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Aug 12, 2017

TRADITIONAL TRUCKMAKERS OBSOLETES ? * UK: Report

* Scotland - Navistar, Paccar, other truck firms risk obsolescence


--- Traditional trucking industry manufacturers could become obsolete if they don’t start moving more quickly into electric drive trains... That’s the assessment of analyst Alexander Potter from Piper Jaffray in a report released Tuesday for industry investors... Venerable industry suppliers such as Navistar International Corp., Paccar Inc., Cummins Inc. and Allison Transmission Holdings are among the most “susceptible,” Potter wrote... Potter is looking at the increasing adoption of electric buses demonstrates as the pathway to electric trucking, primarily through the development of drivetrain and battery technology... An electric bus can cost about $700,000 while is diesel counterpart is $500,000... “But since regular maintenance costs for an EV bus are negligible – and since the energy savings are so substantial – the return on investment is still attractive,” Potter said. This is where the trucking industry needs take note... 
 (Photo: BYD - Line up of BYD electric buses ready for service 12 in Haifa, Israel)   --  Aberdeen, Scotland, UK - Trucks.com, by JERRY HIRSCH - Aug 9, 2017

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Jan 19, 2017

UBER FREIGHT * USA: FREIGHT BROKERAGE AT RISK

* California -  It's not just truck drivers whose jobs are at risk


--- At the end of December Uber debuted Uber Freight, into the lucrative world of logistics. Many saw Uber’s entry into freight as a death knell for trucking companies, as Uber is looking to build a fleet of driverless trucks... And while the threat to trucking is real, Uber Freight poses a more immediate threat to the thousands of mid-level, white-collar support staff jobs in the industry, also known as freight brokerage... This process seems wildly inefficient, it is! A 3PL is the definition of a middleman, and employs hundreds, if not thousands, of operations employees to input this data and brokers these deals every day... Uber is uniquely positioned to streamline the industry, though. Much like the company’s ride-hailing app cuts out the taxi dispatcher and allows people to hail rides directly from drivers, Uber Freight can create a platform where shippers and truckers broker shipping orders directly with one another, effectively rendering obsolete thousands of 3PL workers. It replaces people with software, and configures a labor-intensive industry into a SaaS (Software as a service) business... Many people have pointed out that automation, not China or Mexico, is the real threat to blue-collar American jobs. Overlooked, however, are all the non-executive white-collar administrative jobs that will be rendered obsolete, too ... Famed venture capitalist Marc Andreessen is fond of the phrase “software is eating the world,” meaning that it’s replacing many of the post-industrial, pre-internet jobs once thought to be essential. Problem is, one man’s efficiency is another’s unemployment...
San Francisco, CAL, USA - Linkedin/MEL magazine, by John McDermott - 18 JAN 2017

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Nov 16, 2016

Is the Trucking Industry ready for 21st Century new technology? * USA

* DC - New technology is making many jobs easier
--- Some drivers can not wait for the trucking industry to catch up with other industries by way of technology; but not everyone feels the same way... Truck drivers around the country welcomed the PrePass System which helps truck drivers by-pass weight stations in 28 of the 50 United States. This system not only helps save time by the truck diver not having to wait in line, it also helps save fuel. According to PrePass, their system has saved well over $ 1 billion since it began in 1997... Another new technology that could vastly improve the trucking industry is the development and soon-produced hybrid vehicles. Since diesel costs continue to rise, have an alternative source of fuel is something truck drivers are interested in. However, the newer technology will not be here soon enough to keep some drivers from parking their rigs... Other forms of technology are also being implemented in trucks. New anti-lock brakes and collision avoidance technology have greatly affected safety. The biggest changes seen in the trucking industry are not seen directly in the rig itself. Information technology has allowed better communication with drivers and with the trucks themselves. Real-time tracking information is now available... Truck rigs have undergone technological updates, as well. They are now more ergonomic, the seats as well as the layout of the console, making it much more comfortable for a driver to spend countless hours on the road. The addition of global positioning systems (GPS) has also made the truck driver's life easier... 
 (Image: Navistar's Super Truck II, prototype) -- USA - Tech Featured - 15 Nov 2016

