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Water in fuel emulsions are not new; in fact they’ve been around since the early 1900s and in general are a well known and well proven technology. Emulsification is the process of blending two or more usually immiscible liquids in a way to prevent separation, in this case fuel (diesel, kerosene, bunker oil and bio-oils) and water.
This emulsion is injected into an engine's combustion cylinder where, because of the water content it reduces the peak combustion temperature, which in turn reduces gaseous and particulate pollutants. When the water droplets in the emulsion suddenly vaporise to steam in the high cylinder temperature, they cause so-called ‘micro-explosions’ inside the surrounding fuel droplets. Whilst these micro-explosions improve the atomisation of the fuel by exposing more of its surface area to the air, which in turn increases combustion, this vaporisation of the free water droplets contained in traditional emulsions can also extract excessive heat from the burn, thus reducing overall engine efficiency.
For a variety of reasons, the use of water in fuel emulsions in the road and marine transport industries has been relatively limited to date. This has been partly because up until recently neither emissions, nor indeed fuel costs, were a significant concern for vehicle or ship operators, and partly because traditional water in fuel emulsion products suffer from two significant drawbacks. These are instability in storage – despite the use of stabilising additives, without stirring a considerable proportion of the water in the emulsion can separate out – and a reduction in engine efficiency caused by the extraction of heat from the fuel burn as a result of the explosive vaporisation of the water droplets. This can actually increase running costs, albeit marginally.
Micro Bubble Technology's new nano-technology overcomes both of these two drawbacks, and has arrived at a time when both emissions and fuel costs have moved to the top of the agenda.
At a fundamental level, MBT's Nanomizer™ emulsifiers work along similar lines to traditional emulsifiers, however the technology works at a nano-level (less than one millionth of a metre) to produce water and fuel droplets which are up to 10 times smaller than those in traditional emulsions, ranging from 0.1 to 1 micron in diameter. The patented technology also causes a breakdown of the water droplets in the emulsion into separate hydrogen and oxygen radicals, which bind with the fuel droplets at a molecular level. Despite the fact that the emulsion produced by the Nanomizer™ emulsifiers contains a very high level, 40% by volume, of water, less than 4% of this water remains as free, unbound, droplets.
The emulsification process is aided by the inclusion of a small quantity, 0.3% by volume, of a proprietary additive during the process; this additive has been formulated to also provide additional free oxygen radicals during the burning of the emulsion. The oxygen-contactable surface area of these sub-micron sized fuel droplets is up to 10,000 times greater than in standard sized fuel droplets, so coupled with the availability of the free oxygen radicals from the molecularly bound droplets and the additional oxygen-providing properties of the proprietary additive, there is a virtually complete burn.
There is also additional energy released from the explosive recombination of the remaining hydrogen and oxygen. The latter can more than compensate for any loss of efficiency caused by the initial heat extracted from the burn by the vaporisation of the small percentage of free water droplets contained in the emulsion.
The consequence of MBT’s patented emulsification process compared to other emulsification technologies is thus four-fold: Because of the low free water content, the emulsion fuel is far more stable during storage; up to 1 year can be expected under normal storage conditions. No subsequent stirring of the emulsion is necessary to prevent separation. The far more complete burn results in greater engine efficiency, between 95% and 107% efficient compared to using just the preprocessed oil. The somewhat counter-intuitive ‘above 100%’ figure is because unprocessed fuel itself does not burn with 100% efficiency and, dependent on application, the increased efficiency of burn of the fuel produced by MBT’s Nanomizer™ emulsifiers can better this base-line figure.
There is a greatly reduced level of exhaust emission pollution from emulsions produced by MBT’s Nanomizer™ emulsifiers. In general all pollutants, particulate and gaseous (SOX, NOX, CO and CO2) are reduced by up to 60% compared to the preprocessed oil, however trials in Korea and Japan have shown that in some applications this reduction has been up to 90%. There is a very considerable cost saving due to the high, 40% by volume, water content of the fuel produced by MBT’s Nanomizer™ emulsifiers. Depending on the volume of production and the cost of unprocessed oil, ‘point of use’ savings of up to 30% are possible.
