Europe's new plan for improvements for truckers is welcome

Date Added: 25 April 2023

Europe's new plan for improvements for truckers is welcome

As a major provider of daily overland trailer services between the UK and mainland Europe, we note that road transport operators have welcomed plans to revise Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) regulations to better accommodate what have been described as the continent’s “abandoned” truckers.

The European Parliament’s Transport Committee voted last week to reopen negotiations with the European Council and the EC with an aim to impose binding deadlines on construction and opening of safe and secure parking sites across the European road network.

The European Road Hauliers Association says that the vote is an indication that things are headed in the right direction, as provision of safe and secure parking is, if not the solution, then certainly part of the solution to addressing the escalating driver shortage across Europe.

Davies Turner is happy to see that the committee’s desire to improve the conditions of rest areas is fuelled by a sense of urgency.

The EU’s road transport sector lacks hundreds of thousands of drivers, with two million unfilled driver positions forecast for 2026 if things don’t change and it is crucial that the driving profession is made more attractive.

The revised regulations are expected to impose a 2030 deadline for opening new facilities on the core network and 2040 for the comprehensive network.

For more information about Davies Turner’s European road freight forwarding and logistics services, please contact road@daviesturner.co.uk or visit https://www.daviesturner.com/road-freight

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