* Paris - FNTR, TLF and UNOSTRA, react to Alain Vidal expressions about cabotage
-- In an interview with L’Officiel des Transporteurs, March 22, 2016, Alain Vidal expressed his opposition to any reform of cabotage rules... A statement that caused an uproar in the ranks of three (FNTR -in english, National Federation of Road Transport-, TLF -Fédération des entreprises de Transport et Logistique de France-, UNOSTRA -Union Nationale des Organisations Syndicales des Transporteurs Routiers Automobiles-) of the four professional federations... FNTR, TLF and UNOSTRA have, by way of press release published on 29 March expressed their "amazement" before the words of Alain Vidal, Secretary of State for Transport... FNTR has made one of his warhorses the reform of the cabotage rules. It's, she says, a must, a prerequisite for all measures likely to tackle head-related harm unfair competition by countries of Eastern Europe... While at the UR, as well as within the Professional Alliance of road transport, we rise against the illegal cabotage (and lack of effectiveness of controls), the FNTR is estimated that the trial problem is the current mode of operation of cabotage... They call for a reform of the cabotage rules to reduce both the legal duration (3 days instead of 5) and the number of operations. "Remove irregular cabotage, which represents only a small share of cabotage in France, will not remove the problem," can be read as the site of the FNTR, which also advocates a European regulations for less 3.5 t. ... "Today, the first cabotage contributes to unbalanced competition in Europe, to the extent that it allows companies working with social and tax costs lower, to work directly on the territories where they clearly proving to be more competitive" ... FNTR, and TLF and UNOSTRA with her, so waiting for the public authorities to support this claim to Brussels... But, Alain Vidal surprised everyone by declaring his opposition to any reform of cabotage rules...
(Photo: A truck drives past a sign near Bayonne, France) -- Paris, France - WK Transport et Logistique - 29 March 2016Labels: truckers complaints, trucking industry troubles worldwide
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