Andamur celebra el Día de San Cristóbal

Today 10 June is the feast day of St. Christopher, patron saint of drivers, and in Andamur we want to celebrate it together with our customers! Everybody stopping by the Relaxing Corners in our Service Areas may enjoy a massage with a Physiotherapist and be given some advice on how to keep an ergonomic posture while driving. The main aim of this action related to the Third Commandment “THOU SHALT STAY HEALTHY WHILE DRIVING” is to improve the lives of professional drivers.

Andamur celebra el Día de San Cristóbal

At Andamur, the main aim of our CSR Plan #WeLookAfterWhatMatters is precisely to improve the lives of professional drivers, since they spend many hours in the truck and there are many things they have to bear in mind to ensure their health and security on the road. For this reason, we want to enable them to workout, follow a healthy diet, focus on driving ergonomics, get some rest or have a good time.

In addition, at the end of 2018, our Corporate Social Responsibility Plan was already initiated with the opening of the Andamur La Junquera gym, the only gym in a service station in the whole country. In April this year, the Farinato Transport Race took place, a competition for transport professionals. With these actions we wish to give truck drivers the possibility of staying fit.

In 2019, during the months of February and March, actions were carried out to help drivers keep a healthy and balanced diet, providing them with appropriate meals and granting them easy access to fruit in our service stations. In July and August, Andamur is focusing on the campaign HEALTHY DRIVING, taking good care of drivers to ensure their health and security on the road.

At Andamur, we are sure that we will continue enjoying a future full of great and positive experiences together, and to do this you can follow our campaign on social media, where you will find tips and useful contents for safe and secure driving.

Because at Andamur #WeLookAfterWhatMatters #StayHealthyOnTheRoad

 

At Andamur we keep growing and enlarging our station network across Spain by including three new service areas in Toledo (E.S. Valcarce el Casar de Talavera) and Granada (E.S Valcarce Gor and Láchar). These add up to the last three that joined our network back in April in Madrid (Ganesha combustible), Cuenca (Área de Uclés) and Guadalajara (Área 117 Torremocha del campo).

 

With the first three stations that joined the network, we increased our coverage in the north and south of the Iberian Peninsula in order to improve the services we provide to our customers and cover a higher number of locations accessible to them. With these new stations, we already have 31 associated service areas that have been strategically selected and that are offered in different Spanish locations with the same advantages as those owned by Andamur.

 

We have more than 650 stations distributed across 9 European countries. All of them give access to the main European roads and routes and offer Andamur customers the possibility of refuelling with the Andamur ProEurope card.

 

In brief, this is a new step forward in our aim to continue growing to keep making drivers’ lives easier, providing advantages and comfort in the transport sector, without forgetting the importance of providing solutions to the needs that truck drivers face on a daily basis. This way, not only do we enlarge the number of service stations at national and international level, but we also commit ourselves to being present in many locations to offer the best services.

Andamur renueva su imagen y sus áreas de servicio

 

At Andamur, we started a very demanding race 30 years ago: to offer our customers the best services on their daily life and their fleet’s on the road. Throughout these years, we have striven every day to enhance the security and comfort of those who trust us. In brief, we strive to look after what really matters: to contribute to the security of your business, to strengthen our relationship with you and to foster our bond whenever you need us on the road. We offer you refuelling options which adapt to your needs, a break, healthy food and the possibility of working out, taking a shower, getting on the Internet or washing your clothes.

As a result, and since we still have a long way to go, we start a new stage today: We renew ourselves, we improve and we grow for you and your business. Our stations are different as of today: they are newer, more modern, more updated but they still keep their essence. And the essence for us is to continue being loyal to our original values; those upon which we based our small local business that has more than 650 stations across Europe now.

Throughout the summer, we will implement our makeover in all our service stations. The first one has been our biggest station: Andamur La Junquera. In a few days we will complete the renovation of Andamur Guarromán and, throughout the summer, Andamur Pamplona, Andamur San Román, Andamur El Límite and Andamur Lorca will follow suit.

Andamur, #EveryTripMatters and we want to share it with you.

 

Andamur lanza ServiBOX, un único dispositivo de peajes apto 11 países de Europa

Andamur lanza ServiBOX, un único dispositivo de peajes apto 11 países de Europa

Today we are happy to present ServiBOX, a satellite toll device with which our clients can travel across 11 European countries with no interruptions or barriers, in an easy and smooth way. Not only do our clients receive a one-time regular charge, but they can also manage and control their consumption, modify their number plates and be aware of all the services there are from any mobile device. 

