The European Union has taken a further step towards a single European sky at a conference in Budapest
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The Rail Freight Group has urged the secretary-of-state for transport, Philip Hammond, to support rail freight in legislation to achieve government carbon reduction targets
Some 2.47 million goods vehicles travelled from Great Britain to mainland Europe last year – four per cent higher than in 2009 total, according to figures from the Department for Transport
News that the government is axing grants for rail freight has been greeted with dismay and anger by industry groups
EU investigators have raided the offices of a number of major truck manufacturers looking for evidence of anti-competitive activity
The announcement by transport minister, Mike Penning, that he will leave the domestic drivers’ rules unchanged has been dubbed a “victory for common sense” by the Freight Transport Association
European forwarders’ organisation CLECAT has produced a position paper highlighting opposition to European Union proposals to standardise trailer heights at 4m
As we approach the outcomes of the Comprehensive Spending Review it is perhaps worth pausing and thinking about some of the implications for skills, says Dr Mick Jackson, chief executive of Skills for Logistics
The amount of freight moved by truck in the UK fell to 132 billion tonne kilometres last year – 13 per cent lower than 2008, according statistics from the Department for Transport.
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has set out where it thinks the government should be directing its future transport spending, and how industry-led initiatives can be trusted to achieve greater results.
