EU transport ministers did not support the agreement on long trucks

23.06.2024

The meeting of the EU Council of Ministers of Transport in Luxembourg did not give a starting signal for greater climate protection, as well as improving the efficiency of logistics and automotive technologies in road freight transport. About this Logistician.Today learned from a message posted on the portal verkehrsrundschau.de . On June 18, EU transport ministers failed to agree on a position on the dimensions and weight of trucks. According to the German Association of Road Transport, Logistics and Recycling (BGL), this could make a significant contribution to climate protection and improving the efficiency of vehicles. BGL calls on EU transport ministers to develop a strategy with a timetable as soon as possible in order to increase the attractiveness of alternative drive systems without loss of load capacity. In addition, BGL added that it is unclear why the immediately realized potential for CO2 savings - such as an approximately ten percent increase in the length of an articulated truck - cannot be used in the long term without additional infrastructure costs.