TRUCKING INDUSTRY * Europe
* Belgium - Authorization of 44 tonnes to five axles does not unanimously. Hauliers are divided on the benefits
Brussels,Belgium -WK Transport-Logistique, by Anne Madjarian -18 Dec 2012: -- Permission traffic to 44 tons for vehicles with more than four axles on 1 January 2013 caused mixed reactions. If applaud chargers, professional federations have reservations... The Decree of 4 December 2012 amend the maximum GCW of 40 tons to 44 tons for vehicles with more than four axles... If the French shippers have expressed their satisfaction, representatives of motor carriers have expressed reservations... The federation FNRT argued that the new limitation of axle load only affects hardware registered after 1 January 2013... Side of GNTC (National Association of combined transport), it is stated that "44 tons increases the cost of road transport without generating the expected recovery rates, a measure that weakens both road and more combined transport"... The Union of Chemical Industries (UIC), she welcomed the publication of the ministerial decree... Even positive reaction to the Association of users of freight (AUTF) which states that chargers defended the move to 44 t for almost twenty years... Instead the environmental group France Nature Environnement (FNE) sees the authorization of 44 t "triple error"...
* Belgium - Light transport: The new OTRE match FNTR. The OTRE believes that the light transport is increasingly compete with heavy weight
Brussels,Belgium -WK Transport-Logistique, by Anne Madjarian -20 Dec 2012: -- The OTRE (L'Organisation des Transport Rutieres) and FNTR hired a new skirmish in the field of light transport. The OTRE would force the industry to introduce the digital tachograph, an idea rejected by the Fédération Nationale des Transports Routiers - FNTR - which is premature... In a statement released December 6, 2012, the OTRE that it would require the Department of Transportation rapid opening a discussion on the obligation of the tachograph on light commercial vehicles -3.5 t... Argument by the professional organization in support of its motion: light transport, increasingly present in international or national transport comes into direct competition with the truck...
* Belgium - The Alliance professional road transport will create a legal structure
Brussels,Belgium -WK Transport-Logistique, by Slimane Boukezzoula -14 Dec 2012: -- The Alliance professional road transport consists of nine groups announced its decision on December 4, 2012, to create a legal structure. She wants to "help" the professional organizations... The Alliance wants to support the process unit led by professional organizations... The nine organizations of the Alliance member carriers professional road just to make their list of demands... Taking care to affirm their support for the four employers' organizations of road freight transport, " nine "first and foremost announce their intention to adopt a legal structure" in the coming weeks" ...
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