Starting an airline business is not so difficult as it seems. There are few things to consider when you decide to get an airline licence and the first one is obtaining an Air Operator Certificate. There are some prerequisites before you apply for AOC. The first one is registration of a air carrier company. You
Recently we have established MH Think Ltd., a UK road transport consultancy, providing re-registration services to UK lorries in Bulgaria. We also provide obtaining EU road transport O-licence, issued from Bulgaria. Registration of a UK lorry in Bulgaria European regulation restricts registration of vehicles only to the location where their owner is registered. This means
As solicitors, practising in the road transport sector, we are keen to find out if EU fleet owners can get their roadworthiness test done in a country, different from the country of vehicle registration. This topic is highly discussed among haulage business owners, as they want to minimise time spend on vehicle way back to
Few years ago, there was a trend in UK to flag out their lorry fleets to the Netherlands. The reasons were different – big vehicle insurance costs and high road taxes, even problems with VOSA itself. Why Holland is not attractive for lorry fleet owners any more? The simple reason is that the transport regulations
If you drive across Bulgaria and you are stopped by the Traffic Police for speeding, you’ll probably get a ticket for BGN 50 or less. There’s a chance that the police office will tell you that “you cannot appeal the fine, because its a minor offence and minor offences couldn’t be appealed before court.” Well…not
Did you know that you can benefit of lower administration costs for your Road Haulage business? You can do this by outsourcing your EU international road transport operator’s license (Community authorisation) to another EU member state, where the state fees, insurances, accountancy and driver salaries will cost less than what you are paying in the
Being stopped by the Bulgarian Traffic Police or by Vehicle Inspectors from “Automobile Administration” agency can be a frustrating experience. It’s not because of their bad reputation of asking for bribes, but rather of their inability to speak English. Often the traffic police officers cannot explain what the road traffic offence is. Sometimes they speak