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Spain may raise truck weight

Spanish Land Transport Director General Joaquin del Moral has indicated that the Government is coonsidering increasing the country’s maximum truck weight to 44 tonnes. This would bring Spain into line with other EU countries including the UK, which already allow trucks up to that weight. [+]

Spain to allow mega trucks

Spain is the latest country to allow the use of European Modular System vehicle combinations of up to 25.25 metres and weighing a maximum of 60 tonnes. The new limit applies on Spanish territory from the beginning of this year. [+]

LD Lines to enter UK/Spain market

French ferry operator LD Lines is to introduce a new freight and passenger service between Poole and Santander in Northern Spain from 3 November. LD Lines, which already runs a service from Saint Nazaire, south of Brittany and Gijón in Northern Spain, described it as a major development in the creation ... [+]

FPS reigns in Spain

Famous Pacific Shipping (FPS) group Spanish member Operinter has opened a new office in Malaga and two in the Canary Islands. Operinter Malaga is based at the local airport,  strategically located for one of Andalucia’s two large industrial areas, and within easy reach of the port of Algeciras. A new subsidiary - ... [+]

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