User-agent: Mediapartners-Google* Disallow: Trucks World News: TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * Europe
Google
 
Loading

Aug 29, 2013

TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * Europe

* Turkey - Operational leasing set to increase in 

(Image by Jenna Krajeski: Trucks wait in Turkey to cross into Iraq) 
Istambul,Turkey -Fleet Europe, by Tim Harrup -26 July 2013: -- A new report by consultants Frost  and Sullivan shows that operational leasing is rapidly taking hold in the Turkish market. The company’s ‘Strategic Analysis of the Turkish Fleet Leasing Market’ predicts that sales to operational leasing companies, which were at 69,000 last year, will almost double to 123,000 by 2018. According to Frost and Sullivan’s transport analyst Hikmet çakmak, it is a combination of the ‘service’ benefits of operational leasing, and higher vehicle taxes, which is pushing fleet buyers in this direction. As in other parts of Europe, the leasing industry is also trying to reach out to SME’s with its products, which will give a further boost to the operational leasing segment. However, Hikmet çakmak also points out that there is a lack of legislation in this domain in turkey, which needs to be addressed. Restrictions on leasing LCV’s are an example of one of the problems...


* Belgium - Ecocombis pilot project in Flanders soon a reality

(Photo: écocombis test in Flandre)
Flanders,Belgium -Truck and Business, by Astrid Huyghe 22 July 2013: -- About a year ago, the Flemish government approved a decree that would allow the establishment of a pilot project in Flanders ecocombis (vehicles with a maximum length of 25m25 and a maximum weight of 60 tons)... The Flemish government has approved the project and the particular presented to the State Council for review... In this pilot project, a contractor can not perform a maximum of 10 trips with EcoCombi and that, under certain conditions. Borrowing roads off the motorway network will be limited by such a very strict way...

Labels: ,

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home