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Prime minister David Cameron has called for an urgent increase in private investment for much needed improvements to the British transport infrastructure, but concerns grow that if additional costs are implemented this could discourage lorries from using those roads.

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has argued that investment in road networks should be long term and strategically thought out, unlike the current situation of spending money that is influenced by the Chancellor’s need to annually balance the books.

Theo de Pencier, FTA’s Chief Executive, said on the matter: “The freight industry will want to look at how these plans relate to existing transport taxes such as fuel duty and vehicle excise duty, as well as how any new pricing structures can be developed to ensure that the new capacity is utilised in the most efficient and effective way. Given that road users already pay £41 billion a year in taxes, charges and tolls, then any new cost cannot be in addition to this and must be a substitution for fuel duty.”

The association believes that road congestion is blighting the economy and is bad for the environment. If the government were to charge for the use of private roads, road users would hold a greater stake in the network and could reasonably expect a better performance on road networks.

An industry survey has found that 95% of the logistics sector is not prepared for dealing with the supply chain overload expected to occur during the London 2012 Olympics.

The survey conducted by the Freight Transport Association (FTA) also revealed that around a third of logistic companies say they have “no knowledge” of how the newly introduced Olympic route network will operate in the summer.

Deliveries and collections will inevitably be disrupted during the Olympic Games, due to parking and road restrictions around and on routes to game venues. At certain times it is expected that deliveries and collections will not be possible at all.

The results of the survey came after Prime Minister David Cameron hailed the Olympics as being “on time and on budget”; this is far from the thoughts of the logistic companies. The sector is sure to face huge demands when the Olympics roll into town, and Natalie Chapman, FTA Head of Policy for London has warned that residents and businesses could face everyday disruptions and miss out on revenue due to confused and overloaded vehicle operators.

Ms Chapman commented: “How well London copes with hosting the world’s largest sporting event will depend largely on how well prepared the logistics sector is at managing the unique challenge it faces: making more deliveries in a much tighter time frame.”

The FTA believes that alarm bells should be ringing within the industry and that companies need to start preparing for the demands that the Olympics will inevitably bring.

(Watford, 13 April 2012): Iveco Defence Vehicles has completed delivery of its largest ever order in the UK of 206 6×6 and 8×8 Trakkers to support the Royal Engineers on operations.

Replacing the existing fleet, the new vehicles have been supplied through two separate procurement routes. The first of these, for 182 6×6 vehicles, was through the C Vehicle PFI contract run by ALC as prime contractor. Vehicles were supplied in five variants, with three – the Medium Dump Truck, Self-Loading Dump Truck and Truck-Mounted Loader – being managed by Iveco. Two other variants – a Drill Rig and a Flush Capping System – were procured under ALC’s direct control.

The second procurement resulted from the success of this 6×6 fleet in service. The requirement was for a fleet of Protected Self-Loading Dump Trucks for service on operations.

As Iveco had already developed a ballistic steel cab for the Trakker family, the 8×8 Trakker was a natural choice for this demanding role. The procurement was a direct purchase by the UK MoD, with Iveco managing the complete integration activity. This required input from five separate sub-contractors – GD (UK), Terex Atlas, Thompson Engineering, BI Engineering and KraussMaffei Wegmann.

A total fleet of 24 Self-Loading Dump Trucks (Protected) are now in service, with the majority of the fleet on operations, where they have been extremely well received. The protection provided by the steel cab, bar armour and other countermeasures has been particularly welcome.

This completes a series of successes in the field of logistics vehicles by Iveco in recent years, including significant contract wins in France, Switzerland, Germany and Spain. The company is currently bidding to supply Trakker to the Norwegian and Swedish Armed Forces to re-equip their logistics vehicle fleets. The Trakker chassis has also been the prime mover of choice for a series of other programmes, including, most recently, the supply of FAUN truck-mounted trackway systems to Turkey.

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The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has condemned the Chancellor’s failure to abandon the fuel duty increase. Simon Chapman, the FTA’s chief Economist said: “The Chancellor has squandered a very real opportunity to support UK industry, jobs and economic recovery, by his Budget policy on fuel duty.”

The FTA believes that the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s failures to cut fuel duty rates has condemned the UK to suffer the consequences of even higher fuel bills and operational costs. This comes at a time when the world price of oil has hit a four year high and a real chance that prices will face further rises in the coming months.

The FTA is shocked that the Chancellor has chosen not to cut or freeze fuel duty, but is going ahead with plans for a 3ppl increase in August. The FTA has asked Mr Osborne for the sake of the UK industry and consumers, to reconsider his decision before the proposed increase comes into effect.

Research shows that a cut in diesel duty of 2.5ppl could have created an additional 175,000 jobs with no loss of revenue to the Exchequer. In stark contrast the proposed 3ppl fuel duty increase scheduled for August will increase the average cost of truck operation by about £1,200 per vehicle per year, on top of expected price rises due to an anticipated increase in the world price of oil.

Mr Chapman went onto say: “Mr Osborne has lost an opportunity to benefit every household in the UK and he must be persuaded to change his policy. The FTA cannot accept this situation and will join with colleagues in the FairFuelUK Campaign with the intention of reversing this decision.”

(Watford, 3 April 2012): Tesco, the UK’s largest retailer, is adding 20 Eurocargo 18 tonners to its fleet in a move which marks the first Iveco trucks to be operated by the supermarket chain. It follows the proven performance of approximately 1,500 Iveco Daily light commercials within the company’s home delivery arm, Tesco.com.

The new Eurocargo 180E25/Ps increase the size of Tesco’s rigid truck fleet to 280 vehicles, with these vehicles being used almost exclusively for urban store deliveries.

