13-1 Truck Transportation
•From the North-American perspective
Mainly a domestic means of transportation
With the exception of the trade betweenCanada and US
Limited trade between US and Mexico
DAF because the Mexican truck are not authorized on American highway–
For the rest of the world
More than 80%of merchandise shipped international within the EU is shipped by truck and the share in increasing
Challenges faced by truck (road transportation)
Patchwork of domestic rules and regulations
The state of infrastructure
The prohibitive taxation of diesel fuel
The complementary infrastructure of railroad influence the way that some goods are shipped
The road transportation is often delayed by the social unrest (EU)
Patchwork of domestic rules and regulations
The limits on thenumber of axles the truck may have
The limits on The weight it can carry per axle
The limits on The total weight
The limits on Its length and width
The requirements regarding its mandatory equipment
The training of the driver
The number ofconsecutive hours of driving
Different from country to country
•Abiding by all the regulations present challenges
•Complexity
Driving bans on certain days—Luxemburg (Sunday) 48 differentdriving bans in Western Europe
Polandtemperature (30)
Switzerland( 28 tons /ten km)
Delay
The state of the infrastructure
•Loadlimit ,height limit ,and speed limit hinder the smooth transportation of goodsand have an impact on packing

E-30one of the most dangerous
The prohibitive taxation of diesel fuel
•Influences the power of truck ,the size of trailers and the speed at which cargo move
High tolls of some European highway lure trucker into driving on secondary road thatare not cargo friendly
To take advantage of lower taxation and regulations to “flagging out”
Cultural aspect of the industry “overloaded”





complementary infrastructure of railroad
•North America :a large fleet of railroad cars capable of carrying truck trailer
Australia lack of railroad push the truck companies to develop “road trains”:





social unrest


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