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The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has marked its first anniversary as a corporate member of Transaid by presenting the charity with a cheque for £5,354 at the Association’s annual members’ lunch.
The donation, which was presented by Richard Burnett, the RHA’s CEO, was raised as a result of the company’s new scheme that encourages its members to contribute to Transaid at the start or renewal of their memberships.
The RHA is also ...
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The European Commission is threatening to take Britain to the European Court of Justice over its HGV road user levy, which it says discriminates against foreign operators. Under the scheme, introduced two years ago, all lorries are charged up to £10 a day to use the roads but UK operators ...
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The Road Haulage Association has welcomed efforts by Xavier Bertrand, President of France’s Nord-Pas-de-Calais region to demolish part of the migrants ‘Jungle’ camp.
Hundreds of migrants living in the southern part of the camp near the port of Calais have been ordered to leave.
RHA chief executive Richard Burnett said: “We welcome ...
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Road Haulage Association chief executive Richard Burnett has written to French Interior Minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, insisting that he acts urgently on his recent commitment to maintain law and order in the Calais area. This follows the incident at the weekend in which migrants stormed on board a ferry, resulting in ...
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Highways England has chosen a tunnel between Tilbury and Gravesend – Option 'C' - as its preferred option for a new Lower Thames Crossing. It would provide a link between many of the south-east's major ports and the rest of the country, including Dover and the Channel Tunnel and Tilbury/London ...
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The Road Haulage Association says it is dismayed at the news that a new migrant camp is to be built at Dunkirk ferry port, 30 miles from Calais. It would cause “yet more misery for the thousands of UK-bound hauliers who regularly use this alternative route to cross the Channel", ...
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Express carrier TNT says it is unable to guarantee the availability of timed premium services in parts of Scotland due to the closure of the Forth Road Bridge
All traffic in and out of Fife and Tayside (DD and KY postcodes) is being diverted away from the bridge ona 60mile detour ...
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Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Freight Transport, Rob Flello has seen for himself the mayhem at the Port of Calais. He said that despite the Eurotunnel terminal now becoming “a fortress”, access roads are like a war zone, “unsafe for motorists and professional drivers.”
He promised to raise the ...
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Violence by migrants against truck drivers in Calais is increasing and measures currently being taken to protect them are not enough, warns the Road haulage Association. Security on the ground at the port has been stepped up but this has made migrants increasingly frustrated in their efforts to gain access ...
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The Road Haulage Association has repeated its call for the French army to be deployed to secure the Tunnel following the latest upsurge in would-be stowaways trying to break into trucks. With a reported 7,000 illegal migrants in the port area on 23 October and the largest police presence in ...
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