Freight transport costs, taxes and competitiveness

Evaluating and internalising the environmental costs of logistics

Chapter

Piecyk, M., McKinnon, A.C. and Allen, J. in Green Logistics . 3^rd ed. edited by McKinnon, A.C., Browne, M., Piecyk, M. and Whiteing, A. , Kogan Page, London (2015)

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Increasing fuel prices and market distortion in a domestic road haulage market: the case of the UK

Paper

McKinnon, A.C. European Transport / Trasporti Europei, XII, 35, 5-26 (2007)

Differences in diesel fuel prices can significantly distort competition both between and within domestic road haulage markets. This is well illustrated by the case of the UK, where diesel fuel prices are by far the highest in the EU. The paper examines the effects of high and rising fuel prices ... ...

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Internalising the Environmental Costs of Road Freight Transport in the UK

Report

Piecyk, M. and McKinnon, A.C. Report of the Logistics Research Centre, Heriot-Watt University (2007)

Two-thirds of the freight tonnage moved in the UK goes by road. Our economy and social well-being are critically dependent on the road haulage system. Most of the cost of this system is borne by lorry operators and passed on to customers. ...

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Haulier than Thou

Article

McKinnon, A.C. in Freight Transport Reviews, November (2001)

Following the UK Fuel Crisis of September 2000, when haulage strikes and blockades severely disrupted the transport system, this paper reviewed the road haulage industry’s grievances of the relatively high level of tax imposed on diesel fuel in the UK.   ...

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Factors affecting competitiveness in the European Road Freight Market

Paper

Paper prepared for the European Conference of Ministers of Transport, January 2003

 I prepared this paper for the ECMT while a member of its working group on Fiscal and Financial Aspects of Transport.  It was subsequently incorporated as a chapter in the ECMT's report on 'Reforming Transport Taxes', published in 2003. The paper examines factors other than taxation which influence the international competitiveness of trucking companies registered in EU member states.  Copy ...

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