The December 2018 meeting of the EU Council is not just yet another opportunity to discuss Brexit but will also be expected to take some legislative decisions, including on the EU’s first carbon dioxide (CO2) standards for trucks.
At a meeting with French businesses and officials in Lille, Road Haulage Association (RHA) Chief Executive Richard Burnett said that planning for road transport in the event of a no-deal Brexit is “dire” and “simply not robust enough”.
Twice in 2018, traffic approaching the port of Hull on the A63 has been brought to a halt after a lorry crashed into one of the bridges spanning the road and the same has undoubtedly occurred on major trade routes across the country.
The Department for Transport (DfT) is failing to engage with businesses over its post-Brexit preparations, a leading parliamentary committee has claimed.
Ending the free movement of people might be something that Prime Minister Theresa May hails as a triumph of diplomacy, but it is seen very differently by the UK’s logistics sector.
Applying to existing haulage, bus and coach operators and to new applicants, the financial levels against which applications and continuations will be processed from the start of 2019 have been confirmed by the Office of the Traffic Commissioner (OTC).
The subject of Clean Air Zones (CAZs) has never been far from the thoughts of the haulage industry in recent months as we have reflected in our reports (see Concerns over Bath clean-up, RHA believes Leeds CAZ plan is flawed and Cut in CAZ charge fails to impress hauliers, for example).
