The European Commission has published a report on the opportunities to integrate the internal market for road transport. The Commission believes that removing current restrictions would help the European economy and have a positive impact on the environment. The Commission found that on any given day, almost a...
The Timber Packaging and Pallet Confederation (TIMCON) have reported a significant increase in demand for timber in the first quarter of 2014 from the recovering construction sector and booming demand for timber in foreign markets. capacity was also affected by the recent adverse weather conditions It...
Next week will see the introduction of the new time based user charge that will see foreign HGV's charged for using their vehicles in the UK and thereby contributing in the same way as domestic operators to the cost of maintaining the road network. The...
The UK government has announced that it will be investing an average £3bn per year over the next 8 years in upgrading the road network. This will be the biggest investment made since the 1970's. This should improve journey times and reduce delays. Supplychain21 continues to...
In a sign that the recession is over, the Port of Calais has reported a 21% rise in freight vehicles passing through the port in 2013. Nearly 1.7m vehicles or unaccompanied trailers were handled in the year. As demand increases, spare capacity for back haul freight will...
In a sign that the recession is over, the Port of Dover has reported a 13% rise in freight vehicles passing through the port in 2013. More than 2.2m vehicles were handled, making 2013 the strongest year since 2009. As demand increases, spare capacity for back...
There will be some big changes to the infrastructure in Calais in the next few year. Many of Supplychain21's customers export via Calais into mainland Europe o the changes will have implications for them. Capacity at the port is set to double, with a new Logistics...
The latest Logistics Survey shows that UK road exports to the EU both on accompanied and unaccompanied trailers increased by 5% in the 12 months to June 2013 against the levels seen a year earlier. This reverses the trend in 2012 and provides evidence of the UK recovery...
Having postponed the "Ecotax" originally planned for implementation last month until 1st January 2014, the French Government has now postponed this indefinitely. Originally, all trucks over 3.5t carrying domestic or international movements in France were to be subject to a new environmental levy "Ecotax" in addition to the tolls currently payable...
From 5 July 2013, the Spanish authorities updated their legislation incorporating the CMR Convention into Spanish law. The change requires that VAT numbers are included with the details of parties involved in a CMR transport. Spain will only accept a CMR Consignment Note as a transport control document...