Whilst this description of the technology of fuel emulsions has been limited to describing piston engine based applications such as those for road transport and in ships, identical efficiencies have been shown to result from using the fuel produced by MBT’s Nanomizer™ emulsifiers in all types of burners, ranging from domestic oil-fired central heating boilers through industrial scale heaters to those used in large power generation plants. A clean and highly efficient burn results in a similar level of efficiency, pollution reduction and cost saving to that obtained in piston engine applications. MBT’s Nanomizer™ emulsifiers have undergone over 2 years of extensive testing in Korea and Japan, and MBT guarantees that the fuel produced by them will perform according to specifications established with the customer at the time of the sale.
Full independent test results are available for inspection and verification. All preliminary enquiries by email to: info@microbubbletech.co.uk.
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Speed camera error man is sacked
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A Lancashire Police speed camera worker has been sacked for an error
which led to 545 unsafe convictions and £35,000 in fines being refunded.
On various occasions between starting work in September 2006 and May
2007 he failed to ensure the cameras' distance measurement and
alignment were correct. But he signed court papers saying they were
correct, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) uncovered.
On top of the refunded fines, about 1,500 penalty points were
rescinded.
When the civilian employee, who worked in the force's Central
Processing Unit, had 435 tapes of his work checked, it was found that
41 tapes were found to have faults through his failure to calibrate the
cameras correctly.
Training review
He was the highest performing camera technician in the force in terms
of offences captured. A file was prepared for the Crown Prosecution
Service who determined there was insufficient evidence to bring
criminal charges
However, the IPCC investigation has recommended the police force
reviews its training of speed camera technicians and ensures regular
checks are made of their work.
Two other members of staff from the Central Processing Unit are due to
face disciplinary hearings by the force over inconsistencies to do with
the processing of court paper work.
Naseem Malik, IPCC Commissioner for the North West, said: "This speed
camera technician failed to undertake basic checks of the systems he
was operating and as a result he undermined the integrity of hundreds
of prosecutions.
Lessons learnt
"It would appear he was proud of his position as the top performing
camera technician, but it would appear he pursued quantity at the
expense of quality - and at the expense of hundreds of motorists.
"I applaud the fact that Lancashire Constabulary tackled this issue
vigorously and it is worth noting that during the investigation the
work of every other camera technician was checked and found to be in
order."
Supt Martyn Leveridge of Lancashire Constabulary's Professional
Standards Department added: "There have been lessons learnt from this
investigation and the Constabulary will seek to progress areas of
development so as to provide the highest quality of service to the
communities of Lancashire.
"A full review of the training programme has taken place, as well as
the supervision and processes involved in the work of the technicians.
"There are additional provisions now in place to regularly monitor the
work of camera technicians in order to prevent this happening again in
the future." By BBC
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Chancellor Risks Failure on Biofuels
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The
decisions made in today’s Budget in support of biofuels and the
Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation (RTFO) risk failing to deliver
sustainable biofuels or carbon emissions from transport and undermine
the UK’s fledgling biofuels industry, the Environmental Industries
Commission (EIC) has warned.
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The
Chancellor announced that from 2010/11 the current 20p per litre duty
incentive for biofuels will be withdrawn and all support provided
through the RTFO, which requires oil companies to include biofuels in
fuel sold at pumps. Oil companies will be able to ‘buyout’ of this
obligation at 30p per litre. Graham Hilton, Chair of EIC’s
Renewable Transport Fuels Working Group, said:, “By removing the duty
incentive before the RTFO is proven to work the Government is making it
very difficult to get investment to develop biofuels in the UK. “To
deliver carbon savings the UK biofuels sector needs a clear support
package to stimulate investment tied to world leading standards on
carbon savings and sustainability. The Chancellor’s announcement today
provides neither of these elements and will leave us reliant on imports
of uncertain origin.” The Chancellor announced that the biofuels
duty incentive will be phased out from 2010-11 and that the buyout
price in the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation increased to 30p per
litre. In 2008/09 and 2009/10 there will be a 20p per litre duty
incentive and a 15p buyout price. Reported by TNN
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Automatic DAF is a Smart Mover
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Smart looks and good performance from
an earlier model have led South Wales operator RPM Vehicle Logistics to
put another DAF LF45 into their 16-vehicle car transporter fleet.
The
truck is operating from the Tredegar site of parent company Ron Skinner
and Sons Limited. They run the largest independent car supermarket in
South Wales, selling around 7,500 cars a year.
For a 7.5
tonner that’s doing mainly local work, the new DAF is very well
specified. To start with it’s a sleeper cab model, although driver Mark
Loxton will only ever use the sleeping area for daytime rest and as
extra storage space for his personal gear. RPM have also opted for the
AS-tronic automated transmission, making Mark’s job both easier and
safer.
