2024-03-01 12:40:00
It was a gesture for the planet. Between 2020 and the beginning of 2022, Dupuy Transport, in Alsace, had gradually converted its fleet of trucks to liquefied natural gas (LNG). The goal ? “Ride cleaner. » But the surge in gas prices following the war in Ukraine defeated this strategy.
“The liquidation was pronounced this morning at 10 a.m.” by the Strasbourg Commercial Court, announced Laurent Dupuy, boss of the family transporter. “We are being asked for an ecological transition but we realize that no one really cares. »
The entrepreneur was unlucky with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which caused gas prices to soar from the start of 2022. Although he had based his calculations on a gas price of less than one euro per kilo (the equivalent of a liter of fuel), Laurent Dupuy saw prices explode to 4.5 euros in 2022.
Even though prices have currently returned to around 1.65 euros per kilo, the company is heavily in debt and had to file for receivership last year. The only buyer in the running threw in the towel, leading Dupuy into liquidation. Its 19 trucks will be sold at auction, while its 44 employees will lose their jobs.
The 57-year-old business manager, who had invested 3 million euros in his fleet of latest generation heavy goods vehicles, said he was disappointed by the lack of aid from the public authorities. “In France, there is no price shield or one-stop shop: all the administrations have sent us packing,” he laments.
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