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The French authorities are expected to accept the use of belly tanks, providing they hold no more than 1,000 litres and drivers carry a certificate issued by the DOT.
Combined transport operator CTL plans to offer a service between Ireland and the Continent via the Channel Tunnel.
Forest of Dean-based Richard Read Transport has lost its High Court appeal for a 5500m warehouse at Longhope. Without expansion the company said its future is in doubt.
Haulier lohn Yates, of J1 Yates in Warton Road, Stratford, who offered £5,000 in bribes to a detective in return for a vital police document, has been jailed for four years.
Tuffnells Parcels Express has spent more than £1m on a replacement depot at Andover, Hants to cope with an anticipated 80% growth in collections over the next four years.
Northside Truck Centre, the Mercedes-Benz truck dealer at Bradford, Doncaster and Sheffield, boosted its profits by 7% to £965,000 in the six months to the end of February. It has acquired the M-B commercial vehicle dealer Aberdeen and Dundee Motor Group.
The International Road Transport Union is warning of roadworks on the A20 south of Bessines in France. HGVs heading south are being diverted via the Al 0 and RN10; for details contact the IRU on 010-4 12 27 34 13 30.