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Oct 14, 2016

Freight Transportation Forecast * USA - Shows continued growth for trucking

* Virginia - Total truck volumes will grow

--- Today, the American Trucking Associations released the latest edition of its look into the future of freight transportation, U.S. Freight Transportation Forecast to 2027, showing growth in both overall freight volumes and in the amount of goods moved by truck... American Trucking Associations is the largest national trade association for the trucking industry. Specific to trucking, truckload volumes will grow 2% annually between 2016 and 2022 and 1.6% per year after that until 2027. Less-than-truckload volume will grow year after year 3% through 2022 and 2.8% from 2023 to 2027. Private carrier volumes will grow 2.3% annually until 2022 and 2.1% each year over the next five years... 
Arlington, VA, USA - PRNewswire-USNewswire - Oct. 12, 2016

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Sep 14, 2016

AUTONOMOUS TRUCKS * USA: Prognosis, Study

* New York - One-third of all long haul trucks to be semi-autonomous by 2025


--- A wave of new connected technologies for long-haul trucks will trigger an economic boom over the next decade that will transform the industry, according to a new report... McKinsey & Company released a 40-page study Monday on the future of commercial transport that highlights how automation technologies will drive this expansion. The report said trucking companies can expect revenues to increase by 50 percent over the next decade, with the bulk of that value created by new technologies... Among those new capabilities, the research firm projects that by 2025, and least one of every three new heavy trucks will have high-level automation technology that eliminates the need for a full-time driver. Those and other technologies will drastically reduce costs for trucking companies across the spectrum while increasing demand for new trucks. Eliminating substantial costs such as drivers could reduce the so-called “total cost of ownership” by 35 percent to 50 percent... Those savings will allow more trucking companies to invest in new trucks, McKinsey says. And those trucks and their lower cost will enable new layers of last-mile services for customers who are increasingly expected a wide range of goods and services to be delivered almost instantly, the report says. That, in turn, will increase demand for more trucks that can be operating around the clock... Regulatory frameworks are still in early stages, and there is a risk that trucking companies could face of patchwork of rules across states and countries. And to fully leverage the benefits, trucks will need more robust communication networks such as these speeds promised by next-generation 5G networks... 
(Photo: Daimler's self-driving Mercedes-Benz Actros trucks doing a test run in Europe) -- NY, USA - Trucks.com, by CHRIS O'BRIEN - Sept 12, 2016

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Sep 3, 2016

WHY SELF DRIVING TRUCKS ? * USA

* California - Why they may be the next big thing on the road ?

--- On Interstate 280 outside San Francisco, towering white Volvo semitrucks have been driving themselves around for months–under the careful supervision of humans in the cab. Otto, a startup founded by automation experts eager to get their inventions out of the lab and onto the road, has been working to reinvent commercial trucking since it was founded in January. And in August, ride-sharing giant Uber announced it was acquiring Otto and its 91 employees in a deal worth an estimated $680 million... Weeks earlier, it sold its Chinese division to market leader Didi Chuxing, getting a hefty stake in return. Didi had previously forged a partnership with Uber’s bitter U.S. rival Lyft, which has reportedly held talks to sell itself to Google–a company with its own ambitious self-driving-car division–or General Motors, which invested $500 million in Lyft earlier this year with avowals that the two would automate ride-sharing vehicles together. (Lyft executives deny that they have shopped the company around.) ... Many in the automotive and technology worlds are convinced that self-driving vehicles are the future. But who gets there first (old-line automakers, new-economy startups) and how (by selling passenger cars, taxi services, commercial vehicles) is still unclear. Because self-driving ventures tend to draw on a relatively concentrated pool of engineers, executives and investors, the nascent field has rapidly become a small but tightly bound web of connections... For now, courting potential problems is the point... It may not yet be clear what the future of automated transport will look like, but the industry’s innovators want to get there fast...
 (Photo: Trucker with digital tablet on autonomous truck)  --  Silicon Valley, CAL, USA - TIME, by Katy Steinmetz - Sept. 1, 2016

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Apr 18, 2016

PROGNOSIS * USA: Future of trucking

* Indiana - Includes more taxes, survival based on quality

 -- The next 10-20 years are likely to include more taxes on trucking, FTR Senior Consultant Noël Perry predicted in a web presentation Thursday. In addition, trucking companies will have to succeed through quality, not quantity, Perry said... Governments, in order to maintain transportation infrastructure, will look increasingly at higher taxes to do so, particularly at the trucking industry, predicted Perry, “The demand for transportation changes from a volume issue to a quality issue ... It’s going to be about quality and service. The only way we’re going to make money here is to emphasize quality”... Meanwhile, an explosion in transportation automation and technology has already begun and will affect the industry greatly in the near future, easing the driver shortage, lowering risk and fuel use. The increase in automation will force greater capacity, he said... Perry was optimistic about the industry’s ability to deal with coming regulations designed to decrease greenhouse gases... 
Bloomington, IND, USA - The Trucker, by JACK WHITSETT - 15 April 2016