Sitting atop the sleeper cab is a large air deflector to
help overcome the problem of wind drag, which particularly affects car
transporters. Further help comes from the 160 bhp delivered by the 4.5
litre engine, resulting in a comfortable power to weight ratio of over
21 bhp per tonne and also helping to ensure good fuel economy.
General
Manager, Phil Skinner, said that good performance over five years from
another DAF 7.5 tonner made the LF45 a natural choice when replacement
time came round.
“We’ve found the model to be reliable, popular
with our drivers and exceptionally fuel efficient,” he says. “We also
like to provide our drivers with a good level of comfort and whether
they’re at the wheel of this truck or one of our larger XF105s, the
DAFs seem to tick all the boxes.”
Cheshire company PRG
Trailers fitted the two-deck bodywork, designed to carry two cars. The
wheelbase of the new truck is 5.4 metres, which is the longest in the
LF45 range at this weight. Even with the sleeper cab, this allowed a
7.4 metre beaver tail body to be fitted with the first car carried on
an upper deck raised by a pair of hydraulic arms.
The body is
made from steel with pierced aluminium decking and ramps and the whole
is galvanised following assembly and prior to fitting. An electric
winch is fitted for loading disabled cars.
DAF dealer Cardiff Truck Centre supplied the truck and will maintain it under a Repair and Maintenance contract.
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Foreign lorries to storm UK
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On Friday the Council of EU Transport Ministers, meeting
in Luxembourg, will discuss the European Parliament proposals to
liberalise the movement of lorries operating in the national territory
of another country. If such a plan goes ahead then the UK can expect an
invasion of foreign lorries able to offer far cheaper haulage rates due
to the lower level of fuel duty for diesel which applies throughout
Europe - an average of just 25p per litre compared with the UK's 50p
per litre. At present cabotage - the ability for a lorry to carry
out work in a country not its own - is restricted to work picked up on
the spot market following completion of a journey making an
international delivery. The European Parliament is now proposing that
such work can be by previously agreed contract starting with three jobs
from 2009, seven jobs from 2011 and complete freedom after 2014. The
substantial difference in diesel duty means that foreign lorries
working in the UK can do so at an average of 8 per cent lower costs
than can be achieved by the UK domestic industry, and for vehicles from
Eastern Europe it can be up to 15 per cent lower. The
liberalisation of this market presents the real prospect of the
establishment of depots in Calais, or elsewhere in northern France,
with foreign vehicles coming into the UK on a Monday, carrying out work
in the UK throughout the week, and then returning to France to refuel
at the weekend. All without paying a penny to the UK exchequer in fuel
duty or road charges and without the requirement to adhere to the UK's
rigorous Operator Licensing regime, which has resulted in substantial
advances in vehicle maintenance and road safety. A lorry with a 1,000
litre tank can travel for some 1,500 miles from Dover, allowing it to
go as far north as Scotland, and work in the territory, before
returning to the cheaper pumps of France without refuelling in the UK. The
UK Government is understood to be very concerned by this prospect and
will be represented at the Council of Ministers by Transport Minister
Rosie Winterton. FTA Director of Policy, James Hookham said, ‘Due
to the cheaper operating costs enjoyed by overseas operators when in
the UK as a result of lower fuel duty, we already see large numbers of
foreign trucks on UK roads. However, unless the Government succeeds in
resisting these new proposals then ‘you ain't seen nothing yet'.
Substantial buyers of road transport services in the UK are going to
find it very hard to resist the sort of prices which will inevitably be
offered by overseas hauliers, resulting in major problems for our own
industry, which will simply be unable to compete in such an unfair and
uneven market. ‘Of course, the problem would evaporate if the UK
Government was to cut diesel duty to levels comparative with the rest
of Europe, allowing our domestic industry to compete on level terms. It
is unacceptable that this situation exists as a result of UK tax policy
- a total own-goal. For this and other reasons, common sense demands
that the policy be changed without delay. However, no sign at present. ‘FTA hopes that Ms Winterton will succeed in avoiding this potential catastrophe for the UK transport industry.'
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Jobs blow as haulage firm crashes
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Adminstrators have failed to find a buyer for the company
One of Britain's biggest road
hauliers, Leeds-based Macfarlane Transport, has gone into
administration with the loss of about 300 jobs.