ServiBOX works in Spain, France, Portugal, Belgium, Belgian Tunnel, Belgium, Italy, Austria, A4 Poland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Germany. The new device grants access to all toll motorways in Germany and Scandinavian Countries, where we have recently increased our station network, with a total number of 650 service areas across Europe. In addition, by hiring this service, you may activate or deactivate countries at no additional cost. 

The ServiBOX satellite device offers great advantages, such as the possibility to use it in 14 different languages, a maximum delivery period of 5 working days, no need to pay a deposit and no need for a previous set up. 

By launching this device, we extend our toll device offer in Europe, providing services in a total of 11 countries: Spain, France, Portugal, Belgium, Belgian Tunnel, Belgium, Italy, Austria, A4 Poland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Germany. 

We are still committed to continuous growth, with the single aim to make our clients’ lives easier and to provide solutions to sector needs.

 

jesus abandonado Andamur 02

This is the second year in a row that Andamur and Fundación Jesús Abandonado have signed a collaboration agreement for Andamur to provide the community kitchen with all the bread consumed during the month of May. Therefore, as part of our CSR programme #WeLookAfterWhatMatters, a group of Andamur employees have participated as volunteers at the Community Kitchen at Murcia City Centre for one day.

Miguel Ángel López, Andamur CEO, has explained that “this year, we wanted our team to visit the facilities of this Foundation so that they could see with their own eyes the great social work that is carried out there on a daily basis”. 

The Andamur team visited the day centre, listened to the experience of a former Foundation user and participated in the kitchen service where meals were served to more than 300 people in one and a half hours.

For his part, José Moreno, chairman of the Foundation, has spoken about the importance of collaborating with regional companies such as Andamur, “it is very useful and necessary”, to cover the amount of a basic service like bread in this case, “and to know, in this day of corporate volunteerism, the reality of the people we pay attention to”. 

With this kind of actions, Andamur shows its commitment to institutions like Fundación Jesús Abandonado, which actively contribute to social causes. 

Together with this action, in Andamur we are giving bread for free in four of six of our own stations (Lorca, El Límite, San Román and Guarroman) on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the month of May to those vehicles refuelling more than 30 litres.

andamur en farinato transport race 2019

4,000 people participated in the Farinato Transport Race held on 13 and 14 April in Intu Xanadú (Arroyomolinos). On this second edition of the competition, we wanted to be present by sponsoring and fostering this sports event devoted to the Transport sector in order to promote sports among transport professionals and to highlight the importance of having healthy lifestyles, one of the pillars of our Corporate Social Responsibility Plan #WeLookAfterWhatMatters

Special attention should be drawn to the participation of the #AndamurTeam in this competition, and as a company, we wish to recognise their great teamwork, collaboration and help to each other throughout the race. We believe it is a great representation of our daily work at Andamur, where we all collaborate to achieve aims and implement projects.  

 

 

It was a fascinating competition and project that covered two routes of 13 and 5 kilometres full of obstacles where contestants had to go through a snow track, mud pools, slither under a truck and a bus, climb nets, walk on suspension tubes, etc.

At the end of the competition, we gave a special Andamur award acknowledging Logiberia Trans for its commitment, involvement and improvement. The team was made up of eight women and showed great talent and effort throughout the race.

Los talleres auguran un futuro excelente

There are numerous myths in the automobile sector that are frequently debunked. This is the case of the myth ensuring that thousands of garages would shut down in the next few years. Not only was this statement proved wrong, but the future predicted for garages is actually excellent. The data of the Spanish Federation of Automotive Entrepreneurial Professionals (Conepa) verify this, showing the increase in the number of such facilities in the last few years.

Another statement pointing the finger at the future of garages said that the number of repairs was going to be significantly reduced. However, this was debunked once again since the activity of garages has increased in the last few years. This, further stimulated by the more than one million new combustion engine cars that have been registered, predicts more than ten years of activity in traditional car repairs.

In addition, the New Royal Decree regarding vehicle technical inspections (ITV, according to its Spanish acronym) has pledged a firm commitment to continue repairing and maintaining vehicles and has toughened up vehicle inspections. As a result, this will affect the activity of garages, which will be increased.

