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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10991

8 January 2014
Contents Publication in full By article 11 / 24
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) transport
Improved freight road transport figures in EU

Brussels, 07/01/2014 (Agence Europe) - A global 0.4% increase in freight road transport by the end of 2013 has confirmed signs of Europe's economic recovery, according to an analysis by the International Road Transport Union (IRU). The IRU's Road Transport Indices analyses data from 63 OECD countries and is forecasting a 1.3% increase in freight volumes in the European Union in 2014. The IRU's Head of Sustainable Development, Jens Hügel, said that the figures show that there is a general...