In Europe , the current electrical energy prices are an ever - present threat hanging over not only the refrigeration market place but the economy as a whole . Rob van Opzeeland ’s company , Kivits Logistics Group , possess 15 inhuman entrepot in the Benelux and elsewhere . He is , thus , sound the alarm clock . " As things resist , we ’re well on our way of life to bringing the thriftiness to a grinding halt , " get Rob .
Do the mathHe does the math : " On January 1 , 2021 - not that long ago - electrical energy cost € 50 per megawatt . A yr ago , that price had doubled to € 101 . Last week , it peak at € 693 / MW , and yesterday , we were back at € 359 . During the bloom , the price was broadly speaking 14 sentence higher than a year earlier . Presently , we ’re at a sevenfold increase equate to January 1 , 2021 . "
" It ’s a brainsick position which we simply have to endure . Otherwise , even a financially sizeable company like ours could go under . The declaration we ’d antecedently concluded with our customers did n’t anticipate this monumental electrical energy cost salary increase . We already work with energy surcharges , " says Rob .
" But no one predicted or understand this highly unusual situation . We ’re , thus , engaged micturate new deals with our client , though we do understand we can not institutionalize all of them fully and straight for the electrical energy costs . We are , after all , in it with our partner for the recollective haul , and block flows is n’t in anyone ’s pastime . But , we have to come to an agreement . "
For now , most people empathise their plight , Rob line . " However , it wo n’t be without issue . Almost everyone says they ’re already unable to earn anything . Besides electrical energy , fertilizer , plastic , composition board , and sea cargo costs have also snowball . I spoke to a major fruit exporter last workweek who said they ’d be institutionalize significantly less swop . What do you expect when there ’s no money to be made ? "
" I ’m no macroeconomic expert , but these Clarence Day , the plane and algorithms on which our business has always go have exchange tremendously . consumer have less spendable income too , so I ’m genuinely interested that there will be far less demand , specially for the more luxurious products , but also for healthy food . multitude ’s wallet are empty , " Van Opzeeland explicate .
free energy grocery intercession needed"Our logistics group does cool and all its related service such as packaging , warehousing , and statistical distribution . We ’re , course , trying to find undecomposed ways to smartly organise the chain and concentrate cost . But , with these toll increases , that ’s simply not enough . Intervention is needed in the energy food market . I ca n’t understand that , after all the recent investment in fleeceable energy , there ’s not more of it available . Also , there ’s a ridiculous difference in the various countries ' Energy Department price , with the Netherlands seeming to be the most expensive , by far . "
" I verbalise to many fellow business people last hebdomad , and they all consider the short - term economical situation to be dramatic . We , fortunately , have a strong , static fellowship that always keep an eye on the long term , our partners , and we almost always survive . However , there will still have to be some serious lobbying for action because what ’s happening now is truly bizarre . And I ’m not waiting for a hand - out as compensation . But , it seems very sensible for the regime to intervene , macro - economically , to manage Department of Energy pricing , " Rob says .
NekovriDavey Gerlings , theater director of Nekovri , the refrigeration sphere craft association in the Netherlands , also referred to the office as ' dramatic ' in the Dutch everyday newspaper , AD . " Many companies are struggling to keep their point above piss . Energy tariffs are up septuple from the 2017 - 2021 norm and could rise ten clock time higher next year . I ’m experience an increasing number of alarming calls from business owners . "
Nekovri has already come near Climate and Energy Minister Rob Jetten about this , urging the House of Representatives to take action . " surround country ' government activity are interpose . Many of our customers work internationally , so that does n’t do the Dutch frigid depot ' competitive emplacement any good , " Davey concludes .
For more selective information : Rob van OpzeelandKivits Logistics GroupEmail:[email protected]Website : www.kivitslogisticsgroup.com
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