THE Freight Transport Association is putting pressure on the Government
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to take more action to ease the crippling Hungarian haulage permits situation.
In a series of leaflets it has told its members how to get to the Middle East without a non-existent permit.
The leaflets, aimed at the FTA International Service members, outline routes and options to get freight to the Middle East, including a French rail service from the Channel ports to Milan.
The FTA is producing the leaflets to help British exporters hit by the permits famine.
It says that for operators meeting the recognised ownaccount operator requirements the best route is through France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Turkey and to Iran.
In EEC countries the rules defining an own-account operator allow the free movement of goods without haulage permits as long as they conform to the definition.
The EEC has issued a composite definition which is said by FTA spokesmen to be a good guide to operating. Goods must be moved in vehicles owned or brought under deferred terms by the operator and must be driven by his employee.
Transport must not be the main business of the company and the goods being transported must belong to the operator or be lent to him, repaired by him, made by him or his on deferred terms and he must be carrying the goods for his own requirements whether in or out of the depot.
If the operator meets these terms then he is free to move about Europe without restriction caused by the permits situation, said an FTA spokesman.