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Apr 2, 2016

"RESHORING" * USA: Spur demand for trucking

* More freight “touches” would translate into greater need for capacity


-- A growing movement to bring so-called “advanced manufacturing” back to the U.S. – a strategic effort dubbed “reshoring” or sometimes "nearshoring" – could significantly ramp up truck capacity demand as well, according to two experts... Between 2000 and 2011, Rosemary Coates, executive director of the Reshoring Institute said, some 2.7 million U.S. jobs were lost to offshoring, making China a huge global manufacturing “hub” in the process, with 35% to 40% of the world’s manufacturing now touching that nation or physically based there... By Coates’ estimation, reshoring can bring some 750,000 jobs back to the U.S. largely in the “advanced manufacturing” sector, where the production of more “high dollar” finished goods such as small motors, molded plastics, and high-end textiles... Where does trucking benefit in all of this? Reshored manufacturing basically aims to bring production as close to the consumer as possible, meaning more regionalized – even localized – distribution patterns for goods, she indicated; a trend that could potentially help motor carriers develop more “balanced” lanes that get drivers home more frequently... Yet it’s a trend picking up speed as since 2003 the rate of offshoring decreased by 70% of 80%, while reshoring initiatives increased 1,500% over the same time span...
(Photo by Sean Kilcarr/Fleet Owner - Reshoring could create a "multiplier effect" for freight flows in the U.S.)   --  NY, USA - Fleet Owner, by Sean Kilcarr - Mar 25, 2016

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Feb 19, 2016

TRUCKING PROGNOSIS 2016 * USA: Truck loadings growth stands at 3 percent

* Indiana - December’s TCI shows stability for truck fleets through 2016

-- FTR, trucking industry analysis firm, said its Trucking Conditions Index (TCI) measure for December rose more than two points to a reading of 10.88... As a result, FTR predicts 2016 will be a year of placid conditions for trucking companies, with little or no change in the current trend of tight, but adequate, capacity... Two events could impact capacity utilization and may — temporarily — raise rates. Those would include the FMCSA reinstating the Hours of Service changes, and if weather shocks to truck productivity were to turn out to be greater than currently anticipated... FTR’s forecast for truck loadings growth stands at 3 percent for the full year, reflecting strong freight multipliers unusual this late in a recovery. The recent GDP data highlights the potential that they won’t continue. Any fall in these multipliers remains the major downside exposure...
Bloomington, IND, USA - Trucking News (CAN) - February 18, 2016

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Feb 13, 2016

TRUCKING PROGNOSIS * USA: Gauging trucking’s digital disruptors

* New Jersey - Survey: Industry repondents expect disruptor of the freight transportation market will be Big Data

-- No  fewer than five technology-based “disruptors” to freight transportation were identified in a recent survey by Princeton Consulting... The results a report issued by Stifel, 267 responded to the survey. Of those, roughly 50% worked at carriers, 3PLs or brokers; 11% at shippers, and 8% at suppliers to the freight transportation industry... 

 Sashihara listed the four major disruptors the survey determined and detailed:

° Self-Driving/Autonomous trucks 
 ° Drones 
 ° Freight Uberization 
 ° Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data: These two digital behemoths are interdependent and were viewed by the survey respondents as the most likely disruptors in play over the next few years... 

