Thursday, 08 DECEMBER 2011 - CATEGORY : MARKET NEWS
The 9th IRU Symposium of Lawyers, being held on 24 February 2012 in Geneva, will address the evolution of contractual relations in road transport and the increasing liabilities of road carriers.National case studies will also be presented in order to demonstrate the growing number of responsibilities incumbent on transport operators and how to manage them.
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Monday, 05 DECEMBER 2011 - CATEGORY : MARKET NEWS
Judging by the figures for the 3rd quarter presented by the freight exchange platform Teleroute, road transport has not been severely affected by the economic slowdown.Teleroute does indicate, however, that the figures for the 3rd quarter are not as good as those from the first year half, but hauliers' order books are still generally full. Teleroute has also observed a continued increase in debt mediation.
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Thursday, 17 NOVEMBER 2011 - CATEGORY : MARKET NEWS
Janusz Lacny has been re-elected as IRU President for the 2012 2013 term.He is also vice-president of the Polish road hauliers' federation (ZMPD) and CEO of the transport company JMJ-Trans, which he founded in 1991. The new IRU vice-presidents are the Belgian Yves Mannaerts and the Spaniard Pere Padrosa.
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Thursday, 17 NOVEMBER 2011 - CATEGORY : MARKET NEWS
The European Commission has ordered Portugal to improve its compliance with the Eurovignette directive.Portugal is required to transcribe the directive into national legislation but has failed to do so thus far. This is resulting in a risk of discrimination against foreign transport operators. The country must comply with the rules of this directive within two months, or it could be summoned before the European Court of Justice.
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Friday, 30 SEPTEMBER 2011 - CATEGORY : MARKET NEWS
Germany is not applying the ETCS safety system on 4 main railway lines owing to its excessively high cost (4.5 billion). In particular, this concerns the Rotterdam Emmerich Basel Genoa line. The purpose of the ETCS system is to standardise safety for transiting rail traffic. Currently, at each border crossing, different control systems are applied, which does not simplify matters.
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