According to the Association of European Automobile Manufacturers ACEA freight transport in Europe is continuing to grow and the sector will in the next 25 years will increase by 60%..
Some other important facts about freight transport:
- In Europe, the trucks transport 18 billion tons of goods per year.
- Trucks in Europe deliver 75% of all goods transported by land.
- Freight and delivery vehicles provide an efficient mode of door to door transport ; effective integration between producers,traders and consumers.
- Approximately 90% of the value of all goods in Europe are transported by trucks.
- 85 % of all goods transported by trucks are transported on distances shorter than 150km.
- European trucks are the first choice worldwide. In 2015, € 4.8 billion surplus in trade balance was generated through heavy vehicles exports .
- The delivery vehicles - trucks and buses are the most technologically advanced, cleanest, safest and quietest in the world.
- The introduction of Euro VI is a great achievement for trucks and buses and provides the regulated emission, reducing it to almost zero level.
- “Fuel consumption” and thus CO2 emissions has decreased by 60% for trucks since 1965.
From January to October 2016, there were 300,228 new trucks registered in Europe, which is 11.0% more than in the same period last year. The largest increase is recorded by the following countries: Italy (+37.8%), France (+13.2%) and Spain (+9.4%). Due to the increase in the number of these vehicles, the idea of using 
alternative fuels, such as LNG, is all the more appropriate and justified.
