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Utilities embrace FTA Van Excellence Code

The civil engineering and utilities sector has pledged its support for the Freight Transport Association’s Van Excellence Code (VEC), which it helped develop. The Code is aimed at establishing a comprehensive and ...

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Extend Severn Crossing study to England, FTA asks government

Fresh from securing a commitment from the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) to look into the economic impact of tolls on the Severn Crossing, the Freight Transport Association has sought the same action from ...

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Win trip of a lifetime at FTA Transport Manager and Fleet Engineer

Commercial vehicle manufacturer Iveco will be giving away 15 fantastic prizes, including a grand prize of an all expenses paid trip of a lifetime to Italy, at the Freight Transport Association’s annual series of Transport ...

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Don’t let your driver become a statistic with FTA’s new drivers’ hours DVD

According to the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA), weekly rest has been the third highest Graduated Fixed Penalty offence in the last 12 months. Drivers’ hours and working time rules are enforced to ...

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EU Directive could seriously curtail rail freight’s growth, warns FTA

When the next stage of the “Non-Road Mobile Machinery Directive” (NRMM) comes into force by the end of 2011, rail freight operating companies could be left powerless… literally. The Freight Transport Association is ...

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Dangerous goods legislation: prepare for what’s ahead at FTA conference

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) will be running two Dangerous Goods Conferences this autumn, aimed at managers involved in the shipping or carriage of dangerous goods across all modes of transport ...

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FTA’s Transport Hub: putting transport at the heart of conference season

Transport organisations will be afforded a louder voice and a more efficient way of getting their messages across to senior politicians at this year’s political party conferences with the launch of the Transport Hub, which is project ...

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Shippers’ seminar unpicks legal complexities for FTA members

The recent joint Freight Transport Association/Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) legal seminar for shippers and logistics buyers received great reviews from the FTA member delegates who attended the seminar ...

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Extending powers to stop is good news for UK enforcement, says FTA

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has backed plans to extend into Scotland the stopping powers of enforcement officers that currently exist in England, Wales and, via the Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA), into ...

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FTA welcomes Rosyth Zeebrugge freight ferry developments

The Freight Transport Association has welcomed the announcement by DFDS Seaways that from the end of the year it will be providing two dedicated freight vessels for its Rosyth – Zeebrugge ferry service ...

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