 The indication was that most companies already have amassed “mountains of big data,” but they haven’t figured out how to use it productively to make enhanced decisions. However, with every unit of freight, every vehicle hauling freight, etc. generating data every second, the time to tackle the data analytics challenge is now. Sashihara implied that those who figure out this opportunity first, be they big or small, asset-heavy or asset-light, international or domestic, multi-modal or single mode focused, will be the big winners from now on out... 
 (Photo: Trucker Path Truckloads lets users access available loads throughout North America)  --   Princenton, NJ, USA - Truckinginfo, by David Cullen - February 11, 2016

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Jan 20, 2016

TRUCKING MARKET * USA: Conditions improve while trailer orders slide

* Indiana - FTR: Tight capacity still expected for second half of 2016
-- Consulting firm FTR noted that its Trucking Conditions Index (TCI) measure for November jumped by more than three points to 8.64, which indicates trucking companies may expect more “favorable conditions” to develop as 2016 progresses... On top of that, FTR noted that net trailer orders declined significantly in December – though it added such a decline “was expected” after two of the “strongest trailer order months in history,” said Don Ake, FTR’s VP of commercial vehicles, in a statement... Back on the broader trucking front, FTR expects concern over tight capacity to grow among shippers in the second half of 2016, though there are downside risks for motor carriers if freight fails to grow as expected due to weak industrial output... In terms of trailers, FTR noted that net orders for December declined to 25,500 units, with total orders for 2015 reaching 313,000 units. Though December trailer orders were down considerably – falling 35% month-over-month and 43% year-over-year – the numbers “met expectations,” said FTR’s Ake... 
Bloomington, IND, USA - Fleet Owner - Jan 18, 2016

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Jan 12, 2016

TRUCKING PROGNOSIS * USA: Plans for 2016

* California - Trucking companies’ plans for 2016 not without ‘restraint’


-- A year ago, shippers were tightening their belts, preparing for a potential truck capacity crunch and another round of rate increases as they struggled to expedite containerized freight around congested West Coast ports. Trucking companies were ordering scads of new, fuel-efficient Class 8 tractors and raising truck driver pay by double-digit percentages as the U.S. economy expanded and freight demand climbed... Expectations that 2015 would be a bigger, better version of a booming 2014 in the U.S. crumbled, however, when inventories built up during and after the West Coast longshore labor dispute, fuel prices plummeted and consumers kept a tight grip on their money, rather than spending more freely... The result was a drop in freight demand and overall transportation costs that turned a potential capacity crunch on U.S. highways into a capacity calm and likely blunted the sharp edge of trucking rate increases going into 2016. Shippers with overstocked inventories and plenty of available trucks are looking at a market they wouldn’t have recognized a year ago. What’s not clear is how quickly the balance between demand and capacity might shift again... 
Los Angeles, CAL, USA - JOC, by William B. Cassidy - Jan 10, 2016

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Aug 11, 2015

TRUCK SALES PROGNOSIS * USA: Natural Gas vehicles slow

* Indiana - Declining cost of diesel slows growth of NG HD vehicles

-- NG powered Class 8 truck and bus sales have slowed when calculated as a percentage of the total market, according to a new report from ACT Research... The “Natural Gas Quarterly” attributes the rapidly declining cost of diesel with making the return on investment for adoption of natural gas less lucrative... Original projections were that 2015 would see a 5 percent penetration of NG heavy-duty trucks, but based on 2014 actual results and the sharp drop in oil prices starting in fourth-quarter 2014, the report calls that optimistic... ACT Research continues to see growth for the adoption of natural gas as a fuel for HD vehicles in the U.S.A., but doesn’t expect to see double-digit sales expansion on the horizon in the next few years, Ken Vieth, ACT’s senior partner and general manager said... 
(Photo: Fontaine Co. to install Mainstay CNG heavy truck fuel systems in Class 8 vehicles)  --  Columbus, IND, USA - Trucker News Services - 10 Aug 2015

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May 22, 2015

Google & Facebook AUTONOMOUS TRUCKS in THE FUTURE ? * USA: Prognosis

* New York - Move aside Google Truck, the self-driving tuck is in your rear-view mirror

( Watch Daimler's Self Driving Truck Freightliner Inspiration in Nevada become the world´s first licensed autonomous heavy-duty truck allowed to use public roads. Forget the future this just happened today! Mercedes Self Driving Trucks are go with the Daimler's Freightliner Inspiration Truck! - Video by CARJAM TV - May 6, 2015 )

