Road Freight Transport for Own Account in Europe
By: European Conference of Ministers of Transport
Series: ECMT Round Tables -- no.115
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9789282112830
Subjects: Transportation
Description: Road freight transport for own account represents a major share of inland transport in Europe and, depending on the country concerned, accounts for two to five times the tonnage carried by rail. Despite its importance, however, own account transport tends to be overlooked since it is not regarded as a logistics activity, whereas it is, in fact, a vital transport function that is changing radically as firms increasingly outsource their distribution activities to commercial hauliers. The scale of road freight transport for own account, the impact of regulatory changes and the future of the sector are the themes addressed in the introductory reports and the experts’ discussions outlined in this publication.
Table of contents: title: Own Account Transport of Goods by Road in the European Union by Wim Smolders (Belgium); title: Road Freight Transport for Own Account by James Crowley (Ireland); title: Road Freight Transport for Own Accounts in the UK by Michael Browne (UK); title: Road Freight Transport for Own Account in Italy by Giuliano Lamoni (Italy); title: A Comparison of Own-Account Road Transport in Poland and the EU Shows Surprising Difference by Jan Burewicz and Monika Bak (Poland); title: Summary of Discussions; title: Current Situation Regarding Own Account Transport; title: Prolem Regarding Definitions; title: Possible Developments; title: Conclusions; title: List of Participants