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Sep 18, 2009

FUELS & TAXES * Europe - French hauliers face fuel duty increase

Paris,France -HGV (Ireland) -18 Sept 2009: -- French hauliers face the prospect of a three cent per litre increase in the cost of diesel from next year, as the government gears up to introduce carbon taxes... According to reports in the French media, the government is set to introduce a carbon tax levied at €17 for every tonne of carbon dioxide produced... French motoring authorities have estimated that the new tax will add about three per litre to the cost of diesel... French president Nicolas Sarkozy says the new tax will reduce the demand for fossil fuels, thereby reducing the country's carbon footprint... (Photo from thegully: French truck protest -23 Sept 2000)


* Ireland - IRHA says enough is enough

Dublin,Ireland -HGV Ireland -18 Sept 2009: -- The Irish Road Haulage Association (IRHA) has slammed proposals to introduce a so-called Carbon Tax and warned government "enough is enough"... IRHA president Vincent Caulfield said: "Any increase in fuel duty under the guise of a carbon tax will not be accepted by the haulage industry" ... "There is no alternative to transporting large volumes of goods in this country and the Government need to acknowledge that fact" ... "We need to support existing, viable companies and protect existing jobs. But in many sectors we have totally lost our competitiveness and that has to be addressed.," Caulfield added... "Members are already paying higher levels of PRSI, PAYE, insurance and toll charges. This is hugely disappointing news for our industry; an industry which is critical to the revival of our economy given ourcountry's dependence on road transport for the movement of over 95 per cent of freight"... (Images from moderntyres: Truck run)


* Ireland - Diesel prices creeping upwards

Dublin,Ireland -HGV Ireland -16 Sept 2009: -- The cost of diesel has risen again in the last month, according to the latest fuel price survey from the AA... The cost of a litre of diesel rose by 1.9 cent in August to a current average of 106.7... "It's a small change but it's in the wrong direction and that is disappointing," said Director of Policy, Conor Faughnan...

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Feb 13, 2009

TAXES / FEES / TOLLS: UP * USA - Illinois bill would double base plate fee

Truckers would have to pay twice as much to base plate their trucks in Illinois under legislation in the state’s House

Springfield,ILL,USA -Land Line Magazine -February 12, 2009: -- ... Rep. LaShawn Ford, D-Chicago, is the sponsor of a bill that would have commercial vehicles pay double the flat weight tax rates to be paid each registration year. For truck registrations of 80,000 pounds, the fee for tags would increase to $5,580 – up from $2,790... To add insult to injury, truckers also would pay more for the commercial distribution fee because it is a percentage tax paid on registrations for trucks in the state. The amount is a 14.35 percent surcharge of the registration fees... Ford said the state needs to look at ways to fund the capital construction bill, and this is one option. He noted that truck fees might be a better option than imposing a tax on business...


* Texas - Trucking Moving Day convenes at State Capitol

Austin,TX,USA -News 8 Austin -12 Feb 2009: -- A fleet of transportation professionals turned out Thursday for Trucking Moving Day at the State Capitol... Members of the Texas Motor Transportation Association and Southwest Movers Association dropped in on lawmakers to talk about the negative impact of the franchise tax reform, passed last legislative session, which restructured business taxes in order to provide tax relief for property owners... One industry spokesman says if the current driver shortage continues, there will be about 20,000 vacancies by the year 2016... John Esparza, TMTA President, says one out of every 14 jobs in the state is related to the trucking business...


* Traffic Tolls Up Amid Recession

Washington,DC,USA -The Washington Times, by David Sharp -3 Feb 2009: -- Toll road collections are decreasing as people drive less during the recession. At the same time, maintenance and constructions costs are rising, prompting the nation's 75 turnpike operators to raise tolls. Toll revenue is used to pay off bonds as well as fund maintenance and upgrades. However, most turnpike authorities are autonomous and are not likely to benefit from proposed federal stimulus funds for states, says Paul Godfrey, a toll expert at HNTB, a nationwide engineering and consulting firm. HNTB said many of the 99 toll roads it monitors raised rates in 2008, including the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey, the Pennsylvania Turnpike, New York State Thruway, and the turnpikes of New Hampshire. The New York State Thruway is considering an additional increase in 2009, as are the Maine Turnpike, Ohio Turnpike, Massachusetts Turnpike, New Jersey Turnpike, Kansas Turnpike, and John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway in Maryland... (Photo by ASSOCIATED PRES - Traffic slows for the York tolls on the Maine Turnpike in York, Maine, on Saturday. Tolls went up this week for motorists using the turnpike, a year earlier than the Maine Turnpike Authority had anticipated)

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