UPS and TNT Express have responded to European Commission concerns over the effect on competition of their proposed merger with a list of “remedies” to obtain clearance
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Forwarders’ organisation BIFA has welcome the government’s plan to consult on raising the speed limit for HGVs.
The Department for Transport will hold a consultation on Examining the Speed Limit for Heavy Goods Vehicles over 7.5T on Single Carriageway Roads
A UPS takeover of TNT raises serious competition concerns and substantial remedies are needed, according to Joaquín Almunia, vice president of the European Commission responsible for competition policy
The Freight Transport Association has welcomed new legislation that requires new tyres to be labelled for fuel efficiency, wet grip and noise performance
The offer period for UPS’s proposed acquisition of TNT Express has been extended until 28 February 2013 with the approval of the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM)
The European Commission has produced a Statement of Objections to the UPS takeover of TNT which sets out the Commission’s provisional position on the competitive impact of the deal of the parcels delivery market in Europe
Acumen Distribution reckons it is saving 63,000 road miles a year in its trial of longer semi-trailers
Factory bodied DAF LF and DAF CF trucks will be approved under new EC Whole Vehicle Type Approval regulations two year ahead of the deadline required for independent body builders
Ian Jones, who recently retired as managing director of Mercedes Benz Commercial Vehicles, has become a non-executive director of Howard Tenens
