scholarly journals Driving Duration Difference in Road Freight Transport Between Vehicles Up to and Over 3.5 Tonnes

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 34-40
Author(s):  
Ján Beňuš
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Road Safety ◽  
Freight Transport ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Improve Working ◽  
Eu Legislation ◽  
Rest Periods ◽  
Road Haulage ◽  
Road Freight ◽  
Show Difference

Abstract Working conditions for drivers in the European Union and Slovakia are governed by European and National regulations. Regulations lay down rules on driving times, breaks and rest periods for drivers of lorries and buses to improve working conditions and road safety. There is no doubt that with increasing freight performance, the number of carriers and vehicles in the field of road freight transport is also increasing. Therefore, in connection with the current EU legislation, which aims to increase road safety, attention is paid to adopting regulations for all road haulage operators and carriers. The purpose of this paper is to show difference between road freight transport performed by vehicles up to 3,5 tonnes and vehicles transporting goods where the maximum permissible mass of the vehicle, including any trailer, or semi-trailer, exceeds 3,5 tonnes.

scholarly journals Is There Progress towards Environmental Sustainability among Road Haulage Companies?

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 5845
Author(s):  
Markus Pöllänen ◽  
Timo Liljamo ◽  
Erika Kallionpää ◽  
Heikki Liimatainen
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Freight Transport ◽  
Environmental Practices ◽  
Road Haulage ◽  
Road Freight ◽  
Similar Survey ◽  
Original Survey

Road freight transport contributes to a significant and growing share of greenhouse gas emissions. This study analyses the development of environmental practices and awareness of road freight hauliers and whether hauliers witness an interest from their shippers towards energy efficiency. Results of an original survey (N = 256) conducted in 2019 among Finnish hauliers are presented and compared with those from a similar survey completed in 2011 (N = 295). The results highlight the lack of improvement in hauliers’ environmental practices during a decade when ambitious climate goals were set. Even though hauliers share the view that emissions from road freight transport must be reduced in future, their environmental practices did not change much during the 2010s. The hauliers rarely perceive an interest from their shippers towards energy efficiency. The results show that hauliers should be supported and encouraged to pursue more environmentally aware practices. Shippers in the supply chain should be a driver, not an obstacle, to increasing road hauliers’ sustainability. There should be more communication between hauliers and supply chain actors, and environmental sustainability should gain more importance when selecting carriers.

scholarly journals Impact of the operation of LNG trucks on the environment

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 937-947
Author(s):  
Jozef Gnap ◽  
Marek Dočkalik
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Alternative Fuels ◽  
Freight Transport ◽  
Vehicle Noise ◽  
Road Haulage ◽  
Road Freight ◽  
Reduce Emissions ◽  
Lng Fuel ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Made In

Abstract The significance and importance of road freight transport in society are certainly unquestionable. As in most sectors of the economy, road freight transport has an impact on the environment. The EU seeks to eliminate, as far as possible, the negative environmental impacts of various sectors. For these reasons, several EU commitments have been made in the future to reduce emissions so that road haulage vehicles are also more environmentally friendly. Trucks that use alternative fuels, such as natural gas, are already in use today. The EU attaches importance to reducing CO2 production, and this contribution also pays particular attention to the production of CO2 vehicles using liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel compared to vehicles using standard diesel. The results show that when operating vehicles using LNG, it is possible to achieve lower CO2 production and at the same time lower vehicle noise, which is an advantage when operating vehicles in cities.

scholarly journals Harmonization of Market Conditions in Provision of Road Freight Transport

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 175-181
Author(s):  
Miloš Poliak ◽  
Patrícia Šimurková ◽  
Marek Jaśkiewicz ◽  
Dariusz Więckowski
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Market Access ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Freight Transport ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
Individual Member ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
Road Freight

Abstract International road transport is a specific service within the frame of services provided in the European Union. It is because the conditions of being active on the market are influenced by the states where businessmen operate, but services can be provided throughout the whole year in other member states of the European Union. The aim of the contribution is to highlight the existing problems in international road freight transport sector. These problems persist despite the fact that market access was exempted from the national law of individual member states and regulated directly by EU regulations. Despite the unification of market access, tax and social harmonization is not ensured in international road freight transport. An unequal tax burden on carriers and different requirements of wage regulations create a discriminatory environment among entrepreneurs. The contribution identifies the factors that deform the equal operating conditions in single market. The aim of the contribution is also to provide the readers with the answers to the questions: Is it possible under current EU conditions to harmonize tax and social conditions? What impact would this harmonization have on business environment?