-- Google and the automotive industry, in general, seem to underestimate the potential of autonomous trucks, especially given a troubling and worsening driver shortage crisis, noticeable impact these trucks can have on reducing total cost of ownership, and comparative ease with which the technology can be implemented in heavy commercial vehicles and, perhaps in the future, making mega trucks (approximately 60 tons total tractor-trailer gross weight) a reality... In the U.S., heavy trucks represent roughly 5% of the total vehicle population, but consume 20% of total transportation fuel... These vehicles are business machines and owners of these vehicles naturally demand the highest fuel economy and safety standards, and are also willing to pay a premium in the form of higher upfront prices if lifecycle costs can be reduced. Therefore, it is only logical to expect that any innovation that enhances fuel efficiency and safety in the automotive industry will experience the greatest market pull in the commercial vehicle industry... Societal acceptance will be driven largely by the regulatory environment, and regulators are still undecided on whether to support such vehicles. The absence of regional standards is the primary hurdle that OEMs and autonomous technology suppliers must overcome... Many fear the possibility of cyberattacks as well as software and mechanical failures, both of which are legitimate concerns. The public has historically shown less sympathy toward mechanical failures than driver failures... More importantly, since we are focused on trucking, remember that trucking is a business, and like any business, the objective is to reduce operating costs. Many fleet managers are asking, “If an automated truck costs more than a conventional truck by 20-30% or more, and yet requires a driver in the cabin who is paid full salary, then why should I invest in this technology?” ... The benefits of autonomous driving in an industry that always craves TCO (total cost of ownership) reduction technologies are driving truck makers to develop autonomous driving trucks to differentiate their products from competitors... Daimler showcased the industry’s first autonomous long-haul truck in Hanover in 2014... Volvo has engaged in a different strategy toward autonomous driving with a near-term focus on a concept known as truck platooning or road trains. Volvo has invested in Peloton Technologies, a North American market leader in the development of truck platooning... There is also strong participation from other truck makers in North America, Europe and Japan, such as Scania, PACCAR, and Hino... The research study also states that advent of autonomous driving technologies and vehicles will usher new value chain partners into the trucking landscape—IT companies such as Google and Facebook, cybersecurity companies, and algorithm-based developers. OEMs’ lack of IT knowledge will open unprecedented partnerships and business opportunities in the trucking industry. About 15-20% of emerging revenue opportunities derived from autonomous trucks will be earned by these companies...And ... Self-driving trucks are no longer the future. They are the present. They're here !!! ...
 NY, USA - Forbes, by Sandeep Kar - 19 May 2015

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Apr 9, 2015

TRUCKING MARKETS * USA: Revenue increasingly flows to biggest carriers

* Report - Trucking carriers with more than $1 billion in annual revenue
-- In the U.S.A., trucking is considered a "fragmented" industry, with hundreds of thousands of carriers, many of the fielding only a few trucks, hauling freight across the continent... However, trucking revenue has become increasingly concentrated, as the number of carriers with more than $1 billion in annual revenue more than doubling over the last decade... That’s a sign of not only economic growth and a maturing industry but a shifting freight market that depends more on large companies that can deliver substantial amounts of capacity... The long-term result, according to SJ Consulting Group, will be a more efficient and profitable group of big carriers and better transportation options, services and pricing for shippers... The growing number of large motor carriers is good news for shippers that can’t effectively tap capacity from smaller carriers without help from a third-party logistics partner...

... How concentrated has trucking revenue become? In 2013, the American Trucking Associations reported for-hire motor carriers of all types had $376.1 billion in revenue... According to SJ Consulting Group data, $89.8 billion of that for-hire revenue figure from the ATA — 24 percent of the total — went to just 23 U.S. trucking companies... Keep in mind there are more than 500,000 registered trucking firms, and the number of active, available carriers last year was close to 200,000, according to QualifiedCarriers.com... Last year, 25 trucking firms with more than a billion dollars in revenue, from UPS to Southeastern Freight Lines, had $99.5 billion in revenue, according to SJ Consulting Group... That’s 85 percent of the $117 billion in combined revenue of the 50 largest U.S.A. motor carriers, according to the SJ Consulting Group/JOC.com Top 50 Trucking Companies report...
-  J.O.C., by William B. Cassidy - Apr 08, 2015

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Feb 13, 2013

TRUCKING MARKETS * Europe

* UK - Might 2013 mark a transport turning point? 

London,EN,UK -Transport Engineer -6 Feb 2013: -- Things may be looking up for transport. According to industry analyst Plimsoll Publishing, operators in the UK can expect to see significant growth during 2013 – substantially up on the previous 12 months... Its latest market report, which looks into the financial performance of the UK's largest 1,000 hauliers, forecasts average growth as high as 7%, compared with 4.5% last year. Indeed, for the highest fliers (an elite band of 241 operators) that figure looks more like a mind-blowing 25%, as their work to improve productivity and cut costs comes to fruition... How much of that growth filters down to alleviate seriously squeezed – and arguably unsustainably low – margins remains to be seen. However, Plimsoll chief analyst, David Pattison, is upbeat, insisting that growth will start to spread throughout the market in 2013 and that the bottom line will be a beneficiary...

