pollution. What are the consequences for the […]

Acquisition transport
17/01/2024

Carrier Groupe Rousseau makes two new acquisitions

The Rousseau Group, a transport company based in the Nièvre region of France, has just significantly increased its workforce by acquiring two family-owned companies. Here’s an analysis of this latest market move by the experts at AURIS Finance, a consultancy specialising in mergers and acquisitions. With the acquisition of Transports Charrier, a family business based […]

Groupe Jammet
29/12/2023

Three transport specialists share assets of ailing Jammet Group

The freight transport sector remains in a state of flux. At the beginning of December, the groups STEF, Mesotrans, and Antoine Transports were chosen by the Commercial Court of Poitiers to share the assets of Jammet. Here are some insights from the experts at AURIS Finance, a consultancy specialising in mergers and acquisitions. This is […]

Jacky Perrenot
22/12/2023

Jacky Perrenot continues its aggressive inorganic growth strategy

The road transport specialist has just acquired TCV Transports & Logistics. This latest move in the transport sector will enable Jacky Perrenot to consolidate its position as market leader in France. Here are some details from the experts at AURIS Finance, a consultancy specialising in mergers and acquisitions. The Jacky Perrenot Group ended 2023 with […]

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