Topics discussed by the General Assembly were: decarbonisation of road freight transport, alternative fuels through the medium and long term, infrastructure, safe parking areas, lack of drivers, restrictions of EU countries due to COVID-19 such as the introduction of Green Pass (Italy, Austria). The EU...
UETR Contribution to the EC Public consultation on contingency measures for EU transport in times of crisis UETR fully supports the development of a Contingency Plan for Transport. With COVID 19, we have the unique opportunity to rethink some strong issues for road transport, getting to...
The European Commission’s new urban mobility initiative is under preparation, and will address key challenges like pollution, congestion, accessibility and urban road safety. The EC is organising various consultation workshops which will be key to convey the stakeholders messages. For more info click here. ...
The findings of ICONET, an EU-funded study into how the Internet of Things can and will support collaborative logistics, are now available here. ICONET, a 30-month research project funded by the EU, has just delivered final outputs, and the EU is keen that these results are...
The main topic of the workshop taking place on 29 March at 10 00 AM will be "Parking Areas Meeting COVID-19 Challenges for Road Haulers". Within this context, we will be discussing the lack of truck parking areas within Europe, the essential role transport has played...
UETR together with SMEunited sent a letter to the European Commission on restrictions introduced by Germany to those haulers entering from Austria, Czech Republic and France requested to produce a negative COVID test. This is against the EU Green Lanes and all EU Council's recommendations. The letter...
UETR Secretary General Marco Digioia intervened at a joint web seminar on the Mobility Package jointly organised by MEP Mr. I. Ertug and ETF on 24 February 2021. The event discussed the results of the recent Ricardo study on the potential environmental impact of the obligation...
UETR expresses great concern about Brexit and COVID 19 and their impact on road haulers SMEs. Whatever the outcome of the Brexit negotiations might be, customs and border checks will come into place on the 1st of January 2021. In the last days several kilometers long...
UETR Secretary General Marco Digioia will present road transport SMEs perspective and practices at the European Workshop "Craft and SMEs VET NET Open European Workshop - The future challenges of European Continuing Vocational Education and Training after COVID 19” on 10 November. The event falls...
On 16 September 2020 UETR on behalf of SMEUnited intervened in a hearing of the social partners, organised by the European Commission, on the future EU strategy for sustainable and smart mobility. UETR underlined the continuing existence of very large disparities in costs for road...
