Brexit and road haulage – 33 organisations send open letter to negotiators

DTL, NLF and SÅ together with 30 fellow road transport associations, including IRU, send open letter to EU Chief Negotiator Michel Barnier and to UK Chief Negotiator David Frost and Prime Minister Boris Johnson. In a 25 September open letter the 33 road transport associations urge for a compromise on road haulage.  “Road transport is a trade …

Mobility Package adopted: crucial step to ensure level playing field and fair transport for hauliers in Europe

The “Common Office” in Brussels of FNTR (France), BGL (Germany) and NLA (Nordics) warmly welcome the new legislation and look forward to ensuring swift implementation. Today the European Parliament adopted the Mobility Package ending years of difficult negotiations. New rules will ensure a better level playing field, clear and uniform EU rules on posting of …

COVID-19: Road Haulage Sector welcomes Commission plan to boost European Economy

Nordic, French and German road haulage associations see the European Commission’s proposal on the EU budget as a first step to boost European economy to overcome the economic crisis in the European Union. The Commission plan foresees for its European recovery instrument a budget for € 750 billion to “kick-start” the European economy, boost the …

Brexit and Road haulage – Seven Federations call for the transition period to be extended

Given the uncertainty over the outcome of the negotiations on the future relationship between the UK and the EU, the road haulage companies we represent through our federations: FNTR (France) – BGL (Germany) – NLA (Nordics) – TLN (The Netherlands) – FEBETRA (Belgium) – ZMPD (Poland) – FinMobility (Finland) are very concerned. We represent the …

Nordic, German and French road haulage associations welcome green transition of transport sector: Need for a clear roadmap and investment signals!

Nordic, German and French road haulage associations welcome green transition of transport sector: Need for a clear roadmap and investment signals! The green transition of the transport sector is a crucial and a great challenge. But it will not happen by itself. The entire haulage sector, mainly composed of SME companies, has for more than …

Delivering on the European Green Deal: How Can the Road Haulage Sector contribute?

Save the date for May 26 where the Common Office of FNTR, NLA and BGL invites to a webinar about decarbonisation of the road transport sector. The Common Office of Common Office of FNTR, NLA and BGL are very pleased to invite to a webinar about decarbonisation of the road transport sector on May 26th 2021, 10:00 – …

NEW CEO JOINS NORDIC LOGISTICS ASSOCIATION

New CEO joins Nordic Logistics Association  Torsten Laksafoss Holbek joins NLA on the 1st of March as the new CEO in Brussels – the joint lobby organisation for land transport representing the Danish Transport and Logistics Association (DTL), Norwegian Road Transport Association (NLF), the Swedish Association for Road Transport Companies (SÅ) and the Finnish Transport …

A strong Nordic voice needed in the TRAN Committee

The Nordic Transport Workers Federation and Nordic Logistics Association have jointly issued a call for Nordic MEPs in the new Parliament to recognise the importance of the transport industry in the work of the new European Parliament. We look forward to good co-operation with the new Members of the European Parliament and wish for Nordic …