Welcome

IRU Cocktail & Dinner

Weights & Dimensions of

Commercial Vehicles

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Road Transport In Europe

• 600,000+ road transport companies, 85% SMEs

• Over 3 million directly employed in freight transport

• Over 1 million in bus & coach transport

• Another 6 million dependent jobs

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Road Transport In Europe

• More than 12 billion tonnes of goods transported every

year

• Combined transport currently 1.7% of total EU land

transport

• Noxious emissions down 98% since 1990

• Fuel consumption down by 33% since 1970

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Delivered to you by Road Transport

Fried Scallops,

blinis with creamy herring dip,

crisp lettuce leaves

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Rack of veal sautéed with chanterelles,

Tarragon butter gravy

Crystallised vegetables,

baby potatoes glazed in French sea salt

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Shortcake with melted chocolate,

Passion fruit sorbet

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Riesling Tradition Cave du Roi Dagobert

Medoc Château Haut Brignays

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Innovation in Transport

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Blocked Innovation in Road Transport

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Innovation in Transport

SAY YES TO

GREENER

COACHES

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Make The Smart Move

Short term (1-3 years) goal of HLG – Buses and

coaches of the future

“Start by increasing the maximum weight of 2 axel

coaches to 19.5 tonnes”

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Innovation in Transport

SAY YES

TO SAFER,

GREENER

TRUCKS

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Innovation in Transport

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Innovation in Transport

Why Longer and

Heavier Trucks?

• Transport efficiency

• Energy efficiency

• Higher volume of goods

• Reducing CO2 emissions

• Superior safety technology

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Innovation in Transport

Supporting

multi-modal

transport

Foster intermodal

solutions

Efficient and flexible

logistics

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Innovation in Transport

In use

Trials ongoing

Trials proposed

Awaiting

No

Source: Volvo Trucks

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Innovation in Transport

0: No impact

+: Positive impact

-: Negative impact

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Innovation in Transport

Rail claim negative impact

and public opinion… but rail

want bigger still!

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IRU Members present today