Implications of the UK HGV road user charge for Irish export freight transport stakeholders—A qualitative study

Vega, Amaya; Evers, Natasha

doi:10.1016/j.cstp.2016.04.001

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“…studies making use of questionnaires and interviews, and ex-post studies". Vega and Evers (2016) used recently an approach through interviews for the analysis of the UK taxation scheme in Ireland. As previously stated, the original intention of the research was to talk to primary business stakeholders and get a deep understanding of their difficulties and perception towards the then forthcoming, écotaxe.…”

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“…The distinction between core and peripheral countries is also made by Vega and Evers (2016), who analysed the implications of the UK HGV charge for Irish freight transport stakeholders. Vega and Evers (2016) stress the negative impact of such a charge for the Republic of Ireland, and the disadvantages of peripheral countries with regard to the EU HGV road charging system. Their work illustrates that the initial reasons for the first Eurovignette Directivefair taxation amongst countriesare still relevant today.…”

Section: A 'Fair' Taxation For Foreign Hauliersmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Analysing the heavy goods vehicle “écotaxe” in France: Why did a promising idea fail in implementation?

Rigot-Müller

2018

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

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, France abandoned the implementation of the écotaxe, a major country-wide Electronic Tolling System (ETS) designed to charge for the use of national and local roads, which were not covered by the traditional toll system. The écotaxe originated from a political consensus and was designed with the collaboration of business stakeholders. However, unforeseen implementation difficulties resulted in a renouncement at a late stage, when the infrastructure was already deployed. According to a recent report from the French body in charge of auditing public expenses, it generated a cost of 953 million euros. In analysing what happened during the policy delivery stage, this paper provides insights to policymakers in countries where ETS is envisaged. The ETS system was piloted in summer 2013, and the "go live" date was 1st September 2014. Data was collected 'live', in March 2014, featuring 21 interviews, with the aim of better understanding the expected challenges and impacts on the business stakeholders. At the time, stakeholders accepted that the project would go ahead: while further implementation challenges remained, few anticipated them to fully derail the project within 6 months. Retrospective analysis of the data collected in March 2014 can help to deepen policymakers' insights into why the project ultimately failed and better understand the main lessons to be learnt. The findings show that the écotaxe, presented as environmental taxation by policymakers, had been in reality perceived and accepted by business stakeholders as more of an infrastructure tax. Interestingly, this in itself does not explain the failure. The main explanation is to be found in the perceived inequities associated with the charging approach, excluding privately-operated motorways, and the failure of the ad valorem surcharging system designed as a means of passing the tax costs to shippers. These findings should be valuable for policymakers anywhere the introduction of a similar ETS system is being contemplated.

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Analysing the heavy goods vehicle “écotaxe” in France: Why did a promising idea fail in implementation?

Rigot-Müller

2018

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

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“…The workshop had stakeholders from truck manufacturers, industry associations, industries (components/solution suppliers), nongovernmental and nonprofit organisations, academic and research institutions, consultancy firms, and governmental bodies. Another study [48] about road freight in Ireland identified stakeholders as road haulers, freight forwarders, exporters, industrial organisations, and state-owned agencies. Hence, in addition to the Taskforce members, representatives from the stakeholder bodies indicated in earlier road freight-related research/workshop reports were also looked for.…”

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Moving on from a Diesel Mindset—Understanding Enablers and Challenges for Electrifying Road Freight Using Stakeholder Engagement

Jha,

Davies,

Pandey

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Future Transportation

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Achieving net zero by 2050 requires the decarbonisation of road transport. Electrification is recognised as a market-ready solution for certain transport segments, but it still poses a considerable challenge when applied to road freight. Any consensus on the technology choice for road freight electrification has still not been established. Embedding stakeholder input in the approach to address the technology adoption challenge has proven useful in uncovering various perspectives, which can provide useful insights into managing such transitions. This review paper hence took a three-step approach where the findings from the initial step of the literature search were taken up for the second step of stakeholder validation and feedback. The third step involved an analysis of the input gathered and the subsequent literature review to arrive at the conclusions. The outcome from the stakeholder engagement suggests that any specific technology can only support the transition to electrified road freight if enabled by system changes around policy, infrastructure, user behaviour, and the societal setup A follow-up literature review validated the need for a sociotechnical approach to such transitions where system changes are involved. The review also found gaps in the literature when it comes to embedding such sociotechnical approaches to technology adoption for road freight transport.

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“…While the UK and EU attempt to reach an agreement on a trade deal, Ireland attempts to find alternatives to the UK landbridge. The UK landbridge provides Irish exporters with very competitive and efficient service in terms of frequency and transit times, as well as a high level of dependability and security, at a little higher cost than alternative direct routes to continental Europe (Vega and Evers 2016 ). Nonetheless, Ireland is forced to function in the alternative by using direct routes to Europe to circumvent the customs rules imposed on the UK landbridge.…”

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An industry-level analysis of the post-Brexit and post-Covid 19 Ro-Ro ferry market and critical maritime freight transport links between the UK and the EU

Paraskevadakis

Ifeoluwa

2022

J. shipp. trd.

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Evaluating supply chain system improvements and international economic integration patterns to changes in expenditure requires urgent attention from short to long-term supply chain disruption review. Following the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union, the UK and the global economies have been affected. Brexit has affected sectors that rely on cross-border commerce with EU countries, while services that require face-to-face interaction have been negatively impacted by Covid 19. For example, the Roll on Roll off (RoRo) ferry sector has suffered tremendously from the Covid 19 pandemic, which restricts people's travel, and Brexit, which results in the UK having a geographical barrier with the rest of the EU continent. The study examines the ferry RoRo market, maritime links, and its viability in the face of Brexit and the Covid issue between the United Kingdom and short-sea shipping connections with Ireland and continental Europe. Understanding the market is critical since roll-on roll-off (Ro-Ro) traffic plays a significant part in the movement of products between the UK and the EU. Adopting a method mapping provided a defined research paradigm for this study. Mixed-method design technique, a branch of multiple methods research, was employed, resulting in a better understanding of the research topic. The findings demonstrate that nations and the RoRo freight supply chain network have been significantly impacted. However, continuous measures are implemented to ensure continuous freight movement. The study obtained data from 14 respondents and was statistically analysed. The results demonstrate that an organisation's capacity to manage these disturbances significantly impacts its survivability. It also indicates that the government's awareness of the implications of Brexit and Covid 19 significantly determines the impact on organisations. This research concludes that the impact on organisations is minimal, notwithstanding the effects of Brexit and Covid. However, owing to uncertainties, continuous methods for continuous freight transit should be implemented, together with an adequate flow of information.

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Implications of the UK HGV road user charge for Irish export freight transport stakeholders—A qualitative study

Cited by 8 publications

References 31 publications

Analysing the heavy goods vehicle “écotaxe” in France: Why did a promising idea fail in implementation?

Analysing the heavy goods vehicle “écotaxe” in France: Why did a promising idea fail in implementation?

Moving on from a Diesel Mindset—Understanding Enablers and Challenges for Electrifying Road Freight Using Stakeholder Engagement

An industry-level analysis of the post-Brexit and post-Covid 19 Ro-Ro ferry market and critical maritime freight transport links between the UK and the EU

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