European road freight rates caught between rising costs and weak demand
Spot rates on European road freight routes may finally be reaching their nadir, after having ...
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Yesterday marked the start of a new legislative term in the EU, and road freight stakeholders have listed what needs to be done to improve the sector.
The International Road Transport Union (IRU) listed “people, environment and prosperity” as its priorities for the new European parliament to address.
Regarding ‘people’, it called for measures that ease access into the driving profession and enhance training, in the wake of “the most acute shortage of drivers in decades”.
‘Prosperity’ outlined the need for targeted regulation that ...
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