Brussels,Belgium -Automotives Insight (UK) -October 2010: -- EU transport ministers have agreed to reform the so-called 'Eurovignette' directive on heavy goods vehicles. The move aims to reduce noise and air pollution from trucks and encourage companies to use more environmentally friendly modes of transportation. It also aims to curb the steady increase in road transport use, which is estimated to have grown an average 3% year-on-year (y-o-y) between 1995 and 2006. Over three quarters of the total freight transported in the EU travels by road..
* Europe - Freight volumes substantial
Copenkagen,Denmark -Truck Europe (Belgium), by Michel Buckinx -4 Oct 2010: -- According to the European Freight Forwarding index published by Danske Bank, volumes on the European market are still substantial. The index moved up from 61 to 68 in September, and forecasts for the next two months remain high. It is road transport which is displaying particular strength at the moment. Macro-economic indicators point to a degree of uncertainty concerning the growth expected in 2011, however...
* Europe - Heavy lorries face new "green" tax
Brussels,Belgium -AFP, by Yacine Le Forestier -14 Oct 2010: -- Europe looks set to agree Friday to slap a new pollution and noise tax on heavy goods vehicles despite vocal opposition from road haulage groups... At stake is a review of an existing levy known as the "Eurovignette Directive" which covers some 15,000 kilometres (9,300 miles) of motorways, allowing member states to set tolls at levels required to maintain and replace infrastructure... The revised directive would for the first time add air and noise pollution costs in the calculation of the tax. Levies that currently amount to an average 15-25 euro cents per kilometre would increase by 3-4 cents in case of an agreement... A bid to include a time-of-day levy aimed at helping to ease road congestion has been dropped but under the current proposal, governments could increase taxes by as much as 300 percent at rush-hour to reduce heavy traffic flows... The measure will also help nations to manage congestion by allowing different charges at different periods of day... The aim of the new tax is to encourage companies to switch from the roads to more environmentally friendly rail freight while the lorry companies would have an incentive to invest in less-polluting vehicles that would attract lower levies or even exemptions... Member states will be free to decide whether or not to adopt the new tax. If they do, then neighbouring states will likely have little choice but to follow suit or see their roads inundated with heavy lorries seeking to avoid the levy... The European Parliament, which would need to vote on the proposal, could therefore consider the proposal to be too lax while road transport companies are already on the warpath...
* France - CAT and Suardiaz join forces for car cabotage
Boulogne Billancourt,France -Truck Europe, by Julie Widart -21 Sept 2010: -- The CAT and Suardiaz groups have set up a joint-venture – SUARDIAZ CAT SHIPPING COMPANY (SCSC), – which will be a new player in the car cabotage segment. Through SCSC, the two groups intend to strengthen their operational efficiency and their cabotage capacities for vehicle transport. The creation of SCSC also enables the two companies to support their substantial commercial development plans. The transport will cover most of the international transport needs between Spain, France, the UK and Germany, and will mean that car manufacturers will be able to optimally manage their European flows... (Photo from suardiaz.com: A suardiaz's loaded truck)
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