The European Parliament’s TRAN (transport and tourism) Committee has voted against extending the Emission Trading System (ETS) to road transport and buildings.

The Upply Ti IRU European road freight rates index for Europe hit an all-time high in Q1 2022 as rising cost pressures, supply and capacity disruptions, regulatory change and war in Ukraine created a potent mix of rate drivers. The Benchmark index rate rose by 4.3 points over the previous quarter, while it increased 7.5 points over the first quarter of 2021.    

As the first part of our “Meet our members” series, we talked to new IRU member project44 to get to know them better. Founded in Chicago in 2014, project44 now operates an end-to-end visibility platform that tracks over 1 billion shipments annually. Its name refers to Highway 44 in Chicago, which was opened as the first major bypass to the historic Route 66, one of America’s first east-west highways.

The European road freight transport sector, including road goods transport operators, express delivery operators, freight forwarders and importers and exporters, call on Members of the ENVI Committee of the European Parliament to agree on the inclusion of road transport in the ETS