Friday, 22 JULY 2011 - CATEGORY : MARKET NEWS
Transport ministers, representatives of the international bodies and financial institutions, along with the 350 delegates attending the IRU’s 6th Euro-Asian Road Transport Conference (held in Tbilisi), have called on governments to “support the revitalisation of the former “Silk Road”. This support would “make use of the key multilateral instruments of the UN for the facilitation of exchanges and of international road transport and develop auxiliary services close to the roads in order to promote and facilitate trade and road transport operations on the Eurasian continent.”
Tuesday, 28 DECEMBER 2010 - CATEGORY : ON THE ROAD
VIALTIS recently finalized a contract with the Eurotunnel Group, the worldwide number one in Road Rail transport, in commercialisation of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link
This partnership allows VIALTIS to be in association with a strong brand, and strengthen its booking offer for the very sought after line France <-> England by offering its customers the best solutions for the cross-Channel link, and make real-time bookings.
Via Eurotunnel, dedicated Truck Shuttles carry up to 30 trucks in semi-open wagons.
• Trucks cross the strait on average in 90 min. ( from motorway to motorway) and can save 1-2 h on the link.
• A shuttle runs every 10-15 minutes, depending on traffic intensity.
• The Channel Tunnel is operational 24/7, all the year round and by all-weather.
For more information, please contact your sales representative VIALTIS-Transcamion
This partnership allows VIALTIS to be in association with a strong brand, and strengthen its booking offer for the very sought after line France <-> England by offering its customers the best solutions for the cross-Channel link, and make real-time bookings.
Via Eurotunnel, dedicated Truck Shuttles carry up to 30 trucks in semi-open wagons.
• Trucks cross the strait on average in 90 min. ( from motorway to motorway) and can save 1-2 h on the link.
• A shuttle runs every 10-15 minutes, depending on traffic intensity.
• The Channel Tunnel is operational 24/7, all the year round and by all-weather.
For more information, please contact your sales representative VIALTIS-Transcamion
Wednesday, 07 APRIL 2010 - CATEGORY : MARKET NEWS
The International Road Transport Union (IRU) has pledged major funds in support of the UN Decade of Road Safety, to improve commercial road transport safety.The Presidential Executive of the International Road Transport Union (IRU) has endorsed the goals of the UN Resolution on Road Safety by committing to allocate USD 2 million to the UN road safety implementation plan named “Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020”.
For the IRU and all of its 180 members in 74 countries on the 5 continents, road safety always has been, is and will remain a top priority issue. In fact, for every true professional every accident is one too many.
In its great efforts to further improve road safety, the IRU is committed to supporting the goals of the UN Resolution as well as the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020. In this respect the IRU supports the UN Resolution objectives to broaden the geographic scope and the implementation of the road safety projects foreseen.
Tuesday, 16 FEBRUARY 2010 - CATEGORY : MARKET NEWS
According to the Madrid-based business analysis firm DBK, Spanish road transport has shed a quarter of its turnover in two years.
In 2008, Spanish drivers already had to contend with market shrinkage to the tune of 5.8%, reducing revenue from the sector to 18 billion euros.
Last year, the fall was much greater still 20% according to DBK, cutting the country's road transport turnover to 14.5 billion euros.