The company has blamed the decision to cease trading on rising fuel prices and an increasingly competitive market.
Administrators KPMG said the company, which has an annual
turnover of £20m, had seen its profit margins come under "unsustainable
pressure".
A spokesman said "energetic" attempts to sell it as a going concern failed.
Hauliers' protest
Richard Fleming, KPMG restructuring partner and joint
administrator, said: "It's very unfortunate that this long-established
business has been unable to survive and that large scale redundancies
will be inevitable as a result."
The firm runs more than 100 trucks from its base in Cross Green.
It was set up in 1978 by two brothers with one second-hand lorry.
Macfarlane Transport was later bought out by its management but
went into administration for the first time in 2006 when it was rescued
by local businessman Stephen Cooke.
News of the company's demise comes a day after hundreds of hauliers demonstrated in London against rising fuel prices.
The price of diesel at the pumps has risen by about 30% in the
past 12 months, prompting protests by haulage companies nationwide that
they are being driven out of business. news.bbc.
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What’s the planned protest?
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What’s the planned protest?
A two-pronged approach: a convoy through London on Wednesday 2 July starting at the A40. This will be followed by a mass lobby of parliament.
Will there be refinery blockades?
The organisations involved rule this out on the grounds that it’s
illegal. However, that’s not to say rogue protestors not connected to
the organisations involved could at some point attempt to take matters
into their own hands.
Who are the protestors?
A mixture of several organisations: Wednesday’s protest was originally organised by pressure group TransAction
– a loose collective of hauliers that was behind some of the protests
in 2000 and the two demonstrations in April and May this year. However,
since it was first suggested the Road Haulage Association has come on board as has the Transport Association, which represents around 60 of the biggest family-owned haulage companies in the country. The other industry body, the Freight Transport Association, has been conducting its own campaign and dialogue with the government and does not favour direct action.
What are they upset about?
The simple answer is the price of fuel. This has soared by over 40%
the last 12 months from 76p/lit this time last year to an average of
106p/lit per litre now. Although clearly this has gone up across the
world the UK government has exacerbated the problem with a particularly
high tax take – 50p on a litre of fuel. Apart from the Netherlands we
pay the highest fuel tax of anywhere in Europe. The government is still
planning to add another 2p of tax to a litre of fuel in October.
Can’t hauliers get their customers to pay the increases?
Some can, some can’t. Generally the more sizeable businesses will
have what are known as fuel escalators built into their contracts so
that when the price of fuel goes up, their rate goes up too. However,
for those at the smaller end or working on a casual basis it is much
harder to get customers to agree to the introduction of either fuel
escalators or rate rises. Additionally customers have their own cost
pressures too – and they may not be in a position to sustain constant
price rises any more than the haulier can.
Ultimately cost rises are reflected in the price the public pays for
goods in the shops too – between 10-15% of the cost of anything in the
supermarket is taken up by distribution costs and a 10% rise in the
price of fuel equates to an extra 3% of transport cost.
What has the price of fuel elsewhere in Europe got to do with domestic transport?
Because fuel is still relatively cheap on the continent it is
possible for foreign vehicles to come to the UK with a full tank of
fuel and undertake what’s known as cabotage – intra-UK journeys at a
much reduced price. Although this work is currently limited to a
temporary basis, foreign vehicles have a wider ‘footprint’ in that they
distort the market by depressing prices. An additional concern is the
fact that foreign trucks, particularly those from Eastern Europe, are
frequently found to be in a worse condition than those from the UK and
their drivers more likely to be breaking the stringent hours
regulations that govern the sector, putting public safety at risk.
To compound the problem the EU wants to liberalise the haulage
market in the future, allowing hauliers from any country to work in the
UK for an indefinite period.
In a recent piece of research for the FTA it was found that apart
from Holland, UK hauliers had the highest operating costs of anywhere
in Europe.
What are the protestors’ demands?
First and foremost is that the government cancel the fuel duty rise planned for October.
Secondly they want the government to give the industry an ‘Essential
User Rebate’ – i.e. to lower the duty paid on fuel used by road
hauliers, recognising that they provide an essential service to the
country. This would be similar to the tax break enjoyed by farmers on
red diesel. Ultimately there needs to be a decoupling of the way the
haulage industry is taxed from the rest of the motoring population.