It is a fact that garages will evolve more and more due to the number of new vehicles that have appeared in the market. It is obvious that the technology used in the automobile sector today is different to that used ten or fifteen years ago. This has directly affected the way in which automobiles are examined and repaired and it increasingly requires deeper and more updated knowledge.

Furthermore, the appearance of new electric cars and lorries has demanded garages to meet new needs. The brilliant future awaiting garages is just mere new evidence proving that the automobile sector is booming.

Cambios en tráfico a tener en cuenta en 2019

Being well informed about the latest changes affecting our daily routines is essential to optimise fleets’ and drivers’ resources and work. 2019 has brought many modifications that have already been implemented and that are going to be explained in this article.

These are some of the changes that the Spanish Directorate General for Traffic (DGT) has made in its general traffic rules for 2019:

  • The companies will be provided with data regarding the penalty points of hired drivers. The express consent of workers for their penalty points to be known is, therefore, withdrawn.
  • Higher penalty for the use of mobile phones while driving. While the penalty imposed used to be of three points, now it has been doubled, sanctioning those using their phones with six penalty points. The amount to be paid remains the same, though, EUR 200. Thus, this penalty is put on the same level as that for reckless driving, driving under the influence of drugs or doubling the maximum permitted blood alcohol content, among other.
  • Higher fines for exceeding the speed limit. Since last 2 January, driving at 80 km/hour in roads limited to 30 km/hour will entail a fine of EUR 500 and six penalty points, and will be considered as a serious infringement. Since the same date, the speed limit in secondary roads is reduced 10 km/hour, setting the maximum speed at 90 km/hour, 80km/hour for lorries, buses and vans.
  • Not using a seatbelt will be sanctioned with four penalty points, one more than before the change in legislation.
Andamur participa en el Foro de debate “Motor y Sostenibilidad” de la Feria Motortec Automechanika

The future of traditional fuel combustion engines and their constant progress are at the heart of the debate within the sector. Therefore, on the occasion of the Motortec Automechanika Trade Fair that is being held in Madrid this week, Andamur CEO, Miguel Ángel Sánchez, has participated in the “Engine and Sustainability” discussion forum organized by GreenChem, one of the biggest AdBlue producers and distributors in Europe.

In his presentation ‘Andamur: integrated service for professional drivers’, Miguel Ángel Sánchez has talked about the work that Andamur carries out to look after professional truck drivers and their experience while driving. 

Today and tomorrow, 14 and 15 March, Motortec Automechanika 2019 is being held in Madrid. This trade fair gathers many companies and representatives of different groups, all of which are aware of the importance of mobility and how the new energy systems that are changing it are forcing the market to adapt to them.

At Andamur, we know that the sector is immersed in a constantly changing process and it is essential to provide efficient solutions that safeguard sustainable mobility in the different social, environmental and socioeconomic areas.

Participating in events like this one, we aim to continue growing and to gain knowledge that enables us to keep up with the sector. We always have a clear objective in mind: to continue offering our customers the newest energy systems and to look after them in their daily life. 

El mercado de vehículos industriales continúa creciendo, especialmente en España

The transport sector is at its peak. And proof of this are the figures provided by ANIACAM (Spanish National Association of Car, Lorry, Bus and Motorbike Importers) that show that 2018 was a year of persistent growth in the commercial and industrial vehicle market. The number of registered vehicles increased up to 3.2% in the European market.

And while countries like Italy (-4.1%) and United Kingdom (-1.9%) reduced their demand, the Spanish market accounted for a more beneficial figure (+6.5%), as it was the case with Germany (+4.6%) and France (+4.9%). Thus, Spain becomes the main standard-bearer in a sector that once again has proved that it has a lot to offer.

And not only that, the beginning of the year has brought encouraging figures about. Although we were talking about a significant increase regarding the previous year, the month of January 2019 alone has revealed impressive data: the number of lorries registered in Spain has increased in 11.8%, accounting for a total amount of 2,542, to be more precise.

Moreover, of all commercial vehicles, those that have increased to a larger extent regarding the number of vehicles registered in the first month have been heavy goods vehicles of more than 16 tonnes. 2,152 units were registered, accounting for an increase of 12.2%.

These figures predict, indeed, a good year for the transport sector that continues aiming high. Data do not lie, and the fact that 2018 was the sixth consecutive year in which the number of commercial vehicles registered continued to grow proves that the sector is ready for whatever may come. There is no doubt that the future will bring new challenges to be faced by this sector. But it is clear that it is ready to confront them with no fear at all.