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• Supermarket firm Sainsbury's has moved its first consignment of Scottish spring water sc.
The water travelled to Dagenham for onward shipment into south-east London.
• The numbers of trucks travelling between France and Italy through the Frejus Tunnel has --ken by 3% to 4,000 a day.
• Trucks weighing more than three tonnes have been banned from using the slip ,King the M11 with the North Circular westbound in North London to allow bridge strengthening work. This will lead to a 20-minute detour.
di The International Road Transport Union says new truck sales are up all over Europe, except for Italy.
• CAT UK has opened a Elm vehicle import centre at Teesport. It is expected to handle more than 100,000 vehicles a year.
• Steno Lir reports a rise in the numbers of hauliers using its freight services over the first nine months of 1998.
• Peter Hobbs and the lorry drivers sentenced to serve seven-and-ahalf years in a Bulgarian jail for smuggling 20.5kg of heroin, will hear next week if their latest r tppeal against the conviction has succeeded.
• Soinskti,, has spent more than £60,000 on
wheel nuts for its 325 tractors and 500 trailers.