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GOVT MUST BUILD RAIL SPUR TO DUBLIN AIRPORT– CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF LOGISTICS & TRANSPORT
17th October 2011 – The new President of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport*, Aidan Murphy, hascalled on the Government to deliver the proposed Dart rail link to Dublin Airportasa simple and inexpensive means of providing a useful and much-needed piece of transport infrastructure. Mr Murphy also called for the introduction of dedicated routes for longer, heavier vehicles to make best use of the new national road network and help build national competitiveness.Mr Murphy wasspeaking at the inaugural Presidential address of...
read more€1.1M Bus Éireann upgrade announced by Minister Varadkar
Wi-fi on buses, real-time travel info, and upgraded coaches & bus sheltersA €1.1 million upgrade of Bus Éireann vehicles and facilities hasbeen announced today (Wednesday) by Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport Leo Varadkar. Minister Varadkar confirmed that the capital funding will be used to: Install wi-fi internet access on Bus Éireann main commuter and city services; ‘Real-time’ displays at eight bus stations aroundIreland, to provide up-to-the-minute service information; Upgrade 10 double decker buses...
read moreMinister Varadkar welcomes new route fromDublin to Washington
Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport Leo Varadkar has today (Tuesday) welcomed the decision by American carrier United Continental to open a new daily route from Dublin to Washington Dulles Airport from June 2012. “This is great news for Irish tourism as well as for Irish passengers, for Dublin Airport and for the wider economy. It will also have clear benefits for business and political links with the US, and is a very welcome development in terms of improvingIreland’s connectivity with theUnited States. “The new route will...
read moreIntelligent Drivers’ Hours Analyzer (idha) now available in Ireland
Digital Driver and Vehicle data analyzing from Euro 2.00 per months idha-Online is a web-based system to handle information from digital tachographs and driver cards, idha-Online offers easy to use evaluation, secure storage, and automatic drivers’ hour validation. The drivers’ hour validation is the intelligent analyzer software developed by Bitsmith AB. Storage and evaluation is done with a common web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer, Safari Etc.). The tachograph files are uploaded to a secure server for co-location storage...
read moreLondon Low Emission Zone – Are you ready for 3 January 2012?
Witch vehicles are affected? From 3 January 2012, larger vans and minibuses will need to meet the Euro 3 emissions standard for particulate matter and lorries, buses and coaches will need to meet Euro IV. What are my options? If your vehicle doesn’t meet the emissions standards, there are a number of things you can do. Some options can take up to three months to complete, so act now.
read moreElmore Group to install traffic system in Ireland
Elmore Group to install traffic system in Ireland Galway City Council in Ireland has awarded Elmore Group a €1.26m contract to install a high-tech computerised traffic control system in the city. The company will set up an Urban Traffic Control Centre at City Hall that will link up with the city’s 32 traffic light-controlled junctions and synchronise their operation based on traffic flow and demand. Over the next six months, Elmore Group, in partnership with traffic signal production company Swarco, will install traffic lights in 27...
read moreNew Standards For Digital Tachograpg Paper October 2011 The new EC regulation 1266/2009 entered into force on 1st October this year. EUR-Lex access to European Union Law Changes to the previous specifications include greater resistance to heat and light and that printouts remain stable for a minimum of two years. Our TachPro Digital Tachograph Rolls are already manufactured from a grade of paper which far exceeds these new regulations and has an archive life of five years! Our experience in this field is second to none so if...
read morewww.prodrivers.eu opens new Digital and Analogue Tachographs Accessories Shop.
Find digital tachograph products for recording, storing and analysing drivers’ hours and working time data. Our range includes tachograph rolls, card readers, tachograph download devices and more. Digital Tacho Rolls from Euro 5.50, Digifob from Euro 30.00, Digital Tacho Analyzing Software free for DriverOwner and from Euro 299.00 Every Monday new introduction offers, come in, visit us and register with...
read morePlan for city congestion charge stalls at first hurdle
MOTORISTS are to escape a congestion charge for at least the next five years. Proposals by the National Transport Authority (NTA) to charge motorists for bringing their cars into cities to ease gridlock have been shot down by Transport Minister Leo Varadkar. The Government has ruled out charging motorists to bring their cars into cities despite a warning by the NTA that a daily toll was needed to prevent gridlock from worsening over the coming years. The NTA said that unless a ‘road use charging scheme’ — or a congestion...
read more2011 China International Travel Agents & Tour Operators Directory 3rd Year Published!!!
Are you doing business with China or do you plan to? The World Tourism Organization predicts that Chinese outbound travel will reach 100 million by 2020. In 2010 54 million Chinese tourists will travel the world. Predictions are that outbound Chinese tourism will increase 10% – 12% – the only major global market that will experience outbound growth in 2010! Chinese tourists are the largest tourism group in Asia and the biggest spenders. Chinese international tourists to Europe and North America are the fastest growing...
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