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FTA Says Driver and Vehicle Details Must be Shared Across EU
The Freight Transport Association has told the Department for Transport that legislation should be amended to allow the exchange of driver and vehicle registration details between EU member states. more...
Cabotage Abuse, Finger The Offenders, Says FTA
The Freight Transport Association says that lorry operators should not hesitate to inform VOSA, if they have evidence of foreign vehicles operating illegally in the UK. more...
Fuel Tax and Congestion Blight Freight Industry
New research published by the Freight Transport Association in its July 2006 Quarterly Transport Activity Survey presents a picture of a freight transport industry blighted by high diesel prices which is struggling to meet ever more demanding business customers and consumers because of rampant congestion on the UK's road trade routes. more...
FTA Claim "London Mayor Gets it 20% Right on LEZ"
The Freight Transport Association has welcomed the news that Mayor Ken Livingstone has softened the blow to industry of his Low Emission Zone proposals. However, FTA remains disappointed that he has chosen the least environmentally effective and most confusing scheme possible. more...
M6 Widening - Just get on with it Says FTA
The Freight Transport Association says that valuable time has been lost whilst the Government delayed a decision on what to do about the M6 corridor between Birmingham and Manchester. more...
FTA Announces New Policy Manager
The Freight Transport Association has appointed James Firth as Regional Policy Manager - Northern England, working from FTA's office in Leeds. more...
We Need Hit List Not Just Wish List
The Freight Transport Association has welcomed the publication of the Department for Transport's road and rail routes identified for possible productivity funding under the Transport Investment Fund (TIF). more...
FTA Welcomes Scottish Freight Report
The Freight Transport Association has welcomed the publication of the Scottish Parliament's Local Government and Transport Inquiry into freight transport. more...
New Vice Presidents at FTA
The Freight Transport Association is pleased to announce the appointment of two new Vice Presidents to support FTA President John Russell. more...
Turning Lorries - 'Don't Fill That Space'
The Freight Transport Association has told the review of the Highway Code that the next edition should contain a specific and comprehensive section dedicated to the operation of lorries and other commercial vehicles, a section providing advice for other road users on how to share the road safely with goods vehicles. more...
Tyne & Wear Infrastructure Needed
The Freight Transport Association's North East Freight Council is carefully monitoring the progress of the Government's ports review and the policies being developed by the regional development agencies in the North West, Yorkshire and the North East. more...
FTA Calls for CV Section in Revised Highway Code
The Freight Transport Association says that the next edition of the Highway Code should contain a special section dealing with commercial vehicles, similar to the current sections dedicated to pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists. more...
FTA: Planning System Slow and Unresponsive
The Freight Transport Association has told the Barker Review of Land Use Planning that it is vital to the economy for the system to be more responsive to business needs and to be able to make decisions far more quickly than is presently the case. more...
Survey presages trouble ahead for RTD
A survey of 250 companies by the Freight Transport Association (FTA) and property consultancy NAI Fuller Peiser has revealed that the vast majority of UK lorry operators will not be fully compliant with the Road Transport Directive when it comes into force on 4th April. more...
FTA at the CV Show
The Freight Transport Association will have two stands at the CV Show 2005, one focusing on key compliance issues other on skills and training. more...
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