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May 9, 2012

FLEETS CRISIS in EUROPE

* UK - Report: The fleet impact of the crisis in the Eurozone

London,EN,UK -Fleet Europe, by Steven Schoefs -4 May 2012: -- The Eurozone crisis seems to have been with us forever. Without seeking to allocate blame or identify indecision the crisis is here and has an impact on the European fleet business. Professor Peter Cooke of the University of Buckingham (UK) explains the impact in the next article.


 - The Fleet Operators’ Dilemma


From the pan-European fleet operator’s viewpoint, the critical issue is one of balance – where will business hold up, where will it develop or contract, what will be the implications for fleet – and are there any opportunities for real benefit?... The equation is further complicated by looking ahead to the replacement of those possible new units. In 3-4 years’ time there will be a shortage of used cars with the associated price implications... The simple answer is ‘nobody knows’ the real answer to either question.The role of the fleet executive is to provide business mobility at the best possible cost; stretch that to Eurozone and it may become a little more complex...

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May 7, 2012

TRUCKING MARKET PROGNOSIS * USA

* Class 8 truck order rate dipped in April 

New York,NY,USA -Fleet Owner, by David Cullen -May 4, 2012: -- Slip in truck orders may portend little ill for trucking...  (or...) Truck order rate may have simply gotten ahead of itself... Net orders for Class 8 trucks fell in April, but it’s debatable whether that reflects poorly on the state of the ongoing recovery of the truck market... ACT Research Co. LLC related yesterday that net orders for North American Class 6-8 trucks for April were down from the month before. ACT predicted that the final numbers, which will be released in mid-May, will approach 17,200 units for Class 8 trucks and 8,600 for Class 6-7 vehicles... Today, research firm FTR Associates released preliminary data showing an even lower number than ACT’s expected figure for North American Class 8 truck total net orders in April. FTR pegged the order level at just 16,877 units— and stressed that it is “the lowest number since September 2010 and 55% below the same month a year ago” ... But trucking analyst Chris Brady, president of Commercial Motor Vehicle Consulting, contends that truck orders have slipped because they “got ahead of themselves.” In his view, that trend started thanks to tax elements of the federal stimulus package that fleets took advantage of last year...

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Mar 6, 2012

TRUCKING PROGNOSIS * Canada

* Canada - OTA survey shows industry optimism, but flat freight growth

Toronto,ONT,USA -Truck News -Mar 2, 2012:  --  Optimism among Ontario motor carriers rebounded somewhat in the first quarter of 2012 after a dip in confidence to close out 2011, according to the latest quarterly survey from the Ontario Trucking Association... The number of carriers who reported they were optimistic about the industry’s prospects over the next three months increased from 55% in the final quarter of 2011 survey to 67% in the Q1 2012 survey – the highest level since reversing a trend for three straight quarters where carriers expressed pessimism about the short-term outlook. The number of carriers who said they were pessimistic about the industry’s prospects remained relatively flat, rising modestly from 5% to 8%...  Looking ahead, carriers are cautiously anticipating a rebound...

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Jan 25, 2012

TRUCKING PROGNOSIS * Europe

* Belgium - Hauliers risk collapse from lack of fuel efficiency

Brussels,Belgium -Commercial Motor, by Christopher Walton -25 January 2012: -- One-in-seven haulage and logistics firms throughout Europe believe they will go out of business within eight years unless action is taken to improve fuel efficiency... According to a survey of 400 fleet and transport managers conducted by Goodyear Dunlop, operators are struggling to keep up with EU emissions regulations and lack funds to invest in fuel-efficient technology...  The survey also found that some operators were already stretched to their limits by the European Commission's target of a 20% reduction in CO2 by 2020. More than half (52%) of respondents said their vehicle parc could not achieve CO2 reductions of more that 10%...  Geoff Dunning, Road Haulage Association chief executive, says the pressure for action over emissions will only increase, but it was up to operators' customers to pay for the carbon cost as much as the transport cost...

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