Browsing: Policy and legislation

An initiative to improve the improve the environmental performance of road freight transport in Europe has been Relaunched as Green Freight Europe with the support European Commission vice president and commissioner for mobility and transport Siim Kallas

The Global Air Cargo Advisory Group has welcomed a commitment by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to produce a proposal to regulate global airline emissions by the end of 2012

Eddie Stobart has made the first-ever UK delivery using its new high-volume trailer operating under the Department for Transport’s ten year trial. The trailer carried 54 retail cages full of groceries for Tesco –a 20 per cent increase in payload

The European Commission has set out plans to modernise public procurement within the European Union saying it had become a priority in view of current budgetary constraints

Signs warning lorry drivers that their sat-navs are directing them down unsuitable roads could soon become commonplace under new rules being introduced by the Department for Transport