“Profit, however, was down last year compared with 2022. For this year we have budgeted a 10% increase in revenue and a 7% higher profit compared with last year. At the moment, we have no investment plans for this year,” company founder Vasile Adrian Negrea told ZF.
Patristrans has been in business since 2003.
“We have new customers and last year we invested in fleet growth. We see a similar first quarter to last year’s, general freight is moving, the problem is the tolls which have increased in Germany, Austria, and Hungary. We have 80 trucks doing two trips a month, leaving Romania, going through Italy, France, Germany. The transport price is still low.”
Currently, Patristrans VT Logistic fleet includes 80 trucks, 90% of the transport is done on international routes and only 10% on the domestic market.
The company’s business has grown every year amid investments made by the entrepreneur. In 2022, the company reported a net profit of RON1.2 million compared with RON1.6 million the previous year, the same source said.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)