scholarly journals Working time of a Polish professional driver

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 57-66
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Przystupa ◽  
Leszek Gil ◽  
Andrzej Niewczas ◽  
Daniel Pieniak
Keyword(s):  
Road Safety ◽  
Freight Transportation ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Working Time ◽  
Psychomotor Skills ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Rest Periods ◽  
Transportation Sector ◽  
Central Statistical ◽  
Central Statistical Office

According to the Central Statistical Office in Poland, for the last 10 years (2009 - 2018), the number of trucks has increased by as much as 25%. More than 6 million trucks drive in the European Union, and Poland, followed by Italy, boasts of the largest fleet (over one million trucks) . For some time, freight transportation companies have been signaling the problem of lack of staff. The Polish Road Transport Inspectorate and the National Labor Inspectorate supervise the transportation sector. All issues related to drivers’ working time are law-regulated. The main objective of introducing regulations on drivers’ working time is to improve road safety and drivers’ working conditions. The top-down imposition of break and rest periods prevents drivers’ fatigue and serves to regenerate forces. Fatigue reduces psychomotor skills, and the speed of reaction is particularly important in this profession. The practical goal of this article is to show how drivers perceive these problems, this scientific problem but in a different approach was also presented in the works. The analyzed results come from research conducted by the authors of the article. The research was conducted in the form of a multidirectional survey, 100 people (professional trucks drivers) answered each question. Each of them declared that they are a driver and work in Poland. The study was conducted in December 2018.

scholarly journals The Impact of the Ban on Spending Weekly Rest in the Vehicle on Transport Planning in the EU

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miloš Poliak ◽  
Patrícia Šimurková ◽  
Marek Jaśkiewicz ◽  
P. Posuniak ◽  
J. Stokłosa
Keyword(s):  
Freight Transport ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Transport Planning ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
Road Freight ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

Abstract The working conditions of truck drivers and social legislation are both topical and political issues in the field of road freight transport. The contribution outlines problems which are linked to the observance of the ban on weekly rest in the vehicle. Based on the judgment, the Court of Justice of the European Union explicitly forbids drivers to take their regular weekly rest in the vehicle. The contribution identifies the impact of the ban on spending weekly rest in the vehicle on transport planning in the EU. The aim of the contribution is also to highlight the existing problems in international road freight transport sector in connection with insufficient number of truck parks with accommodation.

scholarly journals Uniform Market Conditions in Road Freight Transport

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-104
Author(s):  
Patrícia Šimurková ◽  
Miloš Poliak ◽  
Salvador Hernandez
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Market Access ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Freight Transport ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
Individual Member ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
Road Freight

AbstractInternational road transport is a specific service within the frame of services provided in the European Union. It is because the conditions of being active on the market are influenced by the states where businessmen operate, but services can be provided throughout the whole year in other member states of the European Union. The aim of the contribution is to highlight the existing problems in international road freight transport sector. These problems persist despite the fact that market access was exempted from the national law of individual member states and regulated directly by EU regulations. The contribution identifies the factors that deform the equal operating conditions in single market.

scholarly journals STATISTICAL DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORT WHICH REFLECTS THE NEED FOR CATALYSTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 123-127
Author(s):  
Peter Kačmáry ◽  
Martin Straka
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Freight Transport ◽  
Platinum Group Metals ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Ecological Situation ◽  
Propulsion Systems ◽  
The World ◽  
Road Freight ◽  
Statistical Development ◽  
The Eu

This paper deals with the analysis and expected development of freight transport and especially road freight transport in Slovakia and in the European Union. Transport, which ensures the movement of goods, animals and people in all countries around the world, has a significant influence on the development of the national economy. However, this development of transport has a negative impact on the global ecological situation, and therefore devices, that eliminate this impact, are still developing at the same time. These devices include catalytic converters (catalysts) for exhaust systems fitted to all modern propulsion systems of road, rail and water vehicles that use burning petrol or diesel. Based on the development of transport, the need for catalysts is derived, which still use elements of the PGMs (Platinum Group Metals). The result of the article is an analysis and expected predicted development of freight transport and road freight transport in both cases - in Slovakia and in the EU, which will affect the future demand for PGMs.

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