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Issue 2 2017 - Freight Business Journal www.vixsoft.com


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FTA protests against closure of Calais parking


The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has protested against the closure of four rest areas on the A16 and A26 and is calling on the French authorities to provide more secure lorry parking around Calais. It says that motorway operator


Sanef has drastically reduced the number of stops where UK- bound drivers can take their rest on their way to and from the port. Sanef has confirmed that one rest area on the A16 at Aire Bois de la Commanderie and three on the


Clecat demands pragmatic approach >> 3


supportive of Road Allian c e


plans to strengthen national controls against fraud. It says that there is a long-standing need to enhance co-operation between member states and between different authorities of the same member state. Simplifying the restrictions on cabotage would allow more focus by legislators falls on compliance to ensure safe operation, it says. Clecat adds that it remains the


task of national governments to ensure enforcement of regulations and to exchange information and national control practices. Director- general Nicolette van der Jagt,


A26 will stay shut until 30 June, due to problems with migrants returning to the Calais area aſter the closure of the notorious Jungle camp in 2016. FTA deputy chief executive James Hookham said: “Closing


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these rest areas means that drivers will be forced to find alternative unsecured stopping points, which could put them at risk of migrants boarding their vehicles, potentially causing damage to their trucks, writing off their loads and leading to heavy and unnecessary fines for their employers. Drivers could even be at risk of attack from particularly desperate individuals.”


added: “We are worried to see enforcement being replaced more and more by national initiatives and regulation, and an increased administrative burden on freight forwarders – to the extent of taking over the role of enforcement. It should be noted that freight forwarders always ensure, before


contracting


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service from a carrier, that rules are being respected, including the legislation with regards to the minimum wages and driving and resting times. There are however limits to what can reasonably be controlled by them to avoid carriers committing offences, whether intended or unintended.”


At the UK Freight Transport Association, EU affairs manager, Chris Yarsley predicted that his members would reject “any significant opening and revision of the Pandora’s Box of the Drivers’ Hours Regulation.” He added that FTA would


oppose any move to write any requirement that a driver would need to return to base/ home


at the weekend into


legislation. Some FTA members transport


touring bands


and their equipment on, for example, 2-3 month tours and the proposal would seriously disrupt these operations. Drivers are oſten more than happy to remain alongside the artists throughout the whole tour


A can of worms, warns FTA Workers protest against ‘IKEA exploitation’


and a requirement to return to base would also, potentially, rob the driver of the right to take a holiday in that country at the end of the post. It is also unclear how the rule would be enforced, said Yarsley. “Does the driver simply need to re-enter his country of origin or actually return to the operating centre?” he asked. FTA does not see the need


for any changes to the cabotage rules, adding that members of the Road Alliance are free to spend more themselves on enforcement in their territory. However FTA would not wish for any increase in cabotage controls to be mandated at the European level.


Transport trade unions staged demonstrations in Germany and Sweden during February highlighting the plight of drivers working for subcontractors to IKEA. They said that they were working on the road for weeks and months on end, earning inferior wages, living in their trucks and subject to the abuse of social, labour and safety rules. It follows a judgement by the


District Court of the Northern Netherlands in a case where drivers were being paid a basic wage around eight times lower than


the basic wage under


the Dutch Collective Labour Agreement.


The Court found that the


arrangement was set up to evade the Dutch CLA and demanded an immediate end to the practice. It also ordered an end to the practice of drivers living in their trucks during weekly rest breaks and awarded back pay to three Dutch drivers. Noel Coard, head of inland


transport at the trade union body, International Transport Federation, said: “Economic employers like IKEA control the economy on our roads. Transport companies are under constant threat from the top of the supply chain: break the law or lose the contract.”


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