On the 1 st of September 2022, UETR Secretary General Marco Digioia intervened in the first ACEA-ESPORG workshop on alternative charging infrastructure at truck parking areas.As speaker in the industry stakeholder panel discussion, Mr. Digioia brought up the need to create an ecosystem and...
ACEA, CLECAT, ESPORG and UETR sent a joint letter to the Commissioner for Transport Mrs. Adina Vălean presenting proposals for the full and efficient use of the available EU funding for safe and secure truck parking areas in Europe. The letter is available here. ...
On Thursday 7 July UETR together with SMEUnited presented the leaflet “Green best practices for road transport SMEs and how the EU can support them” at a webinar which saw entrepreneurs and EC representatives exchanging on best practices.The leaflet was drafted in cooperation with the...
SMEunited and UETR will organise a joint webinar to present the leaflet “Green best practices for transport SMEs and how the EU can support them”, drafted in cooperation with the EU LIFE Programme. The webinar will take place online on 7th July 2022, from 9 am...
UETR Secretary General Marco Digioia intervened at the Annual Conference of European Public Employment Services and the European Commission on "Jointly addressing labour and skills shortages" as speaker. The PES Network Conference brought together around 400 participants from over 30 countries, with representatives from the public...
On the 3 rd of March 2022, France's Truck Etape Béziers parking facility won the first edition of the ESPORG Excellence in Truck Parking Award, in recognition of its role in providing services to drivers and road transport companies.Safe and secure parking areas play an...
At the UETR General Assembly of 14 December 2021, Julio Villaescusa has been unanimously re-elected President of UETR for a further 2 year term. He said in a speech that road transport SMEs are facing many challenges (Green Deal, Mobility Package implementation, shortage of drivers..). “I was...
UETR fully supports the new ESPORG European Truck Parking Award for better services and quality transport. UETR will be part of the jury together with other private and public stakeholders. "Safe and Secure parking areas are key ensure decent working conditions, safety and security, particularly when drivers...
UETR has been appointed by DG MOVE as observer in the new third sub-group of the DTLF (Digital Transport and Logistics Forum)-, Sub-group 3 Electronic Freight Transport Information (eFTI) Delegated Acts. The group’s mandate is to provide feedback to the Commission as part of the...
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...
