The Climate Action Plan proposes a 10% reduction in emissions from the heavy goods road freight sector by 2030.Transport accounts for approximately 18% of Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions. Diesel-powered heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) and buses produce 38% of our road transport emissions. The road to transition to alternative fuels that will produce zero emissions is
Press Release24th March 2023 The first ever Logistics and Supply Chain Skills Week, will run from 27 March – 1 April and will see numerous events take place at both a national and regional level. The aim of the initiative is to promote awareness of the logistics and supply chain sector and encourage new entrants
PRESS RELEASEFJP/002/2310 March 2023 FTA Ireland (FTAI) is today (10 March) celebrating following it’s win at last night’s prestigious Irish Logistics and Transport Awards held at the Crowne Plaza, Dublin. The trade association scooped the Safety Award for its renowned TruckSafe Standard, developed in 2012 by members, for members. The scheme is aimed at recognising,
PRESS RELEASERFH/015/2302 March 2023 Ireland’s logistics and supply chain businesses are the country’s unsung heroes, providing the materials and goods required to power the economy, from food to construction materials, medicines to furniture and more. But with so many people failing to realise the critical role the sector plays in keeping Ireland trading, more than
PRESS RELEASERFH/016/2321 February 2023 With Ireland’s logistics businesses committed to a 51% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, FTA Ireland today welcomed Ciaran Cuffe MEP to its monthly Alternative Fuels Working Group to discuss the Irish Climate Plan and the challenges faced by the sector on the road to Net Zero. As FTA Ireland’s
PRESS STATEMENT27 February 2023 Following the announcement made today by UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak MP, regarding the Northern Ireland Protocol, Chief Executive of FTA Ireland, Aidan Flynn, comments: “The announced breakthrough on the NI Protocol looks set to create greater certainty for businesses on the island of Ireland, EU and the UK, where focus
PRESS RELEASERFH/011/2213 December 2022 Business group FTA Ireland (FTAI) is celebrating today (13 December 2022) after its Trucksafe Standard won the Road Safety Authority’s Leading Lights in Road Safety Award for business. The Standard, which was created and implemented in close partnership with the association’s member businesses, assists organisations working on Ireland’s roads to achieve
PRESS RELEASEFJP/010/2229 November 2022 Figures from FTA Ireland’s Manager’s Guide to Distribution Costs (MGDC) demonstrate the effects of the current economic crisis on industry, with transport overhead costs reported to have increased, on average, by 17.7% in the last year. Published today, 29 November 2022, the report examines the impact of post-Brexit changing supply chain
PRESS RELEASEFJP/009/2211 November 2022 FTA Ireland (FTAI) welcomes the second 10-year Strategy for the Haulage Sector consultation as published earlier this week (9 November 2022) by Department of Transport. However, to make the strategy a success, FTAI, which represents the country’s logistics industry, urges government to collaborate with the sector on the delivery of its
PRESS RELEASEFJP/008/2219 October 2022 Speaking at FTA Ireland’s Transport Manager Seminar held at today (19 October 2022), Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Hildegarde Naughton, has reaffirmed her commitment to the freight distribution sector amid the ongoing, and uncontrolled, fluctuation of energy and operational costs. Minister of State Hildegarde Naughton said: “I am