Tuesday, 03 AUGUST 2010 - CATEGORY : MARKET NEWS
The Italian highways agency ANAS has demanded the scrapping of the recent toll increase without delay.This rise came into effect on 1 July.
The road operators have immediately acceded to the ANAS's request, in order to comply with a ruling of the Italian Council of State.
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Monday, 02 AUGUST 2010 - CATEGORY : MARKET NEWS
FBTR, OTRE, TLF: these three well-known employers' federations from the French road transport sector have just created a structure designed to defend the interests of sea container transport operators.Named the Groupement Routier des Activités Portuaires, the aim of this structure is clear: to respond to the difficulties encountered in the last few months at Upper Normandy's main ports.
The group is calling for a considerable reduction in waiting times at the ports, an extension of the opening hours (24 hrs a day) and improvements to the facilities for drivers in the vicinity of the terminals.
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Monday, 02 AUGUST 2010 - CATEGORY : MARKET NEWS
Trafficking digital tachographs is going to become more and more difficult. The European Commission, in agreement with the device manufacturer, Continental/VDO, aims to ensure this by means of new rules.According to these new plans, the devices will be adapted so that they record the vehicle's movement, even if a manipulated tachograph indicates that the lorry is at a halt.
The Commission also wants to make the tachograph easier to use, by adding more functions (fleet management, for example).
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Friday, 30 JULY 2010 - CATEGORY : MARKET NEWS
The European Parliament in Strasbourg estimates that CO2 emissions from road transport need to be reduced by 20% over the coming decade.The European Parliament has therefore approved a recommendation that includes this reduction target for the transportation of both passengers and goods by road. The air sector will be required to make an even greater effort: - 30%.
The Dutch Shippers' Council (EVO) is fuming: This proposal is unrealistic. And the body adds: We hope that the Council of Transport Ministers and the European Commission will not adopt this recommendation.
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Thursday, 29 JULY 2010 - CATEGORY : MARKET NEWS
According to Germany's federal bureau of statistics (Destatis), road transport prices in the first quarter of 2010 were down 0.3% on the fourth quarter of 2009.Compared with the first quarter of 2009, the downward trend is a sizeable 2.4%. This is the sixth quarter in a row that a fall has been recorded.
In contrast, prices of maritime and coastal navigation services were up two thirds in the first quarter of 2010 compared to the same period of 2009. Rail freight prices, meanwhile, rose by roughly 1%. As for the cost of air transport, this was almost 10% higher at the end of the first three months of this year (compared to the same period in 2009).
According to the German Federation of Transport and Logistics (BGL), the second and third quarters promise considerably brighter prospects for the road sector.
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