FinMobility & Transportföretagen joint position on Weights & Dimensions of HDVs

FinMobility and Transportföretagen, the umbrella organisations for the Finnish and Swedish transport industry, have jointly prepared a position paper on the forthcoming revision of the EU Directive on the weights and dimensions of heavy-duty vehicles. This key initiative for the Finnish and Swedish road transport, logistics sector and customer industries will be published on 21 … Continued

Biofuels are key in enabling a fossil free transport sector

The Swedish Confederation of Transport Enterprises Transportföretagen and the voice of Finnish mobility and transport FinMobility have published joint position paper on the proposal for a revision of the Renewable Energy Directive – Biofuels are a must to enable a fossil free transport sector! You can read the position paper here: https://www.finmobility.eu/app/uploads/2022/01/Biofuel-TransportforetagenFinMobility-2022.pdf Please do not … Continued

Green Deal brings opportunities for the Finnish transport sector

The European Green Deal, European Commission’s roadmap for making EU’s economy sustainable across all policy areas, has become clearer also for the transport sector. The publication of EU’s Climate Law, preparations that have been started in the European Commission on the Strategy for Sustainable and Smart Mobility, the Renewal of EU White Paper on Transport … Continued

FinMobility acceded to International Road Transport Union (IRU)

FinMobility has been accepted as an associate member of the International Road Transport Union (IRU) from the beginning of the year 2020. The membership provides close collaboration with IRU’s Brussels Office in the EU level discussion about road haulage, bus transport and taxi services. “It is important that the leading EU lobbyist in Finnish mobility … Continued

European Parliament’s TRAN Committee appointed new Finnish members

The number and composition of the MEPs in the European Parliament has changed by Brexit. Therefore, Finland now has 14 MEPs, since a 27-year old Alviina Alametsä joined the Greens/EFA group. Good news also for the Finnish transport sector, since the European Parliament’s Transport and Tourism Committee (TRAN) appointed Alametsä as a substitute member. She … Continued