A positive effect of the changes over the last twenty years was the creation of conditions for competition, which forced better organization of transport, rational use of the fleet (load capacity and mileage), the search for permanent and reliable clients, as well as the necessity to enter the financial sphere. Thanks to this situation, there was a significant numerical increase in both road transport enterprises performing freight transport and the fleet itself. This process is illustrated by the comparison of the subject quantities in Table 1.Tab. 1. Enterprises in commercial road transport by the number of trucks and road tractors owned.
Enterprises with the number of trucks
Years and road tractors as of
31 Dec Total 5 and less 6-9 10-19 20 – 49 50 – 99 100 and more with the number of employees over 5 with the number of employees over 9
*) Since 2007, the CSO (GUS) has changed the method of obtaining and generalizing results regarding enterprises with up to 9 vehicles and from 10. Source: “Transport – results of activity” in the years 2000-2009, CSO, Warsaw.
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Source: Logistyka Magazine 2/2012