Friday, 22 JULY 2011 - CATEGORY : MARKET NEWS
The Netherlands are now accepting the use of ecocombis (25 metre-long vehicles carrying up to 60 t) on their roads.
The tests conducted have shown that this type of road combination is more economical and cheaper that traditional combinations. It should also be noted that Sweden and Finland also permit ecocombis on their roads, while in Germany, Denmark and Norway, they are currently the subject of tests. In Belgium, exemptions may be requested if the Regions present special routes as part of pilot projects.
Wednesday, 07 APRIL 2010 - CATEGORY : MARKET NEWS
The mileage tax will not become a reality any time soon in the Netherlands, as the CDA, the party of the (resigning) prime minister, Camiel Eurlings, no longer supports the proposal.“There is a risk of the tax causing doubts in the minds of motorists about the compulsory installation of data loggers”, said a CDA spokesperson.
The increase in the tax on motorised vehicles and the reduction in purchase tax seem to be far from unanimously accepted.
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Wednesday, 27 JANUARY 2010 - CATEGORY : MARKET NEWS
The European Commission has given its green light for the public funding by France and Spain of the Fres Mos project, which will link the French port of Nantes Saint-Nazaire with the Spanish port of Gijon.
This Motorways of the Sea project will also receive an EU grant within the framework of the 2009 Marco Polo II call for proposals, in which the Commission selected twenty-two projects with overall funding of 66.3 million. With these projects, the Commission expects to shift a total of 16.8 billion tonne/kilometres of freight away from the roads.
The Fres Mos Motorways of the Sea project intends to capture between three and five per cent of the road traffic passing through the western part of the Pyrenees. It is expected to reduce road traffic by around 40 000 trucks a year, a figure that is likely to double in five years.
The Fres Mos project will receive EU funding of approximately 4 million from the Marco Polo II programme. Furthermore, the Commission has also approved complementary state aid for the project amounting to 30 million, of which France and Spain will each grant 15 million. The overall financing of the project will be limited to 35% of the eligible costs within the first four years of its operation, in line with the applicable EU rules on state aid.
