At its meeting in Zagreb, UETR addressed the worrying situation of shortage of professional drivers to cover the needs of the transport companies in the different European countries. Only in France, Italy and Spain transport companies require 50,000 professional drivers. The shortage also affects the countries of...
UETR uploads the documents provided by Autostrade per l’Italia: The communication concerning the closure of the intersection section A7-A10 - Genoa airport in the direction of Genoa and in the direction of Savona and the restoration of the original viability at the ramp in Via Melen...
On Saturday, June 16, the National Association of Portuguese Transporters (ANTP) will start a new National Road Transport strike in Portugal starting at 0 o'clock, which will include both the stopping of any activity of the transport sector and camion caracoles all over the country.The...
3 rd Mobility Package: UETR appreciates the European Commission’s efforts to the modernisation of transport, taking into account the needs and specificities of small haulers. UETR welcomes the third Mobility Package proposal, broadly addressing a number of challenges faced by the road transport sector (emissions, safety,...
UETR Secretary General Marco Digioia met on 10 April with European Commission's Vice President Maroš Šefčovič on the 3 rd Mobility Package. The Commissioner shared the main elements of the proposals and a fruitful exchange of views between the Vice-President and the other social partners participating...
The European Commission has launched a a public consultation on the use of electronic documents in the freight sector, as it is seeking to present an initiative on this matter. UETR supports the deployment of IT in road transport and will contribute to the consultation, highlighting...
On 1 April 2018, the Republic of Slovenia will introduce electronic toll collection in free-flow for all vehicles with a maximum authorized mass of over 3.5 tons (heavy duty vehicles). With the introduction of a new toll system, called the DarsGo system, it will no longer...
The Regional Government of Guipúzcoa (one of the three Regions of País Vasco) has launched on January 9th the new toll for more than 6,000 trucks of more than 3'5 tons that daily transit through the NI (Madrid-Irún Highway) and the A-15 ( Highway Navarra...
NÚSZ (National Toll Payment provider in Hungary) has recently installed automated portals on 13 new locations across the country for checking the payment of road tolls. According to NÚSZ these new portals register a significant amount of unauthorized road usage of vehicles over 3,5T every day. (For example, close to...
The UETR General Assembly has met in Paris on Friday 16 March and has appointed its two Vice-Presidents for a two years term: Amedeo Genedani, President of Italy's road haulers association Confartigianato. Sandrine Bachy, President of France's road haulers association Unostra. ...
