Do they have a point, or is it quite simply globalisation?
ive read the thread and I don’t understand what would be illegal about "out of county trucks " delivering wind farm parts ■■ its a bit like saying it would be illegal for a Cheshire based firm to run out of Workington docks .■■? no doubt thicko here has missed the obvious ,… if someone could point it out 
Pointless thread, what makes you think they are moaning about uk trucks?
I interpretated "out of state " to be “out of county” , my mistake 
(a week of early starts). article goes on to state "irha action blocked a group of dutch, Scottish and ni hauliers " do irish hauliers not cross the irish sea ■■?
The joys of cabotage. Presumably no one has mentioned the amount of irish reg trucks pulling tesco trailers doing store deliverys in england.
jay0:
Pointless thread, what makes you think they are moaning about uk trucks?
As far as I’m aware Scotland and Northern Ireland are still part of the UK( for now at least)
syramax:
ive read the thread and I don’t understand what would be illegal about "out of county trucks " delivering wind farm parts ■■ its a bit like saying it would be illegal for a Cheshire based firm to run out of Workington docks .■■? no doubt thicko here has missed the obvious ,… if someone could point it out
Sorry for being a “thicko”
Presumably the trucks in question are making repeated return visits to the docks and picking up windmill components that are being off-loaded from ships.
If the items remained loaded on the trucks and the trucks were carried across the Irish Sea, it would be legal.
I seem to remember a row in the UK, when some massive tanks for a dairy in Wiltshire were carried to the docks in mainland Europe by a European haulier and unloaded onto a ship.
The trucks then travelled empty across the channel on a ferry, and went to the docks where they were reloaded and took the tanks to their final destination.
The tanks were too big to travel on the ferry, but the empty trucks could.
GasGas:
Presumably the trucks in question are making repeated return visits to the ■■■■■ and picking up windmill components that are being off-loaded from ships.
ahaaa that makes sense to me .(brains found a gear) thanks for that 
kr79:
The joys of cabotage. Presumably no one has mentioned the amount of irish reg trucks pulling tesco trailers doing store deliverys in england.
Is there that many pulling for Tesco over there?
Fair few in and out of tesco purfleet
Pot - Kettle
It couldn’t happen to a more deserving bunch. 
Thereal-john:
syramax:
ive read the thread and I don’t understand what would be illegal about "out of county trucks " delivering wind farm parts ■■ its a bit like saying it would be illegal for a Cheshire based firm to run out of Workington docks .■■? no doubt thicko here has missed the obvious ,… if someone could point it outSorry for being a “thicko”
I was talking about myself 
Not one person has posted saying well done to them for sticking up for themselves. I would guess that they have done their homework about the cabotage rules before making their complaint and protest. look at who is pulling the wind turbines to their destinations in the UK most that I have seen are not on UK plates but as with most things the Uk haulage industry will just bend over and take it. Most of the high profile cases involving Irish firms and cabotage are to with collecting trailers from the various ports on the Irish Sea coast collecting trailers loaded with Irish goods so they are hardly taking work from the UK haulier
As with every thing Price dictates who gets what. Who ever these people are must be doing them as back loads.No difference to IRISH compamies staying in UK 3 days a week and pulling loads around UK. I live and work in Uk for last 25 years and am IRISH but if The said Rule of Thumb was Applied in UK then im sure that the same truckers would go mental about it .Cant have rules just to suit them and sod every one else.All trucks should only be allowed to have a maxium of100 litres of fuel on entering THE UK and they would then have to refuel at same price as us who live and work here and that applied to every port in the Country .Then you would see a difference to who would be able to take loads at stupid rates and a more level playing field for us hard paying tax payers in UK. This would also help maitain the excellent road network they all avail off free of charge. Rant over.
Doesn’t make sence to me, and I’m an Irish Owner Driver ! Far more important issues that the IRHA should be getting off there arses to protest about. This is specialist work, yes there are some companies here that can handle it but a lot of these loads come the whole way on the units so doesn’t make sence to unload and reload. I’ve seen plenty of turbine parts come into the port of waterford where they are unloaded off ships , by Irish Companies and transported by Irish Companies the way it should be.
mazzer:
Not one person has posted saying well done to them for sticking up for themselves.
I can understand your frustration to a point. But if you look at the whole picture…i.e we’re all part of the EU now. You have to accept the fact that indeed “foreigners” or “other member states” however you wanna describe them can indeed haul right in your own town and can legally do some local(to you/ or anybody else) work.
mazzer:
I would guess that they have done their homework about the cabotage rules before making their complaint and protest. look at who is pulling the wind turbines to their destinations in the UK most that I have seen are not on UK plates but as with most things the Uk haulage industry will just bend over and take it. Most of the high profile cases involving Irish firms and cabotage are to with collecting trailers from the various ports on the Irish Sea coast collecting trailers loaded with Irish goods so they are hardly taking work from the UK haulier
From what i’ve read the beef is mainly about UK operators with Dutch operators being mentioned also.
I’d imagine Scottish/NI/Dutch trucks stick out like a sore thumb pulling out of Limerick. Here on the mainland we don’t have that luxory.