News / Hauliers pile on the pressure for 44-tonne haulage across Europe

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European regulators are seeking to force through increase tonnage limits for cross-border road freight.

Responding to the Council of European Foreign Ministers’ failure to reach agreement on a requested 44-tonne limit, the European Commission announced it would reviewing the Weights and Dimensions directive (WDD) of its Greening Freight package of measures to make freight transport more efficient and more sustainable

Michaël Reul, secretary-general of transport alliance UPTR said: “Hauliers need to reduce their CO2 emissions and ...