Irish truckers call to relax EU rules to smooth supply chains during Covid-19 crisis

EU rules for truckers should be relaxed to keep the supply chains running smoothly on the road and on the ferries during the Covid-19 crisis, Freight Transport Association Ireland has said.

Head of he industry group, Aidan Flynn, said the EU’s so-called cabotage rules that allow transport firms to deliver and pick up loads within the EU in a seven-day period need to be loosened to reduce the time drivers spend on ferries and to take account of reduced capacity on the sea lines.