IRHA Calls for Urgent Meeting with Transport Minister to Discuss Loss of Productivity Within Haulage Sector – 6th of July 2016

IRHA Calls for Urgent Meeting with Transport Minister to Discuss Loss of Productivity Within Haulage Sector – 6th of July 2016

July 06, 2016

The Irish Road Haulage Association (IRHA) has today, 6th of July, called for an urgent meeting with the Minister for Transport Shane Ross TD to discuss the impact of a weight reduction on articulated vehicles that the Minister failed to recently renew.

For in excess of twelve years, the road haulage sector in Ireland has been permitted to ...

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Maximum vehicle weight to change on July 1st – 1st of July 2016

Maximum vehicle weight to change on July 1st – 1st of July 2016

July 01, 2016

The Department of Transport, Tourism & Sport wishes to remind road users that from the 1st of July 2016, the maximum national regulatory weight laden limit for articulated vehicle combinations comprising of a two axle tractor unit towing a three axle semi-trailer on Irish roads will revert to a 40 tonne maximum weight limit.

European Union Directive 96/53/EC setting the maximum authorised ...

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