The order comprises five Eurocargos for dry freight operation, each with Lawrence David curtainside bodies. A further 15 identical chassis have been mounted with Solomon twin-compartment reefer bodies and Carrier Transicold Supra 850 MT (multi-temperature) refrigeration equipment. All 20 trucks benefit from Dhollandia low-noise tail-lifts to support quieter store deliveries.

Cliff Smith, Tesco’s Fleet Engineering Manager, explains: “We selected the Eurocargo on the back of Iveco’s excellent performance within our Tesco.com operation.
“On paper the Eurocargo ticks all of the boxes for what we require from an 18 tonner, but we’ll be gathering driver feedback and monitoring performance closely over the coming months,” he says.

For added safety, Tesco has specified all 20 vehicles with Sentinel radar reversing aids, which automatically apply the brakes for three seconds if the truck reverses too close to a potential hazard. If the obstacle moves away from the truck and no longer poses a danger the system automatically resets itself.

Tesco has also added a nearside corner proximity sensor system, StepProtect, which notifies drivers if they approach blind-spot hazards, such as pedestrians or cyclists, along the front nearside of the vehicle. An in-cab LED traffic light system mounted on the A-pillar alerts the driver when they are 1.5m, 0.8m and 0.5m from an obstacle, with an in-cab warning buzzer sounded at 0.5m.

The Eurocargos are powered by 5.9 litre FPT Tector engines which are capable of producing 251 hp at 2,700 rev/min and up to 850 Nm of torque between 1,250 and 2,100 rev/min. These engines meet the strict Enhanced Environmentally friendly Vehicle (EEV) emissions level, enabling Tesco to operate trucks which are far cleaner than the minimum legal standard (Euro 5).
Like all new Eurocargos, they benefit from the longest service intervals in the medium truck sector: engine oil changes are only required up to every 80,000 km and gearbox oil every 300,000 km.

The Road Haulage association and The Freight Transport association are joining forces to secure the future of TruckPol through the ‘Fight Freight crime, save TruckPol’ campaign.

Haulage firms from across the UK have called on Government to take action to cut fuel duty, stimulate the economy and save haulage businesses.

Led by the campaign group FairFuel (FFUK) hauliers from all over the UK entered the House of Commons to vent their frustrations to MPs at the crippling cost of record fuel price and the effect they’re having on their businesses.

Christine Jones owner of P Jones Haulage said that she was considering closing her business unless MPs cut fuel duty “We are debating as to whether to throw the towel in. We have been driving for 42 years. And the Government does not seem to want to listen, they are blind.”. A report created by the Centre for Economic and Business Research shows an immediate 2ppl cut in fuel duty would create 180,000 jobs and provide a 0.33% GDP boost at no additional cost to the Treasury.

Last year Chancellor George Osborne cut fuel duty by 1ppl and froze any further duty rises, however a 3.02ppl rise is planned for August.

Later, hauliers and lobbyists gathered in the House of Commons for a rally where Conservative MP Martin Vickers voiced his support for the campaign “The Treasury will only act on evidence and the evidence in this report is quite compelling. The government is in a deep financial hole and money is in short supply. But this does not mean we should stop our hard work.”

Karen Dee the FTA national policy director said that if the government was to cut fuel duty it would give competitors a chance to compete with one another as well as having an overall positive benefit on the economy.

The turnout from the hauliers was praised by RHA chief executive Geoff Dunning he said the past 15 months have been effective. Those price rises would have happened if it wasn’t for FFUK. With the number of people who attended today they hopefully saw some 250 MPs. That means they know the big issue is fuel.”

Hauliers have rejected suggestions of tolls to be implemented on new roads.

Prime Minister David Cameron has raised the idea of using private investment as an alternative suggestion when speaking at the Institute of Civil Engineering.

The Chief Executive of the Road Haulage Association Geoff Dunning said “We have an economy and a workforce that is desperately trying to recover from several years of extreme hardship.  To hear that there are proposals on the table to take yet more money out of the pockets of motorists and hauliers is ludicrous and would do no more than put the economy back on its knees.”

He went on to say “While we welcome the acknowledgment that the UK road transport infrastructure needs to see major investment, we consider the proposal of introducing tolls on new roads to be quite unthinkable.” In the 2010/2011 tax year over £48 billion was collected from road years and just £10 billion was used to improve and maintain the current network.

Dunning argued that fuel prices were a priority “Unless we see the issue of fuel prices and fuel duty addressed as a matter of extreme urgency, the chances of traffic levels returning to the levels that reflect economic growth will be slim”.

At present the UK only has one privately operated toll road, the M6 Toll.  Between October and December 2011 the average daily traffic figure was 34,286, this was down by almost 11% on the previous year.  For a commercial vehicle to use the 27 mile route at peak time it costs £11.

The Freight Transport Association has said it recognises the value of private investment on the road network but warned any new costs should not be additional to current taxes and charges.

The Freight Transport Association is calling on the chancellor to slash fuel duty by at least 5%, as well as scrap the planned inflation-linked fuel duty increase planned for August.

James Hookham, FTA MD of Policy and Communications, says ‘George Osbourne gave Industry and lifeline in the last Budget, but with the economy still in the doldrums and a new round of duty rises looming, we are asking the chancellor to extend this logic. It is clear that the economy still needs it’.

The FTA’s pre-budget submission is also calling for road fuel gases to be fixed relative to diesel rates for at least 5 years to provide confidence for truck operators and investors to commit to use of lower emission vehicles.

Last year, FTA lobbying, in collaboration with the Fair Fuel UK campaign, secured a cut in fuel duty of 1ppl and deferred two planned increases, which the organisation says saved businesses around £500m. However, despite this, FTA data reveals that the price of diesel increased by 7ppl, adding £3,284 to the annual operating cost of a 44-tonner.