At the same time the RHA has sponsored an SNP amendment to the
Finance Bill that proposes the introduction of a fuel duty regulator,
so that when the price of fuel rose beyond a certain level, the rate of
duty came down, effectively capping the price.
And what’s the government position?
Officially it is still pressing ahead with the October duty hike,
although most observers believe this will be postponed. However, the
government is widely recognised to be in a financial mess and the
Treasury is loath to forfeit any revenue. FTA estimates that if the
2p/lit does not go ahead then the government will miss out on some £2bn
of revenue. Equally it is pursuing a green agenda and because all
motorists pay the same tax on fuel it feels that if it cuts fuel taxes
it is sending out the wrong message about car use.
It is also insistent that the industry become more efficient in
order to maximise its profitability. It says that extra resources are
the answer to illegal foreign operation rather than any form of
charging. The government would also like to see a modal shift to rail.
What’s wrong with rail?
Put simply, it doesn’t work for the majority of freight. Even if the
infrastructure was there to cater for a massive increase in the amount
of goods transported by rail, the end journey would still need to be
performed by a truck. Think about where your nearest railhead is… This articel is reported by roadtransport.com
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High Fuel Costs Strangling British Industry
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As
part of its campaign to persuade the Government to reduce the enormous
burden of fuel duty on diesel for UK industry, the Freight Transport
Association is making available posters and stickers for use in offices
and on vehicles. The items are available free of charge from the FTA
website or FTA’s shop.
The
price of diesel for commercial vehicles has increased by over 40 per
cent during the last twelve months due to the steep increase in world
oil costs. These problems are further complicated in the UK by the
Government’s ultra-high fuel duty regime – UK diesel duty is 50p per
litre compared with an average for the rest of Europe of just 25p per
litre. Given that all goods have to be delivered, these high fuel
costs are placing a heavy burden on the whole of UK industry and on the
transport sector in particular. FTA’s Director of External
Affairs, Geoff Dossetter says, ‘The whole UK population is suffering
from the impact of higher oil prices. However, we believe that the
public is sympathetic to the special problems of the transport sector
which delivers the goods on which we all rely. High fuel prices for
the transport industry contribute to inflation for all of us. ‘The
Chancellor and the Government cannot do much about the world price of
oil but they can, and should, cut diesel duty to a level more in line
with our competitors from the rest of Europe. FTA has submitted
suggestions as to how this could be done with minimal impact on the
whole budget. ‘The new posters and stickers are designed to
remind the public of the facts and the problems and we hope to see
their widespread use.’ Applications for free copies of the
posters (size A2) should quote order code 4946 and the stickers (size
A4) 4945. The items can be viewed and ordered from www.shop.fta.co.uk
or by calling Shopfta on 08717 11 11 11. Reported by TNN
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Cutting fuel duty for heavy lorries - here's how from FTA
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The Freight Transport Association says that fuel duty for heavy
lorries could be halved at a cost to the exchequer of around £380
million per year - a sum already exceeded by increased VAT and North
Sea oil revenues to the Government as a consequence of higher world oil
prices. FTA says that the transport industry desperately needs support
in the face of increased diesel prices of over 40 per cent during the
last year. The Government cannot deliver lower oil prices but can cut
fuel duty. FTA commissioned PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to
research the impact on Government revenue of decoupling diesel duty on
heavy lorries of over 38 tonnes from duty for other commercial vehicles
and for cars. The cost of operating a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) in the
UK is approximately 10 per cent higher than in other parts of the
European Union. The main cost of operation is fuel, which constituted
32 per cent of annual cost in 2007. At 50.35 pence per litre (ppl),
fuel duty in the UK is twice the European average of 24.97ppl. FTA
believes that this differential puts UK lorry operators at a
significant disadvantage compared with other parts of Europe, a
disadvantage which will become even more serious if the EU goes ahead
with plans to liberalise road haulage, thus allowing foreign operators
to offer cheaper prices in the UK than can be achieved by the domestic
industry. The most favourable option identified by PwC allowed
for a rebate of 25ppl to be provided, calculated on the distance
travelled against fuel purchased in the UK by operators of vehicles of
38 tonnes and above, the weight level most favoured by foreign
companies working in the UK and thus providing the most intensive
competition. This arrangement could be further refined by restriction
to Euro 3 vehicles and above - those producing the least emissions. A
rate relating to miles per gallon could be set by HM Treasury. PwC
has calculated that such an arrangement would reduce Government income
from these vehicles from around £1 billion per year to £413 million.
