UETR Secretary General Marco Digioia gave the keynote speech at the Roundtable “‘European Truck Drivers’ Shortage: Causes & Solutions’” at the CSR Europe SDG Sustainability Development Goals Summit 2022 last week. He highlighted actions from private and public stakeholders to overcome a shortfall or more than...
The European Labour Authority has launched its #Road2FairTransport campaign. UETR, part of the ELA working group, strongly supports this initiative and the goal of ensuring a quality and fair road transport in the EU. A wide range of tools will be provided, from information sessions...
APPLY TO BECOME THE BEST EUROPEAN TRUCK PARKING: APPLICATIONS ARE MOST WELCOME BY 10 FEBRUARY 2023 ESPORG, together with its public and private partners, from the European Commission, International Transport Forum, ACEA, IRU, CLECAT, ECG, ESC, UETR, TVM, Dekra and Truckerslife, launches the 2023 edition of...
The TRAN Committee of the European Parliament has approved on 4 October the draft report on AFIR the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation. UETR welcomes the approval of minimum mandatory targets for Member States on the deployment of the infrastructure and the need to present national...
The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) has made available new funding for safe and secure parking areas (SSTPAs).. UETR welcomes the new funding opportunities which are key to deploy an adequate network and deliver quality transport and jobs in the European Union. The calls are available here and...
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...
The European Labour Authority has published its first two leaflets on road transport for drivers and operators: on posting of drivers and driving times and rest periods. They can be downloaded here, in multiple languages. ...
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...
The European Parliament meeting in Plenary Session on 22 June approved the ETS2 proposal with the inclusion of commercial transport from 2024. UETR has grave concerns about the impact of the ETS2 on small businesses, as supported by the EP. The unbearable increase in energy prices in Europe is already putting at risk...
