Red Sea attacks, road taxes and ETS are now applicable, DSV starts displaying CO2 emission on invoices and much more. 

• The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was worth 14136.24 billion US dollars in 2022, which represents 6.08% of the world economy.
• Inflation rate rose to 2.9% year-on-year in December 2023 from an over two-year low of 2.4% in November 2023.
• Energy prices declined by 6.7% (vs -11.5% in November), while service inflation remained steady at 4.0%.
• The pace of price rises moderated for both food, alcohol & tobacco (6.1% vs 6.9%) and non-energy industrial goods (2.5% vs 2.9%).
• The core inflation rate, excluding volatile food and energy prices cooled to 3.4%.
• On a monthly basis, consumer prices increased by 0.2% in December, following a 0.6% drop in November. 

^{Source: World Bank, Eurostat}

All road taxes and ETS are applicable from 1st Jan 2024. 

Austrian MAUT

A new increase of 8,6% on existing road tax rates.

German MAUT

1st Dec 2023: The CO₂ emission class will be a new tariff property. A CO₂ surcharge will be applied, which increases the toll rates with 0,158€ per km. 

1st Jan 2024: Vehicles that are powered by natural gas (CNG/LNG) will become subject to toll. 

1st Jul 2024: Vehicles with a Technically Permissible Maximum Laden Mass of more than 3.5 tonnes will become subject to toll.

Hungarian Road Tax

The current road tax in Hungary has been raised again. 

• Distance: is calculated by EcoTransIT based on information about pick-up, delivery, origin and destination addresses in DSV TMS
• Gross Weight: information comes directly from DSV Transport Management Systems (TMS)
• Emission Factor: The adjusted emission factor is applied by EcoTransIT with transport mode specific shipment data such as flight number & carrier information from DSV TMS

We look forward to rolling out CO2 on invoices across Europe during 2024

_{Manager CoE Integrations at DSV, Jeroen Lommen}