However, providing the rebate would itself result in further income
from the Government of some £200 million. This would result from
increased corporation tax, business growth generating more taxation,
new fuel purchases by foreign operators working in the UK, and
increased employment leading to higher income tax and national
insurance receipts. Thus total Government income would reduce by only
around £380 million. FTA Director of Policy James Hookham said,
‘The transport industry delivers the UK economy for the benefit of the
whole population. The industry is clearly suffering from the massive
increases in the price of diesel whilst the UK operates the highest
levels of duty in the whole of Europe. And with the EU about to remove
the present limits on foreign lorries working in the UK, now is the
hour for the Government to deliver some practical steps to support the
industry. ‘After the 2000 fuel crisis Gordon Brown promised to
consider the way in which transport is taxed. Eight years later we
have seen no progress. The proposals researched by PwC for FTA offer
practical and relatively economic means of real assistance for our
vital industry at such a difficult time. The Government must address
these problems.’ FTA has submitted the PwC proposals to the Chancellor and to the Prime Minister.
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Cabotage - good news from Luxembourg - but fight not over yet
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The Freight Transport Association has given a cautious welcome to
the agreement reached at the EU Council of Transport Ministers in
Luxembourg last Friday (13 June) which proposes to allow member states
to protect the interests of their domestic transport industry by
permitting them to ‘introduce protective measures in case of serious
disturbances of the national transport market'. In effect this would
enable the UK to introduce legislation which would prohibit contract
work from being carried out by visiting foreign lorries. FTA had
been concerned that the large differential in diesel duty between the
UK and the rest of the EU would provide foreign vehicles with an unfair
competitive advantage over the domestic fleet. Duty on diesel in the UK
is 50p per litre (ppl) - twice the European average of 25ppl. FTA
Director of Policy, James Hookham said, ‘Transport minister Rosie
Winterton and her team from the Department for Transport are to be
congratulated on what they were able to achieve at the Council of
Ministers meeting. This outcome is much better than expected and a
credit to fine British diplomacy. Had plans gone ahead for a complete
liberalisation of the EU haulage market then we would have seen
substantial and increased competition from the rest of Europe based on
their lower operating costs, notably cheaper fuel due to lower diesel
duty. This would undoubtedly have severely damaged the domestic haulage
industry in the UK. However, the problem is not yet resolved as the
European Parliament still needs to agree to this change. ‘If all
goes well we now hope to see the Department for Transport introducing
enforceable legislation in the UK limiting the extent of the work which
foreign vehicles can do - probably very similar to the spot work they
do at present. But the 25ppl differential in diesel prices between the
UK and the rest of Europe remains in itself a major concern to the
transport industry. ‘The potential future problem has been
postponed rather than eliminated, since it is clear that the European
Parliament wants to see full liberalisation. As such, the long-term
solution must be for the UK to make progress towards bringing diesel
duty levels more in line with the EU average. To this end FTA recently
submitted to the Treasury proposals formulated by
PricewaterhouseCoopers which are designed to achieve this.' Friday's
meeting also agreed to create an exchange of information on vehicles
coming into foreign territory, including those coming into the UK. The
Commission will issue guidelines on the data which will have to be
entered in the national electronic register, including details of
registration marks. FTA has for some time called for a pan-European
database of information on international movements of lorries in order
to improve security and to aid enforcement of road safety regulations.
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There isn't a Biggest Story for Today, yet.
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| Monday, June 16 | | · | Biker faces jail for 152mph trip |
| Sunday, June 15 | | · | 100 drivers in M-way fuel protest |
| Friday, June 13 | | · | USA: Are truck drivers riding on the road to ruin? |
| Thursday, June 12 | | · | SPECIAL REPORT: Speculation blamed for one-third of fuel prices |
| Tuesday, June 10 | | · | 154 truckers lose licenses in British Columbia |
| Wednesday, June 04 | | · | Bikers plan city fuel protest |
| Tuesday, May 27 | | · | Angry lorry drivers bring traffic chaos to London roads |
| Thursday, May 22 | | · | Thieves Steal Nearly 1,000 Gallons Of Diesel From Leesburg Station |
| Sunday, May 18 | | · | Mass protests in all major UK cities by truckers |
| Saturday, May 10 | | · | Last-minute Mother’s Day shopping? Just pay her what she’s worth |
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