About FTA
Ensuring compliance, and advancing performance
Freight Transport Association represents the transport interests of companies moving goods by road, rail, sea and air. FTA members operate over 200,000 goods vehicles - almost half the UK fleet. In addition, they consign over 90 per cent of the freight moved by rail and over 70 per cent of sea and air freight.
FTA is dedicated to its members, helping ensure their compliance and advancing their performance.
To find out more about the benefits of membership, please go to Membership benefits
Ensuring compliance
With all the information needed via telephone, paper, on-line and seminars, FTA ensures members meet compliance requirements today and have advance warnings and support for planning for compliance in the future. A special product O-licence Compliance Information Service (OLCIS), is specifically designed to assist operators.
FTA also empowers members through training to ensure knowledge of compliance issues, standards and requirements. We provide auditing services to assess drivers' hours and vehicle maintenance processes to ensure compliance to the operator licence regulations.
Advancing performance
FTA campaigns for the legal, cost and structural infrastructure most conducive for efficient freight movement.
Establishing performance standards and facilitating development of best practice, FTA raises the profile of the freight movement industry.
With training services, we empower and advance the skills of the drivers and managers in the industry. FTA also provides auditing and consultancy to give a benchmark for performance improvement planning and suggestions for future enchancement of operations.
If you would like to request more information about FTA, what we do and what services we provide, then please fill out the contact us form.
