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Minister to address freight industry on greenhouse gas reduction challenge

Mike Penning, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport, will be addressing the Freight Transport Association’s Logistics Carbon Reduction Conference next month regarding the contribution that the freight ...

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Industry has right to better roads: FTA backs Audit Commission report

Damage to commercial vehicles from poorly maintained local roads represents a significant cost to business and, eventually, hits the consumer in the pocket too. The Freight Transport Association (FTA) supports ...

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FTA's Chris Welsh appointed Secretary General of GSF

The Freight Transport Association's Chris Welsh has been appointed Secretary General of the Global Shippers' Forum (GSF), and FTA is also to provide the GSF's secretariat, effective from 1 July 2011 ...

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FTA welcomes Scottish Government’s continued commitment to freight switch grant

The Scottish Government’s commitment to protecting the Freight Facilities Grant (FFG) – to encourage more companies to consider alternatives to using Scotland’s congested road network to move goods – has been ...

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Scottish Supply Chain Forum explores decarbonisation and modal shift

The Freight Transport Association’s Scottish Supply Chain Forum meeting on 14 June will include key sessions looking at decarbonisation of the maritime supply chain and also mode shift choice promotion ...

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New guide to international road transport now available from FTA

The 16th edition of the Freight Transport Association's guide for international road transport operators is now available. The annual guide includes information to help clarify the often confusing set of regulations faced by ...

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Olympic preparedness tops concerns of London's freight operators, says FTA

With next year's Olympics set to disrupt London’s supply chain for up to three months, anxiety among the Freight Transport Association's London members is growing. Earlier today, Olympic preparedness topped the concerns of FTA's London Freight Council members ...

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Dublin urgently needs a freight plan says FTA Ireland

With an expanding population, and with freight traffic through the port of Dublin projected to double over the next 30 years, Dublin urgently needs a long-term freight strategy to meet the needs of businesses and people who provide services and live and work in the city ...

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Truckers in final leg of charity cycle tour

The final leg of the FTA Transaid Cycle Challenge 2011, organised by the Freight Transport Association, will take place on Wednesday 22 June, clocking up 52 miles as it travels from St Paul’s in London, passing through Dulwich, West Wickham, Oxted, Edenbridge and Groombridge to Tunbridge Wells ...

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FTA calls for level headed approach on longer semi-trailers

The Freight Transport Association has called on the government to take a level headed view on longer semi-trailers on the day its consultation closes and asked it not be swayed by emotive language and unsubstantiated claims by stakeholders wanting to derail the proposals ...

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